CeBIT 2008: ASUS' expo stand
There were a lot of motherboards on integrated chipsets. These are M3N-H HDMI (GeForce 8300) with support for ASUS Express Gate Lite (connection to the Internet without booting the OS), as well as the HyperSLI
M3N-HD HDMI (NForce 750a SLI) (with support for the same technologies), and P5Q-V HDMI based on the combination Intel G45 + ICH10R (ASUS EPU + Express Gate Lite)
In general, the progress in the field of cooling systems for motherboard components is clearly seen to the named eye. Of special interest is the concept model ASUS PINOTNOIR.
Since that is a concept model, we are not at all interested in the specifications of this board as well as its performance. What matters is that ASUS managed to provide all the key components of the motherboard with water-powered cooling, in particular, north and south bridges.
Moreover, the fluid-cooling radiators are installed on the power supply components of the power converter (of the new generation).
One of the water-blocks (just the one installed on the PWM) has two connection pipes to plug in a water-powered cooling system.
So, we are anxiously looking forward to the the first retail boards with such a system of water-powered cooling.
Another concept model appears to be a really huge housing which is styled to transformers from the film with the same name. The system is called ARES, and its major trait is in that is a fully configured gaming computer with three video cards merged into a 3-Way SLI, that costs at least $10.000!
Then, ASUS is bringing in a series of high-performance gaming notebooks.
The model G2Sg with the CPU T9500-T8100, integrated video card NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT (512 MB GDDR3); the 17" screen, and therefore the weight - 4.4 kg.
The next model is more powerful, heavier and more costly. The notebook is called G70, can be equipped with a quad-core X9000 CPU. The key trait is in that the video subsystem made of two NVIDIA GeForce 8700GS chips merged following the SLI technology of the overall video memory capacity as high as 1 GB!
There is also one more modification G70, in a more strict housing.
In conclusion, we mention the new line of ASUS monitors,
one of which - 22" VK222H is equipped with a "nondestructive" screen. To all appearances, this is also a concept model, since ASUS representatives did not allow to try this property in action.
At the expo stand, we also notice several new ASUS coolers, among the most interesting of which is called Triton 79 with a 12-cm fan and a gilt upper lid.
Besides, in quite an everyday way ASUS announced the release of fully assembled desktops under its own trademark:
Apart from the large number of similarly gloomy square housings, ASUS presented a $200-worth Desktop PC in quite an attractive attire:
In conclusion, we note the fact which gives a positive image of ASUS: on the first day of the expo, the really beautiful motor car was joined by as beautiful girls.
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