*Official ASUS W90Vp Owners' Lounge*

I'll 2nd that

 

There's overreactions but many are out their daily laptop. Tack on delays insecurity of the future of the hardware and it's only natural. This is a significant investment for most of us and complications do not pass lightly.

 

Installed Vista SP2 on the W90 today... still seems to be working
That's good news at least.

 

Where is firingsquad located? (Yeah I'm too lazy to look)

The reason I ask is because in the review they mention that their unit has two 160Gb drives in RAID config.

"ASUS ships the system with two 160GB 7200 RPM hard drives from Seagate striped together in a RAID 0 array,"

Makes me wonder if this isn't actually a European or asian revision, and could account for the lack of an exact model designation.

 

CPU Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000/Intel Core 2 Duo T9600
Chipset Intel Express X38 chipset
System Memory 6GB (3x2GB)
Graphics ATI Mobility Radeon® HD4870 x2 512M DDR3 VRAM (Cross Fire)
Display 18.4 Full HD (1920x1080) Color-Shine (Glare-type),Asus Splendid Video Intelligent Technology
Storage 2xSeagate Momentus 7200.3 (320GB)



it looks like they make refrence to both systems..

edit: upon further inspection, maybe they think that the total drive space is 320gb (2x 160gb hdd), when in reality they mean 640gb (2x 320gb)

 

But here is what they report using:
http://firingsquad.com/hardware/asus_w90vp_review/page8.asp


" Ballistics Report


Performance: Packing two Mobility Radeon 4870’s, dual hard drives, and a 2.8GHz Core 2 CPU with 6MB of cache, it obviously goes without saying that the W90Vp is a powerful performer. The system delivered very playable frame rates even with the detail levels cranked up and the system running at its native res of 1920x1080. Crysis nearly hit 30 fps with high settings at this res. Other demanding games like STALKER also ran well."

 

Jamiee, if you will take note, both Quadzilla and myself made comment to what you are saying, prior to your post. Quadzilla thinks as you do, that it is a reference to the X1 model. I on the otherhand, am unsure of this, especially since the review just posted yesterday...... and the A1 (Q9000 SKU) is mentioned in the review, as well. I do not feel anything has been 'born out of misinformation'..... not just yet. I think it needs clarification, and if is misleading, 'FiringSquad' needs to issue an immediate correction. Sure, the review could be refering to the X1, but with the 'Availability' statement written in such general terms, it warrants concerns that should be clarified.

 

Yeah it was the X1 and didnt they say that they had machine back in march ? which at that the time A1 or X2 was not even available. This is why at the end said this machine IE X1 is not available anymore (but should have added because there are new models that took its place with different CPU's)

 

yeah, i wasn't debating that... i was just saying that might be why they just refer to it as the w90 from there-on-out... to them the a1, x1, or x2 doesn't make a difference... because technically you could make an x1 an a1... get what i mean?

 

I doubt they will bother fixing it as its probably not that important to them considering that they had this info since march and finally got around to posting it in May ?.

 

stop trying to get out of your elected job.

let's just hope that they do mean the x1, and that asus will fix the w90 problems... i guess we'll now within' a few weeks...

hey striker, when you talked to ken, did he say there is absolutely no chance of a shipment tomorrow?

 

Lol well since im elected the President of the W90 fan club ill take a pass on the free car and you guys can just all chip in and buy me a W90, i promise during my time in office ill help with all major issue's and answer all questions pertaining to the W90 .

Quadzilla

President of W90 fanclub

 

Ken made no mention..... and I did not bother to ask. I was too busy trying to find out about W90Vp production, LOL!

 

Quad is right. They didn't care to modify the review. If it is such a concern, I'd recommend *you* contact them and raise your concerns. If something is chapping your hide that much, take action instead of waiting for someone to do it for you.

 

lol. we are a non-profitable organization, too bad!!!

dude chill, i am just joking around with quad...

i understand,, haha. let's cross our fingers... but it doesn't sound like it from what justin said..

 

Someone called earlier today and the conversation went something like this .

Asus : Hi this is Asus home of the still in production W90 how can i help you.

Caller : did you guys stop making the W90?

Asus : Nope

Caller :Are your sure ?

Asus : Yep

Caller: K thanks

Asus : Have a great day .

 

Is SP2 out for public release now ?

 

I'm pretty sure as well that the review was written at an earlier date and just recently posted.

For ASUS to drop a relatively new model just like that (especially a well selling one at that) just seems too odd at best.
I would expect to see another 2 or 4 models of the W90Vp line before they run off and start something new.

ASUS is not some new kid on the block Striker, they know what they are doing and have been doing it for years. They aren't going to run scared over a few bad units. The problems will be fixed and they'll continue on.

People like to think that manufacturing problems get solved in the blink of an eye. Well it just doesn't happen that way. It takes time with a good amount of R&D to solve a problem and then correct it.

I'm sure the new units will be in good standing order

 

Here is the latest info from 6hrs ago on SP2

http://www.crn.com/software/217600485;jsessionid=WUXXVX5GZ4YSQQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN

 

The CPU and Blue Ray are cheaper than you think, the Laptop was $1100 and the Bluray was $105 the chip was less than $400.00 the monitor was $300 so I still have cash remaining to buy a sweet bag and get severely inebriated.

 

Probably soon... I got mine from my Microsoft Technet account.

 

No worries kimdoocheol.

 

who could this myster caller be? thanks quad, saved me a phone call.

 

Hmmmmm, sounds like a conversation I had today!

 

Well since it's my newly elected job im glad to help

 

We nominate you as 'Troll Guard' too!

 

Lol ill need some compensation for that one , that is more work then answering the questions around here .

 

How about a uniform & badge?

 

Haha i definitely want to get paid if i have to wear that thing hahaha.

 

This is the official troll guard uniform:



wear it with pride!

 

Oh my god dude that's FUNNY!!!

 

Ok that pic will haunt my dreams forever .

 

...this is wayyy off topic

 

Lol but it's funny. so it's cool.

 

Wow when did you become the W90 moderator ?

And isnt it past your bedtime son ?.

 

You cant be off topic in a lounge plus all the owners are waiting for RMA, what else are we gonna talk about.

 

i feel dum but what is rma. i have been seeing this for the longest.

 

here is my submission!! haha.

 

RMA Return Merchandise Authorization

 

Haha the caption is almost as funny as the pic.

 

lol some one should of used red not pink lol

sorry but im not your son

 

moooooo.... you never saw my message, huh? is there an update with more solid information on that "something big" by dell and AW?

 

Atleast he is OVER 9000!!! (pounds)

 

ok presidents and troll guards with unique uniforms. it seems that the changes since i went to bed is that the review for availability may be only for the x1 model. thats good

and Ken told me yesterday that he doesnt have any info that w90 is stopped. he told me asus is just pressing the machines overseas.

and as a summary even though i dont know where Striker takes his information from there are many many other reviews for w90 and no one says anything about availability or discontinued production. Asus also ensures that the production still continues. and i personally dont find any reason that they lie because the one who calls could just be one who wants to buy but didnt preorder already.

so maybe only Dual-zilla is died. Quad-zilla is now president

patience my friends patience.

 

Actually, the 4890's have been out for a while now. Granted it's a desktop part. See this Anandtech review: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3555

I mentioned it as a joke in post #6364 of this thread on 05/12.

 

Scuba my friend i know that the 4890 Desktop card is out, i was speaking about the 4890m which i thought would have been obvious , after all we are on a "notebook" forum .

 

Roger. I assumed you did. It was meant for general consumption.

 

Here is a review of the 9.5 catalyst drivers..has anyone out there been able to mod the drivers/.inf files to work with the Asus w90's 4870x2 ?

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/catalyst-9-5.html

Scotty

 

not waiting for RMA


STILL WAITING FOR MY FIRST ONE!!!!!!