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Current Events Discussion Thread​

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Current Events Discussion Thread - news items of interest - no overt politics or religion. W/ Reason & Respect. Read 1st post.

Current Events Discussion Thread - news items of interest - no overt politics or religion. W/ Reason & Respect. Read 1st post.

Asus G751 coming with Maxwell GTX 980M and GTX 970M

Asus upcoming 17" with GTX 980M selling for 1500 Euro.

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Asus G751 coming with Maxwell GTX 980M and GTX 970M

Asus G751 coming with Maxwell GTX 980M and GTX 970M

*OFFICIAL* Alienware M17x R1/R2 Owner's Lounge Thread - Part 1

Welcome to the Owner's Lounge for the Alienware M17x R1 and R2 platforms!
(the previous M17x R2 OL can be found here)

This thread is a place to discuss your M17x R1/R2 and share information on your system with fellow owners.

NOTE: The M17x should not be confused with the Area-51 m17x,...

*OFFICIAL* Alienware M17x R1/R2 Owner's Lounge Thread - Part 1

*OFFICIAL* Alienware M17x R1/R2 Owner's Lounge Thread - Part 1

*HP HDX 9000 DRAGON Owners Lounge, Part 2*

HP HDX 9000 DRAGON OWNERS LOUNGE



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NOTE: Due to change in forum software, many redirect links are erroneously pointing to the wrong location in the thread. It will take some time before this can be fixed. Try searching the thread for the...

*HP HDX 9000 DRAGON Owners Lounge, Part 2*

*HP HDX 9000 DRAGON Owners Lounge, Part 2*

** Official Sager NP8671 / Clevo P670SE - Sager NP8672 / Clevo P670SG Owner's Lounge **

Thought I'd get this owner's lounge started. These are the 17" variants of the 15" P650SE/SG. More details will be provided as they become available.

LPC has provided the spec sheet:




Some images to wet your appetite.





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** Official Sager NP8671 / Clevo P670SE - Sager NP8672 / Clevo P670SG Owner's Lounge **

** Official Sager NP8671 / Clevo P670SE - Sager NP8672 / Clevo P670SG Owner's Lounge **

*The Offical MSI GX60 Owners Lounge*

It is officially on pre-order for U.S at least.
This thread is a complete copy cat of ViciousXUSMC's GT60&GT70 thread haha....
I did as much as I can so far, I'll gradually update as the GX60 being released.

General Specification:
• Genuine Windows® 8 64Bits
• AMD Quad-Core A10-Series processor
• AMD Radeon™ HD 7970M Discrete Class Graphics
• AMD Eyefinity...

*The Offical MSI GX60 Owners Lounge*

*The Offical MSI GX60 Owners Lounge*

Batman: Arkham Knight System Requirements

Nvidia has disclosed the system requirements for Batman: Arkham Knight.

NVIDIA Discloses Batman: Arkham Knight PC System Requirements

All I can say is, if you need a 980 to play it on Ultra, it better be impressive.

Batman: Arkham Knight System Requirements

**Official Sager NP8150/Clevo P150HM Owners Lounge**

Wow, I was not expecting another 15" chassis from Clevo but here it is: Review Intel Sandy Bridge Quad-Core processors - Notebookcheck.net Reviews

But I don't understand why Clevo used so much aluminum for the cooling the CPU. On the other hand the GPU seems to have a dedicated heatpipe for its memory, that's a step foward. Overall the cooling looks weaker than on the W8x0CU series.

**Official Sager NP8150/Clevo P150HM Owners Lounge**

Dell Precision M3800 Owner's Review

Starting to add pictures. Review will follow. Feel free to ask questions. Will answer what I can.


Compared to the M6700 Covet.



Top view compared to the M6700 Covet.



Compared to a non Retina 15" MacBook Pro. The M3800 is thinner and about 1/2cm wider....

Dell Precision M3800 Owner's Review

Dell Precision M3800 Owner's Review

Official Sony Vaio Fit multi-flip PC Owners' Thread

Has anyone pre-ordered it yet? I've just placed an order today, for the 13-inch version in silver with i5, 8GB RAM & 256GB SSD. Got 4-year warranty for £0.01 and free Ethernet-to-wifi adapter and HDMI-to-VGA adapter. Besides, I got 7% student discount & will get further £70 cashback for going through Quidco.

I hope it doesn't suffer from the wifi issues Pro 13 had, which made me return it.

Official Sony Vaio Fit multi-flip PC Owners' Thread

***The MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 970M Owner's Lounge***

So let's start talking about this new model !



Temperatures looks incredibly AMAZING !
Loudness well that does not bother me.

***The MSI GS60 Ghost Pro 970M Owner's Lounge***

AMD Carrizo Laptops spotted in EU

http://ift.tt/1Nhj4RF

700 EUR. (£500.796)
APU: FX-8800P (2.1 GhZ base, 3.4 GhZ Turbo)
GPU: AMD Radeon R8 M355DX
RAM: 8GB DDR3 (No word on the speed or its timings though) - 2 x 4 GB
Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080 (TFT LCT - Full Matte)
HDD: 500 GB

Specs seem decent if you ask me (unlike the HP atrocity in USA) ... though I have no idea if...

AMD Carrizo Laptops spotted in EU

AMD Carrizo Laptops spotted in EU

2014 Asus N550JK -DS71T quick mini review and opinion so far

Received my N550JK yesterday afternoon and been playing with it last night and today and here are my short/quick findings so far.



Model is ASUS N550JK-DS71T and it comes with these spec as default
- Windows 8.1
- FULLHD 1920x1080 IPS Touchscreen model LG Philips LGD0323/LP156WF4-SPB1
- Intel Core i7-4700HQ Haswell
- Geforce GTX 850M DDR3 2GB Maxwell GM107M
- Intel HD Graphics 4600 w/ OPTIMUS
- 8GB DDR3 Hynix brand single stick
- 1TB HDD 5400RPM Seagate ST1000LM024
- Intel...

2014 Asus N550JK -DS71T quick mini review and opinion so far

2014 Asus N550JK -DS71T quick mini review and opinion so far

My discoveries on Vaio Z’s Hybrid Graphics

- a community thread on nvidia hybrid graphics technology -​

-Latest...

My discoveries on Vaio Z’s Hybrid Graphics

My discoveries on Vaio Z’s Hybrid Graphics

zBook G2 Owners - Alternatives to "Z Turbo Drive"?

Does anyone happen to know if there are alternatives to the Z Turbo Drive offered in the new zBook 15 and 17 G2? I know this is a SanDisk A110 2260 M.2 PCIe drive and really need 512GB or higher. Unfortunately I have had zero luck tracking down any other 2260 PCIe drives and hoped someone else here may have had better luck.

Thanks!

2015.02.11 Update: For those with similar questions, to save you from reading the entire thread, it looks like the interface in the ZBook G2 is a PCI-E...

zBook G2 Owners - Alternatives to "Z Turbo Drive"?

zBook G2 Owners - Alternatives to "Z Turbo Drive"?

Official Vaio Pro 13 Owners Lounge (SVP13 2013)

Sony introduces their first 13" Haswell notebook as part of the Pro Series. The device is available in both glossy touch and matte non-touch version (varies by country).

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Official Vaio Pro 13 Owners Lounge (SVP13 2013)

Official Vaio Pro 13 Owners Lounge (SVP13 2013)

XPS 14 UltraBook Owners Lounge

Just pulled the trigger, so starting a new thread.

Gone for the base model, and I will remove the HDD and replace with a super-fast Samsung 830 128GB SSD. I'll keep the 32GB mSATA to store a backup of my photos, music and programming code and whack the 500GB HDD into a caddy for external storage.

ETA: 16th July

XPS 14 UltraBook Owners Lounge

Single gtx970M but desktop i7-4790k or dual gtx970M but laptop i7-4810MQ

Before I pull the trigger on which one I'm going to buy I'd like to ask your opinions on wether it's worth paying the extra price for the SLI, if that means I'll have to go with a worse processor.

The two specific laptops I'm talking about are the xmg U705 and the xmg P724.

The laptop will be used for rendering (both video rendering and 3d rendering), aswell as coding and heavy multitasking, so I will need both.

There's also a difference in the ports they have.
The U705 supports up to 3...

Single gtx970M but desktop i7-4790k or dual gtx970M but laptop i7-4810MQ

Single gtx970M but desktop i7-4790k or dual gtx970M but laptop i7-4810MQ