Samsung’s new Series 7 Gamer laptop adds Ivy Bridge, Nvidia graphics for $1,900
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Back at CES 2012, we got our first glimpse of Samsung’s new gaming laptop, the Series 7 Gamer, tucked away at Samsung’s booth with little fanfare. That laptop with Samsung Keyboard Cover is finally available for purchase, and it features Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors and the latest Nvidia graphics in a package that’s competitive with what other gaming PC makers are offering.
The $ 1,899 fixed-configuration version of the Series 7 Gamer (NP700G7C-S01US) announced by Samsung isn’t a tiny machine — this 17.3-inch laptop weighs 13.34 pounds — but it’s packed with specs. A 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7-3610QM CPU (slightly slower than the Asus N56V we tested at CNET), Nvidia GeForce GTX 675M graphics with 2GB of DDR5 video memory, 16GB of DDR3 RAM, a 1.5 TB hard drive with 8GB of ExpressCache memory, Laptop Keyboard , a Blu-ray drive, and a 1,920×1,080-pixel display are included, which pretty much covers the bases for what you’d expect in a large-scale gaming laptop. By coming in less than $ 2,000, it remains a more realistic gaming laptop purchase than many through-the-roof alternatives.