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    Official Waiting for the ASUS K-Series Thread

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by najim, Mar 24, 2009.

  1. Melody

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    Well the K51 is supposed to be paired with an AMD CPU and I recall people getting disappointed/turned off by that so I'm hoping it's the new Tigris platform rather than the Puma one since we alreayd know Puma is a bit of an underperformer.
     
    Melody, Jun 16, 2009
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  2. IKAS V

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    Everything is still speculation but as long as it is a least 2.0 MHZ (hopefully higher :D ) It will be great.
    Puma, Tigris whatever just give me a CPU that wont bottleneck the GPU to badly
     
    IKAS V, Jun 16, 2009
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    true, i just want more options to be released now >_>
     
    bestbacon, Jun 16, 2009
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  4. Melody

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    I'd just like it to be released period lol ;)
     
    Melody, Jun 16, 2009
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    Really? I would like it to be at least 2 GHZ...

    :D
     
    Innova, Jun 16, 2009
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    +1, can't wait
     
    prepseb, Jun 16, 2009
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  7. Melody

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    Well there's more to CPUs than clocks. Just look at those new Intel CPUs coming out with 1.33GHz and 1.66GHz clocks >.> And they still beat quite a few CPUs with higher clocks than them.

    It'd be disappointing for Asus to include a CPU which would bottleneck the HD4860 so hopefully they'll think "cheap"(to reduce costs) but not that cheap lol :D
     
    Melody, Jun 16, 2009
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  8. dalingrin

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    I thought the last batch of Griffin cpus started at 2.0GHZ. So, unless they use 2 year old Turion X2 instead of Turion X2 Ultras they are guaranteed to be at least 2GHZ.
     
    dalingrin, Jun 16, 2009
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  9. Melody

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    Yes they should, unless they use those cheap Athlon QL-60s, but I'd doubt that.

    What's concerning from the older Puma platform is the inefficiency of the chipset. They produce lots of heat and draw more power than their Intel counterpart for the same performance(not to mention Intel still has an edge clock for clock in terms of performance).
     
    Melody, Jun 16, 2009
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  10. dalingrin

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    Ah I see I didn't realize the Athlon QL series was a part of the Puma line.

    In terms of power draw I agree, I thought the same thing though I've read that Asus has listed 5 hours of battery life for all the K series. Perhaps the 5 hours of battery life really only pertains to the Intel versions, but one can hope =)
     
    dalingrin, Jun 16, 2009
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  11. IKAS V

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    Sorry man my bad, yes I meant GHZ, what can I say it was way past my bed time :eek:
     
    IKAS V, Jun 16, 2009
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  12. 1337haxorz

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    It looks like the 17 inch K-series notebooks come with HDMI according to this. There's still no news whether the K50AB has HDMI or not, although it looks like the other 15 inch laptops don't have it.
     
    1337haxorz, Jun 17, 2009
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  13. sampatkun

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    dissapointing to say the least. I really hope that in the event the 4860 doesn't see the light of day in the K series, they'd at least use it somewhere else. Like a new 14'' gaming notebook.
     
    sampatkun, Jun 18, 2009
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  14. Hahutzy

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    I doubt they can fit it in a 14" (thermal budget wise)
     
    Hahutzy, Jun 18, 2009
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  15. Innova

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    Kind of funny how this thread was started in March while the G51 thread was started two months later, and is out today.
     
    Innova, Jun 18, 2009
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  16. brunoroc

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    yeah man lol
     
    brunoroc, Jun 18, 2009
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  17. Melody

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    Well to be perfectly technical, the K series IS out. It only happens taht the few models(notably the K51ab) aren't and those are the ones people are most excited about. In terms of the "K series", they were out before the G51 :p
     
    Melody, Jun 18, 2009
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    well the g51 isn't out in canada yet, im slowly keeping updated from my local retailer.
     
    bestbacon, Jun 18, 2009
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    I hope the k51 come out soon. I want to compare it to the G51 specs and price.
     
    prepseb, Jun 19, 2009
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    idk if anyone mentioned it yet, but the K70I(with the GT120M) has been spotted in Canada at NCIX and microinformatique.
     
    Melody, Jun 19, 2009
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    The only problem is the GT120M can't even come close to the potential power of the ATI 4860.
    That's what everyone is really waiting for.
     
    IKAS V, Jun 20, 2009
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    took the words right out of my mouth :D
     
    bestbacon, Jun 20, 2009
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  23. Melody

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    Oh I know. But the K70 was one of the models along with the K51 that hadn't appeared from the K series. If this one came out, the K51 mustn't be that far behind that's what I meant ^_^
     
    Melody, Jun 20, 2009
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    We can only hope :D
     
    IKAS V, Jun 20, 2009
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    here comes Kirov Class shooting my hopes down for tigris..... At least the k51ab is coming i guess
     
    bestbacon, Jun 20, 2009
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    It's coming in August if the 4860 isn't produced in big enough numbers.
     
    Kirov Class, Jun 20, 2009
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    o so theres a chance that it might be released earlier?
     
    bestbacon, Jun 20, 2009
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  29. dalingrin

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    Definitely, I think the only conclusion you can attain from the Digitimes article is that there would be limited stock of the K51AB were it to release before August.
     
    dalingrin, Jun 20, 2009
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  30. Kevin

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    It all depends on how they allocate stock between the 4770 and 4860. The 4770 is in great demand right now and is backordered for days, so expect the memory chips to go there first.

    EDIT: Plus the new 4890 is still a hot seller.
     
    Kevin, Jun 20, 2009
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  31. IKAS V

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    :D
    Finally something that makes a lot of sense!
    Gives us some hope of a US release
     
    IKAS V, Jun 21, 2009
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    What's the best video card taht comes on the 14 inch version?
     
    Phoenix_Rising, Jun 21, 2009
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    The best GPU I have seen on the ASUS K40IN-A1 was a G102M, which is nothing special.
     
    IKAS V, Jun 22, 2009
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  34. Kevin

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    The 14" ASUS N81Vp-C1 comes with the 4650 1GB DDR3 and a 2.66Ghz T9550 for $1299, while the N81Vg-X1 has a P8600 and 120M GT for $999.99.
     
    Kevin, Jun 22, 2009
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  35. Sephoroth

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    You can get the N81Vp-C1 from places other than Newegg for less (e.g. GenTech PC)...IIRC Newegg stopped selling them anyways.
     
    Sephoroth, Jun 22, 2009
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    Technically speaking, it will be coming in August if 4860 is produced in big enough numbers.

    That's because the report says production yields won't see improvement until August, implying August is the soonest.
    Even then, it may take longer for the yield to improve to a certain level after the initial boost in yield.
     
    Hahutzy, Jun 23, 2009
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  37. bestbacon

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    still haven't an expected date is always more comforting :D
     
    bestbacon, Jun 24, 2009
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    i hope that they change the hd4860 to a 250 GTS ddr5 1gb vram :D
     
    brunoroc, Jun 24, 2009
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    Yup. The new 200M series are just awesome. The ASUS K40IN-A1's 102M is just like its predecessor, the 9400M..an integrated GFX card.
     
    Howitzer225, Jun 24, 2009
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    Why?
    The ATI 4860 should be much better
     
    IKAS V, Jun 24, 2009
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    Nothing really. Just an Nvidia fan here. :p But yes, the 4860 is a way better card. What K series model will it be used?
     
    Howitzer225, Jun 24, 2009
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  42. IKAS V

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    It was first announced in the ASUS K51AB but no confirmation if it's comming to the US yet.
     
    IKAS V, Jun 24, 2009
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    Well for one thing, because the Nvidia won't come with Puma CPUs...
     
    Hahutzy, Jun 24, 2009
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    Still nothing out yet
     
    IKAS V, Jun 27, 2009
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    yeah... i hope that it does release :D
     
    brunoroc, Jun 27, 2009
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    oh crap, i think i've fallen so far behind? can somone tell me what the 14" spec will be like?
     
    Pmode, Jun 27, 2009
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    Do we have any further updated release information other then sometime in July? Or, is this false?

    Thanks,

    Adam
     
    okadam111, Jun 29, 2009
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    Is the K51AB even coming out in the U.S. I heard so many rumors / talk about how it's not going to come out.
     
    RedNara, Jun 30, 2009
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    I just got an email from GentechPC that said the K51AB is not coming to the USA.
     
    dalingrin, Jun 30, 2009
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  50. IKAS V

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    yeah I got the same message from them a while back :(
    what a shame
     
    IKAS V, Jun 30, 2009
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