For the original German review, see here.

Some things simply don't make a match. The term "integrated graphics" and "gaming" were among them for a long time. The weak IGPs of the past were in fact unusable even for casual gamers. Even if this has changed to some extent in the last few years with AMD's Llano and Trinity APUs, integrated GPUs nevertheless remained to be a low-end solution for price conscious buyers.

However, these times are to be a thing of the past. According to Intel, the new Iris Pro Graphics 5200 integrated in a few Haswell processors competes with Nvidia's GeForce GT 650M - a swift dedicated mid-range graphics card, which for example powered last year's MacBook Pro 15 Retina.

Clevo is one of the first manufacturers to introduce a barebone designed for the Iris Pro. Schenker sells the W740SU in Germany under the name S413 and it can be customized as usual. While the cheapest entry-level configuration featuring Intel's Core i7-4750HQ, 4 GB of RAM and a 320 GB hard drive costs approximately 1000 Euros (~$1328), lush storage or warranty upgrades quickly boost the price by several hundred Euros. Our exuberantly configured review sample sports 16 GB of working memory, a 256 GB SSD and Windows 8 and adds up to a total price of a steep 1400 Euros (~$1859).



The laptop's combination of power and portability takes aim right between weaker ultrabooks with a dedicated graphics, e.g. Asus' VivoBook S551LB, and full-fledged multimedia machines like Asus' N550JV. But just how smooth will the fusion of both concepts work?