*Official ASUS W90Vp Owners' Lounge*

Striker and/or Bibsybob, could you give us an indication as to fan noise when benchmarking? Striker's probably catching up on his gaming as I type but sometime when they're at full speed, would be nice to get your thoughts on volume

 

Dear Striker,

So after following the instructions from Asus to swap your asus back to default factory installation ... whats next ???

has asus given any indication on what is the next step to take on this issue ???

thanks

A Falling Cat named Spangky

9 Lives only ...

 

No seriousely. Just 13k.
I`m totally disappointed...

Max temps ?

 

I would give it a little time before declaring "total disappointment". So far only one W90 has been benched and that was arguably on a very shaky system at best.

I would guess once the initial pains are over and people can actually get to b'marking instead of preventing system crashes you will see improved numbers likely tipping towards the much anticipated/promised 15k.

I wouldn't be surprised with the CPU in turbo and the GPU's OC'd to the max. allowed by ATI (the 4850 in the MSI GT725 was cap'd so I'm thinking the same will be true here) that the W90 will be pushing into the 16k's if not into the 17k's with or without some decent ATI drivers.


Until we get more units in the hands of NBR folks I would leave 'Chicken Little' at home.

 

Agreed, if A single 4850+P9500 can get about 10500 in mark06, there is definately something not right here.

 

Has anyone heard when the Nvidia version, W90Vn, will be comming out? Im only asking here because you all seem to be ontop of it. Im going to order that version the min it comes out. Ive heard rumers of March, so we are talking a couple of weeks to go.

 

It`s just my way to get people to brag with higher results

 

PCtuning.cz tested one with a T9600 two weeks ago; it scored 14122 3Dmark06. They did a full test with lots of games and benchmark utilities.

 

Its only equipped with a 9800M GS though, so you might be better off ordering G71G / G50.

 

Out of the box even 14k is darn nice and its always a good thing that down the road you can toss in a Quad for some truly impressive performance . I want to grab one of these things Soo badly but i know i would want a new CPU asap and thats another 700-900 bucks .

 

the only test from here was 13.5k on Balanced power settings.

I can't wait... Tomorrow I'll give this thing HELL and post up all the datas for all to see

What should I run first?

 

I would try 06+Vantage then i would toss on crysis and GTA4 . Those would be my personal choices to let me know the rig is up to my standards and then start installing all the other stuff i had .

 

I have Crysis but only Warhead, and I'll see if I have the funds to buy GTA4 tomorrow, since I was planning on buying it anyway.

Planned on 06/Vantage as well

 

hey, does anyone know when other retailers in Canada will cary w90 other than newegg ? I think striker or someone mentioned it before somewhere but I don't even wanna try looking through all the posts.
I'll call Asus tommorrow maybe they'll let me know if I'm lucky.

 

Hey -=$tR|k3r=-, I know you have a lot of requests already but when you have a sec do you think you can answer the main question on everyones mind? Can it play doom? LMAO Just kidding.

Your doing a great job answering the masses and thanks for the unboxing pics.

I hope to be getting mine soon but am having some mystery problems with PayPal so it hasn't even shipped yet Grrrrr.

When it gets here I will join the Request Force and help answer some questions.

Thanks again

 

ty -=$tR|k3r=-

 

FYI, MilestonePC has been out of business for at least a year now.

 

So is this laptop worth getting with the bad reviews it's had? Also it's out of stock on newegg's site and they have no clue when it will be in stock again. Can't buy it anywhere else either.

 

Where did it get bad reviews

 

Same question, I've seen nothing but positive.

 

He must just mean the problems people are speaking of on the forums , i have yet to a full blown review of one . Im sure Newegg will get more soon and also it wont be much longer before places like Xoticpc and some of the other guys get these for sale.

 

Well, I just woke up and checked my tracking and it looks like mine is going to be here today instead of tomorrow!!!!!! I am thrilled.
02/24/2009 03:43:00 ARRIVAL SCAN LAWNSIDE, NJ, US
That location is a less than a mile from my office!!!
Wow, it feels like xmas morning!

 

striker, are you gonna post your benchmarks scores soon? Or are you just not going to it for some reason?

 

Other owner scored 13kish right? So im guessing your gonna score about the same?

 

And that was on Balanced, with no CPU overclock.

Things can only go up from here.

 

i sure hope that is one card...

 

"Things can only go up from here" ...

say is that the name of a hip hip song ???

 

Out for delivery

 

Same, waiting on it to arrive!

 

Well, everytime I try to run 3dmark06, it graphically glitches out during the firefly forest test, so apparently something is still up. I have to hard reboot when that happens, hope it's just a problem with drivers.

 

Ya Bibsy some of the issues you have come across could mean you need to send it back . The only thing i could think of when you mentioned the lines on the screen or it going black were maybe the connection to the videocard from the monitor is loose . It happened on many a laptop in the past .

 

So we should use the F9 option to

1. revert everything back to stable factory default image
2. install all authorized asus drivers

and thats it ??? we should have an error free and stable system ???




A Falling Cat named Spangky

 

It has arrived!!!! Pics and thoughts in a few!!!!!

 

Lucky lol . I'm still going threw my mystery Pay-Pal issues so they have not even shipped it yet. Grrrrr.

 

I think you should only be using the F9 option if your system turns out to be unstable.

Although I am not sure what harm would be done by just doing it out of the box because its not like you will be blowing up any personal stuff you added-on.

However by not doing it out of the box it will allow for a better idea how widespread the issue really is. If we all just reimage from the start then it would be hard to tell.

 

im about to pick one of these up.. hmmm maybe wait though till the next batch

 

OK outta the box (king kong is for size comparison only)
OK, all I can say is WOW! this thing feels like quality.
It make my M15x feel like cheap junk.
Working through windows setup atm.
I am super impressed at first impression.
The bag is a lot better quality than the pictures make it look.

 

For those interested in upgrading the Hard Drives, you might want to consider this as an option. Seagate makes a 7200prm 500GB drive called the

"Seagate Momentus (ST9500420AS) 500GB 7200.4 SATA 7200RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" Laptop HDD"

Looks like the exact same specs as the 320GB drive they include, just larger. Might be good as a second drive.

I currently use an Asus M70VM-C1 and threw in two 320GB 7200rpm drives and it just isn't enough. These 500GB drives would remove the need to carry external Hard Drives.

Just a thought.

Oh and thanks for the advice -=$tR|k3r=-, I will do that now.

 

Well, true, you`re in the 18.4 inches, and I`ve got just 17.
Oh, shacks

 

Alright, I went ahead and ordered this "Intel X25-M SSDSA2MH080G1 80GB SATA Internal Solid state disk", and im extremely excited to install it

 

I will not re-image out of box to see if I experience any issues.

 

Yea I hear ya. I tend to deal with a lot of video and a LOT of high quality photography so I need as much space as I can get lol. Plus, having a laptop with a terabyte of storage is sure to get a guy laid more... right? LMAO.

 

So I called Asus Canada.
I got nothng, all they know is that it's newegg exclusive and they don't know for how long or when the new model will b out.
Also I tried few resellers and nobody knows what I'm even talking about

Striker do u know how long it's gonna b newegg exclusive in the states ? I'm hoping other resellers will go back to msrp of $1999.

 

one last question....might be a noob question once i have the hard drive in the notebook....does it get recognized automatically or do i need to install drivers for it?

Also, does anyone know the steps to booting the OS off the new harddrive?
Thanks!

 

The shot with the M15X makes the W90 look smaller than I expected.

 

LOL! Is that all it takes.... a terabyte of storage? LOL! Geez, and I always thought it was MY HARLEY doing the trick!

 

I am re-imaging out of the box right now.
I figured that we already had pictures, plus I am sick so I didn't want to make an unboxing video and be blowing my nose and sneezing and stuff

 

Yeah, the picture does make it seem that way.

I will post more side by side pics in a bit.
I will align them better and take different angles.

The m15x is a bit bulkier than most 15"'s anyway.

 

Templesa,

I would suggest that you don't to see if you actually have the problem first, so as to better gauge the magnitude of the issue.

 

well, id like to use the ssd to boot the OS from and maybe put some video game on it as well....what is your opinions on that?

Also, should i install the ssd before i actually turn the w90 on for the first time?