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    Samsung R560 - opinions?

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by double_entity, Jan 1, 2009.

  1. double_entity

    double_entity Notebook Consultant

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    Hey all,

    This is looking like the laptop foremost on my shopping list. Was just wondering if anyone here owns the laptop and has any general comments on it's build quality and gaming power. Thanks loads.
     
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    thanks man, they don't have the samsung r560 but they do have some pretty cool vids on other samsung laptops
     
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    check trustedreviews.com they also have tons of samsung vids/reviews :D
     
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    Alrite brilliant. They had a good review up. Thanks again man.
     
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    no problem entity anytime :D
     
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    There's an unofficial review at NBR here and a long thread about the R560 here.

    IIRC, the gaming performance is above-average for the GPU.

    John
     
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    Thanks guys, and John, again your a legend! Sorry Phil, I'm quite a noob when it comes to reading benchmark results...but from what it looks like it seems that the Samsung R560 has some average results...unless its because its ranked against some heavy duty laptops?
     
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    This was an anomaly that we discussed at the time. There's a chance that the factory included a 9600M GT by mistake. Trusted Reviews report a 9600M GS (with DDR3) in the version they tested.

    John
     
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    ...got my hopes up for a second. So do you guys think its safe to say that the laptop can play Prince of Persia and Mirrors Edge etc smoothly? Thanks
     
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