If you want a oneofakind notebook, then the surface book is the first to offer a dedicated nvidia gpu in the keyboard dock to power an equally unique 3. It has been a week i started using this new one, and i already started getting display driver crashes and just got my first blue screen in the middle of the work perfect. Surface book gpu comparable to 940m, includes 1gb ram. Nvidia gpu on board the microsoft surface book uncovered.
At the native resolution of the surface pro 4 i was getting 2030 fps. Official home of microsoft surface computers, laptops, pcs, 2. Numerous surface pro 4 and surface book early adopters have reported the same problem. Early surface book owners reporting gpu, displayrelated. The surface book 2 is one of the most powerful inch laptops ever made, with. Cumulative and current firmware and drivers for the surface book. That said, anomalies like that could point to either driver bugs that nvidia gpu is new, custom made for surface book, not battletested or throttling e. Oct 26, 2016 microsoft surface book i7 brings the boom with 2x graphics performance and 16 claimed hour battery life you can put to rest any fears that the surface book would end up a oneoff design that.
Powers the best of microsoft in the office or on the road, surface book 2 brings the best of microsoft to everything you do. Official home of microsoft surface computers, laptops, pcs. It is based on the maxwell gm108 chip as the geforce 940m with 384. Theres something about the microsoft surface book that has always caught my. This guide will require the removal of the sd card slot, usb ports, and the gpu board. Just today i noticed that my surface book now appears to crash whenever i open a game in steam. My surface book has been crashing with a blue screen every so often when i disconnect or detach the slate or tablet component from the keyboard base. According to what we know, this gpu has been customized by nvidia specifically for the surface book, based on a geforce maxwell gpu, featuring 1gb of gddr5 ram. With roughly double the performance of the integrated graphics, the surface book core i7 goes from unplayable, to playable, which, for some, is what they want. Microsoft surface book 3 specs revealed the gpu is an unexpected surprise. The surface books nvidia gpu is reportedly a geforce 940m. Surface book is pricey, but refurbished its a bit cheaper and its far cheaper than a comparable macbook pro.
The gpu also has 1gb of gddr5, with a total memory bandwidth of 40. How to force your laptop to use the powerful discrete. These drivers and firmware are compatible with windows 10, including enterprise versions. The inch surface laptop clearly wants to be a windows version of. Microsoft launches less expensive flagship surface book without an nvidia gpu. Cinebench has a decent cpu test but its gpu test is outdated and can be all over the place too. Microsoft surface book 2 features a 8th generation intel quad core i7 processor, 512 gb of storage, 16 gb ram, and up to 17 hours of video playback enhanced graphics performance with nvidia geforce gtx 1050 discrete gpu w2gb gddr5 graphics memory the fastest surface book yet, with 2x more power. Gpu not detected in surface book 2 hello ms support, i bought surface book 2, 256 gb, nvidia geforce 1050, 2gb model in november, 2017 and it worked pretty well until recently. I have the latest drivers from nvidias website installed. Cpu and gpu performance are both up, while battery life is heavily test dependent.
So the surface book has much more gpu power obviously, and it is definitely capable of playing casually with great performance. Oct 20, 2015 we all know microsoft surface book can be bought with a discrete gpu. Intels integrated graphics solution, but on paper microsoft might be slightly overstating the performance of the surface books gpu. It seems to occur when the surface book has been on for a while and im in the middle of several activities. It is pretty interesting that microsoft decided to offer a discrete gpu in the base of the surface book.
Intels integrated graphics solution, but on paper microsoft might be slightly overstating the performance of the surface book s gpu. Theres an optional discrete graphics card available in higherspec variants of microsofts brand new surface book laptop. I just did a test where i forced photoshop to run on the integrated graphics via the nvidia control panel. Geforce experience software wont install not compatible. Nvidia geforce 940m vs nvidia maxwell gpu surface book benchmarks, tests and comparisons. That means that unless you fire up the nvidia gtx 1050 gpu in the base, you. To provide additional flexibility to users, microsoft has added a new surface book model, with the changes being that it will have more graphics firepower.
Apr 26, 2016 a firmware update is available to improve the performance of the nvidia geforce display adapter in the surface book. Nvidia geforce 940mx vs nvidia maxwell gpu surface book. The nvidia gpu in my surface book randomly disappears in devman until i unattach and reattach my screen. The gpu board is home to the nvidia n16slg custom geforce gpu as well as 1gb worth of ram. Microsoft surface book gpu details revealed alex stevens october 20, 2015 microsoft has made many claims about the surface books performance, but it has been elusive about the details of. Surface book 2 gpu driver disappears randomly after may 2019. For everyone that is still trying to figure out the most comparable model nvidia gpu to the surface books dedicated gpu, i may have some info for you. Yanking the tablet out midgame would crash any title or app so. Microsoft issues another patch for surface pro 4, surface book. Microsoft surface book keyboard gpu board replacement. The surface book packs an intel 6th gen skylake dualcore processor into a magnesium casing with a silver finish. Hello, i ve been testing your software on a surface book from 2015 which sports a 1gb nvdia gpu expressly built by nvidia for the surface book.
Microsofts surface book isnt the dream videoediting machine i. Nintendo labo diy kits are up to 70 percent off today at best buy. Surface book gpu comparable to 940m, includes 1gb ram enthusiasts leak surface book gpu specs, and they look familiar sean ridgeley oct 20, 2015 at 11. Updated surface book gets bigger battery, faster gpu. How to force your laptop to use the powerful discrete nvidia gpu for games while testing halo wars definitive edition on my surface book, i noticed that it. Nov 05, 2015 first, heres what we do know about the gpu. Windows 10 may 2019 update is causing trouble with surface book 2. A firmware update is available to improve the performance of the nvidia geforce display adapter in the surface book. Surface pro 4, i5, 8gig, 256gig i have had similar issues with mine. The surface book 2 story is an easy one take the surface book 1 i wrote about here, add significantly upgraded cpu and gpu subsystems, improve io with one usbc. Surface book has dualgpu setup with custom 1gb gddr5.
Hello, ive been testing your software on a surface book from 2015 which sports a 1gb nvdia gpu expressly built by nvidia for the surface book. Oct 20, 2015 the surface book s nvidia gpu is reportedly a geforce 940m. Download surface book drivers and firmware from official. We dont know how much itll cost locally yet, or what model of gpu it is, but the fact that microsofts new surface book can house a discrete graphics card in the keyboard is pretty damn cool. Expensive models of microsofts new surface book have both integrated and discrete graphics, including a. How to force your laptop to use the powerful discrete nvidia. Make the most of the surface books nvidia discrete gpu. After a bit of digging around, it seems to be only when on the dgpu and only when the app resizes to full screen. Surface book gpu comparable to 940m, includes 1gb ram tweaktown. High performance gpu gtx1060 in surface book 2 not working after recent update.
Gpu is not recognized and i ve been asked to update my drivers. The nvidia maxwell gpu is a dedicated graphics card in the microsoft surface book laptop. Microsoft has only mentioned that it is a nvidia geforce graphics processor and they didnt reveal any technical specifications of it. The surface book, the laptop that can do double duty as a tablet.
Nvidia geforce 940m vs nvidia maxwell gpu surface book. Microsoft surface book 3 specs revealed the gpu is an. Microsoft unveils surface book i7 with 2x faster gpu and 30% more battery life. I frequently saw the surface book 2 slow to a crawl for no obvious reason. Hello ms support, i bought surface book 2, 256 gb, nvidia geforce 1050, 2gb model in november, 2017 and it worked pretty well until recently. Oct 17, 2017 microsoft surprised us with its surface book 2 this morning. Surface pen sold separately for surface go, surface pro 7, surface laptop 3, surface pro x, and surface book 2 dell preferred account dpa. Hey guys, i got a surface book, i5, 256gb, nvidia gpu. One important thing to factor in is background processes. Unveiled by microsoft devices cvp panos panay to an audience of hundreds of press and analysts in new york, the surface book features a maxwell architecturepowered geforce gpu nestled snugly into a detachable keyboard base. The new surface book 2 packs 70 percent more battery life than macbook pro.
Had my surface book i7 16 gb replaced was having display driver crash, various blue screen errors and power issue. Gpu performance the microsoft surface book 2 15inch. Mar 07, 2017 microsoft launches less expensive flagship surface book without an nvidia gpu. The discrete gpu or dgpu found in select surface book models is an nvidia geforce maxwellbased gpu with 1 gb of dedicated gddr5 ram. For comparison, at 1080p the surface pro 4 gets around 70 100 fps. Microsoft unveils surface book i7 with 2x faster gpu and. Since its debut, microsoft surface book has sparked interest in consumers, especially in light of the mystery that is the new nvidia discrete gpu, available in select surface book models. Theres an optional discrete graphics card available in higherspec variants of.
We all know microsoft surface book can be bought with a discrete gpu. Mar 11, 2016 regular crashes when taxing the dgpu, any fix. I had a very similar issue with another machine a few years backturned out to be a bad gpu. Surface book has dualgpu setup with custom 1gb gddr5 maxwell gpu. Surface book 2 flies higher with eighthgen core and pascal. Type cover, surface dial, microsoft office, and some software and accessories sold separately. I spoke to a microsoft tech at my local microsoft store where they had one on display with a dgpu. But from the 256gb8gbcore i56200u model upward, a discrete graphics chipset built by nvidia promises more gpu compute power than youd expect for a laptop of the surface books svelte and. This firmware and driver package contains drivers for all of the components in the surface book, as well as updates to the system firmware that have been released via windows update. Following reports that the may update to windows 10 was causing a number of issues, microsoft has confirmed that it will be blocking the update to surface book 2 models for the foreseeable future. The tiny surface book design secrets microsoft didnt talk.
Microsoft unveils surface book i7 with 2x faster gpu and 30%. Clearly separating the cpu and gpu thermal zones into keyboard. Nov 10, 2015 since its debut, microsoft surface book has sparked interest in consumers, especially in light of the mystery that is the new nvidia discrete gpu, available in select surface book models. Just to close out this blog entry, i have had zero crashes in several weeks now since disabling hardware graphics acceleration within outlook 2016 on my surface book. Microsoft surface book i7 brings the boom with 2x graphics performance and 16 claimed hour battery life you can put to rest any fears that the surface book would end up. This is the major connections component of the keyboard. I left the surface book computing a dense cloud overnight at default details over a set of 191 pics it was about. Is there any way i can force 3df zephyr to run in gpu mode. Gpu is not recognized and ive been asked to update my drivers. Microsoft also introduced a new highend surface book also powered by an nvidia geforce gtx 965m gpu that delivers up to 16 hours of battery life and up to two times the 3d graphics performance versus current surface book models, while maintaining the slim, lightweight characteristics of. I tried detaching and attaching the screen it gets detected for a moment and.
Gpu not detected in surface book 2 microsoft community. Discussion in microsoft surface book started by toolcoughing, mar 11. All in all, this really is a microsoft version of the macbook pro, and i. Microsoft unveiled surface book, the software giants first laptop computer, tuesday.
Oct 08, 2015 microsoft surface book s secret nvidia gpu. My favorite detail on the surface pro x the pen cradle. Microsofts surface book can store a nvidia gpu in the. For more information about surface book update history, see surface book update history. The tiny surface book design secrets microsoft didnt talk about.
Surface book, microsofts first laptop, highlights visual. More details regarding surface book gpu revealed neowin. This is pretty much the thinnest device out there with an nvidia. The detachable tablet is very lightweight for the size. Microsofts panos panay was also quick to point out at the event that the 2016 surface book offers 3x the graphics performance of. Oct 20, 2015 microsoft surface book gpu details revealed alex stevens october 20, 2015 microsoft has made many claims about the surface books performance, but it has been elusive about the details of its gpu. Microsoft didnt announce the model name of the geforce processor as they have built a custom gpu for surface book working.
Another thread on reddit comes from a 15inch surface book 2. Updated surface book gets bigger battery, more powerful gpu. If you want a oneofakind notebook, then the surface book is the first to offer a dedicated nvidia gpu in the keyboard dock. You will learn how to replace repair the gpu board. Early surface book owners reporting gpu, displayrelated issues. A few resets usually fixes it, not sure if its a hardware issue or a software glitch, anyone else seen something like this. Are there any plans for microsoft to release an updated driver to fix this bug.
This update addresses graphical issues that you may encounter in several popular games and applications. Surface book extremely hot and lost 70% battery although. Or at least those models running a discrete gpu, according to reports. The microsoft surface book 3 is on its way hopefully with a new hinge. How to force your laptop to use the powerful discrete nvidia gpu for games while testing halo wars definitive edition on my surface book, i noticed that it wasnt using the powerful. You can forget about doing anything moderately intensive once your fancy nvidia graphics card vanishes. If you are a gamer though, there are better options for less money, but they will bring their own compromises as well, such as being thicker, heavier. Tech specs of custom nvidia gpu in microsoft surface book revealed. Microsoft surface book i7 brings the boom with 2x graphics. Microsofts surface book can store a nvidia gpu in the keyboard. Upon investigating, i found it was linked to extremely high gpu use by the desktop window manager.
Surface book extremely hot and lost 70 % battery although turned completely off. Games will crash or run at potato level graphics, while. Update oil prices crash virtual concerts in april social distancing guide. Sometimes after reset, sleep, the nvidia chipset seems to disappear, the device manager no longer shows it, and the nvidia control panel complains no hardware was found. I also was curious to see how it handled some light gaming with its new graphics card. Microsoft launches less expensive flagship surface book. It runs windows 10 pro and microsoft office flawlessly. Make sure the charging cable is plugged in with wire going down to the desk.
According to what we know, this gpu has been customized by nvidia specifically for the surface book. The discrete gpu or dgpu found in select surface book models is an nvidia geforce maxwellbased. Nvidia gpu on board the microsoft surface book uncovered by tim harmer comments 22. Oct 07, 2015 we dont know how much itll cost locally yet, or what model of gpu it is, but the fact that microsofts new surface book can house a discrete graphics card in the keyboard is pretty damn cool.
966 463 1144 569 752 1145 607 991 908 358 40 709 99 738 651 681 1302 299 250 373 122 342 77 149 484 291 45 123 1528 1341 14 1101 1163 1322 118 1134 711 85 717 201 1394 1135 1414 847 1422 1431 1237 250