HP has unveiled a new notebook in China
dubbed HP War X. This is a special laptop edition featuring a Ryzen processor
and inspired by the Star Wars Animation. Moreover, it’s available in several
screen sizes with 13-inch, 14-inch, and even 15-inch. Interestingly enough, it
marks the comeback of Star Wars-inspired HP laptops.
Back in 2015, HP introduced the first Wars
Edition of its laptop. This time around, the company equipped the laptop with
one of the best chipsets in the industry right now. That’s the AMD Ryzen 7 Pro
– 4750U chipset that is giving power to the notebook. Worth noting that the
Ryzen lineup is quite popular and not very common in laptops, so it certainly
will count as an advantage for HP. Technology enthusiasts and fans of powerful
hardware will certainly take the HP War X Ryzen Edition as one of the possible choices
in the market. The 4750U integrates all eight core featuring Zen 2
microarchitecture. They are operating at 1.7GHz to 4.1 GHz (Turbo) with SMT /
Hyperthreading support (16 threads). The chip boasts a modern 7 nm process at
TSMC and partly thanks to it AMD advertises a 2x improved performance per Watt
for the Renoir chips.
The company is also offering a slightly
cheaper variant with the Ryzen 5 Pro 4650U chipset. This lesser variant is
available for all three sizes. However, the bigger variant offers higher
speeds, extra memory, and wider bandwidth. It’s also available in different
resolutions starting in 1080p to 4K UHD. Moreover, it has 16GB of RAM and 512GB
of Internal Storage. Worth noting that the new laptop also features the world’s
first PCIe 4.0 connectivity. It’s a great technology for the most advanced
motherboards offering support. The new laptop features an all-metal body with
the display and the panel is quite bright. It offers up to 400 nit brightness
and a whopping 100% SRG color gamut. The device is quite lightweight with just
1.69 kg.
As for the prices, the HP War X product
comes with a starting price of RMB 4,999 which is just around US$ 722 for the
13-inch variant. Moreover, there is a 14-inch model that costs RMB 5,099, or US$ 736. A third option is a 15-inch unit, but it will set you back RMB 5,299,
just over US$ 765. The new laptop will be sold at Jingdong and will be available
starting on August 31. We’ll update this post we more info when Jingdong
updates the listing with more specifications. It’s a powerful laptop that
certainly will attract a lot of attention in China. Hopefully, HP will not make
it exclusive to the Chinese market will bring it to more regions pretty soon.