Also, this DGP AMD 520 is GCN 1.0 architecture, Southern Island and is supported in AMD proprietary driver AMDGPU-PRO. But, you can use "amdgpu" driver as well(I'm yet to try). The driver used by default is "radeon" which is an old one. You have to use "DRI_PRIME=1 appname" to launch a particular software or game to use dedicated AMD 520 graphics. The DGP(Dedicated graphics) AMD 520 works well in both wayland and X11(Xorg) sessions. I'm using now with a cheap USB wireless adapter bought for Rs200 online which supports Linux. As per the rtlwifi maintainer, the RTL8723DE will get supported by December 2017 - January 2018 time. I also have installed Ubuntu Linux 17.10 and this is my primary operating system.(I'm a primary Linux user from past 15 years) Installation of Linux was smoother than Windows 10, apart from the fact that the wireless module RealTek RTL8723DE of 15-BS576TX is not supported yet in Linux. You can follow the steps on how I installed Windows 10 and drivers here: bit. Installing and configuring this laptop with proper drivers is necessary. Hunting drivers for this model was tough, because HP product support page listed drivers that are not relevant for this model too. I installed Windows 10 professional using this license on this laptop. I have a Windows 10 Professional license available, linked with my Microsoft account. This is an updated model of HP 15-AY503TX, another successful model from last year. But, apart from these minor glitches, the laptop is really good. Another small issue is low audio volume in this model. I guess, if dedicated graphics is used, it will be even lesser. But, the display has some flex and needs to be careful while handling. I also bought 2 year extended warranty and theft protection offer for Rs999. But, no Windows 10 and it came with a FreeDOS command line operating system, which is pretty much useless.ĭuring the time I purchased, this is one of the best VFM laptop available. This laptop has 7th gen Core i5 -7200U Kaby Lake processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM, 2GB AMD ATI RADEON 520 Graphics(GCN 1.0 supported!), well enough to support heavy computing. This laptop was bought well researched, considering my criteria was 7th/8th gen Core i5, DDR4 4-8GB RAM, 2GB DGP(Dedicated Graphics Processor). I bought the HP-15-BS576TX laptop from Kochi on 14th October 2017.
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