Saturday, October 8, 2011

Samsung RC510 Price & Specs

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The RC510 is a reasonably slim 15.6-inch notebook with a stylish glossy finish in charcoal grey. The notebook feels well built. The glossy raised palmrest takes stress off ones wrists while getting slick if used with sweaty wrists. The keypad is an isolated type and while key spacing is decent, we found the keys a little small – the keypad is decent. There are no multimedia keys, although a dedicated number pad is provided. The trackpad material feels just right, while its accuracy is good, for precision work a mouse required. 4 USB ports, an HDMI port and the usual card slot, optical drive and LAN port are mundane nowadays. The display is glossy while above it perches a 1.3MP web camera.

The RC510 is blessed with a shiny new power plant – the Intel Core i3 380M, a dual core with HT support. With NVIDIA Optimus, the RC510 can switch between Intel HD graphics and its dedicated GeForce 315M GPU. This isn’t a potent gaming system by any stretch, and will strictly play older games sans framing. It barely managed 24.17 fps in Far Cry 2 at medium setting and a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. A GT540M manages over 60 fps at the same settings. The storage system consists of a 500GB HDD, and not a fast one at that. With just 20 and 25MB/s in the non-sequential and sequential transfers respectively. Playback of 1080p content is seamless, and the display while plagued with poor viewing angles has a nice saturated look that gives colour in videos a little more “pop”.

From the perspective of someone looking at a desktop replacement, the RC510 performs reasonably well and will easily run more mundane applications, but it is not a performance machine, nor would be expect it to be at a price of Rs 39,990. For anyone looking at something to browse on, do a lot of office work as well as play the odd game, the RC510 will deliver.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Specifications: Core i3 380M (2.53 GHz);

RAM: 3 GB 1066 MHz;

GPU: NVIDIA GT315M/ Intel HD 3000 graphics;

HDD: 500 GB, 5,400 rpm;

Weight: 2.5 kgs

Website: www.samsung.com/in

Price: Rs 39,990