The entire Alienware lineup is getting a faster wireless option, courtesy of Bigfoot Networks' "Killer" Wireless-N 1103, which improves speed, reduces latency and adds a number of other proprietary technologies that might be well-suited to gaming laptops. All four of the current Alienware laptops ...

The words "world's fastest mobile GPU" are being thrown around a lot these days. It's only been a couple of weeks since Nvidia released its GTX 580M and claimed the title of "fastest". Now AMD has picked up the glove and responded in kind with its latest Mobility Radeon HD 6990M for laptops. This ...

Toshiba is one of the first two laptop manufacturers to bring glasses-free 3D technology to the market--the other one being ASUS with their G53Sx. The new creation is part of Toshiba's premium desktop replacement series Qosmio and is more specifically called Qosmio F750 3D.  Just like the G53Sx, it ...

The Sony VAIO Z series has long been known as a no-compromise laptop in every sense of the word. It's been the king of ultraportables; with RAID 0 SSDs (up to four), the latest and fastest processors and even gaming-capable graphics--all in an exceptionally slim chassis. It has also been (and most ...

Nvidia has just taken the lid of the most powerful mobile GPU to date--the GeForce GTX 580M. The company has also announced that the 17-inch Alienware M17x as well as the 18-inch Alienware M18x will be available with this graphics card in a presumably near future--the M17x with one 580M and the ...

It's been a while since the GT780 was first announced, but now MSI has started to show up for pre-order on eBay and elsewhere. The 780R is the version with dual hard drives in RAID 0 (or SSD/HDD combinaitons,) and the one that seems to become available first. MSI has previously launched the ...

Both the 3D and non-3D versions of the brand new 17-inch Asus Republic of Gamers G74SX is now available from several retailers. None of the laptops are exactly cheap, but they come with a fair amount of capable hardware to match the price tag.At this writing you can find a G74SX-A1 for slightly ...

Owners of laptops with AMD Radeon graphics cards might want to take the time to download the latest Catalyst 11.6 driver package, which was just released. The latest graphics driver for the Radeon HD series and now supports the latest processors, or "APUs" in the mobile Llano series with that ...

Just like Intel, AMD is combining the processor and graphics core into a single piece of silicon in its latest Fusion platform for laptops. The difference is that AMD can leverage its merger with ATI to bring much better integrated graphics to the table. This is good news for gaming on budget and ...

The Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M--which seems to have become something of a standard issue graphics card in gaming laptops 15 inches or larger--is about to be replaced by an updated GTX 560M with higher clocks and some other minor upgrades. While ASUS' Republic of Gamers 15-inch and 17-inch G53SX and ...

Asus has just revealed a brand new version of its 15-inch Republic of Gamers laptop, and this one comes with a feature called 'Naked Eye 3D'--a 3D solution that lets go the need for battery-powered active shutter glasses, or rather the need for glasses altogether.Some rumors about it has ...

Opinions differ about Optimus--some geeks consider it an abomination; not being able to switch manually and be in total control of the process, while others (mainly non-geeks) think it's awesome not having to bother with the settings. Regardless it clearly has its benefits as far as battery life ...