Samsung Series 7 Gamer NP700G7C with AMD Radeon HD 7970M/Geforce GTX 675M

[Kammander]

I was tempted to get it from Alienware... but sales tax kill the deal. Plus there's no active coupon that works right now... If anyone has a coupon, I'll gladly take it lol

[cfisher2]

I was tempted to get it from Alienware... but sales tax kill the deal. Plus there's no active coupon that works right now... If anyone has a coupon, I'll gladly take it lol

I'd wait it out for a bit, I just went through the M17x BTO and didn't change anything and it says "Preliminary Ship Date: 5/25/2012"

[Kammander]

I'd wait it out for a bit, I just went through the M17x BTO and didn't change anything and it says "Preliminary Ship Date: 5/25/2012"

Yeah I spoke with their Livechat and they said they do have the cards in stock just that they need that time to build the laptop etc... maybe it's all BS lol. Yeah I'm thinking about waiting on the SAmsung.

[Moussa93]

I'd wait it out for a bit, I just went through the M17x BTO and didn't change anything and it says "Preliminary Ship Date: 5/25/2012"

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Ohh... So maybe Samsung will have the 7970 available by the mid/end of may,...
Lord, selling my MacBook Pro this week, I can't go 2/3 weeks without COD and Battlefield :0

Newegg listed a US version but with 1.5Tb HDD? Thought it was for the Canada version?
Mhh

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...UNG-_-34131270

[ParagonAX]

Alienware has a option to get 7970M right now. (M17 series) But I dislike their laptops because it looks too childish. (I'm a grown man planning to use it at office as well) Plus Alienware is so expensive with their ty options.

I dont know why Alienware gets 1st dibs on this.

These are the options that I know of so far that sells 7970M in US (All release in late May except for Alienware)

-Alienware
-Samsung's Gamer notebook
-Sager and MSi from powernotebooks.com

Any others I should know about?

I'm trying to avoid sales tax (live in CA) lol

Where do you see the 7970M on MSI systems?

[mcmikel]

I too live in CA so I feel your pain on the tax. I saw that the Sager has an option to order with the HD7970M BUT I didn’t see that MSI has the HD7970M option. Where did you see that? If that were the case, I would jump on that.

AMD did out do Nvidia this time around. Nvidia tried to be strategic with rebranding etc and maximize their sales by waiting for the GTX680M to be released but it may have back fired on them this time.

I so want to wait to see if the Samsung US version is coming out with the 7970M but my Dell I am on now is seriously on its last leg. Day by day more and more problems occur. The good thing is, although I have on order the Samsung GTX675M version, I have 30 days to return it with no restocking fee. If within 30days the Samsung Series 7 Gamer comes out in the US with the HD7970M, I may return the one I bought and buy the 7970M version. Good thing is, no restocking fee. I just want to buy a notebook and be done with it for 3-4 years as every other notebook has lasted me. I just want to make sure I get a fast processor and GPU so it can overcome almost any game as the years go by.

I was on the brink of purchasing an MSI but I really like the look and feel of the Samsung (more business looking than gaming BUT it has the power to game when I want to).

Alienware has a option to get 7970M right now. (M17 series) But I dislike their laptops because it looks too childish. (I'm a grown man planning to use it at office as well) Plus Alienware is so expensive with their ty options.

I dont know why Alienware gets 1st dibs on this.

These are the options that I know of so far that sells 7970M in US (All release in late May except for Alienware)

-Alienware
-Samsung's Gamer notebook
-Sager and MSi from powernotebooks.com

Any others I should know about?

I'm trying to avoid sales tax (live in CA) lol

[Kammander]

My mistake, sorry guys I was wrong about MSi. =/

[Kammander]

mcmike, Samsung with 7970 will be more expensive than the one with 675M, right?

[cfisher2]

mcmike, Samsung with 7970 will be more expensive than the one with 675M, right?

One would think so given it's early performance benchmarks, however I believe the Alienware BTO was charging $150 more for the 675M "upgrade". Ideally I'd like to see this laptop land for anywhere between $1500-$1800 with BTO options. Samsung would be smart to sell it for less as they would dominate the market for a while.

[mcmikel]

Kammander - Well so far on Xotic PC and various other sites the HD7970M is a $100 upgrade over the GTX675M so I would suspect that the price would be slightly higher. I am not too concerned with price as I was about to drop almost $3,400 on a custom MSI just before the whole IVY bridge release date debacle. For the general mass though, as cfisher2 put it, Samsung would be smart to position themselves at $1,500 - $1,800. Since this is their first true gaming laptop, they would definitely jump in with the big boys right off the bat. I think we will start to see how this unfolds in the next 20-30 days at most. Sucks to wait, but that’s how it is in the electronics world.