Origin PC Launches Gaming Laptop With Dual GPUs

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.

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