Dell has finally announced the launch of the XPS M1730, the gaming notebook that should replace the M1710.
As rumored, new XPS M1730 will feature the physics dedicated card from AGEIA. It is the AGEIA mobile PhysX chip, the same one we saw and wrote about during the Games Convention. According to AGEIA, this little piece of hardware will allow far more complex physics without the performance drop.
The new XPS is also the first notebook with NVIDIA’s fastest SLI mobile solution. We are talking about two 512MB Geforce 8700M GT cards in SLI. The display of the M1730 can produce 1920×1200 resolution at stunning 7ms of refresh time.
Besides all the internal additions, Dell’s new XPS will feature a small LCD made by Logitech, called Logitech GamePanel LCD. The LCD can show system status and it probably works good with FRAPS. Dell’s LightFX system is also updated and it features lighting for the keyboard and the choice of 16 colors for ambient effects. It also features the 2MP CCD camera and dual digital array microphones.
The cheapest solution starts at $2,999 with Core 2 Duo T7700 at 2.4GHz, while the top model can be yours for a mere $4,486 with Core 2 Extreme X7900 at 2.8GHz.
An Australian system integrated that goes under the name of Pioneer Computers, reckon it’ll have a notebook with twin GeForce 8700M GT cards in SLI this month.
The site used to say GeForce Go 8800 GTX, but Pioneer has changed it to the 8700M GT cards intead. You’re looking at two 512MB cards and the cost over the two standard 7950 GTX cards is AU$399 or about €249.
Pioneer also claims that this is the first quad core notebook in the world, but oddly enough it seems like you can’t configure it with a single quad core CPU.
The DreamBook Power D90 SLI as Pioneer Computers calls it is based on the Clevo D900C chassis, as many other notebooks using desktop parts these days.
Hopefully Nvidia will have some SLI notebook drivers ready in time as well, or it could be a hard sell to flog this notebook with two cards if there aren’t any drivers for the mobile 8-series.
This is what PC gaming has been waiting for. Running on a high-powered Toshiba Satellite notebook packing a brand new DirectX 10-capable nVidia GeForce 8700M GT card, it can only be said that Crysis looked no less than stunning. The top shelf graphics accelerator had no issue churning out the visuals and handling the game’s physics; amazingly enough, all from a notebook. That alone makes Crysis, as well as nVidia’s new cards, worthy of anticipation.
Crysis chronicles the events of the year 2019 in which an asteroid plummets to Earth’s surface. Landing on a remote island off the Korean peninsula, the North Korean government immediately seals off the territory in an effort to stymie foreign intervention. Not willing to allow the communist regime to examine the asteroid exclusively, the Pentagon deploys a small squad of Delta Force operatives to the site.
You’ll take the role of one of these operatives assigned to infiltrate the North Korean base, reconnoiter the asteroid, and return the intelligence to the Pentagon. The mission doesn’t go quite as planned though, with the asteroid opening up to unveil a massive alien spacecraft. Immediately following the reveal is a flash freezing of the surrounding jungle, signaling the extraterrestrial threat. Now, you’re charged not only with quieting North Korean forces, but also preventing a potential alien invasion.
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UK system integrator Evesham has announced a new range of Zieo notebooks, the NX600-HD, powered by the Nvidia GeForce Go 8700M GT. The card fitted comes with 512MB of GDDR3 memory, but Evesham doesn’t mention any clock speeds.
The NX600-HD has a 17in display with a native resolution of 1,920×1,200, a choice of a Core 2 Duo T7500 or T7700 processor, 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 memory and 100 to 250GB of storage.
Other features include a DVI port, four USB 2.0 ports, FireWire, S/PDIF, TV-out, Gigabit Ethernet, modem, Wi-Fi, a memory card reader and an Express Card slot.
The NX600-HD weighs 3.95kg, so it’s not something you’d want to carry around with you. It measures 397×284x44mm (WxDxH) and it has about 2h battery life according to Evesham.
Toshiba has announced the Satellite X205 gaming notebook PC series, featuring a 17-inch display, Intel “Santa Rosa” platform, NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT graphics solution, and a HD DVD drive.
Toshiba Satellite X205 is powered by Intel Core 2 Duo processor and PM965 chipset, both providing 800MHz front side bus, which is an increase from 667MHz in older Satellite laptops. The GeForce 8700M GT dedicated graphics card in the X205 notebook is compatible with DirectX 10 games and has 256MB DDR3 video memory. This video card manages 17″ widescreen display with 1440-by-900 pixel resolution. Toshiba’s X205 supports up to 4GB of system memory and can be configured with up to two SATA hard drives. The offered configurations include 2×120GB and 2×160GB storage capacities. The laptop has a HD DVD player with CD and DVD writing capabilities. The HD DVD drive and notebook’s HDMI output with 1080i resolution provide high definition playback on external HD monitors and HDTVs.
For a cinema-like audio experience, Toshiba Satellite X205 notebook incorporates Dolby Home Theater, allowing surround sound from stereo and multichannel audio sources. This gaming mobile computer has four built-in Harman Kardon stereo speakers with subwoofer.
The X205 features Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (802.11a/g/n), Gigabit Ethernet, a modem, and Bluetooth, as well as built-in web camera and microphone.
It has six USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, a 5-in-1 media card reader, a Firewire port, and a fingerprint reader. Besides HDMI, the X205 provides VGA and S-Video outputs.
Toshiba Satellite X205 weigh starting at 9.37 pounds. It includes a numeric keypad and comes with Windows Vista Home Premium or Vista Ultimate operating system, depending on configuration.
The Satellite X205 notebooks start at $1,999 and are available at ToshibaDirect and at a variety of major consumer electronics and computer stores nationwide.
Source: laptoping.com
NVIDIA Corporation today announced the notebook-use GeForce 8700M GT graphics processing unit (GPU), designed for gaming and high-definition multimedia content playback.
As well as the entire GeForce 8M Series laptop GPU lineup, the high-end GeForce 8700M GT supports DirectX 10 games, so the video card is compatible with the recently released DX10 version of Company of Heroes, and with upcoming highly anticipated Crysis from Crytek and Lost Planet from Capcom.
NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT also privdes “stellar HD DVD and Blu-ray video playback”. The new video-processing engine in this GPU performs 100% of the H.264 HD video decoding, freeing the CPU for other tasks and significantly reducing power consumption, heat and noise, according to graphics chip maker. For further power saving, there is NVIDIA PowerMizer technology that balances notebook’s battery life and performance.
The GeForce 8700M GT GPU is expected to be used in laptops from Toshiba, Sager, Prostar, Eurocom, Biohazard, Connoiseur, Cybersystem, Hypersonic, MALIBAL, Multirama, rock, Evesham, Falcon Northwest, Plaisio, XS2, Nexoc, Hyrican, Vigor Gaming, Voodoo PC, and many others.
Source: http://laptoping.com
looked no less than stunning. The top shelf graphics accelerator had no issue churning out the visuals and handling the game’s physics; amazingly enough, all from a notebook. That alone makes 
