14 DAY TRIAL // Medion just announced that it has expanded its notebook portfolio with the addition of a new 17.3-inch gaming notebook based on Intel's second generation Core processors and featuring Nvidia GeForce discrete graphics.
The new notebook is housed inside a sober black chassis with a brushed aluminum lid proudly engraved with the word Erazer, to underline the notebook's belonging to this gaming PC line.
Moving past the design of the Erazer X7813 and taking a look at the specifications of this laptop, the first thing one notices is the Core i7-2630QM processor installed that includes no less than four processing cores with Hyper-Threading support clocked at 2GHz.
The fast Intel Sandy Bridge CPU is paired together with 4GB of system memory, as well as with an Nvidia GeForce GTX 560M graphics core paired together with 1.5GB of dedicated GDDR5 VRAM.
In Medion's creation, this GPU is responsible for driving a 1920x1080 Full HD resolution display that measures 17.3-inch in diagonal.
The rest of the configuration list is fairly standard for a gaming notebook and includes a 1TB hard drive with a spindle speed of 7200RPM, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Gigabit LAN and Bluetooth connectivity, a 1 3MP webcam, a DVD burner, as well as 2.1-channel audio with Dolby Home Theater v4 certification.
Along the sides of Medion's latest creation, users will find all the usual ports and connectors, including a multi-format cards reader, HDMI and VGA video outputs as well as eSATA and USB 3.0 storage ports.
When configured together with the standard Li-ion 9-cell battery pack, the Erazer X7813 tips the scales at just over 3.8Kg (almost 8.4 pounds).
In Europe, the X7813 Medion Erazer is priced at 999 Euros ($1,354 US), a price which may prove to be extremely attractive for gamers looking for a powerful 17-inch notebook with a Full HD display. The only downside is that Medion hasn't included a Blu-ray drive in its laptop. (via Laptop Spirit)