*Official ASUS W90Vp Owners' Lounge*

guys, can you provide me with Asus W90 user manual english edition?
i search Asus website and all i got is polish, chez, danish, etc edition.

 

If its like the desktop it should go to both cards on its own, its not like the cat software gets installed to the cards memory its just linked as your current drivers.

I did have to manually updated them once from the device manager due to driver corruption.

So you can use the new desktop cat drivers on the laptop? Thats good news being stuck with stock drivers sucks.

 

Ya they have been having problems getting other drivers installed on this machine and a few people were trying to come to grips with why they wont work. Usually someone can use a mobility modder to mod the drivers to work with any mobile GPU(ATI) but these are such new cards no one has had much luck getting them to work proper atleast not on both cards.

 

Last i heard there was no english user manual available if i remember correctly. Which is abit odd, but im sure in due time one will be made available.

 

That's disappointing.

If I calculated the 3dmark06 score from my old desktop 4850 using Bibsy's CPU score (2555), even my desktop 4850 gets 11361.

3DMark06 Score Calculator

 

That was stock...the 9.2 drivers i cannot get to work with both cards or crossfire....basically the 9.2 just works with the 1st card of the two, and the second one sits disabled.

 

You really have to know what the rest of the hardware looks like when you say that though.

For example there's a GT725 owner over in the MSI forums that's got a 4850 scoring 10.5K with his CPU overclocked to 2.7Ghz and RK computers got a 4850 scoring 12.7+K 3DMarks running a T9800 OC'd to 3.51Ghz.


Regardless there's no question W90's card will definitely score more than a 4850 because of the extra clocks but how much more is what I'm interested in.

 

So if the new stock is coming with a new bios version...why haven't asus put the new bios onto their site for download? This would avoid alot of RMA's

 

Honestly, I think it's more of an issue of communication. Probably, the people who need to know about this bios issue do not. The tech. I've been dealing with didn't, and if he didn't, I'm sure others don't either. Of course, it is better for Asus to make sure the bios flashes go smoothly, meaning they do it themselves, so you could be right too.

 

Speaking of which, do you know if Asus overnights back to the customer, or do they use regular shipping? That makes a significant difference to a customer waiting anxiously, i.e. myself and probably everyone else.

 

If I magically happen to get my w90 when i get home next week and it doesn't work properly...what is all entailed in getting an RMA?

 

Call Asus and explain the situation. They'll probably try to talk you through some standard procedures over the phone. I just said I tried all of that already. After that, he promptly gave me an RMA number. You'll get all of the information over email. Package up your computer, send it back. You should get a call from Asus after they receive it. Then you can hear what they have to say, whether or not they can fix it with software, or push for a complete replacement. I should be hearing from them on monday, so I'll keep everyone informed to how the process goes.

 

Thanks, hope it arrives...and problem free lol.

 

I am so tempted...

 

i hear ya there...but i gotta wait till the clevos come out and are tested before making my final call..

 

It may be off topic, but is Clevo preparing a notebook with two mobile 280s? I doubt one 280 could beat two 4870s, no matter what the early reviews say. And if there are two, then it will likely cost considerably more than the w90.

 

1:yes there are two high end clevos
2:d900f with a i7 and 1 280mgtx
3:m980nu with 3 gpus (9400m/and 2 gtx280m's)
4:the w90 with a quad & gddr3 will run you about $3700.00 more with gddr5
5:the 280's cost quite a bit less than the 9800m
6: if they run a low end cpu like the p8600 and so on...could cost the same amount as a w90. all speculation till they actually put a price on it.

 

Ya the M98(clevo) is coming which looks very similar to the W90 and has 2x280m's and sports a 18.4 inch screen as well . I have little to no doubt that its going to be faster then the W90 because the 280s are faster or supposed to be then the current 9800gtx's which seem to be closer in performance to the 4870s, though that will vary from game to game etc. But i think the main thing will be the price and if its selling for say 3k+ then i would not be interested anyhow . The great thing about the W90 is its powerful has alot of potential and is priced very reasonable for all you get +plus i dont think i could wait another few months, i think its july or something like that for a release .


edit:Lol i was typing right when you posted

 

not everyone is adventurous as you and they want the full warranty covering their product. and for the whole complete system will run you the price i said.
3 year FULL warranty on unit and all parts.

 

Ya the Quad Qx9300 is $1147 from xotic for the upgrade and tack on another couple hundred for extended warranty and your at the $3700 mark :O

 

yep, pretty much quadzilla. i just checked newegg and if you want the real 3 year warranty it's like 350 bucks extra.

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All the more reason for Ati to work harder on their mobile drivers if they'll be threatened by nvidia. Still, it's shocking that a core going back years to the 8800gt can outperform a modern 4800 core. Disappointing then that the mobile 4800 series isn't living up to the game changing desktop 4800 series.

 

ummm, clevo is trying to run ati cards as well..
i think they are testing them...(speculation of course)

 

Its hard to say at this point what clevo will do interms of pricing but you could very well be right and they could release the machine with a low level CPU and the 2 cards and hit the $2200 mark to compete against asus . The 280m's are way cheaper this round so its possible. its just to bad its going to be a while for an $$ announcement .

 

http://service.futuremark.com/home.action;jsessionid=0A4982EFC78DAFCA01CA3C147F812B52

using latest ati.com drivers (still working out some kinks)

all settings default in 3dmark and drivers and os on fresh install except turbo gear update and latest ati.com drivers
14876 total
sm2.0 6486
HDR/3.0 8109
cpu 2908

cpu oc'ed 3287 MHz
video cards oc'ed
590 core 900mem (i think)

 

It's kinda hard for ATI to provide driver support for their partner cards unless they make their Certification Program mandatory.....which they should seeing as ATI offers the service for free.

 

score isn't showing on orb. and have you done 3dmark vantage yet?
and any other resolutions other than 1280x1024

 

He may not have the registered version of 06

 

yeah, that' was more for his benefit.

 

nope, no 3dmark vantage and only unregistered ver. just running it test the new catalysts that im modding to work for the m98. seems fairly stable so ill run different tests later, but im off to work =-/
what other tests do you want done?
specific games etc?

 

Id love to see some 1920x1080 runs of 06 or heck Crysis,GTA4(the one i want most),Far Cry 2. Im sure as more people start to receive working machines the benches will hopefully start rolling in .

 

Not sure if anyone's noticed, but the 0502 BIOS is available for download on the appropriate download page (ASUS site)

It's dated yesterday....

 

and is this the bios that will fix everything up ???



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Far Cry 2 please!

Two separate tests would be great too:
1920x1080, DX10, max graphics settings, max AF, 4x FSAA
1920x1080, DX10, max graphics settings, max AF, no FSAA

Curious to see how AA affects the performance of these cards. Also, I generally don't feel a need for AA at these high resolutions, so if the frame hit is significant, no AA is fine for me.

 

Can't find this 0502 Bios Update...linky plz

 

Wow two 280m's...that's just beastly. Seems these days a claim as a notebook king went from lasting months to now lucky if you can retain the crown for a single month.

 

Nice catch! And it looks like the w90 page is finally up to speed, instead of the pre-release page that used to be up.

Here's the link:

http://www.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=uJ1aGDQDfOLUcJjH&content=specifications

'tis a shame I don't have my w90 here to install the bios on. I guess though it's better to have Asus deal with it.

Anybody going to try this out?

 

Mmm...looks like the support site hasn't been updated yet but glad we found it...downloading right now for my MIA W90 just incase

 

dear commander winger,

have you any idea what happened to your w90 shipment yet ???

has it arrived ?


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whole bunch of game demos to be downloaded and tried...
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the ones in bold have some type of benchmark.


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aint no bios on that link.

 

The new BIOS is indeed there.
I also selected other OS types and it still shows up in the list of downloads.

FYI: this is my first fourm post (on any site) typed using the W90

 

Well I'm working away from home right now and I don't know where it is...says its delivered but it was my laptop cooler not my laptop. So I don't know what the status is. I have a claim# with newegg and they are doing a trace. I've done all the phoning I can for now...for all I know it could've been delivered and stolen from my front porch cause the dumb ups guy left it there...I had a family member drive 3 hours to check twice now but I just moved to my new home recently...don't know until I get home...not to mention I stopped by the location it said the computer was at before i went to work on Monday and the UPS guys said it wasn't there or on any trucks. They actually told me I was screwed and there had been some pieces go missing lately. Hopefully I get my money back if thats the case...its gonna be a while though from the looks of things

BTW striker I can't see the bios on the support page either...I can on the other link though.

 

hummm, it shows up under IE but not firefox.

 

LOL John just figured that out too...weird

 

yeah, i was clearing the cache folder and doing a refresh and it still isn't showing up under firefox

 

Funny, now that the bios is there, everyone that needed it shipped there machines back talk about ironic.

The bios is showing up for me on firefox.

 

Strange.... I'm using firefox...??

 

im using version 3.0.7

edit:
glad i use multiple browsers...