Portable Graphics Machines Weigh In

Desktop replacements have been around for a while now. Laptops with the power of a desktop. However the graphics have always scared away hard core gamers, 3D modlers and any other users of heavily graphics intesive software. This is all slated to change with the upcoming release of nVidia SLI enabled laptops. These behomoths will sport dual nVidia 7xxx series GPUs and massive screens.

Pictures are starting to surface around the net of these machines. Bit-Tech has an article about the Rock Xtreme SLI which sports an AMD Turion ML-42, a 19" screen (1680x1050 resolution) and dual GeForce Go 7800 GTX. VoodooPC also has an offering that they are saying will ship in 45 days that sports similar specs.

These 10 lbs (low end) machines will be the beginning of the end for desktop PCs as we know it. It has long been thought that the longer laptops are around the more people will migrate to using them as their primary PCs. Once we can get the same power out of a portable machine, the demand for desktop machines will begin to fade. It is already evident in the growth the portable market has seen over the last year.

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