The 17in laptop, apparently called the Samsung NP700G7C, will be based around Intel’s unreleased Ivy Bridge platform, the firm’s brand new line of processors, which are due for launch some time in the first half of this year. These chips are expected to run more efficiently than current technology, which could lead to improved battery life in laptops that use them.
The Ivy Bridge processor featured in this laptop will be called the Core i7-3610QM, a quad-core chip, which runs at 2.3GHz at idle but goes all the way to 3.3GHz with Turbo Boost.
The integrated graphics that come with Ivy Bridge are expected to perform far better than current Sandy Bridge processors, which are found in the Macbook Air, Ultrabooks, and a huge number of laptop computers, although as this is a gaming laptop, Samsung is using something more powerful. Nvidia hasn’t even announced its new GTX 600M mobile graphic s line yet, but they’re apparently on the way, since Samsung lists a GeForce GTX 675M with 2GB of memory in this laptop.
Other aspects of the specification include 802.11n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0 and Intel WiDi, a wireless display technology. The screen size is 17.3in, and it will come with up to 2TB of storage, split between two 1TB hard disks, and up to 16GB of memory. One thing that isn’t mentioned is 802.11ac wireless support, the new, faster standard for wireless networking that was unveiled at CES in Las Vegas.
Samsung has since removed the page, but it seems NotebookCheck managed to pull some more details of it from the site before the listing was taken down. That includes details of an integrated Blu-ray drive, two USB 3.0 ports, HDMI and DisplayPort outputs. Apparently, there’s also an 8GB SSD included which is used to improve boot times.
Be aware this laptop may never be released in the UK, and its specifications could easily change before these technologies launch. If anything it’s a taster of the what we can expect from high-end gaming laptops later this year, and it will most certainly be enough to run the latest games, such as Battlefield 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic.
If it does see the light of day, expect to see a review in What Laptop.
Posted on Wednesday, February 15th, 2012 at 12:52 pm under Laptops, News. You can subscribe to comments. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.
Jeff Parsons | Laptops | News | 15/02/2012 12:52pm
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