DH Review: Rock Xtreme CTX

Zardon · Jun 18, 2006, 08:40 PM

Read the review here
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The world of performance laptops has always been an interesting one; we first looked at a “gamer” laptop in February 2004 and saw that speed didn’t necessarily mean portability. The 3.0Ghz P4 and Radeon 9600 Pro in that system required a rather large, and heavy, chassis and so really limited your travel options. Since then the majority of manufacturers have been forced to follow suit and generally if you want a top performing system you really do need to buy big. However this is slowly changing with the release of Intel’s Core CPU’s and some tough competition in the mobility graphics segment with ATI and Nvidia trying to outdo each other in terms of speed, temperature and power requirements. The result is that system builders can fit top performing kit into their laptops whilst for the most part maintaining portability.

We have one such system in for review today, it’s Rock’s Xtreme CTX which comes with the excellent Core Duo 2.16Ghz CPU and the high spec ATI Mobility X1800 XT graphics chip.

niceguyrichy · Jun 19, 2006, 04:23 AM

might not scare your bank manager, scare the living shit outa mine

great review as ever, and that is one sweet looking lappy

SFOSOK · Jun 19, 2006, 05:40 AM

that thing must get hot

Sandok · Jun 19, 2006, 08:24 AM

You guys didn't say how long it lasts with the battery? Or are my eyes too weak?

But the fact that you CAN switch the DVD with another battery is awesome imho!

LeanWolf · Jun 19, 2006, 11:30 AM

Yeah that must get warm, it has so few fans... and switching an extra battery for the optical drive is a great feature that should never have gone away. Good review!

Jun 18, 2006, 08:40 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	DH Review: Rock Xtreme CTX Read the review here _________________ The world of performance laptops has always been an interesting one; we first looked at a “gamer” laptop in February 2004 and saw that speed didn’t necessarily mean portability. The 3.0Ghz P4 and Radeon 9600 Pro in that system required a rather large, and heavy, chassis and so really limited your travel options. Since then the majority of manufacturers have been forced to follow suit and generally if you want a top performing system you really do need to buy big. However this is slowly changing with the release of Intel’s Core CPU’s and some tough competition in the mobility graphics segment with ATI and Nvidia trying to outdo each other in terms of speed, temperature and power requirements. The result is that system builders can fit top performing kit into their laptops whilst for the most part maintaining portability. We have one such system in for review today, it’s Rock’s Xtreme CTX which comes with the excellent Core Duo 2.16Ghz CPU and the high spec ATI Mobility X1800 XT graphics chip.

Jun 19, 2006, 05:40 AM	#3
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	that thing must get hot __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Jun 19, 2006, 11:30 AM	#5
LeanWolf alpha male Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Skyrim Posts: 5,713 Rep Power: 84 System Specs	Yeah that must get warm, it has so few fans... and switching an extra battery for the optical drive is a great feature that should never have gone away. Good review! __________________

Jun 19, 2006, 08:24 AM	#4
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	You guys didn't say how long it lasts with the battery? Or are my eyes too weak? But the fact that you CAN switch the DVD with another battery is awesome imho!