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Gigabyte P2532 laptop: Price and release date update

Tina Chubb — Mon, 30 May 2011 22:21:55 +0000

Back in March we brought you a few details for the upcoming Gigabyte P2532 laptop, but what we unfortunately could not provide you with at the time were a price and release date. However, we’ve just discovered that the price and release info have now been revealed.

According to a recent article by Richard Lai over at engadget.com, the Gigabyte P2532 laptop will in fact be available in two versions: the P2532N, which comes with NVIDIA Optimus for extra battery life and the P2532V, which comes with NVIDIA 3D Vision on a 1366 x 768 LCD display.

The P2532 is powered by an Intel Core i7-2630QM processor (2.0GHz to 2.9GHz with Turbo Boost technology), and comes with NVIDIA’s GeForce GT550M GPU with 2GB of VRAM, 500GB or 750GB (7200rpm) hard drive, up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM and a tray-loading DVD burner.

Although we haven’t got a specific release date for the Gigabyte P2532 laptop, we do know that it will be shipping sometime in June. As for the price, you can expect to fork out around $1,500. Other specs include an SD card slot, a 1.3MP webcam, one eSATA / USB 2.0 combo port and 2 USB 3.0 ports.

What do you think of the Gigabyte P2532 laptop?

Intel Core i7-980X Processor: Review of speed and cost

Peter Chubb — Mon, 10 May 2010 12:36:59 +0000

There is no denying the benefits of Intel’s Core i3 and i5 processors thanks to the size of the new 32nm process. It is for this reason why the chipmaker has now shrunk the size of the Core i7-980X processor, which has the codename ‘Gulftown’.

The new processor is more powerful than Intel assumed – they even considered calling it the Core i9 instead. The basic clock frequency is 3.33GHz; this is just as fast as the current fastest model – the 45nm Core i7-975.

So where does this new 32nm get all of its power from? The first reason is due to doing away with the quad-core and replacing it with six physical cores instead – thanks to its Hyper-Threading technology. PC Authority explains that the Intel Core i7-980X is not worried about its Turbo Boost feature, and does not care about increasing its speed up to 3.6GHz – all without breaking a sweat.

It is certainly a nice idea to all have one of these awesome processors in our computer, but there is one thing standing the way – the price. Those in the U.S. will have to part with $999 of their hard-earned cash. We are not certain if it is worth such a high premium, there are a number of other cheaper chips on the market offering a great performance at a fraction of the price – although not as awesome as the Intel Core i7-980X processor.

Intel Core i7-680UM: Ultra-low voltage (ULV) – Coming Soon

Jamie Pert — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:11:05 +0000

Currently Apple’s top-end MacBook Pro features a 2.66GHz Intel Core i7 chip, these chips are extremely high performance, however its downfall is that in portable computers the processor can be hard to keep cool, Apple recently found this out the hard way.

A recent article posted on SlashGear suggests that we could well see the release of a ultra-low voltage version of the Core i7 pretty soon, this should enhance devices battery life and keep cooler, however an ULV Core i7 will not perform as well as a standard i7, the chips will also be available for standard desktops, this means that it will help towards cheaper energy bills and be more environmentally friendly.

Apparently one chip which is apparently lined up is the Intel Core i7-680UM, this quad-core chip will have four 1.4GHz cores along with 4MB of cache, unless you are an extremely high-end user the performance this chip will offer should be sufficient.

We are unsure of an exact release date, however experts predict they should show up sometime in 2010, currently we have heard no details regarding pricing, therefore we will have to keep you posted.

Source: SlashGear