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    The ASUS M70 is coming......woohoo?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by coriolis, Apr 11, 2008.

  1. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Also Blu-Ray according to this: http://event.asus.com/2008/nb/m_series/


    Seems like a decent media desktop replacement. If only it was in the shell of the W2.... ;)
     
    coriolis, Apr 11, 2008
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  2. Sahin

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    Good news! Now if only the deliver like the XG station!
     
    Sahin, Apr 11, 2008
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  3. min2209

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    500GBx2 video RAM? Holy jebus. Also, I still think it's another failure on Asus's part to bring out a decent 17" gaming machine.. or maybe it's not meant to be one.
     
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  4. Sahin

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    No i think it is meant to be a multimedia laptop hence the m. And every "gaming" laptop they have made have been big successes so they are not technically "failures", no one makes laptops for the fun of it in the end everyone wants to make money.
     
    Sahin, Apr 11, 2008
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    Blemish Notebook Consultant

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    M70SA: ATI Mobile Radeon HD3650 with 1G VRAM (500GBx2)
    M70SR: ATI Mobile Radeon HD3470 with 256MB VRAM

    Little bit surprising that is doesnt come with any nvidia dedicated. Imagine this coming out with a 8800m gtx. Nice...... I'd probably buy that :)
     
    Blemish, Apr 11, 2008
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  6. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Asus is never likely to release a notebook with something like the 8800 GTX - their chassis designs and cooling aren't designed to handle thermal requirements of that magnitude.

    The current trend for Asus is to build gaming notebooks for the mainstream (using mainstream-level parts), business and multimedia machines. The latter is where the entire M5x/7x series falls. They aren't interested in cracking into the niche "gaming" market right now, and this market segment isn't really a huge area of the global economy anyway, which is where their production focus really is (global).

    But yeah, oh for the glory days of the W2 :rolleyes:.
     
    ClearSkies, Apr 11, 2008
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  7. ViciousXUSMC

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    This is going to be a good gaming machine, but it has alot of multimedia in it too.

    I am not intrested in a 17" very much but for 1tb of storage id almost go from 15" to 17" just for that, plus the 17" have more video card options/power.

    coriolis your avatar... from the live actioni death note movie?
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 11, 2008
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  8. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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    Here are the North America specs:

    M70SA-A1, MSRP $1399
    17" WXGA+ 1440x900
    ATI HD3650 1GB VRAM
    T5500 1.83GHz 2MB 533FSB
    320GB X1
    3GB RAM
    Built-in Digital ATSC TV Tuner with remote control
    4 Surrund Sound Speakers + 1 Subwoofer
    Super-Multi

    M70SA-B1, MSRP $1699
    17" WXGA+ 1440x900
    ATI HD3650 1GB VRAM
    T8300 2.4GHz 3MB 800FSB
    500GB (250GB X2)
    4GB RAM
    Built-in Digital ATSC TV Tuner with remote control
    4 Surrund Sound Speakers + 1 Subwoofer
    Super-Multi

    M70SA-C1, MSRP $2399
    17" WUXGA 1920x1200 Full HD
    ATI HD3650 1GB VRAM
    T9300 2.5GHz 6MB 800FSB
    1000 GB (500X2)
    4GB RAM
    Built-in Digital ATSC TV Tuner with remote control
    4 Surrund Sound Speakers + 1 Subwoofer
    Blue-Ray Player/DVDRW Super-Multi
     
    GenTechPC, Apr 11, 2008
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  9. ViciousXUSMC

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    The M70SA-C1 is SWEET, everything I want in a laptop but the blue-ray I could do without for the 400$ or so it cost extra for it.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Apr 12, 2008
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  10. lastrebelstanding

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    How is the GPU, though. 1Gb VRam sounds good but I thought ATI made slow GPU's.
    Is it as powerful as the 8800m GTX?
     
    lastrebelstanding, Apr 12, 2008
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  11. the_hulkamaniac

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    Who is a good asus retailer, state's side or in canada.
     
    the_hulkamaniac, Apr 13, 2008
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  12. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    I highly recommend Gentechpc.
    Other good Asus resellers in the US include
    btotech, excaliberpc and xoticpc
     
    David, Apr 13, 2008
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    deadmanwins Notebook Consultant

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    No, the 8800m GTX is more for high end gaming.

    This lappy strikes me as a stretch version of the M50Sv with more hard drive space. The GPU is only a little more powerful than the nvidia GPU in the M50.
     
    deadmanwins, Apr 13, 2008
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  14. themanwithsauce

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    But will the 3650 be ddr2,3, or 4? ATI has said all 3 memory types will be used in the mobility 3650 so its performance will be very dependant on the memory used.
     
    themanwithsauce, Apr 13, 2008
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    Toshiba has one out with the 3650. Looks like this one's a ddr2. Check it out here .
     
    David, Apr 13, 2008
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    unfortunately the 3650 GPU is DDR2 :-(
     
    BX_TECH_GOD, Apr 13, 2008
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    are you sure it's ddr2. i suppose i should be. being that you own the m50 sa.
     
    bOx, Apr 18, 2008
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    Asus M70Sr
    Does anyone offer customisation of these in Australia?
    Any idea if the firewire they use is the TI IEEE (Texas Instruments) chipset?
     
    x101, May 1, 2008
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    I thought this question has been asked twice already (perhaps by you?) and one of the resellers said that ASUS don't use TI controllers on their mainboards...
     
    E.B.E., May 1, 2008
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    [​IMG]
     
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    Im still relatively new to the formus and in the various emails Ive sent outside this forum to other people I lost track. I most profusely apologise.. EBE ... Thank you GenTechPC
     
    x101, May 1, 2008
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