Samsung’s Gaming Laptop Galaxy Book Odyssey | The First One to Use NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3050/Ti GPU
Samsung is upping its game to be one of the best in the premium laptop market. Recently, they announced the ultimate gaming laptop Galaxy Book Odyssey alongside their Galaxy Book Pro laptops; the former is considered to be the first laptop that will sport NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050/Ti GPU and the latter is the series of two ultrabooks for regular use.
As per Samsung, the latest slim gaming laptop will be the most powerful Galaxy laptop to date with exceptionally ultra-portability. Here is what else we can tell you about the latest addition to Samsung’s product lineup.
Overview
The Galaxy Book Odyssey as claimed by Samsung will be up for sale in August with a starting price of $1,399; the figures are expected to grow if the configuration is customized by the users. The first country that Galaxy Book Odyssey will make an appearance in will be Korea. For other markets, there is still information yet to be released by the firm.
Design
The slim laptop by Samsung comes as a Mystic Black beauty and for those users who tend to carry their laptop everywhere they go along with having a gaming enthusiast, this will be the perfect option. The clear advantage for the gamers remains to be an option by the firm to expand the memory or storage options down the road as the device is claimed to be shipped with spare SO-DIMM and PCIe slots for just that purpose.
The device comes as a full-metal body and dimension wise it measures 356.6 x 229.1 x 17.7mm while the overall weight stands around 1.85kg.
Performance
Galaxy Book Odyssey, the first laptop that will sport NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 3050/Ti GPU—quite an exciting announcement for laptop gamers. However, reports are to be followed on the Nvidia RTX 3050/3050 Ti GPU performance compared to the competitor as it tends to be freshly released. Powered by an 11th-gen Intel Core H Series processor, Galaxy Book Odyssey will feature up to 32GB of RAM (8GB and 16GB as base variants), up to 2TB of solid-state storage, and an enhanced cooling system—a choice between Core i5 and Core i7 variants is offered.
Display
The Galaxy Book Odyssey will come with a 15.6-inch 1080p TFT LCD screen which will be decent enough to let you enjoy any video, games, or pictures on it. However, it is worth noting that the latest gaming laptop gets an LCD screen while its sibling release at the same time, the Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 are equipped with an OLED display.
Ports and other features
The Galaxy Book Odyssey gets a regular slew of ports namely, 2 USB-C ports and 3 USB 3.2 ports (keyboards, mice, and headsets), HDMI port, RJ45 jack (ethernet), one combined audio jack, a security slot, and a microSD card slot.
Few more features of the Galaxy Book Odyssey include a 720p HD webcam, a fingerprint reader on the power key, a pro keyboard, and a Dolby Atmos sound among others.
All in All, the new addition of Samsung seems pretty competitive in the gaming segment or even laptop segment. It will surely be confirmed where it stands in the market as the reports such as performance on the latest games and battery capacity are revealed.
Specification
| Screen | 15.6-inch TFT LCD (1920 x 1080) |
| Processor | 11th Gen Intel i5/i7 |
| Graphics | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050/3050 Ti Max-Q graphics |
| Storage | Up to 1 TB (NVMe SSD) |
| Memory | 8GB, 16GB, 32GB DDR4x |
| Ports | 2 USB-C, 3 USB 3.2, 1 HDMI, Security slot, MicroSD reader, headphone/mic jack, RJ45 |
| Battery | 83Wh battery |
| Security | Fingerprint reader on power button |
| Audio | Dolby Atmos support |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+), Wi-Fi 6E ready, Bluetooth 5.1, 802.11 ax, Gigabit Ethernet |
| Color Option | Mystic Black |
| Resolution | FHD (1920×1080) resolution |
| RAM | 8/16/32GB DDR4 |
| Power Supply | 135W USB Type-C charger |
Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey price in Nepal
The first country that Galaxy Book Odyssey will make an appearance in will be Korea with a starting price of $1,399. Meanwhile, if the Samsung Galaxy Book Odyssey makes it way to Nepal, the price is expected to be somewhere around Rs 175,000.
| Samsung Galaxy Book | Price in Nepal (Expected) |
| Galaxy Book Odyssey | Rs 175,000 |
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