Eurocom Racer: Radeon HD 6990M In A Truly Mobile Form Factor

12:00 AM - January 3, 2012 by Thomas Soderstrom Table of contents 1. Is There Such Thing As A $2000 Portable Gaming Monster? 2. Eurcom's Racer, From The Outside 3. Under The Racer's Hood 4. Test Settings And Benchmarks 5. Benchmark Results: 3D Games 6. Benchmark Results: Non-Gaming Applications 7. Power, Battery Life, And Efficiency 8. When A Smaller Notebook Makes More Sense

Sporting awesome gaming performance and low power draw, the only thing missing from our previous Radeon HD 6990M benchmarks was an efficient, portable package. Eurocom addresses that with its mid-sized Racer. But can the smaller notebook keep pace?

We grow weary of choosing between super-heavy performance notebooks and wimpy business-oriented laptops. AMD recently pushed out its Radeon HD 6990M, which drops the Mobility designator in an unfortunate move that makes it more likely to confuse customers who can't imagine there could be much difference between a desktop Radeon HD 6990 and a mobile Radeon HD 6990M.

Despite the horrible naming that both AMD and Nvidia continue employing, the 6990M really did impress us in GeForce GTX 580M SLI Vs. Radeon HD 6990M CrossFire by demonstrating remarkable performance and efficiency.

A flurry of testing on our end revealed that the second module wasn’t even really needed in most 1080p gaming scenarios. And the low power consumption of a single 6990M module lead us to guess that it'd be a truly potent solution in a more portable package. Eurocom listened and sent us an example of the form factor we really wanted to see.

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