Rock Xtreme XL, Evesham Quest A630 SLI-enabled notebooks

If one SLI-enabled laptop is good, then surely two are even better (even if they're essentially the same machine), so the back-to-back introductions of the Rock Xtreme XL (studies show you can't get much more extreme than that) and the Evesham Quest A630 is great news for British gamers. These huge 19-inch behemoths (1680 x 1050 WSXGA display) sport dual GeForce Go 7800GTX 256MB graphics cards running in tandem for serious frame rate action even with game performance features turned all the way up. Both machines are powered by AMD's 64-bit mobile Turion processor running Windows MCE, sport WiFi, Bluetooth, dual-layer DVD burners, and a 1.3-megapixel webcam, and feature five USB 2.0 ports, FireWire, DVI, serial, PC card slot (ExpressCard or not is unclear), SPDIF out and TV-out. UK fraggers can get their hands on either of these graphics powerhouses next month starting around £2200.

Read- Rock Xtreme XL
Read- Evesham Quest A630

[Edison @ Mar 11th 2006 9:30AM]

Damn.... I guess I should start saving up my nickels. That looks like exactly what the doctor ordered.

[Disgusted @ Nov 12th 2007 3:53PM]

Until eveSHAM makes good on the warranty for the last product I bought from them, I must warn;

eveSHAM does not honor it's warranties and is horrible to deal with. They have no US presence and no contact info. Once their tech support (outsourced to a Caleris call center) decides to ignore you, you are just dead in the water.

Do yourself a huge favor and avoid eveSHAM no matter how cheap the product is.

[TZK @ Mar 11th 2006 9:35AM]

Should have a dual core AMD. Ill wait for that one!

[21st Hermit @ Mar 11th 2006 10:04AM]

How do you suppose they cool those video hotties?

Dell dropped the single 7800 card in the E1705/9400 because it ran too hot.

[TEB @ Mar 11th 2006 10:35AM]

SLI laptops are awsome..
I just got done eating part of your cake for breakfast engadget! It is superb!!

[Josh Warner @ Mar 11th 2006 10:36AM]

Battery life will be laughable ... My laptop is a Dell D610 with a PM-1730, 1GB RAM, and an X300 graphics card. Not super high specs, but if I turn wifi off and the screen down I can stretch the battery to 5 hours. Wifi on takes about half an hour off of that.

I've done a test playing Warcraft III with the screen brightness up, the graphics on "Max Performance," Wifi on, and the speakers playing ... the battery dropped below 10% in 40 minutes of playing. Keep in mind this was with a power-saving Pentium M and a lowly X300 graphics card.

Laptops were never meant for gaming - the ones that can don't deserve the name; a 14 lb behemoth no longer fits on your lap and probably won't run much over an hour on batteries (portability and batt. life are the two factors that make laptops, well, laptops) doesn't deserve the name.

And these SLI laptops? I'd be surprised if they even make it an hour when not plugged in. Also, a 19" screen is ridiculous in a "portable" form factor. I'm not claiming there isn't a market (there definitely is); rather that the practicality of these things is questionable at best.

[100 ipod movies @ Mar 11th 2006 11:24AM]

Yeah, battery life is my major concern here. If ultracell will actually release their fuel cell for laptops then notebooks like this would make sense.

[Echo_ @ Mar 11th 2006 12:57PM]

obviously these arent meant not to be used away from a power socket guys so relax about the battery life

it probably wasnt made for you if you are worried about battery life

[Leo E @ Mar 11th 2006 1:18PM]

How loud do we think this computer is going to be? I like high performance, but not at the expense of quiet computing.

[Brian @ Mar 11th 2006 2:55PM]

I wonder how much they weigh? Can't afford this AND chiropractic treatment... ;)

[Jazzay @ Mar 11th 2006 7:28PM]

Alienware claims 5 hours out of its highend 17incher, more than its 15", 19" has a ton of room, room for dual videocards, dual harddrives, and a lot of battery ;)

[Galaxie @ Mar 20th 2006 6:40AM]

Hermit: Dell droppped the 7800 from the E1705/9400's because it ran to hot? Last time I checked it's still listed as one of the strong buying points on there website. As a matter of fact, the 9400 i'm using right now dosen't even run as hot as my old 600m...