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MSI announces new GE600 16 inch gaming laptop

April 30, 2010   Sorin   No comments
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MSI Computer Corp. announced the availability of their newest gaming laptop, the GE600. Officially MSI announced GE600 for the first time, even before CeBIT 2010, along with the GT660 model. The 16-inch gaming laptop has an Intel Core i5 processor and dedicated Ati Mobility Radeon HD 5000 series graphics that supports the latest DirectX 11 games and 3D graphics.

MSI GE600’s new Core i5 processor improves battery life by as much as 15% over the previous generation while the Intel’s Turbo Boost technology will increase overall performance by up to 30% depending on the applications being run.

MSI GE600 gaming laptop comes with a new design, has a glossy black durable scratch resistant chassis on the outside and the interior is sand accented. The laptop has a raised chiclet keyboard with wider touchpad to increase accuracy and making typing more comfortable.

Above the keyboard we can find a set of illuminated touch sensitive hotkeys, very useful and easy to use, and there’s one speaker on each side. At the bottom, there are a series of ventilation slots for better cooling and a subwoofer protected by a metallic grill. The sound is certified as SRS Premium Sound with cinema-class high-fidelity.

Andy Tung, Vice President of Sales, MSI North America said the following about the GE600:

“The new GE600 is a powerful mobile gaming station that delivers everything a gamer needs to emerge from battle victorious in a lightweight affordable package.”

Specifications of MSI GE600 gaming laptop:

  • Display: 16 inch widescreen with resolution of 1366×768 pixels
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 430M (2.26GHz)
  • Chipset: Intel HM55
  • Memory: 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 SO-DIMM
  • Graphics: dedicated ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730 Madison XT with 1GB DDR3
  • Hard Drive: 320GB SATA at 7200RPM
  • Sound: HD Audio with two speakers and a subwoofer
  • Webcam: 1.3MP web camera
  • Connectivity: Ethernet LAN 10/100/1000Mbps, Bluetooth and WLAN 802.11b/g/draft n
  • I/O ports: 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x VGA, 1 x HDMI, microphone and headphone jacks, 4-in-1 card reader
  • OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
  • Battery: 6-cell Lithium-Ion
  • Dimensions: 375 x 250 x 28~33 mm
  • Weight: 2.68kg
  • Price: $899.99 at Newegg

Clevo X8100 has a brother, Battalion 101 X8100 gaming laptop

April 10, 2010   Sorin   No comments
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When we talk about games there’s no such thing as compromise, a true gamer needs only the best possible combination of components in order to top the other players. Long gone are the days of single player campaign games, the multiplayer mode is where a gamer test its skill against other players. iBuyPower released the Battalion 101 X8100 gaming laptop based on a market growth of gaming laptops. They are becoming more and more desired compared with standard desktops, because they can pack the performance, are silent and easier to transport (to a LAN party for instance) even though they tend to be a bit more expensive.

One month ago we presented the most powerful gaming laptop to date, the AVADirect Clevo X8100. They use the same casing, the same 18.4-inch display with Full HD resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. Both of them can use a SLI configuration with two Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M graphic cards with 1GB of memory each.

Battalion 101 X8100 comes with top of the line quad mobile processors and users can choose between Intel Core i7-720QM (4x 1.60GHz/6MB L3 Cache) which comes with basic configuration, Intel Core i7-820QM (4x 1.73GHz/8MB L3 Cache) for extra $310 or the fastest laptop processor Intel Core i7-920XM (4x 2.00GHz/8MB L3 Cache) for extra $916.

The laptop has a standard 4GB DDR3 system memory included, but for extra $455 you get double amount of memory. The laptop can be fitted with up to two hard drives (Clevo X8100 could fit three hard drives) with the option for up to 640GB HDDs or up to 512GB SSDs (Corsair, Kingston or Intel brands) which can be set into RAID 0 / 1 mode for performance or safety modes. The included hard drive as standard is a 320 GB 7200rpm S-ATA hard drive.

The optical drive used is a 8x Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + 16x CD-R/RW combo, but for extra $139 users can opt for 2X Blu-Ray-R/8x Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + 16x CD-R/RW combo. To supplement the storage capacity, the laptop features a built-in 7-in-1 media card reader/writer.

The other specifications are: 56K V.92 fax modem, 10/100/1000 Network LAN, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, 1x eSATA, 1xFirewire, 2xHDMI outputs, a 2 megapixels webcam, fingerprint reader, 3D SRS Premium Surround Sound for better gaming experience. The laptop comes with a Li-Polymer battery, preinstalled with Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate.

iBuyPower Battalion 101 X8100 is available in metallic black colored casing. Its starting price for the standard configuration is $2384 (Clevo started as roughly the same price $2500) and it can get over $7000 ($8000 for Clevo which added an extra hard drive) if high-end extra options and games are chosen.

Dell Inspiron 15 (1564) consumer laptop Intel Core i3 and i5 update

April 06, 2010   Sorin   No comments
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Dell has added a new member to its consumer oriented laptop Inspiron 15 family called Dell Inspiron 1564. This laptop comes with Intel’s new processors including Core i3 and Core i5 to bump the overall performance of the machine while improving power efficiency over the last generation of laptops.

Dell Inspiron 15 (1564) has a 15.6-inch LED backlight widescreen display with resolution of 1366×768 pixels, rather low for this big screen, Dell tried to keep the price down than including a higher resolution display (even though it would’ve improve productivity a lot).

The consumer laptop can fit up to 4GB of DDR3 system memory, Intel HD integrated graphics, and up to 500GB hard drive. Inspiron 15 (1564) is equipped with a DVD burner or Blu-Ray combo drive, a 7-in-1 media card reader, 1.3 megapixels web camera, stereo speakers, a microphone, Ethernet LAN, Wi-Fi 802.11g, three USB ports, VGA output, and optional Bluetooth.

Dell Inspiron 15 (1564) is available in three colors that customers can choose from: Obsidian Black, Ice Blue and Promise Pink or 200+ optional artist design options. Its autonomy can get up to 7 hours and 15 minutes with the use of the optional 9-cell battery.

Dell Inspiron 15 (1564) makes use of the SRS Premium Sound technology to significantly improve sound quality. The laptop’s dimensions are 14.96×9.76×0.79/1.29 inches and weighs 2.47kg. Dell Inspiron 15 (1564) notebook is selling with a starting price of $589.

Asus N82J 14-inch multimedia notebook released today

March 30, 2010   Sorin   No comments
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Asus has released today the new N82J multimedia notebook with a complete range of features that we will see below, enough for entertainment and increased productivity. User can choose from a wide range of new Intel Core processors (from Core i3-330M to Core i7-720QM), the graphics are served by Nvidia GeForce GT335M graphic card with dedicated 1GB video memory, while the system memory can reach up to 8GB.

Asus included in its entire N series notebooks the super-fast USB3.0 that shorten time needed to transfer data, alongside with audio and video improvements, and the energy efficient Super Hybrid Engine technology. It is safe to say that this machine will run in decent, if not perfect conditions any applications you throw at it.

Asus N series notebooks, such as the N82J, are multimedia notebooks and to achieve this goal powerful hardware isn’t enough, sound quality is also very important to bring out the best in entertainment and gaming. Asus SonicMaster is meant to do just that by combining custom-built Altec Lansing speakers and software processing of all sound output. The result is superior to normal notebook sound systems thanks to extended vocals, wide range processing technologies.

Asus N82J has a technology called Asus Video Magic which has multiple purposes: to accelerate frame rates to 72fps in order to eliminate blur and upscale DVD content to 1080p HD in real time and with low system load. The Asus Splendid Technology offers vivid colors, more contrast, and brightness ratios. Both of them complemented by Nvidia CUDA which boosts overall performance and reduce system power demands, therefore offering better battery life.

Nvidia Optimus technology is also present alongside with the ones described above, and allows the Asus N82J to offer a very good balance between power and battery life. Optimus switches between the dedicated GeForce GT335M when high-end gaming and image processing are run and integrated graphics for normal tasks with no demanding visuals, leading to a wiser battery usage. Check the image below for a complete list of specifications and available choices.

Asus N61JV-X2, N71JV-X1 Optimus ready notebooks hit the US

March 16, 2010   Sorin   2 Comments
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Asus N61JV-X2 and Asus N71JV-X1, the first notebooks with Nvidia Optimus technology, are now available in the US market. They are the first of five laptops that will be available from Asus, and both have the same price, $899.

Asus N61JV-X2 has a 16-inch display with 1366×768 pixels resolution and Intel Core i5-430M (3MB cache, 2cores/4threads) processor running at 2.26 GHz and with Turbo Boost up to 2.53 GHz along with switchable GeForce GT 325M graphics, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, DVD burner, and Windows 7 Home Premium OS.

Asus N71JV-X1 has similar specifications as N61JV-X2’s; the only differences are made by the housing, the 17.3-inch screen with 1600×900 pixels resolution and the processor, Intel Core i3-350M (3MB cache, 2cores/4threads) without Turbo Boost technology.

For the complete list of specifications be sure to check the pictures below.

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Asus N Series – Sounds as you’ve never heard on a laptop before

March 07, 2010   Sorin   No comments
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While lots of producers try harder and harder to include the best quality displays into their products thus offering a rich and vivid video experience, they most of the time use sound solutions that don’t enchant our ears. For this Asus developed SonicMaster, which is a set of specifications for laptop audio that guarantee the best possible audio fidelity for every kind of audio content, from VoIP to HD movies.

SonicMaster will be used from now on as standard on all new N Series laptops from ASUS and the Asus NX90 was the first model to demonstrate the huge difference that high quality audio can make to listening pleasure. The new N series models scheduled to launch later this year will change our perception about what really a multimedia portable really is. They will be available in 14, 16 and 17.3-inch screen sizes, with a choice of Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors.

The list of specifications surely makes them stand out of the crowd with features like: intelligent case designs, large speakers fueled by powerful amplification circuitry, DirectX 11 graphics with Nvidia Optimus technology for automatic switching between the integrated and discrete graphics chips and even USB3.0 so the user could connect the newest gadgets.

List of specifications:

ASUS N82J

  • Processor: Intel i3, i5 or i7
  • Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD5730 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
  • Audio: Altec Lansing stereo speakers with SRS Premium Sound
  • Memory: 2 x DDR3 SODIMM for expansion up to 8GB
  • Screen: 14-inch (1366 x 768) LED-backlit
  • Hard disk: 320/500/640GB
  • Optical drive: DVD Super-Multi or Blu-ray
  • Connectivity: 802.11n, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
  • Battery: 6-cell, lithium polymer (4400mAh)
  • Dimensions: 345 x 243 x 33 ~ 35mm
  • Weight: 2.3Kg

ASUS N61J

  • Processor: Intel i3, i5 or i7
  • Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD5730 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
  • Audio: Altec Lansing stereo speakers with SRS Premium Sound
  • Memory: 2 x DDR3 SODIMM for expansion up to 8GB
  • Screen: 16-inch (1366 x 768) LED-backlit
  • Hard disk: 320/500/640GB
  • Optical drive: DVD Super-Multi or Blu-ray
  • Connectivity: 802.11n, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
  • Battery: 6-cell, lithium polymer (4400mAh)
  • Dimensions: 384 x 265 x 37 ~ 39mm
  • Weight: 2.7 ~ 2.9Kg

ASUS N71J

  • Processor: Intel i3, i5 or i7
  • Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD5730 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
  • Audio: Altec Lansing 2.1 speakers with SRS Premium Sound
  • Memory: 2 x DDR3 SODIMM for expansion up to 8GB
  • Screen: 17.3-inch (1600 x 900) LED-backlit
  • Hard disk: 320/500/640GB with dual-HDD support
  • Optical drive: DVD Super-Multi or Blu-ray
  • Connectivity: 802.11n, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
  • Battery: 6-cell, lithium polymer (4400mAh)
  • Dimensions: 480 x 265 x 35 ~ 41mm
  • Weight: 3.2 ~ 3.4Kg

MSI GX640, GX740, and GT660 Gaming Laptops showed off at CeBIT 2010

March 02, 2010   Sorin   1 Comment
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MSI announced its gaming laptop rigs only a while ago and now, at CeBIT 2010, Hannover, Germany, the company is showing them to the public. The laptops are suited for attest and most demanding games and pack Intel Core i5 and i7 processors, and powerful dedicated graphic cards with graphic chips from Ati 5000-series with latest DirectX support.

The GX640 and GX740 models come with Core i5 processors and AMD ATI Radeon HD 5870 and 5850 discrete graphics cards, respectively. Both laptops feature one full gigabyte of GDDR5 video memory, a 2-megapixel webcam, and SRS premium audio. Both will have hard drives ranging from 320GB to 640GB and will have six- and nine-cell battery options.

The GX640 laptop has a 15.4-inch display, 2xUSB2.0 ports, while the GX740, will have a 17-inch display, 3xUSB2.0 and a subwoofer as part of the SRS Premium Sound system.

The GT660, which was previewed recently, has a Core i7 CPU with discrete Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M graphics and 1GB of GDDR3 video memory. It has USB 3.0 ports, ideal for an external RAID array perfect for fast loading games, video or CAD editing.

MSI has not yet announced pricing or availability for these three laptops.

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