samsung series 7 chronos with radeon 8870

[wpeng]

Anyone else excited about this? The one with the radeon 8770 is in the $1200 price range (http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/samsung-series-7-chronos-ultrabook-landing-in-u-s-stores/) and I'm hoping when the 8870 version is not too much more expensive.

What kind of problems plagued the other series 7 notebooks? I heard some reports of the 15" screen being of poor quality and Enduro having major bugs.

 

[Gikaseixas]

Post links please

 

[scragnoff]

I guess this is what the OP was referring to - http://www.bgr.in/manufacturers/sam...-series-7-ultra-notebooks-announced-in-india/

 

[paul878]

That 8870M!
AMD is doing a really good job of confusing the hell out of the consumers.

 

[wpeng]

Scragnoff is correct. I posted a link up there. I'm excited primarily with form factor + power and purported battery life in spite of the powerful gfx card.

 

[Throckmorton]

You guys missed the most important part. The screen is PLS not TN. I saw one at Best Buy and I was blown away. Best laptop screen ever. Yes, there have been IPS screens but they've always been low brightness with crappy antiglare coating. This is a nice sharp one with great color and 300cd/m^2.

 

[Herr Kutz]

According to this review the screen is TN, although a very good one.

 

[Bateluer]

That looks like a damn nice system . . . but does it come in a 13.3in form factor? Preferably without a touch screen and Windows 7.

 

[Bryf50]

According to this review the screen is TN, although a very good one.

Those vertical viewing angles and contrast look better than any TN I've ever seen. If it is TN, it isn't one I'd have a problem with.

 

[Throckmorton]

According to this review the screen is TN, although a very good one.

That's a different unit from the one at Best Buy. The Best Buy one has a glossy touchscreen and an 8770M video card

 

[Enigmoid]

Is there something wrong with the 8870m?

Looking at the notebookcheck review it gets really high 3dmark 11 scores (20% better than the 660m) but in the game section

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

its never substantially better than the 660m at the highest playable settings (over 30 fps) except in simcity.

Is this a driver problem or what?

 

[Throckmorton]

Is there something wrong with the 8870m?

Looking at the notebookcheck review it gets really high 3dmark 11 scores (20% better than the 660m) but in the game section

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

its never substantially better than the 660m at the highest playable settings (over 30 fps) except in simcity.

Is this a driver problem or what?

Well I know this particular laptop has driver issues. Samsung won't update the drivers and there is a bug where it doesn't switch from the Intel graphics for games