Samsung refreshing Series 7 Gamer with 3D display, AMD Radeon HD 7870M

Samsung refreshing Series 7 Gamer with 3D display, AMD GPU, yellow hue

If Samsung’s first dedicated gaming laptop wasn’t built to your liking, you’re about to get another option — the Series 7 Gamer is due for a refresh. The company’s Samsung Tomorrow blog pegs the new build as the Series 7 Gamer Yellow 3D, which outshines the subtle design we praised in our review of the last model with — you guessed it — a bright yellow finish. Style aside, the new oversized notebook will swap out its current GPU for an AMD Radeon HD 7870M and, as the name implies, a 14.3-inch SuperBright (400 nit) 3D LED display. The new configuration will also split its twin drive bays between a 1TB HDD and a fast-booting 128GB SSD. There’s no word yet on international availability, but folks in Sammy’s homeland can pick up the rig on August 14th for 2.99 million Won, which rings up to about $2,643 here in the states. Check out the official announcement at the (translated) source link below.

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Samsung Series 7 Gamer review: the company’s first gaming laptop makes its way to the US

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Sure, thin, light and power-efficient may be the latest trend in notebook design, but one category of portable computing isn’t afraid of going against the grain: the oversized gaming laptop. These big machines often flirt with double-digit weights, with screens in excess of 17 inches and the most powerful chipsets under the hood. Samsung’s Series 7 Gamer is no exception, of course, weighing in at 8.39 pounds and packing plenty of power. The machine’s recent US debut isn’t its first foray into the market, however — this machine first appeared in Europe late last year, albeit with an older processor and GPU. Now, Sammy has brought the rig stateside, adorning it with new parts for the New World, namely a 2.3GHz Core i7-3610QM CPU and NVIDIA’s GTX 675M graphics processor. How does Samsung’s first oversized gaming machine measure up? Let’s find out.

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