![]() For a consumer laptop, we expected other, more vibrant colours. The only downside: it comes in only one dark gray colour. Like the A720, the Y480 packs in the latest version of Lenovo’s “Enhanced Experience”, under-the-hood tweaks to improve Windows 7’s performance, such as greatly reduced boot-up times. Launched together with the A720, the Y480 packs in a GeForce GT640M with its Ivy Bridge processor and is positioned as a high-performance multimedia laptop. If you’re feeling rich, go ahead and cash out on the highest-end M17x, which costs a mind-numbing S$7,000.īut for us mere mortals, the M14x looks very decent indeed. Starting at S$2,699, the newest M14x comes with a quad-core Ivy Bridge processor, the latest GeForce 600M-series graphics and our own Creative’s new Sound Blaster Recon3D audio tech. Klipsch speakers and a Creative Recon3D processor combine. Sure, you might be paying more for the brand when it comes to Dell’s Alienware, but there’s no denying their appeal. Alienwares M17x is a supersized beast in an Ultrabook world. The sound only works for the internal speakers (no headphone functionality) and I'm unable to access the Control panel for Sound Blaster. The speaker holes ripple out from a circle and looks very attractive. Created on JSound Blaster Recon 3Di Windows 10 I have an Alienware laptop that I just upgraded to windows 10. The 14-inch laptop comes with a sleek new look, including a hairline-etched metallic cover and an illuminated ASUS logo. Of course, there’s the SonicMaster Premium technology which promises a premium audio experience on a laptop. The N series is ASUS’ line of multimedia laptops, and the N46 looks very attractive with its Core i7 Ivy Bridge processor, GeForce GT 650M 2GB graphics, 4GB RAM and 750GB hard drive. This software includes support for Windows® 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit). This download contains the software update for the Sound Blaster® Recon3D PCIe Series installation CD. I’m sure if you wait a while longer, your choices will increase exponentially, but for now, here are three “Ivy Bridge” laptops which caught our attention. Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe Series Software Update Web Release. This in turn translates to better battery life for your laptop. ![]() This means that unless you’re an enthusiastic gamer, the integrated graphics are now powerful enough to handle 3D graphics and many existing games. The Ivy Bridge upgrade brings a number of significant improvements, including a 5 to 15 percent increase in CPU performance and a whopping 20 to 50 percent increase in integrated GPU performance. In the market for a new laptop? Just hang in there a while longer, as Intel’s newest chip, codenamed “Ivy Bridge” is just starting to roll out in laptops worldwide.
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