Aftershock reveals its newly refreshed Titan, which comes with a desktop GPU and CPU
When the Aftershock Titan V2.1 came out last year with its SLI'ed NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Ms, it pretty much shredded every benchmark we put it through. With Aftershock originally saying they might not be planning to refresh the Titan this year, imagine our surprise when they showed us the new Aftershock Titan 2016!
It might not boast NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 980 in SLI, but for a mobile machine, it's already packing an obscene amount of power.
When NVIDIA announced that gaming notebooks will have the option of having an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 desktop GPU powering it, we were pretty excited at the prospect. But with only six machines announced at the event, and none of them coming from Aftershock, we reckoned it'd be a while before we'd get our hands on one of the six machines shown. Luckily, Aftershock's stepped up to the plate with its Titan 2016.
Let's get the big question out of the way first. The Aftershock Titan V2.1 was an SLI machine, that boasted a pair of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Ms in SLI. Is the Aftershock Titan 2016 an SLI machine too? Unfortunately, the answer to that is no.
The only notebook that's been announced with NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 980 in SLI is the refreshed version of the MSI GT80, also called the TItan. We've reviewed the original GT80 Titan SLI, but have yet to get our hands on the new model.
It's a bit of a bummer the new Aftershock Titan 2016 won't have SLI but with it already boasting an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, we don't think it'll be lacking the power to run games for the foreseeable future.
The Titan is a desktop replacement, so it's not really that portable of a machine.
The Aftershock Titan 2016 come with the following specs:
Base | Recommended | |
Processor | Intel Core i7-6600K(3.5GHz, 6MB smart cache) | Intel Core i7-6700K (4Ghz, 8MB smart cache) |
GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (8GB VRAM) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (8GB VRAM) |
Memory | 8GB DDR4 | 16GB DD4 |
Storage | 1TB HDD | 1TB HDD |
Display | 17.3-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS with G-Sync | 17.3-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS with G-Sync |
OS | None | Windows 10 Home |
Dimensions and Weight | 428 x 308 x 45 mm, 4.8KG | 428 x 308 x 45 mm, 4.8KG |
Price | $3,875 | $4,308 |
Of course, as per Aftershock's normal policy, you can easily customize parts if the two default options aren't to your liking. An impressive thing about the Aftershock Titan 2016 is that it comes with a desktop CPU that can be overclocked. Both options come with overclockable desktop CPUs as standard, which means you can get more performance out of your CPU if you're willing to tweak them.
The new Aftershock Titan 2016 are also now comes with a programmable RGB-backlighted keyboard, with anti-ghosting capabilities built-in. Not only can you customize the colors, Aftershock's Flexi-Key app also allows you to customize the keys themselves.
It's worth nothing though that neither options have SSDs as standard storage, so if you're thinking of buying the Aftershock Titan 2016, you might want to throw in the cost of an extra SSD to the mix if fast storage performance is an issue for you. Although the machine comes with support for multiple drives (2 x SATA 3 bays, 2 x M.2 PCIe Gen 3 bays), no SSD comes standard.
If you're interested in the machine, it's already up for sale on Aftershock's website.
Source: Aftershock
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