Yesterday Samsung revealed its new Galaxy line-up of laptops, and among the many, it also unveiled its most powerful Galaxy laptop ever. The new Galaxy Book Odyssey is a force to reckon with, and the gaming laptop is the first in the world to feature Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3050 Ti GPU along with Intel’s 11th Generation processors.
The device has a 15.6-inch LCD with Full HD resolution and is equipped with Intel’s 11th Gen Core i5 or i7 CPU and Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q or RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q GPU. The GPU will sport 4GB of GDDR6 VRAM, which promises a smooth gaming experience at Full HD resolution with a frame rate of more than 60fps.
According to the press note released by the OEM, we know that the entry-level variant of the Galaxy Book Odyssey has 8GB of DDR4x RAM, and the higher-end variants offer 16GB or 32GB RAM. Samsung is offering its device with up to 1TB of SSD storage, and the Galaxy Book Odyssey comes with two PCIe NVMe SSD slots.
Other notable features of the laptop include:
- a pro-grade keyboard
- a large trackpad with Windows Precision drivers
- a fingerprint reader embedded into the power button
- stereo speakers
- Dolby Atmos audio
- dual-band Wi-Fi 6 (2×2 MIMO)
- Bluetooth 5.1.
There are plenty of ports provided on the laptop, they include:
- One gigabit ethernet port
- an HDMI port
- three USB 3.2 Type-A ports
- two USB Type-C ports
- a 3.5mm headphone jack
- a microSD card slot
The Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey is powered with an 83Wh battery, but gaming laptops from other brands come with up to 99Wh batteries. However most of the other gaming brands offer 100W chargers, but Samsung is offering a whopping 135W USB Type-C charger. The Galaxy Book Odyssey will go on sale in August for the starting price of $1,399.
