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    First (?) Ivy Bridge notebook available for preorder

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Cloudfire, Feb 9, 2012.

  1. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    Samsung just announced a new Ivy Bridge notebook with the newest CPU from Intel along with the newest graphic technology from Nvidia, GTX 675M.
    What a beast :eek:

    Btw, 200W adapter. Isn`t that a bit....big?

    Here are the complete specs:
    $1899

    Samsung Series 7 Gaming Laptop with Ivy Bridge Available for Preorder | PCWorld
    Samsung official homepage, product info
     
    Cloudfire, Feb 9, 2012
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  2. miro_gt

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    GTX 675M ? .... dam ...
     
    miro_gt, Feb 9, 2012
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    Wow and we were joking about them being late with the 6970M.
     
    long2905, Feb 9, 2012
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    580m > 485m > 570m

    680m > 580m > 675m

    Imo
     
    GeoCake, Feb 9, 2012
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    They shure as hell are going all in with gaming notebooks. Kudos for that :D

    No that 675M is going to perform better than 580M I think. Alienware with their gamingbeast M18x R2 will offer 7970M as the highest with AMD GPUs, and 660M and 675M with Nvidia GPUs but 675M in SLI.
    Today they offer 560M and 580M in SLI. I think that should tell something. + the AC adapter of 200W
     
    Cloudfire, Feb 9, 2012
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    GeoCake http://ted.ph

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    Who knows, haha. If it is faster then I will upgrade, but I strongly doubt it.

    But, how is 200W DAAAAAMN?

    M17X R3s have been getting 240W PSUs since launch :/
     
    GeoCake, Feb 9, 2012
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    I just found out that the samsung with 6970M also have 200W. Oh well, it is just me then. I`m sitting here with my 120W adapter and I thinks it is huge lol. Can`t imagine a 200W :p
     
    Cloudfire, Feb 9, 2012
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    Beats the crap out of the Razer Blade for $1,000 less, imagine that!
     
    Syberia, Feb 9, 2012
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    I would be surprised if it is not faster. Unlike the last two and a half years worth of upgrades which were all 40nm, the upcoming GPUs come with a full node die shrink (down to 28nm). If it is slower, then what are they doing with the 200W of juice? Ivy Bridge is not that power hungry and even with 16GB of RAM, that laptop would barely draw 100W without the GPU.
     
    Althernai, Feb 9, 2012
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    Aw, no release date. Really interested in what kepler can do in terms of performance.
     
    R3d, Feb 9, 2012
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    WOW !
    My 2630QM is an old tech now.

    This 3610QM has a turbo frequency up to 3.3GHz!
     
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    Possibly the first in the US.
     
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    whitrzac The orange end is cold...

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    my 240w slim dell adapter is about 2x as wide and 1/2 as thick as all of the 120w ones I have...


    It looks big, but isn't
     
    whitrzac, Feb 9, 2012
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    This one was already ready for preorder in early Jan.
     
    yknyong1, Feb 9, 2012
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    Core i7 and 256bit GPU and only these small intake/exhaust vents? LOL, this rig will make some noise I tell you! Not to mention the heat....


    No, thank you!
     

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    Oh well, atleast it was recently added in the Samsung homepage. :)
    Hard to follow all the posts and threads in this forum, so sorry about the repost.
     
    Cloudfire, Feb 10, 2012
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    wow, i dont think that ib cpu will be turbo boosting for too long.
     
    trvelbug, Feb 11, 2012
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    You have taken the wrong image. That image shows the bottom of the Series 7 Chronos. The Series 7 the thread is talking about is the Series 7 Gamer. Don't post images without first verifying, that will mislead others.
     
    yknyong1, Feb 11, 2012
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    they seems to have taken down the listing. Is that a bad sign?
     
    long2905, Feb 11, 2012
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    They took it down as it violated the NDA. The Gamer is already available since Oct 2011 with a 6970M. It is discussed over at the Samsung forum that the internals were modified for the new gen. Outlook remains the same.
     
    yknyong1, Feb 11, 2012
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