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New Alienware Laptops Available Now

So much for the yesterday's rumors-- the new Alienware lineup is out NOW and Dell is already taking orders. The M14x R2, M17x R4 and the M18x R4 have all been given the Nvidia Kepler treatment as well as lots of other high-end goodies. Unfortunately the M11x appears to have been discontinued. ...

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Alienware M18x R2 Specs Revealed (Maybe)

While not exactly on par with the Apple rumor industry, the Dell Lab blog has been on the mark before, so the rumors posted there tend to be interesting (which is usually more than you can say about the Apple rumor mill).The latest rumor pertains to the 2nd revision of the M18x and contains ...

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Asus G55VW, G75VW get RAID Support

Asus has uploaded the manuals to its upcoming 15.6-inch G55VW and 17.3-inch G75VW gaming laptops - successors to the G53SX and G74SX - and they contain some interesting tidbits, including information on how to set up a RAID array.For those new to RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive/Independent ...

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New Qosmio X875 Gaming Laptops from Toshiba

Toshiba has just unveiled new laptops in the manufacturer's high-end Qosmio lineup. The new X875 and X875 3D will come with Intel's still-unreleased Ivy Bridge processors and a faster graphics card than their predecessors.By the looks of it the design has also been updated with a somewhat less ...

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Origin PC Updates EON 15-S, 17-S

Origin PC's 15" and 17" laptops are now ready for Intel's upcoming Ivy Bridge processors that are due by the end of April. The new models come with the new HM77 chipset, which is backwards compatible, so for now the processor options include only the current Sandy Bridge lineup.However, on the ...

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Ivy Bridge Launch Dates Confirmed

There has been much talk back and forth about delays with Intel's next-gen Ivy Bridge platform, but now it looks like things have started to settle, with some launch dates confirmed. Fortunately, the quad-core mobile parts that are destined for gaming laptops will be among the first to arrive, ...

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GTX 675M is Rebadged GTX 580M

...and the flagship model is just one of the mobile GPUs that Nvidia will be renaming this year.The specifications for the mobile versions of the GeForce 600M series have been released, and it's not all good news. Some of the new 600M graphics cards will come from the new, 28nm Kepler ...

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Liquid Cooling: The Next Big Thing?

It certainly doesn't sound bad in theory--and the concept has been mentioned before-- but so far the number of laptops with water cooling on the market has amounted to zero.The main problem is rather obvious if you've ever seen a liquid-cooled desktop. Pumps, hoses, radiators, regulators, ...

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Next-Gen HP dv7t, dv6t (7000 Series) Specs Listed

HP has taken the lid off some details regarding the upcoming replacements for the 15.6-inch Pavilion dv6t and the 17.3-inch dv7t. Not surprisingly, the specs include Ivy Bridge processors and a mobile Nvidia Kepler GPU in the dv7t.The specification pages are no longer available on HP's website, but ...

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Even Less Mediocre IGP in Intel’s Haswell

Intel's next-generation Ivy Bridge processors will start to trickle out in April, but some details about the successor Haswell, due in 2013, have already surfaced. It seems that Intel continues its valiant struggle towards integrated graphics that suck slightly less.In view of what AMD and Nvidia ...

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GeForce GT 640M (Kepler) Benchmarks Available

The performance of Nvidia's next-generation (28nm) mobile Kepler architecture is no longer a secret. Some benchmarks have surfaced for the mid-range GT 640M and they look very promising.What makes the whole thing even more interesting is that the benchmarks come from an ultrabook - or at least ...

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Qosmio X870 – Toshiba’s Latest Flagship

Most laptop manufacturers - including some new and unexpected ones - have announced upcoming gaming systems based on Intel's Ivy Bridge platform and new 28nm mobile graphics cards from Nvidia or AMD. Toshiba is also on track with a new version of its flagship Qosmio gaming laptop that likely ...

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