Asus Unleashes 18.4" W90 Laptop into the Wild, Equipped with a 4870 X2 GPU
Asus Unleashes 18.4" W90 Laptop into the Wild, Equipped with a 4870 X2 GPU
Posted 03/02/2009 at 8:57am
| by Paul Lilly
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Talk about a true desktop replacement - Asus' new W90 laptop packs enough hardware inside to leave most mainstream desktop PCs in the dust. It's also one of Asus' first notebooks to boast an 18.4-inch LCD display, and at that size, it better (and it does) support full HD with a 1920x1200 resolution.
The W90 comes with a speedy Intel Core 2 Duo T9600 processor (2.8GHz, 6MB cache, 1066MHz frontside bus) on the Intel X38 chipset, complimented with 6GB of DDR2-memory, a 320GB hard drive, and DVD burner. But it's the graphics that really makes the W90 a desktop replacement for gamers. The 11.46-pound lappy owes some of its bulk to a dual-GPU ATI 4870 X2 videocard with 1GB of video memory - sweet!
As is expected, the W90 doesn't come cheap, and is available now for $2,200 through Newegg.com. That also includes a backpack, mouse, and 12-cell battery.
Image Credit: Newegg
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sunrise
September 15, 2010 at 3:07am
SRT is a one online store which provides you a large and diversified variety of all major brands and their latest models and accessories.
kneron
August 07, 2009 at 10:50pm
Been trying to find one of these laptops (Asus W90, vp).
So sure its big, has a huge screen, but if i wanted small i would go for an eeePC.
I want a Kickass machine, something that would basically blow all other gaming laptops away.
Noticed that the new Alienware machine looked ok, but once i configurated one near to near similar hardware configs as the W90, it was about twice the price of the Asus.
So sure, a top spec'ed Alienware would prolly blow the Asus W90 away, but at the price of 3x of an Asus laptop, so not worth it.
Got an Asus G2P atm and i need a replacement, so pls MPC review the W90...pretty pretty pretty pls plssssss !!!
comptech08
March 02, 2009 at 2:26pm
the con on the review on newegg is just down right hillarious.
"The screen is a little overkill. I mean 18.4" screams that you're
trying to make up for something else. 17" would have been sufficient,
but I'm assuming that ASUS had a hard time fitting everything in the
case. Like most geeks, putting certain parts in certain holes hasn't
always been easy."
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