EVGA has announced a gaming laptop (yes, EVGA), and the company says this computer was designed completely in-house.
Highlights from EVGA:
- 100% EVGA in-house design from the ground up
- GPU, CPU and Memory Superclock support with software and GUI BIOS
- 4K ready (G-SYNC and non G-SYNC)
- Unibody design with 1.05 inch (2.65 cm) thickness including RJ45
- USB 3.1 Type-C support
The SC17 offers a 4K display with G-Sync (a first for laptops at this resolution) and features the company's "Superclocked" branding for the main components, with a 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 processor running at 3.8 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M GPU clocked at 1200 MHz, and G.SKill DDR4 2133 memory overclocked to 2666 MHz.
The known specs:
- 17.3-inch 4K G-Sync display
- Intel Core i7 6820HK Unlocked CPU
- NVIDIA GTX980M with overclocking support
- 16GB 2666 MHz memory
- 256 GB M.2 RAID-0 (2 x 128 GB SSDs)
- 2 TB storage drive
- USB 3.1 Type-C
- FHD front camera
- Synaptics Clickpad 1.5
Other than the promise that this laptop will ship at some point in 2016, we don't have much to go by as far as pricing or availability is concerned just yet.
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Indented keyboard section
Indented keyboard section with apple-style island keys. I’m getting a little sick of that these days, both design wise and the fact that they often had kinda shitty action. I may not be the sort that needs a mechanical keyboard but the action on a ton of those keyboards is truly horrid.
It also seems to have a fan under the top left, I wonder if it’ll heat up the WASD keys any, cause that also kills it for me.
sadly its 4k that strangely a
sadly its 4k that strangely a deal breaker for me as its a laptop i would prefer saving money by not having the excessive 4k screen. if theres a 1080p model i would look at it as a option for my ageing msi gt60 i have
“•USB 3.1 Type-C support” is
“•USB 3.1 Type-C support” is that USB Type-C Gen 1, or USB Type-C Gen 2?
The “The known specs:” are not listing the USB specification using the proper naming nomenclature from the USB-IF naming guidelines.
the 4k seems to be a feature
the 4k seems to be a feature box thing, at 17″ it seems excessive. A model with 1080p, G-SYNC, and some high refresh would be a good thing.
No IPS? therefore TN
No IPS? therefore TN trash!
GG
All that focus on 4K and they
All that focus on 4K and they put in a TN screen?! LooooooooL!
That is really funny… and sad.