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   #6. Posted at 12:24 PM on Jun 6th 2007, Edited at 12:26 PM on Jun 6th 2007 Edit   Reply
jbraslins
Their Sound Card press release has an interesting feature:

Backup Digital Music Files and Enjoy Them on the Go
The Xonar D2 also comes with a special application called "Portable Media Processor". This application works with the onboard ALT (Analog Loopback Transformation) circuit to provide almost lossless analog recording audio quality from digital music files.

I wonder what the hell do they mean by that. Anyone?
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#6, It's supposed to be a feature of the more expensive version....  :  deruberhanyok  (#11)  «
#6, Asus seems desperate if they advertise... erm... piracy? To m...  :  20dB@10Hz  (#34)  «

   #9. Posted at 01:00 PM on Jun 6th 2007 Edit   Reply
Hattig
Ooh, an x1 PCIe card, a sound card no less.

And if that laptop is $200 then I'm buying one. Somehow I suspect it is more than that however, #3.
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#9, Oh, it really is $199, as it's a spinoff of Intel's classmat...  :  Hattig  (#13)  «
#13, Nice and well to name size (in the officially retired inc...  :  sigher  (#33)  «

   #18. Posted at 06:31 PM on Jun 6th 2007 Edit   Reply
albundy
Is that a PCI-e sound card I see? Creative said it was impossible!...I guess milking PCI to the last teet is possible.
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#18, Creative announced pcie cards themselves, even showed sample...  :  sigher  (#32)  «

   #14. Posted at 03:10 PM on Jun 6th 2007 Edit   Reply
Spotpuff
Is that a fan on that soundcard? More noise is bad, and soundcards shouldn't needs fans!
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#14, Seems strange doesn't it. I have a big beefy metal box M-Aud...  :  pedro  (#19)  «
#19, But the M-Audio doesn't do the gaming-related acceleratio...  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#22)  «
#22, Pretty much nobody does anymore. I think CL is the las...  :  Forge  (#23)  «
#23, OK. I don't game much, but presumably the accelerat...  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#25)  «
#25, Yes... it is useful for EAX 4.0 and 5.0 (Audigy ...  :  moose17145  (#26)  «
#23, Sound Blaster®Audigy™ HD Software Edition That's rea...  :  evermore  (#31)  «
#22, You have a good point. Does everything I want very nic...  :  pedro  (#24)  «
#14, It was asked the last time they showed those cards. Its NOT ...  :  Corrado  (#27)  «
#27, Indeed, perhaps they made a design mistake when they made...  :  sigher  (#29)  «

   #8. Posted at 12:46 PM on Jun 6th 2007 Edit   Reply
A_Pickle
ASUS, to break the Creative stranglehold on the sound card industry? I'm all for it. Go ASUS. :D
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#8, Heck, just get one to pull the Creative hardware out of your...  :  blase  (#30)  «

   #28. Posted at 03:48 PM on Jun 8th 2007 Edit   Reply
sigher
I'm a bit like those asians, I know when something looks nice but also have a tough time designing things that achieve a cool look ;)
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   #5. Posted at 12:00 PM on Jun 6th 2007, Edited at 12:02 PM on Jun 6th 2007 Edit   Reply
Justice
I don't know if I like that or not. (On the Asus AM2 board). Heatpipes for the ram permanently connected to the chipset cooler. I'm mixed on that, it seems like a great idea, but what if you buy ram modules that are thicker or thinner than what Asus designed the heatpipes for? I know there is still an acceptable tolerance for variations to a degree, but what kind of stress can an out of tolerance module put on the memory slot?

[edit] Nevermind.. I see the set screws in the chipset cooler, the pipes can be adjusted... Pretty cool![/edit]
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#5, The RD790 seems to be bringing heat generation capability ba...  :  Flying Fox  (#10)  «
#5, Also: what if you want more than two sticks of RAM?  :  UberGerbil  (#12)  «
#5, Isn;t the issue that a hot bridge chip is more likely to add...  :  Anomymous Gerbil  (#21)  «

   #20. Posted at 09:31 PM on Jun 6th 2007 Edit   Reply
d0g_p00p
I was going to complain about that tiny display and huge bezel on the Asus laptop till I read the price. I'll be picking one up.
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   #16. Posted at 03:47 PM on Jun 6th 2007 Edit   Reply
JJCDAD
Did TR see the $189 Asus "Laptop" at Computex? Any details?
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#16, That's the Eee PC pictured here.  :  Cyril  (#17)  «

   #1. Posted at 11:23 AM on Jun 6th 2007, Edited at 11:59 AM on Jun 6th 2007 Edit   Reply
UberGerbil
Is the display on that laptop as small as it seems? Is there an enormous bezel or is it just showing a non-native resolution? And what is the resolution of the display? I don't suppose it is LED backlit?
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#1, The display is 7". Asus didn't tell me anything else about i...  :  Cyril  (#2)  «
# Dont forget you can add a $56 USB GPS receiver and softwa...  :  Shinare  (#4)  «
#4, But will that run in Linux?  :  Lord.Blue  (#15)  «

   #7. Posted at 12:30 PM on Jun 6th 2007 Edit   Reply
Spotpuff
Where's the XG station?!
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