PC MicroWorks has announced the Black-Hawk XR5 17-inch gaming/workstation notebook, featuring a quad-core processor and two NVIDIA’s new Geforce 8800M GTX mobile video cards in SLI mode.
The Black-Hawk XR5 is configurable with the Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 CPU at 2.66GHz, as well as with Core 2 Extreme and Core 2 Duo. All of these chips are designed for use in desktop computers. The dual NVIDIA Geforce (”Go”) 8800M GTX option provides users with 1GB of dedicated GDDR3 video memory and support for DirectX 10 games. The 8800M GTX has not been officially announced yet. However, it is expected to be the most powerful graphics card for laptops this year.
In addition to the quad-core processor and dual video cards, the Black-Hawk XR5 desktop replacement laptop can house up to 3 SATA 300 hard drives in a RAID array and 4GB of 800MHz DDR2 system memory, PC MicroWorks says. The notebook’s 17″ widescreen display has 1920×1200 resolution.
The PC MicroWorks’ XR5 will begin shipping in December with pre-orders being taken now. The XR5 configured with the Core 2 Quad Q6700 processor, dual GeForce 8800M GTX cards, 2GB of RAM, a 200GB hard drive, and Windows Vista Home Premium operating system costs $3,798.
