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ASUS’s Gamers overclocked Radeon

Feb 12

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Details of an upcoming ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) graphics card have emerged, complete with some early photos, and it seems the company have taken an ATI Radeon HD 5870 and overclocked it.  The fettled card cranks the GPU from 850MHz to 900MHz and doubles RAM to 2GB of 4.9Gbps GDDR5 memory.  Meanwhile ASUS are apparently making it straightforward to overclock the ROG card a little more again, with up to 1080MHz possible from the GPU and 5.2Gbps from the memory.

Connectivity is DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI, and the ports share the backplate with a Safe Mode button.  Pressing this reverts the ROG HD 5870 to a stable configuration, just in case your experiments leave everything inoperable.  There are also exposed contacts for multimeter voltage monitoring and a pair of eight-pin PCI Express power connectors.

So that you don’t waste any of your system grunt running an overclocking app in the background, ASUS’ software will save the settings to the ROG card and then shut down.  According to Chinese site Zol the ASUS Republic of Gamers Radeon HD 5870 will be “available immediately”, though there’s no sign of a price tag.

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O!Play adding wireless Full HD streaming?

Feb 5

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ASUS’ plans for its next-generation of set-top boxes have been tipped, with the company expected to add wireless HD support to an upcoming model.  According to DigiTimes’ usual shadowy industry sources, ASUS are using Taifatech’s TF-600 chipset, presumably in a new O!Play box, which is capable of streaming Full HD video over wireless or wired networks.

The talkative industry insiders also reckon ASUS are considering slapping the TF-600 into their netbooks, which would presumably allow them to wirelessly connect with a remote media source.  According to the TF-600 data sheet , the Taifatech chipset has onboard rescaling functionality, controllers for keyboards and mice, and can natively support IR remote controls.

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ASUS Eee PC dumps Atom for AMD Congo

Nov 30

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ASUS have pushed out another 12.1-inch ultrathin, and this time they’ve eschewed Intel in favor of some AMD goodness.  Unlike the 1201HA and 1201N, the ASUS Eee PC 1201T uses AMD’s 1.6GHz Congo MV40 processor, along with the RS780MN chipset and ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics; that adds up to 1080p Full HD performance, though it doesn’t appear from the spec sheets that ASUS have fitted an HDMI port to the 1201T.

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That means you have to make do with VGA output, together with three USB 2.0 ports, audio in/out, ethernet and a multi-format memory card reader.  There’s also WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and the whole thing weighs in at 1.46kg while measuring 296 x 208 x 27.3-33.3 mm including the standard 6-cell battery.

ASUS reckon you’ll get around four hours of runtime from that battery, which seems on the low side even if you’re playing back HD video on the 1366 x 768 display.  No word on pricing nor release date as yet.

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Asus Introducing White Version of CrossLink USB Cable

Nov 5

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Asus has just introduced the new and easy-to-use ASUS CrossLink cable that comes to provide users with a highly efficient way of transferring and synchronizing data, and even sharing Internet access and optical disc drive (ODD) functions. Lightweight also, the dongle offers a flexible and customizable file management system that helps users organize their data with little to no effort. As for synchronizing, customers will be able to sync their emails, contacts, calendar entries, journals, tasks and notes.

With its alter ego acting as a removable flash drive, the CrossLink cable is available in two colors, namely black and white. Asus did with this something I always liked with dongles, color-capacity coding, therefore the black version is equipped with 2GB flash storage, while the white version comes in both 2GB and 4GB capacities. The black model, however, comes with a full suite of PC functions.

As said above, the CrossLink cable was developed to allow users the most simplified and rapid transmission and synchronization of data between two PCs. You can browse, copy and share files and folders to and from the PC you have connected to via USB. The CrossLink cable can also serve as a means of sharing various ODDs, like in performing a CD-based software installation on a computer that doesn’t have an ODD (netbooks don’t). For that you only have to hook up the CrossLink cable to a notebook or PC equipped with an optical drive and simply run the installation directly off it.

The technical details are mostly common for the two models, black and white, like the 1.2-meter cable, the 0.04 kilogram weight and the same 5.2 x 2.0 x 1.2 centimeter dimensions. While the Black version was already launched, supposedly, the White version should arrive by December. No pricing yet available.

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ASUS 1080p-capable Ion Eee Box 1501 caught in wild

Oct 15

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ASUS’ Eee Box range arguably came of age when the company announced the 1501, their first NVIDIA Ion based model.  Packing a DVD drive and various video output options, we’ve been waiting to see when it might show up in the wild; that question has been answered by the guys at Newgadgets.de, who grabbed some live shots of the Eee Box 1501 at a press conference in Munich.

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First impressions of the Eee Box 1501 are in short supply – in fact Newgadgets.de only go so far as to say that yes, this is it – but from the photos the build quality looks reasonable and the styling appealing.  It could all get to be something of a wire-mess if you take advantage of the front-mounted ports, but considering most of the time they’ll be used for temporary digital camera and USB stick purposes we guess that won’t be too much of an issue.

Inside there’s Intel’s dual core Atom 330 CPU and NVIDIA’s Ion chipset, for 1080p High Definition output via HDMI, together with up to 4GB of RAM and a 250GB hard-drive.  As well as WiFi b/g/n there’s eSATA and gigabit ethernet.  Still no word on a launch date, but it’s expected to cost from €399 ($581).

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ASUS confirm Designo MS 1080p LCDs getting UK launch

Sep 23

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ASUS’ endearingly slim Designo MS series LCD displays are headed to the UK, the company have confirmed, with prices for the 16.5mm thick monitors around the £244 mark ($400).  According to Electricpig, that will probably get you the 23.6-inch model, the MS246, which offers 1080p HD resolution.

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ASUS actually have four other Designo MS models – the MS236, MS227, MS226 and MS202 – to go with that flagship, ranging in size from 23-inches down to 20-inches.  All have healthy 50,000:1 contrast ratios and 2ms response times, together with touch-sensitive buttons up front and a gloss-white rear panel.

The LCDs will apparently arrive in the next week, though there’s no telling which models ASUS will be specifically bringing to UK shores.  Similarly unknown is whether we’ll see a US release.

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LCD Monitors unveiled by ASUS

Sep 8

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I have no problem with computers and accessories like mice, keyboards, and LCDs that go out of their way to look good. It’s cool to have a high-tech device that looks high-tech. The caveat is that the devices need to work well and not just look good.

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Asus has unveiled a new line of LCDs called the MS series that includes the MS246, MS236, MS227, MS226, and MS202. Asus reports the line was inspired by the binary state with contrasting elements of 1 and 0. I guess we can assume that the round stand is the 0 and the stick-like LCD profile is the 1.

The screens have full HD 1080p resolution and a contrast ratio of 50,000:1 with a 2ms response time and featuring Asus’ splendid Video Intelligence Technology. The screen is only 16.5mm thick in profile and has a glossy black bezel. The buttons for controlling the display are LED touch sensitive units and the rear of the screen is in pearl-white. The 246 is a 23.6-inch screen, the 236 is a 23-inch, the 226H is a 21.5-inch screen, the 227 is a 22-inch screen, and the 202N/D is a 20-inch unit.

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Hooks up to your HD TV via ASUS Ultra Wideband HDMI Eee keyboard

Jul 1

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asuskeyboardhdAsus is set to release its new Eee keyboard later this summer, with the first review samples scheduled for August and the new Eee-branded device soon set to feature wireless streaming of high-definition content to your TV.

While Asus is still to confirm exact specification and pricing on the new Eee keyboard, the company’s UK Marketing Manager John Swatton informed TechRadar today that, “technology improves so much that, even in six months [since the unveiling of the wireless version at CeBit], the specification may well be better than even we originally thought.”

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As for the promise of being able to wirelessly stream your high definition content from your lovely new slim Eee keyboard to your telly via Asus’ ultra wideband HDMI tech, that has also still to be confirmed for a late 2009 launch.

“It is not a proven technology yet, so our engineers are still testing it out,” added Swatton.

The Eee keyboard is, as he noted, the “first product of its kind in its segment, so it is imperative that we get it right.”

Whether the first batch of Eee keyboards feature wireless HDMI streaming or not, they are definitely set to feature the standard Wi-Fi as well as an in-built speaker, microphone, a 5-inch touchscreen display and a 32GB SSD to store your high def movies on.

TechRadar cannot wait to get our mitts on the first review samples heading our way in August, mainly because it will mean we need never leave the comfort of our couch ever again!

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