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ASUS Struts Its Stuff: New Gaming Laptops

Avalith | June 10, 2008 | News | Company Gaming Tech/Hardware

Last year, ASUS came out with the upgradeable C905 laptop where you could upgrade certain parts yourself. This year, they've come out with two new gaming laptops that feature the Geforce 9700M GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), and one of them even has a 3D display! Here are some quick specs:

G50V

NVIDIA Geforce 9700M GT 512MB DDR3
Intel Centrino 2 Moble PM45 CPU
Support for up to 4GB DDR2 800 MHz RAM
2x 320GB SATA HDD
Sturdier keyboard for furious typists
15.6" WXGA 3D display

G71V

NVIDIA Geforce 9700M GT 512MB DDR3
Intel Centrino 2 Mobile PM45 CPU
DDR3 1066 MHz RAM (no specified amount yet)
Support for 2x 500 GB 2.5" HDD
Altec Lansing speakers
Supports CPU overclocking
~17" monitor (no specific size mentioned)

Asus was showing off two new gaming notebooks and it looks like the company is starting to catch on in terms of design. Gone is most of the tacky suff from the previous gaming notebooks, and we're now looking at a couple of really sturdy models for the serious gamer.

Starting with the G50V, this might be the more exciting of the two, simply because it has a 15.6in WXGA 3D display. The great news is that you don't need any glasses and you don't have to squint or focus at some strange point in the distance for it to work, although you do have to look quite straight into the display for best effect.

The 3D display can be switched on or off, although the demo machine was an early sample, so it was done via an external switch, but Asus is working on a software solution to solve this problem. If this isn't enough to get you sold, how about the hardware specifications?

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chautemoc | June 10, 2008

Price ?
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Avalith | June 10, 2008

No price has been announced as of yet.
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  chautemoc | June 10, 2008
  
  Im estimating 18 bajillion dollars.
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    Avalith | June 11, 2008
    
    My guess is that it's more likely to be between $1200 and $1500.
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      chautemoc | June 11, 2008
      
      That's not excruciating.
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On Vacation | June 10, 2008

Wait, what does it mean by 3D display? Will i have to wear 3d glasses or something?
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  Smoke | June 10, 2008
  
  "The great news is that you don't need any glasses and you don't have to squint or focus at some strange point in the distance for it to work, although you do have to look quite straight into the display for best effect."
  
  Really odd considering no goggles or no specific area of the screen you have to look at. Perhaps it's something similar to holographs?
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    chautemoc | June 11, 2008
    
    I cant wait for holographic video games. Hopefully I wont be dead by then.
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      Avalith | June 11, 2008
      
      YOU MUST LIVE CHAUTEMOC! YOU MUST LIIIIIIIIIIIVE!
      
      Erhem... At the rate technology's going, I'd say it's still another 20-30 years in the future. Hopefully you'll still be a gamer as an old man.
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Dine_Agoti | June 10, 2008

Interesting. I actually plan on buying a gaming PC/laptop sometime this year. I'll have to keep my eye on these.
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Tromonator133 | June 15, 2008

It's probably extremely expensive. I would wait until the price goes down before buying it.