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Asus Launches Quad Core Notebook

Written by: Etali

Date: 2008-11-29

ASUS have today launched the G71 series. The ASUS G71 is the world's first Quad Core gaming notebook, powered by the Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX9300. The removal of Overspeed Protection allows the G71 to reach extremely high levels of performance through overclocking, pushing the boundaries of conventional computational processing power and allowing extensive user multitasking.

As a notebook designed for the most hardcore gamers, the G71 (Quad Core version) boasts an array of high performance components, including:

17" Crystal Shine high brightness display with super fast response time of 8ms
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT GDDR3 512MB graphics card
4 GB of DDR2 1333MHz SDRAM memory
Dual hard disk drives 500GB (250GB x 2)
Blu-ray drive for total entertainment
Webcam and Bluetooth for great connectivity and communication

As well as impressive hardware specs, there are some nifty extra features including a programmable ambient lightig system built into the chasis, and a secondary display which shows battery life, messages from MSN messenger, and more.

For the Technically Minded, the specs:
ASUS G71 with Intel Quad Core� - SRP �1,999 inc VAT :
Intel Core 2 Quad Processor QX9300 (2.53GHz, 6MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB)
Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset +ICH9M-E
Intel WiMAX/ WiFi Link 5100
Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate
4GB DDR2 1333MHz SDRAM (2 x 2GB)
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT with 512MB GDDR3 VRAM
Intel Turbo Memory Technology with 2GB NANDFlash(optional)
17" WUXGA, High Brightness, Color Shine
Dual hard disk drives; 500 GB (250 GB x 2) 5,400 rpm
Blu-ray Combo
2-megapixel swivel web camera
Built-in Bluetooth V2.1+EDR

There's also a dual core version:

ASUS G71 with Intel Core2 Duo � SRP �1,349 inc VAT :

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9400 (2.53GHz, 6MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset +ICH9M-E
Intel WiMAX/ WiFi Link 5100
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium
4GB DDR2 1333MHz SDRAM (2 x 2GB)
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT with 512MB GDDR3 VRAM
Intel Turbo Memory Technology with 2GB NANDFlash(optional)
17" WUXGA, High Brightness, Color Shine
Dual hard disk drives; 500 GB (250 GB x 2) 5,400 rpm
Blu-ray Combo
2-megapixel swivel web camera
Built-in Bluetooth V2.1+EDR

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