New MSI Sandy Bridge Gaming Notebook
By
Cássio Lima
on January 12, 2011 - 2:51 PM
MSI has launched a powerful gaming notebook that will for sure make gamer’s dreams come true. The MSI GT680 features a second generation Core i7 processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture, a DirectX 11 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M discrete video card, and an SSD drive. According to the manufacturer, this notebook has achieved a record-breaking 18,162 points when tested with PCMark Vantage - the highest score of any notebook ever.
Spec-wise, the MSI GT680 has a 15.6" Full HD (1920x1080) or HD (1366x768) LED-backlight display, a Core i7 2630QM (2 GHz) processor, up to 16 GB of DDR3 memory, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M discrete video card (1.5 GB of GDDR5), two 320 GB or 500 GB hard drives in RAID 0 or a 120 GB SSD drive plus a 500 GB hard drive, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR, a Gigabit Ethernet port, an HD webcam, a 5-in-1 card reader, two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, one eSATA port, an HDMI output and a 9-cell battery. Unfortunately MSI didn't mention the notebook's price.
Originally at http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/news/New-MSI-Sandy-Bridge-Gaming-Notebook/5319