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Evesham unveils the Zieo NX600-HDX Core 2 Extreme laptop
It's just been a few months since Evesham introduced the Zieo N6 series, but it's already revving the top of the line -- say hello to the NX600-HDX, which is just the second laptop we've seen to feature the X7900 Core 2 Extreme processor. Apart from that 2.8GHz C2E chip, a bump to 4GB of RAM, and Vista Ultimate, the HDX is pretty much the same as the other N6 machines: 17-inch screen, 512MB NVIDIA 8700M GT graphics, 200GB disk, and a 2-hour battery life. Of course, 8.9 pounds of power is going to cost you -- Evesham is listing the HDX at a staggering £1899 ($3884).[Via Stuff]
Intel's Core 2 Extreme X7900 top-of-the-line laptop chip in the wild
The main problem with an "in the wild" spotting of a processor is that it's just not all that exciting staring at a lump of silicon. That said, it is exciting that Intel's new top-shelf 2.8GHz Core 2 Extreme X7900 mobile chip is making the rounds, and the folks that got a hold of this one managed to stick it into a computer and run some benchmarks. From the looks of things, the X7900 beats its predecessors pretty handily, but that's about all we could glean from this fleeting forum post, and hope to see this in shipping machines before too long -- like that Precision M6300 Dell announced the other week.
Intel launching Core 2 Extreme X7900 mobile CPU?
All set to one-up the 2.6GHz X7800, Intel has reportedly launched the 2.8GHz successor, unsurprisingly dubbed the Core 2 Extreme X7900. The processor purportedly relies on a 65-nanometer die, but boasts updated specs to go along with the 200MHz jump in speed. The chip will apparently offer up an 800MHz front-side-bus, chew through 44-watts of power, and arrive at OEMs unlocked and ready for a (likely minor) does of overclocking. At the GC Press Day, an Intel representative was said to be demonstrating the new CPU on the Asus G2 and a Dell M1730, but nothing was mentioned about a release date.
Intel's 2.6GHz X7800 gaming laptop CPU already overclocked to 3GHz
The QX6850 is just one of six new Core 2 Duo-ish procs introduced by Intel today. The other most notable addition is the 2.6GHz Core 2 Extreme X7800 with an 800MHz dynamic FSB and 4MB L2 cache -- Intel's first "Extreme" branded processor to make the leap from desktops to laptops. A 2.8GHz X7900 is expected later in the year. No worries though, the X7800's unlocked multiplier should allow for "easy" overclocking. In fact, some (vaguely insane) Belgian tinkerers over at Matbe have already dialed in a 3GHz speed on an X7800-equipped ASUS G2S gaming laptop. Niiice. Expect to see the first gaming laptops sporting the new $851 X7800 procs in the next few weeks.Read -- Overclocked ASUS G2S Read -- Intel's new processors
