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According to our friends at Portables4Gamers, MSI is going to launch two new models of gaming laptops sporting the new Intel Sandy Bridge processors. In addition to offering higher performance, all Intel Sandy Bridge processors sport an integrated GPU, making possible to have hybrid graphics in gaming laptops. Both are using the same chassis as the current GX660 and GT663.
Update: our review of the MSI GT680R is online!
MSI GT680
- Intel Core i7 2630QM (quad-core, 2.0 GHz)
- Chipset Intel QM67
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M
- 4-8 GB RAM DDR3 1333 MHz
- 500 GB HD, 7200 rpm
- 15.6″ screen, 1920×1080
No surprises here, the rest of the configuration is quite similar to that of the GT663.
MSI GX680
- Intel Core i7 2630QM (quad-core, 2.0 GHz)
- Chipset Intel QM67
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6870
- 4-8 GB RAM DDR3 1333 MHz
- 500 GB HD, 7200 rpm
- 15.6″ screen, 1920×1080
Things get more interesting here, this model uses one of the upcoming ATI Mobility Radeon Cards, the 6870, that has been told to arrive to the Alienware M17x very soon.
According to the sources, both laptops will be available in January.
Source: Portables4Gamers
Update: we got an MSI GT680R for testing! The review will be online very soon.
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November 29, 2010
#1
[...] As I have mentioned in Gamingonlaptops, MSI is about to launch two gaming laptops with Intel Sandy Bridge processors: the GT680 (with Nvidia GeForce GTX 460M graphics) and GX680 (with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 6870 graphics). As far as I know, these are the first announced laptops with Intel Sandy Bridge processors. They are expected in January 2011. [...]
December 9, 2010
#2
[...] While it wasn’t mentioned when info about the Alienware M17x R3 was leaked, of course one of the components updated in the M17x R3 is the processor: it’s going to get Intel Sandy Bridge processors, similarly to the MSI GT680 and GX680. [...]