5 posts tagged “asus”
Long wait for new tech micro gaming PC
I am considering waiting and saving for a new small gaming PC
that is portable to take to Lan Parties on my Pagsta Motobike .
I guess its looking like Aug - Oct 2009 time frame for the new PC
Why so long:
1. new tech is available and cheap . 2. Cant ride the bike till Aug 2009
3. save up pennies
Small to the size of an Asus pundit Case (miniatx mobo)
4 gig of DDR 3 RAM (avail now)
USB 3 (late 2008)
New Firewire 3000 (Due Oct 2008)
10 gig Ethernet onboard or plug in 
Cat6a lead
Pci Express v2.0 (v3 is due 2010) video card with Opengl v3.0
Maybe a Blueray Optical Disc burner (high def blank discs not cheap enough yet)
Quad Core Intel CPU with LGA1160 socket pin
Asus EEEPC4G White Linux now costs AU$359 at Umart (Aust) - http://umart.com.au
Good to see price drop before Asus EEE 901 (The one with Atom CPU and 10")
screen comes out .
If anyone is looking for a cheap new PC just to Surf/office suite/email this would be ideal
for them , hook up a au$279 22" screen to it , cheapie keyboard and mouse
and they have a cheap computer that can be restored back to factory default
if they stuff it up
Asus Eee PC - New Ultra small portable Computer , Its really flashy :-)
EeePC 701 Specification
Display:7"
CPU & Chipset: Intel mobile CPU & chipset
OS: Linux & Microsoft Windows XP compatible
Communication: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet; 56K modem
WLAN: WiFi 802.11b/g
Graphic: Intel UMA
Memory: 512MB, DDR2-400
Storage: 4/ 8/ 16GB Flash
Webcam: 300K pixel video camera
Audio: Hi-Definition Audio CODEC; Built-in stereo speaker; Built-in microphone
Battery Life: 3 hrs (4 cells: 5200mAh, 2S2P)
Dimension & Weight: 22.5 x 16.5 x 2.1~3.5cm, 0.89kg
There's even a VGA port to connect a big tv and its got a few usb ports
so you could use a normal size keyboard/mouse , its like a tiny pc !!!
Now all it needs is TV OUT!
Cost: Retails in USA for US$200 which works out to be AU$240
So add the the cost of shiping plus the extra profit of selling it in AU
and who knows its probly AU$300 to AU$500
Links:
http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=7317
http://laptoping.com/asus-eee-701-pc.html
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/06/asus_shows_wee_eee_pc/
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/pocket-browser/asus-eee-pc-the-tiny-ultraportable-for-web-browsing-266008.php
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/06/asus_announces_.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=522
Ageia PhysX PCI card - is it really worth AU$200 to AU$600
I am finaly upgrading from an ATI 9500 PRO 128MB 8x AGP video card to an
XFX GeForce 7600GT 256MB DDR3 Dual DVI /HDTV 8x AGP video card for AU$229
Looking at the games that support the Ageia PhysX PCI card it doesn't seem worth paying
another 200 bucks for a card that about 5 games will use (R6V, GRAW1 , GRAW2 , UT3/UT2007 , Silverfall )
If the card was USA$50 ( AU$61 + extortion to australia cost increase , so AU$90-100) it might be worth it
I am hoping the Nvidia 7600GT will boost up the FPS rate once i turn off AA/Shadows/relfections
and games will go , ohhh lookie Pixelshader 3 found w00t w00t.
What does everyone think , is a overpriced Ageia PhysX PCI card worth getting ?
PC Games using PhysX
* Auto Assault (patch)
* Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport
* Bet on Soldier: Blood Of Sahara (patch)
* CellFactor
* City of Heroes/City of Villains (patch)
* Dark Physics (Consumer Development Tool)
* Gothic 3
* Gunship Apocalypse
* History Channel's ShootOut! The Game
* Joint Task Force
* Kuma\War
* Myst Online: Uru Live
* Roboblitz
* Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (patch)
* Stoked Rider: Alaska Alien
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 1
* R6 Vegas (Might support the card since its based off GRAW1 engine)
* Silverfall
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
* 1944 D-Day Operation Overlord
* Alpha Prime
* Arena Online
* Bet On Soldier Black Out Saigon
* Crazy Machines 2
* CellFactor: Revolution
* Dogtag
* Eye of the Storm
* Fallen Earth
* Forlorn World
* Frozen Systems
* Heavy Rain
* Hellgate: London
* Infernal
* KARMA
* Loki
* Monster Madness
* Project Offset (working title)
* Rail Simulator
* RoboBlitz
* Sacred II
* Switchball
* Tank Killer
* Unreal Tournament 3/UT2007
* Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
* Warhammer MMORPG Online
* Warmonger Operation: Downtown Destruction
Asus WL-500W
Asus WL-500W router adopted the latest wireless technology,
802.11n draft.
With MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output) technology,
the WL-500W achieves speeds higher than 100Mbps (11mb/sec)
, making it suitable for whole home multimedia streams.
802.11n draft products are fully compatible with legacy
802.11b/g devices.
New Feature to the 500 series:
Download Master – The Easy Way Download
Turn the WL-500W into a remote storage device by
connecting an external hard drive (via USB),
and enjoy the convenience brought by Download Master.
The Asus WL-500W also enables download queue setting
via the Internet. When users return from home or office,
the files they demanded will be neatly arranged in the
external hard drive.
Plug-n'-Share
The WL-500W offers a host of USB Plug-n'-Share functions.
Whether it's hard drives, printers or webcams,
just plug them in via the USB 2.0 ports to enable other
devices in the network to share their functions.
Plug-n'-Share hard drive is especially worth highlight.
It acts as a ftp server, which lets users backup data from
their computers and use network neighborhood in Windows
to browse external hard drive content.
Asus WL-500W Specification:
WAN: 1 x RJ45 for 10/100 BaseT
LAN: 4 x RJ45 for 10/100 BaseT
3 x external dipole antenna
Power adapter
2 x USB2.0
Wireless LAN
Encryption/Authentication:
64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2, TKIP, AES, WPA-PSK,
WPA2-PSK, MAC address, 802.1x
Software:
Download Master: Download ftp, http and BitTorrent automatically
FTP Server
Webcam Server
Printer Server: TCP/IP
Smart Wizard browser-based administration
Bandwidth Management
Remote management
DHCP server, WAN DHCP client
Save/restore configuration files
Upgrades via web browser
Firmware restoration
Device discovery
Firewall:
NAT and SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection),
intrusion detection including logging
Logging:
Dropped packet, security event, Syslog
