A little more proof we'll see the 8700M GT in the C90S

I'm sure this works for other models, but if you goto the ASUS download site, find the G1S, and download the VGA drivers, extract it, and open nvam.inf, you'll find this line:

Now, I know we've seen this before, but specifically, this is an ASUS driver! That means we could see it in a C90S! I think it's very likely 8800M GS is an old internal name for the 8700M GT, but either way, it's good news.

Goto clevo.com.tw, and download the M570RU/M575RU manual. Here's what it says:

NB8E-SE is the codename we've been seeing for the 8800M GS, and spec-wise they fall around the same category.

But it's MXM-III, which means lower chance in C90S? I can't think of any upcoming ASUS models in that class other than C90S.

This still leaves room for the rumored NB8E-GT and NB8E-GTX to show up and be cool in future models.

I also downloaded the Clevo VGA drivers. They lists two different 8700M GT

Note the space at the end of the second one. Maybe one's 256mb and the other 512mb? Maybe one is MXM-III, and a little cheaper or faster or something to make up for the biggerness, and the other is MXM-II for C90S and other 15.4'' purposes? Wishful thinking, I know.

 

Thanks for the news... Hope its true =D

 

I agree.. the mobility for this season doesnt come close to desktop cards like last gen.

 

Not yet at least. The graphics world isn't perfectly annual. It's not like we can compare the totally new architecture time-line to the old one. NB8E-GT and NB8E-GTX are still on my radar. Not the C90S radar, but maybe C80 and C70, and I'm sure D900C and M570RU.

$1100 for a similarly configured desktop compared to $1600ish of this. $500 for portability, and even a little mobility, is totally worth it in my situation. Then-again, I have a pretty unique situation.

 

Keep the conversation on-topic in here please, thanks guys.

 

I am not sure if it means much. I am also using the official asus driver, but it's for the go 7400 dated 09/06/2006, and u can find the NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 SE and NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS strings there (not sure if there is any asus model equips a Go 7900 SE/GS at all..)

 

Actually, this does mean much. It means sometimes Asus has cards in their drivers they themselves never end up using. . I hope it's just a fluke while NVIDIA_G84.DEV_0409.1 = "NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GS" is more than a fluke.