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    Asus A8Tm

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by zachtib, Aug 28, 2006.

  1. zachtib

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    zachtib, Aug 28, 2006
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    never heard of it, and unless it costs hundreds less than the A8jm (doubtful) i cant imagine why anyone would want it.
     
    superman23, Aug 28, 2006
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    Usually AMD based laptops are cheaper than their Intel equivelents. This might be for the European market but since we didnt get the A8Jm i doubt it.
     
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  4. Darrick

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    There have been a couple new addition of A8 models on the ASUS support site if you're looking for drivers, and I've Google'd a couple of them, seems like they're the Core 2 Duo versions of the old A8's. Prob this model also added recently...
     
    Darrick, Aug 28, 2006
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    also if im reading this correctly, this go7600 only has 256 megs of dedicated memory.
     
    gusto5, Aug 28, 2006
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    i'll never buy an AMD laptop again after my disaster with the compaq v2000z
     
    syxbit, Aug 28, 2006
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    What was wrong with it? Actually an AMD problem or just HP/Compaq?
     
    lazybum131, Aug 28, 2006
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    it should cost a few hundred less than the a8jm its the trend for amd processors and no surprise the core 2 duo leaves it in the dust.
     
    khull, Aug 29, 2006
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    Any benchmarks, articles, tests, etc. to back this up, or are you just picking fights? Any first hand usage at all? Ever get your hands on one?


    -j
     
    joemadeus, Sep 9, 2006
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    They're out there, just google it. Tomshardware did a review of a gaming DTR (I can't call that thing a laptop) with the fastest [email protected] and SLI and could only conclude that it was very CPU limited.
     
    rwei, Sep 9, 2006
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    I think this is a good alternative. While it's common knowledge the Core 2 Duo on the desktop destroys the Athlon 64 X2, in desktops the divide is a bit smaller. Plus, given the word on the poor thermal and battery life characteristics of the notebook Core 2 Duo, the Turion 64 X2 could be a nice, cost-effective alternative.

    I'm all for the Turion 64 X2. Admittedly I'm not hugely impressed with it, I'm not exactly hurting for a mobile Core 2 Duo either.
     
    Dustin Sklavos, Sep 9, 2006
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  12. stamar

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    If the price is say, $1300 this is apealing.

    This doesnt sound like a north american thing to me.
     
    stamar, Sep 10, 2006
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