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    Z68 Chipset and Clevo

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by kevindd992002, May 7, 2011.

  1. kevindd992002

    kevindd992002 Notebook Virtuoso

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    The release of the Z68 chipset would be on May 11, as we all know. Would we even see this chip on upcoming Clevos? Are there any news about it?
     
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    Z68 isn't a notebook chipset and there's no real reason to make a mobile version of it.

    When Intel rolls out socket LGA2011 CPU to replace Nehalem, Clevo might then use the X78 chipset for the x7200 refresh.
     
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    Oh ok. And this would be sometime around Q1 2012, right?

    Also, I thought Sandy Bridge already replaced Nehalem?
     
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    SB hasn't replaced the top end Nehalem yet....the i7-9xx are still Bloomfield/Westmere.
     
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    Ok. So no new Clevo 15- and 17- inchers anytime soon?
     
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    You're looking at Q4 2011 at the earliest for the refresh of the x7200 which might include Sandy Bridge E desktop cpus. Clevo just released the 8170 and 8150 which use Sandy Bridge mobile with a single gpu. The only thing that might get released in the summer is the new x8100 that we've heard nothing about. That being a Sandy Bridge mobile cpu with dual gpus at 18.4".
     
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    Oh ok, so no refresh for the mobile CPU-equipped notebooks right now. I really thought they will make a way to use the integrated video of the Sandy Bridge CPU's by using a Z68 chipset also. This is because Alienware has already done that.
     
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    Computex, May 30th, will be the time for Clevo to announce its x8100 refresh. If they do, then it will be a direct competitor to the m18x. The m17x r3 and the m18x both use hm67 and not z68.
     
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    hmm....the P180HM.....
     
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  10. Larry@LPC-Digital

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    Sorry for the accident post.. :eek:
     
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  11. kevindd992002

    kevindd992002 Notebook Virtuoso

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    why babyhemi?
     
    kevindd992002, May 8, 2011
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