Gigabyte's new P15F V3 notebook straddles the line between work and play
While there's been a lot of options in the market if you're looking for a high end gaming notebook, decent budget priced ones aren't as plentiful. Luckily, Gigabyte is stepping up to the plate, with the release of their newest P15F V3 notebook.
The P15F V3 won't blow you away with it's gaming capabilities, but it won't cause you to mortgage your house either.
If you're looking for a great mobile gaming machine, you're really spoiled for choice. With impressive offerings from Aorus (X7 Pro), MSI (GT80 2QE Titan SLI) and Aftershock (Titan V2.1), gamers with deep pockets have multitudes of great gaming laptops to choose from. If you're a gamer on a budget though, things aren't looking so bright as you're faced with much fewer prospects. There's the HP Omen and the ASUS ROG G751JT and a few offerings from Aftershock, but not much else.
Luckily, with the release of the budget priced NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M and 950M series a few months ago, we're finally starting to see notebooks that have these budget conscious cards in them. Case in point, the Gigabyte P15F V3, which has the latter card in its guts.
Here's a look at the machine's full specifications:
Processor | Intel Core i7-4710HQ (2.5GHz, 6MB cache) |
Display | 15.6-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080) matte LCD |
Graphics Card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M (2GB VRAM) |
Memory | 8GB DDR3L |
Storage | 1TB HDD + 128 GB mSATA SSD
ODD swappable for extra HDD storage |
Chipset | Intel HM86 Express |
OS | Windows 8.1 |
I/O Ports | 2 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB(2.0), 1 x eSATA/USB combo port, 1 x HDMI, 1 x D-Sub, 1 x RJ45, 1 x Mic-in 1 x Headphone-out 1 x 9-in-1 card reader |
Audio | 2 x 2 Watt Speaker Microphone Sound Blaster Cinema 2 |
Connectivity | 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet Bluetooth 4.0 802.11b/g/n |
Optical Disc Drive | Super Multi DVD RW |
Battery | Li-ion 6-cell, 4400mAh, 48.84Wh |
Dimensions | 374(W) x 252(D) x 14 ~ 31.4(H)mm |
Weight | 2.5KG (with ODD and battery) |
Price | $1699 |
For those interested in getting the Gigabyte P15F, the machine is already on sale right now for $1699.
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