Surface Book 3 could be revealed very soon, and it looks insanely powerful

The Surface Book 3 is drawing ever closer, and there’s plenty of cause for excitement, including a potential gargantuan graphics upgrade.

We’re expecting Microsoft to hold a virtual briefing for both the new Surface Book 3 and Surface Go 2 sometime over the next few weeks, so there really shouldn’t be long to wait.

Surface Book has always been the spec powerhouse of Microsoft’s Surface range, and it looks to be no different with the third iteration. The new model looks set to get Intel’s latest 10th Gen Comet Lake CPUs, alongside up to 1TB of SSD storage and up to 32GB RAM.

While those specs are nothing to sniff at, the big news comes in the form of what graphics card will be onboard. Surface Book 3 has been reported as having the option for an Nvidia Quadro card. The Quadro GPU is Nvidia’s creator flagship and could cement the Surface Book 3’s aims of targeting the high-end creative market with this device.

There’s plenty more rumours and speculation around the new Surface Book, so we’ve brought it all together in one easy-to-read Trusted Reviews guide where we sort the unsubstantiated whispers to the info from trusted sources. Read on for all the details.

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Surface Book 3 release date – When is it coming out?

The Surface Book 3 will arrive in stores in June according to Mary Jo Foley of ZDnet.

Since she is one of the most reliable sources for Microsoft news, it’s highly likely that this June release date is accurate, although it’s possible the Covid-19 outbreak could delay shipment.

Surface Book 3 price – How much will it cost?

The Surface Book 3 will have a starting price of €1006.94 according to the retail listing leak reported by WinFuture.

The retail listing also suggests there will be numerous configurations, spiralling all the way up to a whopping €4255.43.

There’s no word on UK pricing yet though, so we’ll likely have to wait until the official reveal for that.

Related: Surface Go 2

Surface Book 3 specs – How powerful is it?

The Surface Book will reportedly feature Intel’s Comet Lake processors and offer the option of Nvidia’s powerful Quadro GPUs.

The leaked retail listing showed two Intel Come Lake options: Intel Core i5-10210U / i7-10510U. These are very powerful laptop processors, being in the very latest generation of Intel chips. Microsoft is making up to 32GB of RAM available too, which is frankly obscene.

Processor	Intel Core i5-10210U / i7-10510U
RAM	8GB / 16GB / 32GB
GPU	Up to Nvidia Quadro
SSD	256GB / 512GB / 1TB

Most interesting of all is the inclusion of a Nvidia Quadro GPU, which is staggeringly powerful and an ideal option for professionals who frequently do intensive creative tasks such as 3D modelling, animation and game design. Only the most expensive configurations will feature this graphics card though, with Microsoft offering a huge range of models.

The 2-in-1 laptop will also feature a generous SSD capacity, climbing all the way up to 1TB. The starting model will only come with a 256GB SSD though, which is pretty meagre. That shouldn’t be an issue for casual web browsers or those who use the cloud though.

Surface Book 3 design – What will it look like?

While it looks to be all change on the inside for the new Surface Book, there’s little word on whether the new device will look any different to what has gone before – with the small amount of speculation pointing to the design remaining the same as the previous two iterations.

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