Gateway is finishing its week with a significant upgrade to its FX Edition gaming notebooks that brings its first mid-size models. Previously limited only to the 17-inch P series, the FX name is now attached to the M series with a new model that provides relatively quick performance at a smaller size. The M-6850FX is slightly slower than the base P series with a 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo and uses the cooler-running Radeon HD 2600 to provide better-than-average 3D to a category often neglected by PC builders. It also leaves little necessary to upgrade with 3GB of memory and a 320GB hard drive as stock. Gateway sells the system at retail shops for $1,000.

The American firm’s P series FX flagship now also receives an official confirmation of a quiet upgrade made earlier in the week. The P-172X is the first FX portable to use a mainstream Intel Penryn-based chip and comes with a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo as standard. Gateway’s refresh is equally the first to ship with a full 4GB of RAM. It continues to draw heavily on the GeForce 8800M GTS as the heart of its game-friendly performance and comes with 320GB of hard drive space in a RAID stripe at the system’s normal $2,000 price tag.

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