wraggster
July 14th, 2012, 22:04
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/07/gam7-gal2-9705.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/14/samsung-series-7-gamer-review/)Sure, thin, light and power-efficient may be the latest trend in notebook design, but one category of portable computing isn't afraid of going against the grain: the oversized gaming laptop. These big machines often flirt with double-digit weights, with screens in excess of 17 inches and the most powerful chipsets under the hood. Samsung's Series 7 Gamer (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Series7Gamer/) is no exception, of course, weighing in at 8.39 pounds and packing plenty of power. The machine's recent US debut (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/01/samsung-series-7-gamer-laptop-available-in-the-us/) isn't its first foray into the market, however -- this machine first appeared in Europe late last year (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/18/samsung-series-7-700g7a-targets-gamers-with-monstrous-size-and-s/), albeit with an older processor and GPU. Now, Sammy has brought the rig stateside (http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/10/samsung-brings-its-series-7-gamer-to-the-us-we-go-hands-on-vid/), adorning it with new parts for the New World, namely a 2.3GHz Core i7-3610QM CPU and NVIDIA's GTX 675M graphics processor. How does Samsung's first oversized gaming machine measure up? Let's find out.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/14/samsung-series-7-gamer-review/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/14/samsung-series-7-gamer-review/