Maingear Alt-15 and Alt-17 Gaming Laptops with NVIDIA Optimus

Maingear has launched the Alt-15 and Alt-17 gaming laptops. Both high-performance laptops come with Nvidia’s Optimus technology, to provide a rich 3D experience when you need it, yet deliver the power-sipping savings of integrated video when you don’t. By dynamically sensing graphically intensive programs, Optimus can turn on or off the discrete DX11 GeForce GT 425M graphics card only when you need it.

The Maingear Alt-15 sports a glossy 15.6-inch LED widescreen and weighs 5.73 pounds, while the Maingear Alt-17 has a 17.3-inch display with resolution of 1920×1080 pixels and weighs 6.83 pounds.

Other features include a choice of Intel Core i5 or i7 mobile processor, up to 8GB of DDR3 1066MHZ memory, up to 512GB Solid State Drive or up to 500GB Hybrid SSDs hard drives, Blu-ray or DVD burner, built-in 2MP digital video camera, USB 3.0 and eSATA ports, HDMI output, a 3-in-1 card reader, an external USB ATSC HDTV/Analog TV tuner being also available as an optional.

The 15.6-inch Alt-15 start at $1,049, while the 17.3-inch Alt-17 start at $1,099, respectively.

Via [laptopspec.net]