ASUS’ $1,500 Core i7-equipped G51J gaming laptop gets reviewed
Here’s hoping you held off on purchasing that Core 2 Duo G51 just a few months ago, ’cause ASUS has just pushed out the exact same laptop with a Core i7 within and a price tag that’s $200 skimpier. The G51J-A1 was launched alongside Windows 7, and the crew over at Hot Hardware managed to toss it on the test bench to find out what kind of gains could be expected when going from Intel’s last-gen CPU to the newly-announced Core i7-720QM. The long and short of it is this: the new CPU enabled this machine to smoke the C2D sibling in every test, with graphical performance being nothing short of astounding. ‘Course, the omission of a Blu-ray drive was somewhat of a bummer, but for just $1,499, it’s not like we really expected one to be included. Hit the read link for the full skinny, but only if you’ve got some disposable income that you don’t mind parting with.
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ASUS’ $1,500 Core i7-equipped G51J gaming laptop gets reviewed originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: November 10th, 2009
at 12:23pm by Darren Murph
Topics: AsusG51, AsusG51j, AsusG51j-a1, Benchmarks, Core i7-720QM, CoreI7, CoreI7-720qm, asus, asus g51, asus g51j, asus g51j-a1, benchmark, benchmarked, core i7, g51, g51j, g51j-a1, intel, reviewed
Asus’ U3S6: First USB 3.0 + SATA 6.0 PCI-E card
Not that USB 3.0 will be useful anytime soon—how long did it take manufacturers to finally get behind USB 2.0?—but Asus’ U3S6 should be, provided it’s not cancelled, the world’s first USB 3.0 + SATA 6.0 PCI-E card. Better news: it’s only $30.
The card comes with two USB 3.0 ports and two SATA 6.0 ports. And if I’m doing my maths right, so long as you have a free PCI-E slot you’re good to go.
Like I said in the beginning, the card will mean little in the immediate future, given the lack of USB 3.0 products. That’s not to say I wouldn’t mind being able to sync my Zune HD using the zippy awesomeness of USB 3.0, but it’s going to be a little while before we see that. Never mind that that scenario would never happen, considering the Zune HD’s insides don’t know a darn thing about USB 3.0, but you know what I mean: a future media player that works with USB 3.0 would certainly be handy, especially as we move toward moving higher and higher resolution video to and from our various components.
It should be out “soon.” Nice and vague, yes.
ASUS changes course, unveils ‘first’ USB 3.0 / SATA 6Gbps motherboards
Can it be? Has the same company that dashed dreams by axing its USB 3.0-laden P6X58 motherboard back in July really just revived our hope in humanity? Out of nowhere, ASUS has just unveiled the first range of motherboards to support USB 3.0 and the newest SATA specifications, the latter of which brings along 6Gbps data throughput. The one-two punch belongs to the Xtreme Design P7P55D-E series of mainboards, which support the latest Core i5 and Core i7 processors. Sadly, just two USB 3.0 ports are onboard, while a total of ten dedicated USB 2.0 sockets are scattered about. Feel free to pore over the detailed specs in the release past the break, and get ready to find the P7P55D-E Premium mobo ($299) and U3S6 expansion card ($29) at retailers next month.
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ASUS changes course, unveils ‘first’ USB 3.0 / SATA 6Gbps motherboards originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 28th, 2009
at 1:46pm by Darren Murph
Topics: P7P55D, P7P55D-E, Usb3.0, Usb3.0Motherboard, asus, mainboard, mobo, motherboard, sata, usb 3.0, usb 3.0 motherboard
Asustek announces a 1.1 Teraflop, Tesla GPU powered supercomputer
Some of us love nothing more than a portable and convenient netbook — something that Asustek knows all too well — but how about those of us who need real computing power? To that end, Taipei’s choice for all things ultraportable has just announced its very own 1.1 Teraflop supercomputer. Dubbed the ESC 1000, this (albeit large) desktop-sized machine sports a 3.33GHz Intel LGA1366 Xeon W3580 microprocessor and three CUDA-based Tesla C1060 GPUs, the likes of which we last saw in Dell’s Precision “personal supercomputer” line. Shipping with 24GB of DDR3 DRAM (1333MHz) and a 500GB SATA II hard drive, the machine is said to have a cost structure of $14,519 over five years. We’re guessing that you’ll be able to both surf the net and watch HD quality video on the thing, although you probably won’t be taking it along with you to Crazy Mocha any time soon. According to a company spokesperson, this thing is ready to ship now, although a launch date and street price have yet to be determined. One more pic after the break.
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Asustek announces a 1.1 Teraflop, Tesla GPU powered supercomputer originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 28th, 2009
at 2:18am by Joseph L. Flatley
Topics: ESC 1000, Esc1000, NVIDIA, NvidiaTesla, NvidiaTeslaC1060, Tesla C1060, TeslaC1060, TeslaPersonalSupercomputer, asus, asustek, gpu, nvidia Tesla C1060, nvidia tesla, supercomputer, tesla, tesla personal supercomputer
MSI Confirms Plans for Nvidia Tegra-Based eReader in 2010 [EReaders]
That rumor about an MSI eReader looks good-to-go: their chairman acknowledges a reader with Tegra graphics is coming, but they’re ironing out some problems at the moment. Meanwhile, Asus also has some some cool-sounding readers in the works. [DigiTimes]
