Asus C90S Review & Live Video

ofcourse it would be cheaper however you would not be able to buy any ext warranty and if it ever had to be returned for service asus may decline as they are taking a stance on new dealer service policy. you would have to ask them about it. Potentially without dealer warranty it can cost you more then with one. Most of our service is done for systems purchased from other vendors and out of warranty repairs. We also charge for labor and shipping when failure is caused by components put in by the user. Most vendors do not offer any after warranty service. A few of us do

 

=) downloading video now !!!!

Thanks Geared2play (AKA Eddie)

 

Yea that makes sense. I enjoy building computer things, so I was just curious. But thinking about the whole warranty situation, it probably would be smarter to buy it already built. Thanks!

 

Nice video, love all the different angles and such. Thanks again for all your work on this!

 

nice video geared2play

 

my vlc is giving me an error during the play

 

wmp open mine perfectly, i don't download it, i simply click on it and the wmp begin to download.

Nice video ty!!
You haven't forgotten any part!

 

great vid. Thx for the hard work. The fans in the back is a little bit bigger than I thought but that seems to be the least of our worries now.

 

I'd say from all of what I have read and my limited knowledge it seems like Asus half-assed something important with this machine. The GPU is underpowered and (it seems) there are driver issues. I think Asus' plan is to make this a workable gaming platform in the long-term. I.e. they will release better drivers for this GPU or just concentrate on making really good drivers for a GPU they will release for the C90 in the future. Either way, you fellows who got the C90 first will likely have to wait a while until you can get the most out of your machine. That is my observation based on very limited knowledge and having read pretty much all of the posts concerning this machine.

Edit: If this is inaccurate, let me know and I'll delete it, don't want to clutter the thread, just offer my 2 cents.

 

That would suck, mine will be here Monday. I hope Asus does something quick. Mike

 

Well, once we get a few more confirming reports (of underwhelming performance) I would think somebody should email or contact Asus directly and see if some sort of dialog can be initiated in order to help sort this out.

 

I completely agree with you omikelo. I hope with all my heart that this is not the case. It is, after all, pure observational speculation on my part. I hate seeing good people get caught by the short-hairs in bad business decisions.

 

I agree Brian, and if you C90 owners need another body willing to contact Asus regarding the quality/reliability of the C90 I'd be more than willing to add my two cents and support that endeavour.

I'll be busy these next couple of weeks but if you or others decide to pull the trigger on that, just PM me.

 

I have used ASUS for every computer I have built/owned since 1998. Maybe they are just waiting to release new drivers. Making sure everyone gets to build their C90 first and then drop them on us.

 

That certainly would be a nice surprise.

 

And aliens might show up and give us all MXMII compatable advanced technology...

 

Seems to me if they checked every single laptop during manufacturing. They should have checked every single available CPU/RAM available at the speeds (CPU MHZ) they advertised. Maybe the ram has to be a higher Mhz to run overclocked? Ken? Have you ran any test with the laptop overclocked? ][V][IKE

 

Points up in the quote

 

That certainly is better! Now to get up to 4000! ][V][IKE

 

I'd rather have really good stock performance without having to go out on a limb and overclock, therefore shortening the lifespan of the laptop itself, honestly.

 

True. I am not a big overclocker. I simply like to have it able to run stable while overclocked and then run it stock or slightly over stock speeds. Asus reliability hopefully will be same as normal. I have persoanlly never had a failed Asus component. ][V][IKE

 

Dont forget guys, like I said in the original thread I posting those scores in, I was NOT able to get those results under normal circumstances. I had to keep the ram, gpu, cpu and all cool in order to be able to overclock to 2.93ghz without it locking up. KEEP IT IN MIND.

 

Thanks for the video Geared even though im late on it. What camera did you use to record?

 

i like what i see on the videos ;]

 

@ Vinceboiii-
I would not suggest using Windows XP on this computer if you are going to be playing any Direct X 10 games. ATM DX10 does not work on XP and may be a long time before it does.

I hate Vista but want to be able to run DX10 games. And as someone said before, the C90 was designed with vista in mind.

Hope that helps you out.

 

So Im still looking to receive my c90 probably by next thursday hopefully by then there will be some more info on the best OS, BIOS, Drivers to use...

 

thanks for the heads up but i dont think i plan on playin any DX10 games but can you list me a few games that are DX10 for future preferences

 

Crysis, Bioshock, Unreal Tournament 3, Hellgate London, Flight Simluator X, Age of Conan Hyborian Adventures, Gears of War.

Just to name a few of the monster DX10 games...

 

Glad to!

Unreal Tourney 2007
Flight Sim X
Eve Online Update
Company of Heroes
Alan Wake
Crysis (Big one)
Hellgate London
Bioshock (I can't wait for this one!)
Age of Conan
Halo 2 (whoo-hoo )
Shadowrun

Thanks to Tweak3d.net for the list.

 

wooo thanks the forerunner and silentheero for the list, HMM interested in unreal and hellgate london ill think about switching to vista which one is most recommended ? (home, business, ultimate)

 

Ya know I really hate advising someone use Vista, much less Microsoft. I wish I could say "Go with Ubuntu for sure, it'll play anything you throw at it." *sigh* Maybe one day....

 

Sorry for the offtopic but, can anyone say the marks at 1024x768 with the maximum oc (3DMark06 score: 3576 (1280x1024)) so... 1024x768 go to 4500?

compare this to ifl90, we have a small gap between this to machines... what you guys think of that... i am again concern about what i will buy :S

 

I just registered for the full version (I figured futuremark deserved my money =P) I will be able to tell you later today. Also, my max score is 3815, so well over 4000 seems likely.

 

Alex, your on fire

you do the best for community

I look forward to ear from you

from portugal,

regards

 

With the same settings, but on 1024x768 I got 4731.

 

thats with the GPU overclocked right?

 

You think it would be smart to set up a FAQ of sorts to tell everyone what they need to get, and what they should do when they first get the're C90S as far as updates and stuff. That way it would make things easier then looking in the 99999 threads

 

S*it sh*t shi* ... now i cant decide... ifl90 or c90s

I think i will buy this one its prettier

AlexOnFyre i will need all the info you can give me, ma friend you made me spend 1300€ in one computer

 

I second the motion...

 

If you guys want to find the questions people have been asking as well as the answers we've givin and format it, Alex can edit the review and put it in there...and i can add it to my in-game video and details thread...but it has to be formatted well.

 

I third??? it

 

imho it should have its own thread if were doing that kind of thing to show people what needs to be done with their lappy without having to finf it in the bulk of the reviews it does need to be formatted well tho

p.s. typing that on a blackjack is why the grammar sucks

 

Nothing really it to it, update the bios and update video drivers. I will be getting mine thursday or friday and should have benchmarks of coh and supcom up and just a mini review of myself, not really indepth just mainly benchies and suggestions.

 

Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum. Looks like a very informative place. I am about to build a c90s up for my buddy. I've been building systems for years so i have a pretty good knowledge of computer wordage. But input from everyone is where we all get the bugs worked out and hopefully the vendors listen. I plan on doing a dual boot xp vista config. Any info wouldbe greatly appreciated. Thanx.

My questions are.

1. What drivers is everyone using for xp and vista on the c90s?
2. Has anyone tried gskill memory?
3. Not really a question but a complaint. Asus had so much extra time with this unit and still no updates on there site. Pretty pethedic if you ask me.

 

I actually have g.skill memory in my c90s and haven't had any problems.

 

just an fyi for people, i'm using crucial ram and everything works great

 

my C90S is here! =D installing XP in it at the moment, i got a question, i bought the soundblaster Audigy 2ZS notebook and tried to stick it into this laptop but it doenst goo all the way in =/ i blew my money for this soundcard reallly wish it worked

 

are any of these drivers/software that comes with it bloatware? or is it all install-worthy?

 

It isn't supposed to go all the way in, try it like it is, I bet it still works.

 

okay thanks but if anyone else experience this situation please help me out
thanksss