Items tagged with 'Asus'

WSJ Asia Honors Asus With Quality and Innovation Award

WSJ Asia Honors Asus With Quality and Innovation Award

ASUS Ranks First in Quality and Innovation in The Wall Street Journal Asia 200 Survey Voted Second Most-admired Company Overall; Credited with "Revolutionizing the Global PC Industry" with the Eee PC Taipei, Taiwan, Oct 2009 – ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS) has been voted number one in "high-quality services and products,... Read More
ASUS Maximus II Gene Motherboard Review

ASUS Maximus II Gene Motherboard Review

Although the Core i7 and X58 combo is a proven performance leader, there are still plenty of Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad CPUs out there in the wild. The Core 2 is still a very capable processor with many models costing less than half the price the cheapest Core i7 processor, the Core i7 920. Thus, systems based around the... Read More
ASUS Maximus II Gene Motherboard

ASUS Maximus II Gene Motherboard

Although the Core i7 and X58 combo is a proven performance leader, there are still plenty of Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad CPUs out there in the wild.  The Core 2 is still a very capable processor with many models costing less than half the price the cheapest Core i7 processor, the Core i7 920. ... Read More
USB 3.0 and SATA 6G Performance Preview

USB 3.0 and SATA 6G Performance Preview

Just the other day, we gave you a sneak peek at a couple of motherboards Asus had coming down the pipeline that featured USB 3.0 and SATA 6G support, the P7P55D-E Premium and the P6X58D Premium. If you haven't seen the original post, be sure to check it out here. In it, we talk about the boards' PLX PCI Express Gen 2 switch... Read More
Garmin nuvifone G60 Falls To $99 On Contract (In A Hurry)

Garmin nuvifone G60 Falls To $99 On Contract (In A Hurry)

Wow, talk about a rapid fall from grace. Of course, anyone with any understanding of the current GPS/smartphone landscape could see this coming from a mile away, but those who were duped into laying out $300 for Garmin-Asus' nüvifone G60 back on October 4th are probably kicking themselves right about now.Merely weeks after... Read More
Asus Reading SATA 6G and USB 3.0 Intel Motherboards

Asus Reading SATA 6G and USB 3.0 Intel Motherboards

We've just received some interesting images and information regarding a couple of motherboards Asus has coming down the pipeline. The two motherboards you see pictured below are the P7P55D-E Premium and the P6X58D Premium, for Intel's Lynnfield (Core i5, Core i7 800 series) and Bloomfield (Core i7 900 series) platforms,... Read More
ASUS Produces World's First Notebook Computer to Receive Carbon Footprint Certificate

ASUS Produces World's First Notebook Computer to Receive Carbon Footprint Certificate

ASUS Produces World's First Notebook Computer to Receive Carbon Footprint Certificate Taipei, Taiwan, October 16, 2009 – ASUS, the global IT industry leader in green innovation, today announced that its N51V notebook computer is the world's first notebook to receive both Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and carbon... Read More
Custom Cooled Video Card Shootout: ASUS & MSI

Custom Cooled Video Card Shootout: ASUS & MSI

One of the sub-categories cropping up amongst OEMs are videos cards which feature highly customized cooling along with special controller chips or other functionality that help facilitate tweaking the card's performance. These cards all have a few things in common. First, they all mount beefy and often very radical cooling... Read More
Custom Cooled Video Card Shootout: ASUS & MSI

Custom Cooled Video Card Shootout: ASUS & MSI

One of the sub-categories cropping up amongst OEMs are videos cards which feature highly customized cooling along with special controller chips or other functionality that help facilitate tweaking the card's performance. These cards all have a few things in common. First, they all mount beefy and often very radical cooling... Read More
ASUS Unveils first TUF Series Motherboard

ASUS Unveils first TUF Series Motherboard

ASUS Unveils first TUF Series Motherboard-- SABERTOOTH 55i Offers Exceptional Utility, Stability, and Durability -- Fremont, CA; September 30, 2009 - ASUS today unveils the first in its newly-developed “TUF” (The Ultimate Force) Series motherboards, the SABERTOOTH 55i - meeting power users’ heavy computing demands and operating... Read More
Garmin nuvifone G60 Shipping On AT&T This Sunday For $299.99

Garmin nuvifone G60 Shipping On AT&T This Sunday For $299.99

Wow, this one has been a long, long, long time coming. The original nüvifone was originally introduced in early 2008, long before Android had a chance at fame and before the iPhone has risen to stardom in the way that it has. In short, the Garmin-developed smartphone looked to be a real competitor, and the proprietary navigating... Read More
Asus Joins Mobile Core i7 Gang With 16" M60J Multimedia Notebook

Asus Joins Mobile Core i7 Gang With 16" M60J Multimedia Notebook

It was only last week that Intel rolled out its newest Core i7 chips, and already a handful of prominent notebook manufacturers are lining up to introduce new machines with those very CPUs within. Asus is joining the fray with its classy M60J, a 16" multimedia powerhouse with plenty of leverage to handle practically anything... Read More
Asus Voltage Tweaks Radeon HD 5870 To A 38% Performance Boost

Asus Voltage Tweaks Radeon HD 5870 To A 38% Performance Boost

We tell you, ATI has a hit on its hands. We haven't seen a Radeon card generate this much buzz and industry support in what feels like years, but the powerful Radeon HD 5870 is doing just that. With our own testing (and you really have to see this) proving that it's entirely capable of pushing the latest... Read More
Crowd-Sourcing The Ideal Notebook at WePC.com

Crowd-Sourcing The Ideal Notebook at WePC.com

It is not often that end users have the ability to offer feedback and direction to a large manufacturer regarding future product development, but that's exactly what's going on over at the WePC project website. If you're unfamiliar with the WePC project, it's a joint venture between Asus and Intel in which both companies... Read More
Asus Intros Skype-Friendly Touch AiGuru SV1T Videophone

Asus Intros Skype-Friendly Touch AiGuru SV1T Videophone

Ah, the videophone. Is it a dying breed, or simply a wonderful gadget being introduced too far ahead of its time. After seeing Verizon's Hub launch and then fall flat shortly thereafter, we're guessing it's the former. Frankly, hardly anyone has time these days to sit down and take a call at home, so we definitely don't... Read More
Asus 13.3" UL30A CULV Notebook Review

Asus 13.3" UL30A CULV Notebook Review

In our 2009 Notebook Buyer's Guide, we discussed the merits and perils of CULV based notebooks. This suddenly popular and quickly growing sector looks to bridge the gap between the bargain basement netbook and the full-size notebook. It makes sense to think that a swath of 13.3" to 14" machines would be needed for those... Read More
Asus 13.3" UL30A CULV Notebook Review

Asus 13.3" UL30A CULV Notebook Review

In our 2009 Notebook Buyer's Guide, we discussed the merits and perils of CULV based notebooks. This suddenly popular and quickly growing sector looks to bridge the gap between the bargain basement netbook and the full-size notebook. It makes sense to think that a swath of 13.3" to 14" machines would be needed for... Read More
Asus Eee Keyboard (With Built-In PC) Shipping Next Month

Asus Eee Keyboard (With Built-In PC) Shipping Next Month

Asus is probably best known today for its help in sparking the netbook revolution. The Eee PC is often considered the original netbook, and judging by the dozens of models available, we'd say they've been quite a hit for the PC maker. But netbooks aren't all that Asus offers, and we have to confess that the Eee Keyboard... Read More
Asus Introduces Sleek New CULV UL Series Notebooks

Asus Introduces Sleek New CULV UL Series Notebooks

Asus has been keeping itself busy of late, announcing that it would be giving Amazon's Kindle a run for its money later this year and that it would soon be shipping a new mainboard line with Intel's fresh P55 Express chipset. Now, the company is going back to its notebook roots by introducing the UL Series.Short for UnLimited... Read More
ASUS Introduces P7P55D Series Motherboards With P55 Express Chipset

ASUS Introduces P7P55D Series Motherboards With P55 Express Chipset

Today, ASUS introduced the P7P55D Series motherboards featuring the Intel P55 Express chipset and support for the latest LGA 1156 socket for Intel Core i7 and Core i5 processors. The motherboards come with Hybrid Processor, which gives users intelligent performance enhancement; Hybrid Phase, which provides active cooling;... Read More
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