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Alienware m11x Refresh: Now with Core i5, Core i7

Dell's world record in the "smallest gaming laptop" category - the 11-inch m11x has been given a performance boost thanks to a new option to configure it with one of the new low-voltage Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors instead of the former Core 2 Duo CULV CPU.The graphics card is still the ...

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Maingear ex-L 17 Configurable with GTX480

The new 17-inch monster gaming laptop from Maingear, the ex-L 17 is configurable down to the smallest detail. It's available with either of the top models in ATI/AMD's and Nvidia's lineups - the HD5870 or the latest GTX 480M respectively. Both with ultra-fast GDDR5 memory modules. Alternatively, ...

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Nvidia Rolls Out GeForce 257.21

Nvidia has just updated its drivers to version 257.21 WHQL, and as some of you have probably noticed, these drivers will also work with laptops since Nvidia changed its previous policy of referring laptop users to the manufacturers, whom rarely update their drivers - if at all. There are several ...

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MSI GX740 Update

MSI recently announced that their GX740 gaming laptop is now available and shipping in the US. The machine is a 17-inch model based on Intel's Calpella platform.  It's available in several configurations, ranging from dual-core, four-threaded Core i5 CPUs, up to the top quad-core Core i7 ...

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Fermi for Laptops: GTX 480M Finally Launched

Fermi, or GF100 as the chip is also known as is now in production for laptops and will go by the name GeForce GTX 480M. It is Nvidia’s first DirectX 11 GPU with lots of new features including the next-gen CUDA, decentralized hardware tessellation and DirectCompute 5.0.The mobile version of the ...

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Asus N82J – A 14-Inch Quad-Core Powerhouse

Asus has officially introduced a new 14-inch model called N82J that should appeal to gamers looking for powerful specs in a svelte package. Interesting features include Nvidia Optimus hybrid power, USB3 and a quad-core i7 CPU. Despite the specs, it’s not an overly large machine, and a weight of ...

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Nvidia Laptop Drivers Get Rebranded

To breathe new life into its mobile video card drivers, Nvidia has elected to bestow them with a new name: “Verde”. Several performance improvements are also promised with the latest release.It took a while, but now both AMD and Nvidia are now shipping drivers that work with laptops without ...

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Choke Your Laptop with Unigine Heaven 2

I’m not sure why I insist on torturing my computers with all these benchmarks, but if it’s any consolation it seems like a common affliction among hardware geeks. Running Unigine Heaven on my lowly 9600M-equipped laptop wasn’t exactly an encouraging experience, but here’s a new version ...

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Nvidia Issues Driver Warning

Nvidia says that a version of its drivers may cause overheating. The warning applies to the 196.75 version drivers for its GeForce graphics cards. According to Nvidia, the buggy drivers could cause overheating and lead to Windows crashes. Apparently it has something to do with the fan powering down ...

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More Mobile Gaming from MSI: GT660

Notebookcheck.net reports from CeBIT 2010 that MSI has yet another interesting gaming monster in the pipeline – this one is a 16-inch (16:10) quad-core machine named GT660. MSI has offered up gaming laptops before, but apparently the manufacturer has taken a flair for uber-performance laptops and ...

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MSI GE600 – New 16-Inch 1080p Gaming Laptop

If this one is anything like the previous laptops in MSI’s (G)aming series it should turn out to be pretty good. I used to own a 15-4-inch MSI gamer laptop that was quite slim and light (for a 15-incher) with a nice aluminum finish and an instant-overclocking feature. It only lacked in one aspect – ...

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Nvidia Optimus for Laptops – A Better Hybrid Solution

It looks like Intel and Nvidia are beginning to reconcile their previous differences. Nvidia is about to launch a follow-up to Hybrid Graphics – the previously awkward combination of an integrated Intel GPU and a more powerful dedicated one.This could mean a lot for the battery life of laptops ...

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