Eurocom Scorpius 2.0 Powered by Intel Core i7-4930MX Haswell CPU and GTX 780M SLI

Eurocom has recently made available its fastest laptop powered by the latest 4th generation Intel Core i7 Haswell processor paired with, also the latest, a dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M mobile GPU – the Eurocom Scorpius 2.0 Mobile Workstation. Based on the processor and graphics processor alone, this laptop sure is a top of the line piece of hardware, and is built for demanding tasks and processes. Check out more details below.

Features and Specifications

The Eurocom Scorpius 2.0 is an ultra high performance, fully customization, and upgradeable laptop designed to offer the utmost in performance and capability. Under its hood, the Scorpius 2.0 is powered by the latest Intel Core i7-4930MX Haswell Processor Extreme Edition. It’s a quad-core processor with 8 threads, 8MB cache, clocked at 3GHz, and has a Max Turbo Frequency of 3.9GHz. The CPU also features a built-in Intel HD Graphics 4600 clock at 1.35Ghz. But Eurocom is not satisfied with a built-in graphics processor alone.

The Eurocom Scorpius 2.0 has a 17.3-inch display, powered by, not one, but two NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M mobile graphics card in SLI configuration, offering users of up to 8GB DDR5 video memory, 3072 CUDA cores, 256 TMUs, and 64 ROPs. This makes this laptop not only good for heavy multitasking processes, but also for serious gaming as well.

Users can also install up to 32GB of DDR3 1600 memory via four sockets. This makes the Scorpius 2.0 a great tool for high-performance computing, and for 64-bit operating systems as well. It can also support up to 5 storage drives, including two mSATA SSD drives.

The Eurocom Scorpius 2.0 is also built with sufficient connectivity options and can allow users to connect the laptop to an external display for video streaming or gaming. Some of its connectivity options include Thunderbolt, HDMI 1.4a, S/PDIF, SATA, USB 2.0, and USB 3.0. Yes, it’s not a typo, this laptop is built with Thunderbolt port giving you the ability to connect the Scorpius 2.0 to 3K or 4K super-high-resolution displays, or other high throughput storage devices. It also has a full-sized keyboard with a numeric keypad, and the keys have backlit illuminated.

Eurocom Scorpius 2.0 Benchmarks

Below are some benchmarks results conducted by Eurocom Engineers using benchmark tools such as 3DMark Vantage, 3D Mark 11, Uningine Heaven, Cinebench, and more.

Tested Configuration:

EUROCOM Scorpius 2.0
Intel Core i7-4930MX
16 GB DDR3-1600
2xNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M (GPU/VRAM clock: 771/2500)

Summary:

3DMark Vantage: P48141
3D Mark 11: P11606
Unigine Heaven 4.0 fps: 96.2
Unigine Heaven 4.0 Score: 2423
Unigine Heaven 3.0 fps: 156.8
Unigine Heaven 3.0 Score: 3950
Cinebench 11.5 OpenGL: 73.38
Cinebench 11.5 CPU: 7.45
SPECviewperf 11 64 bit
Catia-03: 8.54
Ensight-04: 23
Lightwave-01: 21.24
Maya-03: 15.7
Proe-05: 1.61
Sw-02: 13.16
Tcvis-02: 1.16
Snx-01: 2.51

Tested Configuration:

EUROCOM Scorpius 2.0
Intel Core i7-4930MX
16 GB DDR3-1600
2xNVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M ((GPU/VRAM clock: 851/2750)

Summary:

3DMark Vantage: P49141
3D Mark 11: P11861
Unigine Heaven 4.0 fps: 99.6
Unigine Heaven 4.0 Score: 2509
Unigine Heaven 3.0 fps: 168.7
Unigine Heaven 3.0 Score: 425.1
Cinebench 11.5 OpenGL: 76.66
Cinebench 11.5 CPU: 7.4
SPECviewperf 11 64 bit
Catia-03: 13.26
Ensight-04: 24.12
Lightwave-01: 21.29
Maya-03: 16.02
Proe-05: 1.63
Sw-02: 13.7
Tcvis-02: 1.22
Snx-01: 2.72

The Eurocom Scorpius 2.0 might have a rugged, bulky and boring design, and does not have the “curves” that other laptops have (like the Razer Blade), but what is built inside the Scorpius 2.0, makes this a monster laptop and not to be trifled with.