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iBuyPower has just unveiled a new 17.3-inch gaming machine dubbed the Valkyrie CZ-17. If you think that it looks eerily familiar you are not alone. It appears to be based on the MSI GT70. Just like Clevo, MSI is an Original Design Manufacturer (ODM), but unlike Clevo of course, MSI also sells its ...

The 17.3-inch MSI GT70 looks like a nice machine, and now MSI is about to extend the options on the graphics side with the brand new GTX 680M.As we've pointed out on several occasions, the Nvidia's GTX 675M was not a a new graphics card with the 28nm Kepler architecture, but a renamed old GTX 580M ...

The new high-end Intel Ivy Bridge CPUs are just fresh off the wafer, but what seems to be updates to the current lineup have already surfaced.Right now the most common processor in new gaming laptops is the Core i7-3610QM, followed by the more expensive 3720QM and 3820QM. There's also the ...

Asus, MSI, Alienware, Lenovo (?). The company that inherited the ThinkPad brand from IBM has produced countless reliable, if boring, business machines, but it hasn't made a name for itself in entertainment laptops for the masses.It's not like they haven't tried--the IdeaPad lineup has been ...

The latest updates to HP's 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch high performance laptops, the dv6t and dv7t Quad Edition have not been particularly well covered by the media, with most of the attention being directed to the new ultrabooks and 'sleekbooks' from HP.However, the changes made in the quad-core ...

One of AMD's new Trinity chips have been thoroughly tested and it looks like a modest improvement for integrated graphics.There has been much talk about how Intel's integrated HD 4000 graphics in the new Ivy Bridge CPUs would be the "death of dedicated graphics". However, only so-called financial ...

Samsung is mostly making news about its new Series 7 Gamer, which is clearly a powerful machine, but for those looking for a less bulky desktop replacement / gaming laptop, the new Ivy Bridge and Kepler-equipped Series 7 Chronos is also interesting. While not as powerful as its gaming counterpart, ...

In an unusual show of customer appreciation, gamers who bought a new EON 15-S, EON 17-S or other select Origin system just prior to the Ivy Bridge update are being given free updates to the latest generation Intel processors. The same goes for Dell customers who ordered one of the new M14x R2, M18x ...

We've just unpacked a brand new ASUS Republic of Gamers G55VW and run some Futuremark benchmarks on it, comparing it to its predecessor, the G53SX. The results weren't revolutionary but clearly a step forward. Even more impressive was that the G55VW barely made a sound while running Futuremark's ...

The news of an upcoming gaming laptop from Samsung came as something of a surprise, coming from a company that hasn't focused on gaming products at all in the past (or focused on laptops, for that matter).That doesn't change the fact that the new Series 7 Gamer looks like a very competent piece ...