rockdirect Xtreme Ti review

What you need to know

Reviewed by: Chris Stevens

Reviewed on: 19 August 2005

Tags: rockdirect, rockdirect Xtreme Ti, entertainment, pixels, performance

We like:

Giant screen; blistering performance; built in weight-training features (it's as heavy as a dumbbell)

We don't like:

Screen reflectivity -- but then who needs daylight, or even remembers what it is?

You might also need:

Plugging in a mouse will be the first manoeuvre made by any gamer worth his or her Thrustmaster

CNET UK judgement:

Gamers with an addiction that's run completely out of control will love this heavyweight laptop. It's beefy and bold, ramped up to the danger zone and fierce enough to give a game of Battlefield 2 the brutal graphics clarity that high-resolution killing deserves. You'll need pockets as deep as the Mariana Trench, though

Full review:

There's something eerily familiar about this rockdirect laptop. The Xtreme Ti resembles the Alienware Area 51m 7700 in a number of ways: there's the similar chassis, the identical screen and the more or less identical components. Continue Reading...