Asus G71G laptop

Asus announces the arrival next week of the hexagon G71G-7S056C, a new laptop computer as 17 inches below Centrino 2 platform that targets players.

This model includes an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000 (2.0 GHz), 4 GB DDR2 800 MHz, SATA 500 GB 5400 rpm, a graphics card Geforce 9800M GTS 512 MB GDDR3 dedicated, a screen 17''WXGA + ColorShine a resolution of 1440 × 900, a rotating 2.0 megapixel webcam with microphone, a DVD burner, card reader 8 in 1, a keypad and connectivity Wi-Fi a / g / n, HDMI, Firewire, ExpressCard54 , e-SATA, VGA, Infrared, Headphone, S / PDIF, Microphone, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 2.0 (x4).

1 year warranty, it weighs 3.85 kg with 8 cell battery, measures 410.5 x 299.5 x 45-55.5 mm and runs on Windows Vista Home Premium.

Application side, there is the burning software Nero 8 Essentials, the Express Gate, a mini light system in the BIOS that allows the use of some applications (instant messaging, web browser, etc.). 8 seconds after pressing the button to start the PC or the SmartLogon facial recognition via the webcam.

ASUS G71G-7S056C is a versatile performance laptop. Belonging to the Republic of Gamer series of the mark, he was addressing in particular the players with his design connotations and its graphics card that can take over games recently. It also benefits from a Quad Core processor offers enhanced performance in applications taking advantage of multi-heart, such as the latest multimedia software Premiere and Adobe Photoshop. Storage space is more important and provided the connectivity and applications delivered that should be useful to some.

Proposed for pre-less than 2000 $$ here, we regret that it does not benefit from a more powerful graphics card / new. Some may also find the absence of harm Blu-Ray, a higher resolution and a faster hard drive, the evidence available to its big brother G71G-7T020G.

Asus G71G Specifications.

Display

• Diagonal Screen Size : 17.1"
• Max Resolution : WXGA+/WUXGA
• Technology : Color-Shine (Glare-type),Asus Splendid Video Intelligent Technology

Processor (CPU)

• Type1 : Intel® Quad™ Core Processor Q9000
• Speed : 2.0 GHz
• FSB : 1066MHz
• Cache : 6 MB L2 Cache

Type2 : Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T9400/P8600/P8400/T6400

• Speed : 2.53 GHz - 2.00 GHz
• FSB : 1066/800 MHz
• Cache : 6MB/3MB/2MB L2 Cache

Motherboard Chipset

• Type : Mobile Intel® P43 Express Chipset +ICH10

Memory

• RAM : DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM, 3 x SODIMM socket for expansion up to 6144MB SDRAM

Graphics Card

• NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GS External 512MB GDDR3 VRAM

TV Tuner

• Built-in Hybrid TV Tuner (Analog+DVB-T) / Digital TV Tuner (DVB-T) / No

Storage
--Dual HDD:

• 1 Terra Byte(500Gx2),5400rpm
• 640G(320Gx2),5400rpm;7200rpm
• 500G(250Gx2),5400rpm;

--Single HDD:

• 500GB,5400rpm
• 320GB,5400rpm;7200rpm
• 250GB,5400rpm

Connectivity

• Modem : ?
• Ethernet : ?
• Wi-fi : Integrated 802.11 b/g/n (optional)
• Bluetooth : Built-in Bluetooth™ V2.1+EDR (optional)

Keyboard

• 19mm full size 88 Key with MS Windows function keys
• Numberic Keyboard

Audio System

• Built-in 4 speakers and array microphone
• Support Dolby® Home Theater

IO

• 1 x Express card
• 1 x Microphone-in jack
• 2 x Headphone-out jack (1 with S/PDIF)
• 1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin for external monitor
• 4 x USB 2.0 ports
• 1 x IEEE 1394 port
• 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert
• 1 x HDMI
• 1 x WLAN On/Off Switch
• 1 x CIR for remote controller
• 1 x E-SATA

Optical Drive

• 5.25" , 12.7mm
• DVD Super Multi Double Layer:
• Blu-Ray DVD Combo

Slots

• Card Reader : 8 in 1 card reader, SD,MMC,MS,MS-Pro,xD,mini SD w/ adapter,MS-Duo,MS-Pro Duo via adapter

Camera

• 2.0 Mega Pixel web camera

Indicator

• Power-on/Suspend
• Battery Charging/full/low
• Storage device access
• Capital / Scroll / Number Lock
• Wireless on status indicator
• Bluetooth on status indicator
• Email in box
• Touchpad Lock

Power

• Battery: 8 cells: 5200 mAh
• Output: 19 V DC, 7.7 A, 150W
• Input: 100~240 V AC, 50/60 Hz universal