With the Oryx Pro 15 inch and 17 inch, the American Linux distributor System76 has a notebook series with an Intel Core i7-12700H and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU as well as the in-house Linux distribution Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS, a derivative of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, released with the Cosmic UX.
Linux workhorse with Alder Lake-H and Amp
The Oryx Pro is always based on a hybrid Intel Core i7-12700H (“Alder Lake-H”) with a total of 14 processor cores (6P+8E) and 20 threads as well as a TDP/PL1 of 45 watts or PL2 of 115 watts and can optionally be used with be configured with a 15 or 17 inch matt IPS display with 144 Hz. The resolution is FHD/1080p in both cases, the surcharge for the larger of the two panels is $79.
Alongside the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU with 8 GB and 6,144 CUDA cores and a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU with 16 GB and 7,424 shader units, the Oryx Pro has the following hardware.
- Intel Core i7-12700H (6P+8E) with up to 4.7 GHz
- GeForce RTX 3070 Ti laptop GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores
- GeForce RTX 3080 Ti laptop GPU with 7,424 CUDA cores
- 8, 16, 32 or 64 GB DDR4 with 3,200 MT/s in Dual Channel
- SSDs with 1× 240 GB PCIe 3.0 x4 to 2× 2 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 (M.2)
- Gigabit Ethernet and Wi-Fi 6 with 2× 2 MO-MIMO
- 2× USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1× USB 3.2 Gen 2
- 1× Thunderbolt 4 with 40 Gbps
- Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS (“Cosmic”)
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (“Gnome”)
- 2.8 kilograms (17")
- 2.4 kilograms (15")
- 80 Wh battery
System76 itself speaks to gamers and professional users in the fields of artificial intelligence and machine learning, to the the Oryx Pro should be primarily addressed. The notebooks come with a one-year manufacturer's warranty, which can be extended to up to three years for a fee.
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The System76 Oryx Pro is designed as a workhorse (Image: System76)
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The System76 Oryx Pro is designed as a workhorse (Picture: System76)Adapted firmware for BIOS and controller
< p class="p text-width">One of the special features of the notebooks from the American Linux distributor is the firmware that has been adapted to the systems. Users receive the System76 Open Firmware with the open source BIOS Coreboot, EDK2 and the manufacturer's own firmware apps as well as the System76 Open Source Embedded Controller Firmware.
System76 Oryx Pro 15" (Image: System76)
System76 Oryx Pro 17" (Picture: System76)Prices starting immediately from 2,199 US dollars
The System76 Oryx Pro is now available from the manufacturer's online shop. The standard configuration with Core i7-12700H, 8GB DDR4-3200, 240GB SSD and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti costs $2,199, while the maximum configuration with 64GB RAM, 2× 2TB SSDs and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti costs $4,624. dollars. Visit the official product page for more information.