ASUS N81Vg

As you probably know already, ASUS is a company that opened various paths in the industry so far, so hearing they did it again shouldn't surprise you. While they didn't come up with the smallest laptop so far or anything like that, they just announced the first laptop to feature the new GeForce GT 120M graphics processor from NVIDIA, namely the ASUS N81Vg, pictured below.

The official mumbo-jumbo takes off as usual, but I think it's worth taking a look: "ASUS, a pioneer in the adoption of cutting-edge notebook graphics, announced today the ASUS N81Vg, the world’s first notebook to feature the new NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M graphics processing unit (GPU). The NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M GPU features NVIDIA CUDA™ technology with 32 processor cores, DirectX 10 support, and 1080p High Definition video playback through NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD technology. Coupled with the ASUS N81Vg’s 14-inch LED backlit display, the NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M delivers unrivalled visual clarity and vibrancy."


According to the news release from ASUS, the N81Vg is able to hit an impressive 3DMark® 2006 score of 5,431, delivering "up to 15 times better performance than most other 14-inch notebooks." Unfortunately, battery life isn't that impressive, with 3 hours in Performance mode and 4 hours in Battery Conservation mode, according to ASUS.


Apart from the new graphics processor, you can choose your components as you wish, a variety of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and hard drive capacities from 160GB to 500GB being available. At last, the two DDR2 SO-DIMM slots allow RAM expansion up to 4GB, and you can also add the DVD Super Multi drive with Blu-Ray capabilities into the equation, and see if the ASUS N81Vg is a good piece of hardware for your needs.


Oh, yeah, the sad and the ugly part - pricing and availability are still unknown, so... you'd better start saving some money, just in case!

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