With a dual-core Atom N330 processor, 2GB of DDR2-800 RAM (expandable to 4GB), 250GB hard disk, andNvidia Ion graphics, this delicious looking Eee PC features Windows 7 and Slot-loading DVD-RW.
The lack of a blu-ray drive isn’t much of a deterrent for me, but it may be the one thing that makes this thing less than perfect for someone looking for a super-lightweight HTPC.
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Full Specs after the break. [Asus]
Get your review on, boys & girls:
Many of thee reviews delve deeply into the architecture end of the “Cypress” GPU, so there are plenty of details for the curious. As you can see above, there certainly aren’t very many retail cards available to review sites just yet; the Sapphire card being the lone departure from the reference card from a slew of reviews. The bottom line from the reviews, though, is that the 5870 is the new “king” in town. We’ll have to see if nVidia can best it when it releases its GT300; supposedly next month (assuming, of course, that it solves the yield issues).
Oh, & you may have to wait a bit to get your DX11 groove goin’. Newegg has three cards listed, from Sapphire, HIS, & ASUS for the low-low price of $379; but they’re all listed as “auto-notify,” meaning they’re not currently in stock. The same goes for ZipZoomFly, who list cards from MSI, Diamond, Gigabyte, & XFX.
Gizmodo is showing off a “booklet” PC and reporting that this is Microsoft’s take on the future of tablet computing.
Courier is a real device, and we’ve heard that it’s in the “late prototype” stage of development. It’s not a tablet, it’s a booklet. The dual 7-inch (or so) screens are multitouch, and designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. They’re connected by a hinge that holds a single iPhone-esque home button. Statuses, like wireless signal and battery life, are displayed along the rim of one of the screens. On the back cover is a camera, and it might charge through an inductive pad, like the Palm Touchstone charging dock for Pre.
Read more about it, and check a video over at Gizmodo.
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Powered by six HD projectors & running at 5500 X 2000 resolution. Wow. Via Engadget.
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AMD has launched its next generation mobile computing platform, previously code-named Tigris. They’re claiming higher performance as well as longer battery life with the new kit, of course. AMD’s apparently no longer going to be using specific processor badges on Tigris-powered laptops, either. The Vision branding will initially include three tiers: regular, premium, & ultimate; differentiated by performance.
Moving on to the high-end graphics realm, AMD’s top-of-the-line DX11 card, the HD5870 has been caught on camera, & sports DVI, DisplayPort & HDMI connectors. That is one loooooong card right there. According to Fuad, there will be 1GB & 2GB flavors of this beast that will retail for $399 & $449, respectively. He also sheds some light on what he’s calling the official specs of the card, which includes a 27W power idle consumption & 1.3GHz GDDR5.
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In need of a new laptop, I set out on a mission to try and find the most bang for under $800, and thanks to a nice $500 coupon, I managed to get this $1299 HP HDX16 Premium Series laptop for $799.
My first impression? Well, I’m impressed. Great display, an nVIDIA GeForce GT 130M with a gig of ram, 500gb 7200RPM drive, and 4gb of RAM… So far it’s a snappy lil package. I’ll spend the next few days beating it up and I’ll post my detailed review.
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Faster core speed, wider memory interface, & the most RAM I’ve seen on a desktop video card in a while. The thing looks like a spaceship & will cost an arm & a leg if you’re lucky enough to actually find one of the 1,000 that ASUS is going to produce. Hit the link to see if all those extras actually translate into performance that makes this beast worth triple the amount of a run-of-the-mill GTX295. Lordy… they even ran a pair of ‘em in SLi…
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AMD’s claiming a win in the mobile GPU market; saying that they’ve got 53% market share with their Radeon discrete chips. Their HD4000-series chips are a solid basis for any laptop.
The Catalyst 9.8 driver that was leaked earlier this week has also been officially released & brings improved CrossFire performance and OpenGL 3.1 support along with it.
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