You will have to fork out 3299 Euros ($4093) for the 512 GB model and 3799 Euros ($4713) for the 1 TB model - these are some hefty surcharges. The 2799-Euro ($ 3472) base model, which we are currently reviewing, has a 256 GB SSD. Right now, there are three different versions of the Surface Book 2 15, each of them differentiated by the amount of storage space. But of course, we will still examine in great detail what kind of impact this has on the energy management.

Microsoft supplies both versions with the same AC adapter (95 W according to Microsoft, 102 W in both of our review devices), which does not bode well at all, considering the higher energy demands of the GTX 1060. We encountered similar problems in our review of the smaller Surface Book 2 13. Here, it is cooled with a small dedicated fan.Īfter the launch in the USA, there were reports about problems with the power management under high load. The processor is again a modern quad-core ULV chip from Intel, which, in this case, is not cooled passively. Instead of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 with 2 GB of VRAM, Microsoft outfits the bigger brother with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 with 6 GB of VRAM. Besides a larger screen, when compared to the Surface Book 2 13, which we already reviewed, what really differentiates the two models is the dedicated graphics card in the keyboard dock of the 15-inch model. A few months after the launch of the Surface Book 2, Microsoft brings the larger and more capable variant with a 15-inch screen over to Germany.

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