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    Samsung Series 7 Gamer NP700G7C with AMD Radeon HD 7970M/Geforce GTX 675M

    Discussion in 'Samsung' started by yknyong1, Mar 30, 2012.

  1. yknyong1

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    Seems very interesting, glad we finally have information regarding the best graphic card in the world. Very good move by Samsung to offer such a top tier gaming machine, will definitely be keeping an eye on them as more information becomes available (pricing, ordering information, availability date, upgrade options etc). Thanks Yknyong1 and Meaker for the pic and the good news :)
     
    SlickDragon, Mar 30, 2012
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    This just moved to the top of my list as long as the price is reasonable!
     
    lordbaldric, Mar 30, 2012
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    wow 7970M (hopefully pitcairn core!?)
    time to replace my old ROG 73S rig
     
    Billy2789, Mar 31, 2012
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    I'm looking forward to this.
     
    Eclipse251, Apr 1, 2012
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    the qustion is..will it have MXM module GPU?
     
    Captain Razer, Apr 2, 2012
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    This notebook is going to be a beast :)
     
    Cloudfire, Apr 2, 2012
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    want/need more info!!
     
    ryboto, Apr 3, 2012
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    We can't be sure that the UK will get it first just because Samsung UK has passed some info to the etailers before Samsung in the other countries.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Apr 5, 2012
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    may i know when will be the released of this baby?
     
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    Is this the unnamed Chrono 17.3" shown at CES 2012? The photo looks the same as NP700G7A.
     
    qbadger, Apr 7, 2012
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    the only thing i like about this is some word of the 79xxM cards. i've purchased samsung products so many times before because of their superior specifications for less money and i'll never make that mistake again. the significantly lower build quality is too much sacrifice in their case. i've never been happy with a samsung product. i always feel duped, like they tricked me again with their flashy new ideas.
     
    jeffeypop, Apr 11, 2012
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    I've had mixed luck with Samsung. The phones I've owned were crap. They were flashy and feature rich but very defective and buggy. However, my TVs, washer/dryer, and even my counter top were all reasonably priced and are great products. I have not, however, owned any of their computers but I am definitely interested in the 7970m. I'm not sure if this alone is enough to make me choose this over another brand.
     
    misterhobbs, Apr 12, 2012
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    An NP700G7C is on the Samsung global download site. The brief specs in the back of the manual list both the HM65 and HM75 chipset and HD6970M, HD 7970M and GTX 675M GPUs, all with quad core i7 CPUs. It looks like a Sandy Bridge version might arrive first and an Ivy Bridge version will follow.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Apr 12, 2012
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    As this model has more information revealed I will update the first post.
     
    yknyong1, Apr 12, 2012
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    I'm hoping for an early to mid-may release...
     
    Winter.Scaze, Apr 12, 2012
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    How is the cooling generally in Samsung laptops? From the models I've seen, they are relatively thin and it would seem that heat is a concern. How well will it handle a card like the 675m or 7970m?
     
    misterhobbs, Apr 13, 2012
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    I have the Sandy Bridge model at the moment (yes I am English) and it is good on acoustics and temps (sorry I can't into detail now te safari on my Itouch just crashed my long explanation of the laptop) hopefully I shall have pics and official temps on it tommorow to give a rough idea of what it is.
     
    I7,4ever, Apr 14, 2012
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    The current one has certainly what I would say more than adequate cooling.
     
    yknyong1, Apr 14, 2012
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    Well the cooling is ok, but not for everyone's tastes for example whenever I see the fan speeds its always on 30% even when im gaming hardcore (Around 4 hours on BF3) I dont hear the fans speeding up letting the tempratures into the 75 celcious bracket, I am just a little conserned about that as the Sandy Bridge model follows the Asus ROG laptop cooling style at the back vents which is good but I want to squeeze more out of my cooling peformance as I am planning to overclock the AMD 6970M to AMD 6850 stock speeds as it is just a undercloked version of the 6850.
     
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    Well the cooling is ok, but not for everyone's tastes for example whenever I see the fan speeds its always on 30% even when im gaming hardcore (Around 4 hours on BF3) I dont hear the fans speeding up letting the tempratures into the 75 celcious bracket, I am just a little conserned about that as the Sandy Bridge model follows the Asus ROG laptop cooling style at the back vents which is good but I want to squeeze more out of my cooling peformance as I am planning to overclock the AMD 6970M to AMD 6850 stock speeds as it is just a undercloked version of the 6850.
     

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    Is it your idle temps ?
     
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    Yes and you can obviously see the idle temps are at a scorching 57 Celsius it gets worse as my hottest temp is 96, I need to upload that picture cos I don't know how it survived the heat.
     
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    You should get a lap desk cooler
     
    Instynct, Apr 16, 2012
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    Urm I have an issue uploading a proper photo of my stress testing could anybody tell me a good website which allows me to upload a good quality picture to this forum?
     
    I7,4ever, Apr 17, 2012
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    imgur.com the one I always use.
     
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    The item description on tiger direct says that it comes with 2nd gen i7 processor and the gtx 675m, so if the picture in op's post is right, then maybe there are two models with the second one releasing with ivy bridge and 7970 later on?
     
    shmohawk, Apr 18, 2012
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    Thanks Instynct for the suggestions but about the cooler it is thick enough for traveling, it is because I use my Alienware for home use (normally bf3) which obviously has more power then the Samsung so if I bought a laptop cooler it would be bearly movable because it already weighs 5kg and it is ripping te case apart. The news about the Ivy bridge version is not so certain (I am not American) but just simply wait for the proper Ivy Bride launch (23 April I think) because there have been do -ups with Samsung in the past about the new gamer model it was posted as nearly as Febaury about the specs so I wouldn't preorder yet if I were you.
     
    I7,4ever, Apr 18, 2012
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    Just got my samsung series 7 :) It's amazing. Build quality is very nice, and the keyboard is amazing. Cooling looks great too.

    Installing some games to test.
     
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    Instynct, howd you get it so early, is it the ivy bridge version? Could you possibly can a more in-depth review?
     
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    I bought it from tiger direct, and also yes it is the ivy bridge version. What do you want to know about it? Just got finished playing ghost recon online on high and also apb reloaded on maximum @ 60 fps.


    Here are temps after playing for a few hours.
    [​IMG]
     
    Instynct, Apr 19, 2012
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    Are you sure it is ivy bridge? If you don't mind, can you post a picture of the system properties (computer -> system properties). It is not that I don't believe you, I just want to see it for myself. Also how much did you pay for it? It just say sold out when I go to tiger direct.
     
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    Thanks, still can't believe they actually shipped out ivy bridge laptops before Intel official announce it.
     
    bensmith0212, Apr 19, 2012
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    We want some pictures and a review now Instynct !! :p
     
    pau1ow, Apr 19, 2012
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    when there will be a review for this laptop? I am interested how noisy this baby is.
     
    PredatoR_TR, Apr 19, 2012
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    Instynct, what does the WEI come out as? any screenshots? :)
     
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    Thats impossible Ivy Bridge is not even out yet download CPUID CPU-Z to show 100% proof you got.
     
    I7,4ever, Apr 19, 2012
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    It is, you can already get the MSI GT60 and GT70 with i7-3610qm since 2 weeks from some French resellers.. :{
     
    pau1ow, Apr 19, 2012
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    Then it looks like Intel's Ivy Bridge lauch scheme is all messed up we can all get them right now.
     
    I7,4ever, Apr 19, 2012
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    Wow cant believe that the tigerdirect deal was semi legit, but I'd still like to see a Cpuid screenshot to confirm if its an Oem Ivy Bridge Cpu, or just an Es/Qs chip. If its the real deal this thread should be getting wayyyyyyyyy more hype, as we actually have someone with a legit Ivy Bridge chip that was bought legally (Nda breaking repercussions are inevitable). Would be very interested in seeing proper benchmarks and temps under stresstests, as well as the battery life.
     
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