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    Asus Officially Launches Next-Generation AMD Notebooks

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Athlon64M, Jun 5, 2008.

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    http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=11637

    At least we know the names now...
     
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    and it has the instant boot up software
     
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    How does the latest offerings from AMD stack up vs the latest from Intel?
     
    jdoggg1, Jul 25, 2008
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    dang, these come out and I just bought the Asus F8VA-B1. Wonder how big the difference in battery life will be.
     
    eclipse690, Jul 25, 2008
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    If you're just using integrated graphics, the AMD chipset is 5x faster than Intel's latest. For CPU, I don't think the processor speeds are any different from the previous platform version.
     
    highlandsun, Jul 30, 2008
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    I wonder how much battery Hybrid x2 saves in the F8Tr over the F8Va... Is the F8Tr already out?
     
    ageha, Sep 17, 2008
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