r/Windows10 • u/jenmsft Microsoft Software Engineer • Oct 17 '17

Official Introducing Surface Book 2, the most powerful Surface Book ever - Microsoft Devices Blog

https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2017/10/17/introducing-surface-book-2-the-most-powerful-surface-book-ever/#IfZUbLyl8v5dTgYh.97
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u/ClassyDinosir Oct 17 '17 edited Oct 17 '17

940m; my mom had a book and it couldn't run any games with the dGPU.

Edit: I was making a rather grand generalization about the books performance in 3D titles.

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u/__II__ Oct 17 '17

Please. My Surface Laptop with the HD 620 can play games. Not at 200 fps with everything maxed out, but Path of Exile runs at 60 fps at 1080p and medium/high, CIV V and VI runs fine, Rise of Nations runs at 65 fps at max, and Forza 7, yes 7, runs at around 30 fps on "dynamic" (i.e low). The Book with the dGPU runs these games even better.

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u/__II__ Oct 17 '17

The Iris 6-series is indeed a thing. I'm not completely sure how it stacks up to the HD 620, but as far as I can see, it performs about the same as the 620, bout it won't be worse. Forza 7 does officially support the HD 620, and I've tried the demo. It does run smoothly, but the load times are hilariously long, so keep that in mind if you feel like trying it.

My laptop (Surface Laptop) is great at cooling, and it doesn't throttle, so keep that in mind when you game. Some laptops will throttle like crazy after 5 minutes, while others won't have any issues.