Origin's new laptop supports dual GPUs up to Nvidia's GeForce GTX 680M 4 GB (SLI) or AMD's Radeon HD 7970M (CrossFireX).
On Monday Origin PC launched its most powerful EON laptop yet, the EON17-SLX. The company says it doubles the performance and power with the support of a second discrete GPU -- up to Nvidia's GeForce GTX 680M 4 GB or AMD's Radeon HD 7970M -- for a "true game changing experience." That said, this laptop comes with full support for Nvidia SLI and AMD CrossFireX support for fragging in high-def on the go.
"Whether you're a hardcore gamer or professional on the go, nothing beats having the power of an EON laptop with dual wielding graphics cards" said Kevin Wasielewski ORIGIN PC CEO and co-founder. "Our new EON17-SLX combines the power of Dual-GPUs and overclocked Intel Ivy Bridge processors to take laptop performance to a whole new level."
This "shock and awe" laptop starts at $1,882 and features a wide 17.3-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) LED-lit Grade A display with a glossy or matte finish, overclocked Intel 3rd-generation "Ivy Bridge" mobile processors (up to 4.5 GHz with Turbo Boost), up to 32 GB of DDR3 1333 MHz RAM, and a full-size illuminated keyboard with a numeric pad. An exclusive A-Panel design will be available in the future in matte black, matte red, or your choice of custom paint -- the traditional style is available now.
In addition to those features, the new laptop sports two RAID-capable HDD bays and one optical drive. There are also four USB 3.0 ports (one powered) and one USB 2.0 port. Additional ports include one eSATA, one HDMI 1.4a output with HDCP, one RJ45 jack for wired networking, one display port, headphone/microphone/line-in jacks, one Kensington Lock slot, and an S/PDIF Digital Out optical audio port. There's also an option for a fingerprint / biometric reader.
Customers wanting the dual 2 GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 7970M option will be required to throw an additional $446 on the base price. The dual 4 GB GDDR5 Nvidia GeForce GTX 680M option will cost $1017 on top of the base price, and Origin's professional graphics card overclocking will cost an extra $50 on top of that.
As for the CPU, the base model comes packed with the 2.60 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 3320M with 3 MB of cache. The most expensive option offered with this notebook is an overclocked Intel Extreme Edition Core i7-3920XM quad-core CPU (4.1 GHz - 4.5 GHz with Turbo Boost) with 8 MB cache, costing an additional $1077. On the RAM front, 32 GB of DDR3 1333 MHz memory (4 x 8 GB) will cost an extra $286.
To get this packed gaming laptop, head to Origin PC here.
But I guess there is a market for this.
Screw you Nvidia.
You've never had carry a laptop with you every day of the week from lecture hall to lecture hall, have you?
A laptop in this size, weight and battery life category is little more than a slightly more mobile desktop. Do those high graphics details really matter on a 17" display?
It would use less power than a desktop with similarly performing parts. A desktop with two 7850s and an I7-3770K overclocked to 4.1GHz and other similar specs would probably consume a lot more power than this laptop would with the best configuration despite being quite power efficient and not using a lot of power.
You plug it in, the library goes from dead silent in one second, to sounding like a full fledged server room with everyone thinking, 'you gotta be kidding me'.
Shortly after booting up, the room suddenly loses power and everything goes pitch black, and the entire room of people lets out a collective sigh.
Then that disappointment turns into anger and everyone starts chucking hardback books to your face as you try to leave the room.
After finally managing to get out the library, as you start to walk home, you are granted by the campus thugs. After they re-iterate how much you look like crap already, they promptly decide to kick your teeth in.
You wake up 30 minutes cold and bloody, and your $3000 laptop is gone.
Haha I don't think I'd want one of these if I was still in college.
You plug it in, the library goes from dead silent in one second, to sounding like a full fledged server room with everyone thinking, 'you gotta be kidding me'.
Shortly after booting up, the room suddenly loses power and everything goes pitch black, and the entire room of people lets out a collective sigh.
Then that disappointment turns into anger and everyone starts chucking hardback books to your face as you try to leave the room.
After finally managing to get out the library, as you start to walk home, you are granted by the campus thugs. After they re-iterate how much you look like crap already, they promptly decide to kick your teeth in.
You wake up 30 minutes cold and bloody, and your $3000 laptop is gone.
Haha I don't think I'd want one of these if I was still in college.
The odds of this story you just made up ever happening we honestly have a better chance getting hit by an asteroid then the story you just made up, made me chuckle but thats not college life today just a fyi. And to everyone whining about the weight, i've carried heavier backpacks with books weighing over 40lb's alone so 10-14lb's for a laptop that can game it all on ultra is worth the weight and price.
no, but i have carried about 50 pounds of books and magazines from class to class in highschool so i didnt need to stop off in my locker.
so i will never under stand the complaint about its 12 pounds and you can put it in a bag and carry it even easier, where i held a 1 and a half foot high stack of books and crap from class to class in a crowded hallway, where people have tried to kill me (i consider tripping me in front of a large stare case attempted murder)
and for the record, i was so weak most of my highschool life than many of the girls were stronger than me.
this is a dieing laptop type, the desktop replacement.
the key feature of this is mobile desktop performance. get to where you are going use it as a laptop, get to your room, hook that thing up to a 24 inch + screen and use a keyboard and mouse.
*Install GPS tracking device and a backdoor software, preferably BIOS based*
Then: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4oB28ksiIo
Besides, a dual GPU setup is more likely to be a hassle, especially for games that don't or only partially support multi-GPUs.
the last time i checked, the 680m uses a gtx670 chip thats been downclocked 200mhz. i highly doubt the underclocked 7870 can beat the underclocked gtx670