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Simply days after introducing the MINISFORUM UM590 compact desktop laptop with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX processor, MINISFORUM has unveiled a brand new UM690 variant with a quicker processor, higher graphics, speedier RAM and quicker USB connectivity.
The brand new MINISFORUM UM690 has an AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX processor, Radeon 680M graphics, DDR5 reminiscence, and a 40 Gbps USB4 port. It’s up for pre-order now, and anticipated to start transport in mid-December, 2022.
Out there with as much as 64GB of DDR5 dual-channel reminiscence and a 512GB SSD, checklist costs begin at $599 for a barebones mannequin (or $759 for a 16GB/512GB configuration). However MINISFORUM is providing pre-order reductions so when you’re keen to attend for yours to ship, you may choose up a barebones mannequin for $499 (or a 16GB/512GB mannequin for $649).
Curiously, the UM690 solely prices just a little greater than the Ryzen 5900HX-powered UM590, which sells for $499 and up throughout pre-orders (or $529 and up at retail pricing).
On the one hand, that’s not too stunning, because the two computer systems are practically equivalent in most respects: they’ve the identical chassis and each are powered by 45-watt AMD Ryzen HX-series cellular processors.
However whereas the Ryzen 9 6900HX solely provides a modest increase in CPU efficiency, it contains Radeon 680M graphics which ought to deliver as much as twice the graphics efficiency over the Vega 8 built-in GPU featured within the previous-gen chip.
Different upgrades embrace a bump from DDR4-3200 reminiscence to DDR5-4800 reminiscence, from PCIe 3.0 storage to PCIe 4.0, and from a 20 Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2 Kind-C port to a 40 Gbps USB4 port. MINISFORUM says that the system ought to be capable of work with exterior graphics docks. Or when utilizing each the USB4 and HDMI ports, you need to be capable of join as much as three shows: two 4K/60 Hz shows and an 8K/60 Hz show.
Different ports embrace a 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port, two HDMI ports, 4 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Kind-A ports, and a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Kind-C port. And along with the PCIe 4.0 slot for an M.2 2280 SSD, the system helps an non-compulsory 2.5 inch, 7mm SATA 3 laborious drive or SSD.
