Pro-Gamer

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Before I continue as a responsible adult I have to say “I WANT ONE, I WANT ONE, I WANT ONE!!!”. There that feels better, but in all seriousness if my wife reads this, love you, Christmas is only a few short months away.

 This latest range from Rock is not entirely surprising, in the past the Gaming Laptops that Rock have produced where nothing short of awesome, squeezing as powerful a component set as possible within the chassis of a laptop.

 So why am I drooling over a laptop, well, because I’m gamer and the idea of taking a gaming rig with me when I’m away on business or holiday is very appealing, that and having all that awesome power in a Gaming Laptop certainly gives you a reason to boast when your down the pub.

Let’s have a look at the beast in question the base Specifications are:

• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor P8700 2.53GHz, 1066Mhz, 3Mb Cache
• 2 x NVIDIA 280M GTX 1GB GDDR3 SliHigh Performance Graphics
• 18.4″ Full HD 16:9 TFT Screen (1920 x 1200)
• 4GB DDR3 1066Mhz RAM
• 2 x 250GB 7200rpm Hard disk drive
• RAID 0, 1 and 5 options
• Blu-ray
• Built in Finger-print reader
• Intel Pro 802.11a/b/g/n Integrated Wireless LAN
• Gigabit 10/100/1000 LAN
• 1 x IEEE1394 Firewire
• 4 x USB 2.0 + 1 Shared E-SATA
• Bluetooth
• Express Card Slot
• 7 in 1 Card Reader
• S-Video out,HDMI & DVI Port
• Webcam with video recording
• 7.1 Surround Sound Output
• Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium 64 Bit

 A meaty Processor, 4GB of fast ram and not 1 but two Geforce 280M’s running in SLI. By any standards that’s a rig to boast about but in a Gaming Laptop it will make you the envy of all the gamers at your next LAN party.

 Bearing in mind that this is just the base model splash a bit more cash and you can upgrade various components for example the processor can be upgraded to a Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300, the hard drives can be upgraded to various configurations up to 3 individual drives including Solid State models.

 So all in all this new range looks like a fantastic option for those who want the best performance from their Gaming Laptop.

 Click here to Customize the Base Model

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Enter AWTDM15X  at the checkout when purchasing the m15x to receive a 5% discount

With a fanatastic specifiacation and the choice between the sleek lines of the Ripley Chassis and the powerful ook of the Skullcap, this laptop will show you mean business.

Skullcap Chassis

Ripley Chassis

 Click Here to buy direct from alienware dont forget your discount code for this laptop AWTDM15X

Full Specs.

Operating Systems

• Windows Vista® Home Premium
• Windows Vista® Ultimate
• Windows® XP Professional

Processors, Chipset & Memory

• Intel® Core™2 Duo Processors (6MB Cache, 800MHz FSB)
• Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processors (6MB Cache, 800MHz FSB)
• Intel PM965 Chipset
• Up to 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
• 2 dedicated SO-DIMM slots for Dual Channel DDR2 Memory

Graphics & Video

• Single Graphics Card
  256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
  512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8700M GT
  512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800M GTX
  512MB NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 3600MBinaryGFX 

• Connectivity
  • Video out: 1x HDMI Connector
  • HDMI to DVI-D Adapter – Optional

Storage

• Single Hard Drive
  • 5400 RPM – Up to 500GB SATA
  • 7200 RPM – Up to 250GB SATA
  • Solid State – 128GB SATA
  11 Aug
  Creative I-Trigue L3800 2.1 Speaker System
  Author: admin Filed under: Speakers No comment
  After your computer has done all the processing of data and handed it to the soundcard, the sounds need to go somewhere, your speakers.
  I always have a good set of speakers, theres nothing better than letting the entire household know which weapon your currently using and its always a test for the Double Glazing.
  The Creative I-Trigue L3800 is an ideal system for when you don’t have the room to set-up a full 5.1 or 7.1 setup.
  This offering from creative is stylish looking and offer enough power to clear the cobwebs.  With a 30 watt Sub and 9 watt satelittes and easy connection to PC’s, TV’s and games consoles and of course your mp3 player. An ideal budget set at Just  
  £89.99 with Free Delivery from Play.com 
  Product Description: Creative I-Trigue L3800 – PC multimedia speaker system
  Product Type: PC multimedia speaker system
  Media Type: 2 speakers, subwoofer
  Speaker Type: Active
  Nominal Output Power (Total): 48 Watt
  Response Bandwidth: 30 – 20000 Hz
  Audio Amplifier: Integrated
  Connectivity Technology: Wired
  Speaker System Details: 2 x satellite speaker – 9 Watt 1 x subwoofer – 30 Watt
  Remote Control: Remote control – cable/infrared
  Manufacturer Warranty: 2 years warranty
  10 Aug

  Dell XPS m1370 Gaming Laptop

  Author: admin Filed under: Laptops No comment

  Dell XPS m1370

  Special Offer M1730: £200 OFF! WAS £2099 now £1899

  

  As far as laptops go, gaming laptops aren’t quite as portable as your average work laptop, but, the power and the performance you get is more than worth it.

  This Offering from Dell doesn’t have the spec you can get from your desktop but with a base price of £1899 with this spec, lag should be kept to a minimum and what could be better than sitting in your local pub(wi-fi hotspot permitting) drinking ice cold draft beer whilst fragging your mated from around the world. This system boasts 2 8800gtx running in SLI and a Physx card giving you crisp, clean, fast and realistic graphics from your games.

  What can it Play?

  If we take UT3 as a sample the manufacturers reccomend:

  Windows XP (with SP2) / Vista

  2.4GHz Dual Core Processor

  1GB RAM

  nVidia 7800GTX, ATI x1300 or equivalent graphics card

  The processor more than meets the requirements, 1 graphic card on its own would be enough but you have 2 running in SLI and with double the memory and a physx card turning the visuals right up shouldn’y impact performance. a must have pro gaming laptop for the pro gamer on the move

  Spec

  Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 (2.50 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 6 MB L2 cache)

  Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium – English

  17.0″ UltraSharp™ WUXGA (1920×1200) TFT with TrueLife™ with Integrated 2.0MP web cam

  4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024] 3

  400GB Free Fall Sensor Raid 0 Stripe – 2 X 200GB (7200RPM) Hard Drive

  DUAL SLI 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTX card

  Ageia PhysX Processing Unit Card

  Fixed 8x DVD+/-RW Slim Slot Load drive, including SW

  Go buy one

  9 Aug
  Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Series
  Author: admin Filed under: Sound Cards No comment
  It’s a sound card. So what?!
  The sound card can be the most overlooked component in your pro gaming computer. With so many motherboard manufacturers providing onboard sound what’s the point in buying something else.
  Whilst these onboard cards do an adequate job of transferring the sound of your M1 GARAND from your game to your eardrums, and to be honest it probably sounds ok.
  Your processor will be doing quite a bit of the work involved in this process not to mention the memory that converting bits to audio takes.
  This is where a dedicated Sound card comes into it’s, they’re on a seperate card so not crammed onto the motherboard allowing for better heat dissipation and they have ther own resouces to free up vital system power to deal with the rest of your gaming.
  Enter Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Series.
  There are sound cards and there are SOUND CARDS.
  This offering from Creative Labs boasts some of the best Specs available***. With 64MB of memory onboard and Hardware-accelerated EAX 5.0 and OpenAL gaming, you get Ultra Realistic in-game audio as well as accurate 3D positioning using headphones. 
  • The card boasts
    Hardware-accelerated EAX 5.0 and OpenAL gaming, for ultra-real cinematic in-game audio.
  • On-board optical I/O with Dolby Digital real-time encoding,
  • PCI Express Connectivity for maximum data transfer.
  All this from Creative Labs, the creator of my very first Dedicated Sound Card, the Sound Blaster 16 (and my first voodoo card ). A name you can associate with quality, high performce Gaming Components.
  At Just £159.99 inclulding VAT and Delivery it’s got to be on your lisft for the next upgrade.
  Buy Here direct from Creative
   
  ***Full Specifications***
  24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 96kHz sample rate
  24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output
  24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of stereo digital sources at 192kHz to stereo output
  16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates: 8,11.025,16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
  ASIO 2.0 support at16bit/44.1kHz,16-bit/48kHz, 24-bit/44.1kHz 24-bit/48kHz and 24-bit/96kHz with direct monitoring
  Enhanced SoundFont support at up to 24-bit resolution
  64MB of X-RAM
  Connectivity (Sound Card)
  • Mic In/Line In
  • Headphone/Front Left & Right Speaker Output
  • Side Left & Right Speaker Output
  • Center/Sub Output · Rear Left & Right Speaker Output
  • Optical Digital SPDIF Output
  • Optical Digital SPDIF Input
  • Intel HD Front Panel Header
  • X-Fi I/O Drive connectors
  Connectivity (X-Fi I/O Drive)
  • Mic In
  • AUX in
  • Headphone Output
  7 Aug

  Battlefield Heroes-A Free Game

  Author: admin Filed under: Games No comment

  It’s not very often that we get something for nothing, but (as soon as it’s finished and released) the guys over at DICE are doing just that with Battlefield Heroes.

  

  Battlefield Heroes

  A new addition to the Battlefield franchise, this new offering differs from previous offering firstly because it is free, and secondly because it doesn’t in anyway focus on producing true to life graphics, instead it focuses on gameplay and the funfactor.

  Because of this the proposed machine spec needed to run the game should be quite low* it means that you dont have to upgrade you computer spending hundreds of pounds just to get in on the action.

  The game also features a nifty character customiser, allwoing to alter not just the class of your character but the look and accessories of your character.

   Why is it free, the same way we offer access to our websites for free, advertising, on the main screen there will be a clickable advert which I am guessing people will be able to buy into and also as the game is distributed only via the internet I am guessing they’ll be having adverts within the download pages.

   

  However they do it the game itself looks like a giggle and I for one cant wait to give it a go.

   

   *propses minimum specs.

  Operating System: Windows XP or Windows Vista

  CPU: 1.0 GHz

  RAM: 512 Mb (1Gb on Windows Vista)

  Video Card: 64Mb DirectX compliant video card with at least pixel shader 2.0 support

  Hard Drive space: 1Gb of space is required to install the game

  Internet connection: 256kbit Cable/DSL connection

  2 Aug

  XFX 9800GX2 XXX edition 1Gb PCI-Express graphics card

  Author: admin Filed under: Graphics Cards No comment

  Available for £449.99 from Misco

  

  Available from Misco for £449.99

  Computer Gaming is about playability and about user experience? Well of course it is but if you shoot someone in the head you want all the gory detail rendered on screen in full colour, High Definition Glory.

  This is where the graphics card comes into play, it takes all the information passed to your computer about how the game looks and creates the beautiful output on your Monitor(or plasma screen TV). These Graphics cards have a dedicated processor tasked with doing all that, how do you make this better, easy stick to graphics processors on one Graphics card, stick 1Gb of memory onboard and low and behold you have the XFX 9800X2 XX.

   

   

  Combining the power of two GeForce® 9800 GPUs in a single graphics solution and 256 screaming fast stream processors, the GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics card is the fastest graphics solution on the planet, exceeding the expectations of PC and console gamers alike.

  Specifications

  Product Description	XFX 9800GX2 XXX edition 1GB PCI-Express graphics card
  Device Type	Graphics Adapter
  Enclosure Type	Plug-in card
  Bus Type	PCI-E 2.0
  Graphics Processor / Vendor	GeForce 9800 GX2
  Video Memory Installed ( Max )	1 GB – GDDR3 SDRAM
  Clock rate	680 MHz
  Shader Clock	1700 MHz
  Memory Bus	512-bit
  API Support	DirectX 10, OpenGL 2.1
  Output	Dual DVI, HDMI
  Max Monitors Supported	2 also can Output to TV up to 1080i resolution.