AVADirect and Eurocom laptops hop on the GeForce GTX 680M bandwagon

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680M has made an impact in Alienware and Origin PC laptops so far. Some of us like our mobile gaming a little more barebones, however, and both AVADirect as well as Eurocom are taking their turn at carrying the graphics powerhouse in portables using heavily customizable, Clevo-made designs. AVADirect's 15.6-inch P150EM and 17.3-inch P170EM, as well as their matching Eurocom Racer 2.0 and Neptune 2.0 brethren, can take advantage of all 1,344 processing cores and that abundant 4GB of RAM. Do brace for a hit to the pocketbook for the sake of that increase in frame rate: although Eurocom is staying quiet early on, AVADirect is charging a $536 upgrade price on top of any given configuration.

Eurocom Monster 1.0 Gaming Laptop

Eurocom has unveiled a small gaming laptop namely the Monster 1.0. Powered by the newest nVidia Kepler-based GT 650M graphics with a 2GB of VRAM and Intel Ivy Bridge processors, the laptop provides a 11.6-inch (1366×768) display with an Intel HM76 chipset, up to 16GB of DDR3 RAM, a 1TB of storage space and the nVidia Optimus switchable graphics technology. Its 6-cell battery provides enough juice for up to 410 minutes. There are also several connectivity options such as a pair of USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 port, HDMI 1.4a, VGA connectors, Wi-Fi, Gigabit LAN and Bluetooth. The Eurocom Monster 1.0 with a basic hardware configuration retails for $817. [Eurocom]

Eurocom Leopard 2.0 18.4-inch Laptop

Eurocom has proudly introduced the Eurocom Leopard 2.0. Based on the Intel Core i7 processor, the desktop replacement features an 18.4-inch full HD display with a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution, support for up to Intel i7-2960XM, up to 24GB of DDR3 RAM, up to 4TB storage (HDD/SSD), dual video cards (an nVidia GeForce GTX 560M and an AMD Radeon HD 6990M), THX TruStudio Pro, a Blu-ray player and an HDMI 1.4a port. Additional specs include a pair of USB 3.0 ports, four USB 2.0 ports, eSATA and Firewire 1394a. If you are interested, you can buy the Eurocom Leopard 2.0 for $1,699. [Product Page]

Eurocom Racer 15.6-Inch High-End Laptop

Here comes another high-end laptop from Eurocom, the Racer. The system is powered by either an Intel Sandy Bridge dual-core or quad core processor and features a 15.6-inch (1366 x 768, 1600 x 900 or 1920 x 1080) LED-backlit display, an optional GeForce GTX 460M, 470M, 480M, 485M, Quadro FX 2800M, 3800M, 5000M or Radeon HD 6970M graphics card, up to 32GB DDR3 RAM, up to 1.75TB of storage (two HDDs, SSDs or Hybrid), a 2.0-megapixel webcam, a DVD or Blu-ray drive, a 9-in-1 card reader, WiFi, Bluetooth, an HDMI port, an 8-cell battery and runs on Windows 7 OS. Price starts at $1,472.

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