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Mobile AMD Radeon HD 7000M Series Details Leaked
“Leaked” is usually something of an overstatement in these circumstances, as it often just involves someone taking a look at the “.inf” file in publicly available drivers. It is nevertheless always interesting to see what AMD and NVIDIA are up to in the graphics department–particularly at this stage when the move to a new 28nm [...]
HP Envy 15 Returns – Redesigned
The original Envy 15 was an incredibly fast 15-inch laptop when it was launched in 2009. It borrowed the MacBook Pro design put replaced the hardware with a (then) vastly more powerful 1st-gen quad-core Core i7 CPU coupled with a high-end AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4830 (later HD 5830). On the downside it also received [...]
Big Price Cut on the GTX 580M
It looks like NVIDIA has finally started to see sense about the pricing on their fastest mobile GPU. So far the main competitor from AMD, the Radeon HD 6990M –one that beats the GTX 580M in a fair share of games and benchmarks – has been selling for about $300 less than its rival, making [...]
New C64 Kicks Performance Up a Notch
Unless Commodore USA is secretly planning to release a new version of the “portable” Commodore SX-64 (pictured below), this isn’t a laptop, but the latest version does use a mobile CPU to reach beyond the 1MHz clock speed offered by the original. A quad-core, Sandy Bridge Intel Core i7-2720QM clocked at 2.2GHz ensures that you [...]
HP Keeps PC Division
In spite of rumors to the contrary, HP is not going to sell out it’s PC division Personal Systems Group (PSG). Apparently it was up for discussion, but the company decided against it.
The MacBook Pro 15 is Catching up: Now More Gamer Friendly
After a brief blackout at Apple Stores worldwide, it turns out that the Macbook Pro series has been given a few upgrades. Most notably, even the “entry-level” MBP 15 has been given a better video card–the AMD HD 6750M–same one as in the former top model but with just half a gigabyte of VRAM. The [...]
Next-Gen 28nm GPUs in Volume Production
The semiconductor manufacturer TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company), with customers that include AMD and Nvidia, reveals that the company has started “volume production” of chips at 28 nanometers. These new chips are primarily intended for use in next-generation graphics processors.
Nvidia Releases 285.62 WHQL Drivers
Everyone sitting on a laptop with an Nvidia GPU should have a look at the latest Verde notebook driver update that were released today, which brings a number of improvements to quite a few games–most notably it is recommended for Battlefield 3 because it contains performance improvement and solves compatibility issues for the final version [...]
MSI GT780DXR/GT680DXR First to Receive New Intel Chips
The only just released versions of MSI’s gaming laptop lineup with the new and more powerful Nvidia GeForce GTX 570M are due for another upgrade. Intel’s halfway refresh of its Sandy Bridge (2nd-gen Core) processors will apparently find their way into MSI’s laptops pretty soon. Other manufacturers will no doubt follow, considering that this replacement [...]
Nvidia 3D Vision 2 Backwards Compatible
Nvidia’s 3D solution is still the most popular and arguably best option for gaming, considering the extensive support for both new and older titles. Now the manufacturer has released Mk. 2 of the 3D glasses, and existing owners of 3D Vision-enabled gaming laptops and monitors will be happy to hear that the new glasses are [...]
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