HP EliteBook 850 G8 gets upgraded to Intel’s Evo platform

This year many OEMs have been upgraded their notebooks to meet Intel's Evo certification. The 11th gen Tiger Lake family has already seen many laptops' migration, but the recent news…

By Nivedita Bangari

December 11, 2020

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This year many OEMs have been upgraded their notebooks to meet Intel’s Evo certification. The 11^th gen Tiger Lake family has already seen many laptops’ migration, but the recent news comes from HP regarding its EliteBook series. Two of its already existing products, namely the HP EliteBook 830 G8 and 840 G8, have been refreshed by the manufacturer. But now, the company has also upgraded its HP EliteBook 850 G8.

The device has received spec updates to match the Intel Evo platform specifications. Intel’s Evo platform is designed to offer high responsiveness, a long-lasting battery, fast charging ability, and instant wake from standby. It is meant for notebooks to offer truly next-gen performance.

According to sources, the EliteBook 850 G8 will be powered by 11^th generation Core i5 and Core i7 processors since we all know that Intel’s 11^th generation CPUs bring along with it Intel’s latest integrated Xe graphics. The manufacturer has also provided the EliteBook 850 G8 with the optional configuration of the NVIDIA GeForce MX450 discrete graphics card.

The HP EliteBook 850 G8 comes in three display options, with all being full-HD 15.6-inch anti-glare display. The only difference is that they offer varied brightness options of 250, 400, and 1000 nits. According to reports, the 250-nit panel comes in both touch and non-touch variants, whereas the 400-nits variant is specified to be a low power panel. For the 1000-nit display, the company has provided its Sure View Reflect privacy screen to keep prying eyes at bay.

The comes with support for up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and offers up to 2 TB of NVMe PCIe SSD storage. There is Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 for wireless connectivity. For the 850 G8, the company also offers an optional configuration of WWAN 4G LTE and 5G while ordering. The manufacturer’s Ports include 2x USB Type-C Thunderbolt 4 ports, 2x USB 3.1 Gen1 Type-A ports. There are also 1x HDMI 2.0, a combo audio jack, an optional nano-SIM card slot, and the EliteBook 850 G8 available in late December.

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