features :
- Intel Core i7 3630QM 2.40 GHz
- AMD Radeon HD 7870 2GB graphics card
- 8 GB DDR3
- 1 TB HDD
- Windows 8
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| 19 of 19 people found the following review helpful  Sweet!, By Shootist (Louisiana, USA) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Samsung Series 7 Gamer NP700G7C-T01US 17.3-Inch Laptop (Yellow) (Personal Computers) I've had this new machine for 4 days now and can't find anything I dislike about it. It's every bit as fast as I imagined and the display quality is the best I've ever seen on a laptop. The overall build quality looks really good. I originally considered the Alienware M17 but after reading reviews I decided on this one and I'm glad I did.I've tested the gaming performance by installing Medal of Honor-Warfighter and on high-quality and at 1080p it is as smooth and pretty as my gaming desktop. I was originally thinking that 8gb of memory was a little weak requiring a quick upgrade. I'm happy to say that after using this machine that there's no bottleneck whatsoever that I can see. The keyboard is backlit beautifully and is really easy to see in a dark room. In "gaming mode" I like how the WASD keys light up red. These same four buttons also are indented on top so you can feel them without looking. Nice product, Samsung. UPDATE: Almost 3 months in and I sti ll love the machine. The only downside at all is Samsung's proprietary software that is amateurish at best. The software update program is a joke; the Bluetooth driver update fails install every time as does the Samsung recovery program. A major annoyance is that after deleting all Norton software from the machine the update utility is constantly reminding me to update the Norton software. Luckily, Samsung doesn't control the Microsoft updates to Windows 8 or there'd be a major fiasco! Minor annoyances and overall still satisfied. 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful Beautiful and highly functional gaming laptop., By Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Samsung Series 7 Gamer NP700G7C-T01US 17.3-Inch Laptop (Yellow) (Personal Computers) Hi! I received this as a gift a little over a month ago, but I wanted to wait until I became fully accustomed to it before I published a review. I really don't have much to say regarding the technical specs or functions that hasn't already been said in previous reviews, so I thought I'll outline a few tips or considerations concerning this laptop.The GPU and Catalyst Control Center: One of the primary differences between the original Series 7 Gamer and this new one (color notwithstanding) is the inclusion of an AMD Radeon HD 7870 graphics card instead of an NVidia GTX 675M. From the benchmarks and research I conducted, I found the 7870 to perform tremendously better. See "[...]" for details (if you can't or aren't inclined to view the link, the 7870 is ranked 14th on an up-to-date list of high-end cards, whereas the 675M is 48th.) That GPU output is one of my primary affections for this machine. However, as a long-time Nvidia user, I was slightly concern ed to begin using an AMD card. Safe to say, I love this one as if it were my firstborn child. Like Nvidia, it includes a GPU management software, known as Catalyst Control Center. Unlike Nvidia's card management software, however, Catalyst (hereafter referred to as C3) seems to be either hugely functional or hugely irritating, depending on how much of a power-user you are and how invested you are in managing it. Several of these options: -- PowerPlay. This can be enabled or disabled with one click. When enabled, your settings are separated between battery and plugged-in profiles. There are only two options for each: maximize performance or maximize battery life. By default, I believe both are set to logical choices (battery profile maximizes battery, plugged-in profile maximizes performance). However, I encountered an odd situation the other day where my plugged-in profile had been set to maximize battery life unbeknownst to me. This setting dramaticall y reduces GPU output and was killing my FPS in games. It's this simple setting change that I want to point out in case others encounter random or unexpected performance drops with this laptop. -- C3 also allows for the customization or override of program settings, to force VSync or other desirable graphics enhancements. However, another tricky setting lies here: The "Catalyst A.I." This is under the Gaming tab of C3, and is found next to "Texture Filtering Quality" and "Surface Format Optimization". Catalyst A.I., from what I understand, has been known to cause issues with some games in regards to framerate. However, it cannot be explicitly "disabled" (ignore Surface Format Optimization, as that is not the troublemaker) via a checkbox, and there's no information in C3 explaining all of this. Catalyst A.I. has three settings on a sliding bar. From L-R, Performance, Quality, and High Quality. Logically, one might assume that performance would disable Catalyst A.I. and free up the system's resources, yes? Unfortunately, no. To actually disable Catalyst A.I. and force better performance, stick the slider in the middle to Quality. Again, trying to save you a little bit of headache and frustrating Google searches here, because I discovered the hard way that it can place unexpected demands on the machine for no discernible graphics improvement. Some other notes unrelated to the GPU and C3: -- The dial is useful. I wondered if I'd end up using the dial a whole lot or if I'd simply leave the laptop in gaming mode, but I use it quite frequently. After a month of ownership, it's still actually fun to switch into gaming mode and watch the keyboard lights switch to blue and red. However, one thing to note is that if you allow the gaming mode screensaver and effects to display (which they do, by default, but can be easily changed), the effect will sometimes lag or take a frustratingly long time to display if you're currently running other programs or switch to gaming mode while already in a game. This can usually be avoided by simply switching when you're actually ready to play a game and closing unneeded background processes (as any gamer knows to do, anyway). -- The power presets are all pretty much spot on. Switching the dial to power-saving mode can produce a modest 2.5-3.0 hour battery life with a relatively high brightness, PowerPlay set to "maximize battery", and constant internet usage. However, if you're like me and like to do offline tasks like writing or viewing movies or something, you can disconnect (turning off Wi-Fi via a setting or pressing the convenient Airplane Mode sensor/button on the top of the keyboard) and/or lower the brightness a bit. I've seen a battery life that could potentially reach 4.5-5.0 hours this way. Given the power of this beauty, that's impressive to me, if admittedly substandard for most laptops. Just keep this in mind when you buy a dedicated gaming laptop, or consider a potentially expensive... Read more 11 of 11 people found the following review helpful Sweet, By Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: Samsung Series 7 Gamer NP700G7C-T01US 17.3-Inch Laptop (Yellow) (Personal Computers) This is a sweet ride. For reference, my previous laptop (lost in a fire) was the ASUS G50v, a great system for the price. And then there was this house fire, see...I have to start by pointing out how nice the keyboard feels. Yes, the down arrow (#2) is a bit funky, but the rest is very definite and doesn't feel as "laptoppy" as I have been used to. Precise, but also a reasonably deep throw and no key cap edges grabbing my fingers. Looks great too, but I don't do as much late night gaming as I used to. The light level is adjustable, which is nice. Video card isn't the full 7900M series card you're dreaming of, but it plays games just fine. The 7000 M series are all downclocked 6000 series desktop chips so get used to it, you're not getting the raw performance anyway. Just accept 'pretty good' performance and enjoy it. It's good enough. The 120Hz refresh rate means you can play your games with vsync on and honestly that makes even a 40Hz refresh rate game look great. Really it does. And it makes 3D possible, [updated] but ONLY if you play on an external HTMI monitor. I just got off the phone with Samsung and you can not play Stereo 3D games on the computer itself. This is not available as an upgrade, also. So if you're really excited about the possibility of playing stereo 3D games, you might want to be excited about a different computer. Disposes of heat beautifully. 1 Terabyte of hard drive? Yes, you get it, but it's two 500G disks. So if you were hoping to add an SSD drive, plan on pulling one of the hard drives. Not a deal, but I got my hopes up. Don't. :) Windows 8 isn't as bad as you think. Sometimes it's annoying, but it lets me run my games. When it stops doing that, it's going in the trash bin. It looks great. It's like a 50's vacuum cleaner from space. And that's a good thing. My geek friends are jealous. Hardcore overclocking gamers will be sad to see that the re are very few options in the BIOS, and the AMD video options are limited. I don't even know which video card I'm using right now as I type this--I know the integrated graphics are present. But I guess I just don't care. Frankly, the Samsung apps are reasonably unintrusive, and I think their preset "blended performance" "gaming" etc presets are adequate so I'm not messing with it. CPU is hardly the bottleneck for modern gaming anyway. Still I do miss the fine grained control. But in the end Samsung has made a good set of hardware control apps that are low overhead, sensible, and give me the feeling that they're choosing good settings for my use modes, so I'm actually happy with the out-of-the-box presets. It's a really nice box at a great price. And it's orange. Buy one now before they go back to selling dark grey laptops. Samsung has made a great system here. Wondering if this is a one-off system, or if they're planning to be a major player in laptop gaming systems? [Edit] I can't leave without saying how much I love the trackpad. Sure, when I game I use a mouse, but it's a HUGE touchpad with a very predictable set of buttons and, get this, you can a) toggle the touchpad off with a dedicated function combination and b) configure the touchpad (and windows key) to automatically turn off in the "game mode" preset. Seriously it's a nice package. Somebody at Samsung actually plays games for fun on their own products. That's the only conclusion I can come to. Let's hope that person keeps gaming and gets promoted. [orange edit] I have a navel orange here, and this computer is pretty much exactly the same color. It's not so much yellow as ORANGE. In fact, the top is also a metallic finish. It looks pretty amazing, but if you expect it to be more yellowish like in the pictures you'll be surprised. So if you want to preview the color, take a picture of a navel orange, and photoshop that color into the picture. :) |
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