XtremeNotebooks New Xtreme 917V: Bad Ass!

For the quad-core lovers who need to take their gaming on the road, XtremeNotebooks has come out with a workhorse for you. Some how they've crammed a Core 2 quad into processor into a 2.35-inch thick enclosure for the Xtreme 917V, so the first thing I'm thinking is heat, and lots of it. But this baby has a a dedicated GPU cooling solution setup which should help with the load.

According to Engadget, "It has a 17-inch display, dual NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX GPUs, a dual-layer DVD writer, multicard reader, integrated webcam / speakers, up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, and room for three 250GB hard drives."

It also has optional TV tuner, gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, and a plenty of ports to make your heart flutter. It only has a 12 cell battery, which only gives you a disappointing 1 hour of unconnected use. This behemoth comes in at 12 pounds and a starting price of $2,399, but I'm sure there are some ballers out there who aren't worried about that.

[prnewswire.com via Engadget]

Quad-Core Penryn

Intel is due to release the Santa Rosa processor next month, but they are already reporting the release of a reported quad-core Penryn mobile processor. This is strange for Intel to report about an upcoming processor that will succeed the processor that hasn't been released yet.

But they do give us a little in site on the newer processor. The Santa Rosa successor will likely be based on the 45- nanometer Penryn design and offer high-end gaming notebooks a insane amount of power. Intel demonstrated the ability to over clock these processors, but cooling them would be another issue.

Release of the new Penryn processors are due in the first half of 2008.