Fox Rates The Alienware Area-51 m9750
Fox News (bit of an odd place for laptop reviews) has reviewed the Alienware Area-51 m9750 and they like it! Then again with this spec:
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo T7600
Processor Speed: 2.33 GHz
RAM: 2 GB
Weight: 9.2 lb
Screen Size: 17 inches
Screen Size Type: widescreen
Graphics Card: nVidia GeForce Go 7950GTX SLI
Storage Capacity: 320 GB
Networking Options: 802.11n
Primary Optical Drive: DVD+R DL
It’s easy to see why.
Asus G1S
The Asus G1S is powered by Nvidia GeForce Go 8600GT with 256MB GDDR3 VRAM, The G1S sports a 15.4-inch wide LCD screen, and a 1.3 mega pixels Web cam, and bundles a gaming laser mouse.
Intel Extreme Edition’s Overclocked To 3GHz
Intel has introduced the long-awaited Extreme Edition mobile processor. The standard Core 2 Extreme X7800 boasts 2.66 GHz clock speed, with 4MB of shared L2 cache. A 2.8Ghz version of the processor is expected later on this year
Intended for gaming and high-performance laptops, the new model uses the 65nm process and has an 800MHz Front Side Bus speed. The new Extreme model replaces the 2.4GHz T7700 at the top of the Core 2 tree. As with other Extreme edition processors, the processor is unlocked - ideal for those looking to overclock it.
Indeed, it has apparently already been overclocked to 3GHz inside an Asus gaming laptop.
Voodoo Envy H:171
The Envy H:171 features a 17-inch screen, ideal for the ultimate gaming experience. It’s powered by an Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800, and supports up to 4GB RAM. Graphics wise it offers dual Nvidia GeForce 7950 with 512MB of memory. With a hard drive capacity of 750GB, a dual layer DVD burner, WiFi, bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera it’s pretty well sorted!
Intel Targets High-End Gaming Laptops
Intel has begun selling a faster processor designed to attract computer gamers to laptops. The new processor is the ”Core 2 Extreme” mobile processor. It is claimed to be 28 percent faster than the previous top-of-the-line model. It’s the first model to carry the Extreme brand, previously reserved for Intel’s fastest desktop chips. Analysts say Intel is hoping to stimulate laptop sales, which are currently outstripping the desktop market and expected to grow rapidly. Laptop shipments may jump 27 percent this year, compared with a 2.4 percent gain for desktops, according to Gartner.
Are Gaming Laptops A Joke?
The Inqurier thinks so:
Let’s look at the pros of the current crop of gaming laptops. They are, in no particular order:
1. More portable than a desktop
2. Fanbois think you are coolNow let’s look at the down sides, again in no particular order:
1. Very expensive
2. Proprietary hardware that is unfixable if it breaks
3. Proprietary hardware that is unupgradable
4. Slow CPUs
5. Slow buses
6. Slow memory
7. Slow HDs
8. GPU makers lie about the capabilities of mobile GPUs (the 5000M is every bit as good as a 5000, really)
9. They are heavier than a normal laptop
10. They are as portable as a phone book
11. Battery life measured in hummingbird wingflaps
12. Screen responses measured in glacial movement units
13. Keyboards and mice that pale in response to a Logitech G5/G15
14. Lots of expensive crap bolted on you will never use
I’d have to agree with several points (8,11,14), but to be fair I rarely move my laptop around so portabilty (10) is a relative concept, plus lets face it when gaming I plug in a decent mouse and external keyboard.
What do you think?
Evesham Laptop With 8700 GT
I saw over on TrustedReviews that Evsham will shortly be shipping the Zieo NX600-HD which features a 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7500, 2GB of 667MHz DDR2, a 120GB SATA hard-drive and an nVidia 8700M GT with 512MB of dedicated memory - nice spec for a gaming laptop!
The standard spec is available for £1,399 inc. VAT, and Evesham is offering an ’extreme’ upgrade pack costing a further £200, which gives you a 2.4GHz T7700 processor and 160GB hard-drive. Nice!
The Asus C90 Gaming Laptop
Asus’ C90 is a configurable gaming laptop. Unlike most other laptops that require some effort to swap components (if it’s actually possible at all), the Asus C90 notebook is designed so that you can easily change the RAM, hard drive, CPU, graphics, and optical drive.
The Asus C90 comes with the super expedient Core 2 Extreme X6800 (2.93GHz) processor, has a 15.4-inch WSXGA+ display and comes with up to 3GB of DDR2 800MHz RAM and a 512MB GeForce 8600M. On top of that you get a 2.0 megapixel face-tracking webcam, an 8-in-1 memory card reader, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, as well as your choice of HD DVD or Blu-ray.
Genius MaxFire Pandora A Gamepad For Laptop Users
The MaxFire Pandora Gamepad is ideal for gadet gamers, the controller itself opens to store its USB cord while traveling (think glasses case). It has six face buttons, two shoulder buttons, a digital d-pad, and a turbo mode.
IGN is reporting on it’s premier today.
Haier Creates A Transformers Laptop
Engadget is reporting that Haier has created a Transformers-themed laptop. It’s got a good spec too with the G70 notebook running on Intel’s PM965 chipset, and featuring a 1920 x 1200 pixel 17-inch display, 2GB of RAM, a 120GB Hard Disk, and a GeForce Go 7950GTX with 512MB of VRAM.
It’s just not a transformer, sigh.