Full-Voltage Into the Samsung Series 7 Chronos

Modern Ultrabooks and thin laptops are rarely seen with a with full-power processors (CPUs) and a discrete graphics card (GPU). Fortunately, the Samsung Series Chronos is an exception to the majority of those laptops and ultrabooks.



The Samsung Series 7 Chronos boasts a quad-core Intel i-Series processor, a maximum of 16GB of RAM, up to 1TB of storage, and dedicated AMD Radeon HD 8870 graphics. The screen is a 15.6-inch display that has a sharp 1920x1080-pixel resolution, which is what you would expect from such a powerful multimedia laptop.

The sharp high-resolution display is also a touch-screen, which is increasingly common in Windows 8 devices, but found more in super-thin ones than in midsize laptops. Fortunately, the Chronos is only a tad bit thicker than the average Ultrabook, at 20.9 mm. It leans a little to the heavy side, weighing in at 5.2 pounds, but its packed with power. The Series 7 Chronos also lacks an optical drive, which is something most thin laptops or Ultrabooks lack.

As of 1/3/2013, There is not yet a release date, though it should be out very soon.

The World's Most Powerful Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 690

The GeFore GTX 690 has two of Nvidia's most powerful and dedicated graphic cards based on the codename Kepler graphics architecture. The card has a sleek, exotic look with an outer frame made from trivalent chromium-plated aluminum. It has a fan housing made of magnesium alloy, and it delivers a monstrous performance with lower power using a heavy-duty but efficient power supply.

Amazingly, the GTX 690 has 3,072 CUDA cores, which means it can handle both graphical and non-graphics processing tasks. The GeForce GTX 690 delivers approximately double the frames of the GeForce GTX 680, which has a single Kepler-based chip.

The new GeForce GTX 690 graphics card itself will be worth approximately $999 USD, almost twice as much as your typical laptop.




Post by © 2012 Andy Chin

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