ASUS N61JV Equip with Latest NVIDIA On Sale Now

ASUS USA they may have beaten it when it comes to an NVIDIA Optimus notebook comes on the market, with the U30jc, but Asus’ UK arm has a 16-inch machine, which uses its own automatic switching graphics tech. The ASUS N61JV packs a 2.27GHz Core i5-430M CPU with 4 GB of DDR3 memory, but of course the most interesting part is the dual-GPU, thanks to Intel GMA 4500MHD and NVIDIA GeForce GT 325 1GB graphics card. ASUS N61JV Equip with Latest NVIDIA On Sale Now.

There is also a 500GB HDD, Blu-ray combo drive, WiFi b / g / n and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. Connectivity includes Gigabit Ethernet, one USB 3.0 port, two USB 2.0 ports, eSATA, HDMI and VGA, audio in / out, ExpressCard and an 8-in-1 memory card reader. Since it is not the smallest machine in the world, ASUS room in a separate numeric keypad and Altec Lansing speakers fit along with the 1.3-megapixel Webcam found, even though we a little disappointed that the screen resolution is only 1366 x 768.

However, the craziest thing, while ASUS liberal during its press release about how much difference does Optimus on battery life to speak, they say really do not know how long you expect the 6-cell battery to last. The ASUS N61JV is included in the sale in the UK now for £ 949th VAT ($ 1,466).

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470/480 Graphics Cards Unveiled

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 and 480 video cards have something of a hot love affair with the media in the past had. Sources told us last month that, even though NVIDIA cards announced officially on 26 March that the actual number of tickets would be very limited. If this is true, it does not seem that NVIDIA told everyone how the company promises “thousands” of maps available to start. We may be willing to bet on these more than enough, is the initial demand stem cells. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470/480.

NVIDIA, right after the goal, is to call the GeForce GTX 480 you fastest graphics card in the world. And while we would be happy, his hands on the graphics card benchmark, they get us, because now we have to take their word for it and accept that with 480 processor cores with 1.5 GB of video RAM, it could be something. Of course with all the power from the card should not surprise you that it consumes up to 250W of power. If you are not looking, stock your thoughts with graphics power stroke, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470 for you that will not be as ridiculous as the 480th It is only packing 448 cores and 1.28GB of video RAM. It is also only draws 215W from your wall outlet, so hopefully it could not break the bank with your electricity bill.

Both cards will be on 12 April to have, but if these reports are true of low numbers, you may want to form a line to get your hands on too. We’ve got our fingers crossed that NVIDIA comes through on their end, and in fact provides the tens of thousands of graphics cards. The GeForce GTX 470 is cost you $ 350 and the GTX 480 will run a $ 500 cool. Is anyone out there still planning on one of these bad boys? NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470/480.