*Official ASUS W90Vp Owners' Lounge*

Ah, sorry Warhammer- didn't think of it like that.

What I can say though, is that I am typing this from the W90 and it's running perfectly with no hangs whatsoever.

 

maybe im a bit confused....i thought there were 2 slots available for harddrives...so i could have both the ssd and the 320 gig hard drive in the laptop. Or, are you saying that i can only have one hard drive or the other??

 

No biggie. Maybe some benchmarks after you feel confident.

My W90 is supposed to be here tomorrow however UPS tracking has had it sitting a state away since Sunday morning. and of course UPS won't help since it still says the package is on time.

 

I'm pretty confident in this machine- I'm removing the bloatware while downloading 3D mark, so I'll try and get the High Performance run and the Turbo run going and see what we get.

Edit: I hope they get in gear and get it to you... Or that tracking just didn't update and it'll be at your door waiting for you when you get home

 

What does the 2.8 CPU T9600 ramp up to when in turbo?

 

ROFL~ ~~!!!!!!!

When you hit the Overclock button it actually says, (and I quote)

"PLS BE NOTICED:
As a result of the margin diversity of Intel CPU, which this model could not guarantee to overclock successfully.

Do you want to continue?"

< ----Clicks yes!


Ok, in CPU-Z I've seen it hit 3Ghz already, but it isn't being stressed, so I'll run 3DMark with it on.

 

It's just hilarious how badly worded and grammatically incorrect that is!

 

I think i follow you

It just threw me off when you said swap the ssd for the existing drive...implying take out the original.

Do i literally have to put the ssd in the original hard drives's spot and then put the original hard drive in the other open spot?

 

mine just came via ups, ordered on monday (there was about an hour where they were in stock)
when it came i thought it was a 5ft christmas tree. jesus that box is huge
and good lord is it heavy, and big. dont let the pictures fool you, its freaking huge.

and i totally agree, the build quality feels excellent. i have a hp 9700 and now it feels like a lady of the night from downtown. time to find xp drivers, yay.

 

For those wondering:

My CPU-Z shows my RAM as 800Mhz (PC 6400) not 667 like some sites have reported.

 

its a mob modded driver ...

 

Is there any tweaking to the turbo OC'ing that you can do or is it a one button deal with the results kind of thing?

I mean ASUS said it would OC up to 25% and even with simple math taking a 2.8 to 3.0 isn't even close to a 25% improvement more like a 7.5% improvement, big whippie do.....

 

OK;

Templesa's initial reactions:

Speakers- wow, they are loud. Sound good too.
3D Mark06 - With only CPU Overclock stock drivers -
http://service.futuremark.com/home.action;jsessionid=1C76E6CC0CFAF1ABA1DC7B6D8B822FBF
Screen - Gorgeous. Huge.
Backpack - surprisingly nice!
Overclocking - Expected more than 3.1Ghz tops... (?)
Also, I wonder why we didn't get the LCD screen the G50VT and other Asus models get... seemed a perfect fit.

 

Please excuse me guys- there's way more OC available than that it seems- I didn't play with the OC tool long enough to see the extra options- I will be testing again with the max OC possible and report back clock speeds and 3D Marks! My mistake!

 

just to report, i have had 0 freezeups/lockups/crashing in anyway on first boot, second boot, third boot.

 

3DMark Score
15118 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score
6697
SM 3.0 Score
8118
CPU Score
2964
Result name
Untitled

Not sure why it's giving me no link to the page, but the new score... Its over 15k!
Remember, no GPU overclock, CPU overclock Asus set maximum (3.3ghz) and stock drivers all around! Great room for improvement!

Now, I am sick of watching the 06 movies I'm going to do Vantage later, and right now I am going to plop in my other HDD and start trying some games.

 

Thats great to hear Templesa . Congrats on your new toy and keep the numbers coming

 

Templesa stop givin such a good info, u makin me drool on the keyboard

 

See, there's the 15k as promised out of the box, now I wonder what some GPU OC'ing would bring it to. Then throw in some tweaked drivers....mmmm I'm liking it so far.

I have to say the price/performance is gunna be tuff to touch right now.

 

OK guys, I am in Dalaran (For those of us that play World of Warcraft) with everything maxed out (Except shadows, which appear to be permanently broken...) running @ 60FPS. Anyone who knows Dalaran knows that is a pretty good FPS!
Next game I will test I think will be the Crysis Warhead Benchmark tool, stay tuned *Loads up Steam*

Edit: Oh yeah, please do remember guys, Dalaran could also easily slow down on super peak hours or in WG or something, haven't gotten to test them yet.

 

That's correct Strike- right out of the box! Just the CPU OC!

 

Nice and I'm not even sure that WOW takes advantage of X-fire, i.e. multiple GPUs.

Also for all those with the W90 already how is the heat? Is this thing even breaking a sweat? I think it has what 3 internal fans?

 

Yeah, considering my computer (which I just gave away) was a Dell P4 2.5 with 768MB RDRAM. Wifey and kids have nicer but isn't that how it always works out.....just like cars.

I got to treat myself this time.

I just want a stupid UPS update, going on 52hours with no update. Thing hasn't moved.

 

This thing doesn't seem to have gone above room temperature yet- I can't say for sure because I don't have an app that records temps yet, but once I do I will report more in-depth. But to quickly answer, through both runs of 3Dmark w/ OC and WoW without it, nothing yet in the way of heat. It's great!

 

Hey guys this is actually my first post on notebook forums ever, but I'm a frequent visitor. Especially for this topic. First I'm glad for the most part everyones new beauty is working great. I'm curious on the fan noise, under load and off. Rating 1-10 (10 being loudest), what would you rate it?

 

The fan even under OC has BARELY been audible, but I also live in a noisy house- so- I am not sure about quiet conditions. When I'm feeling better and have a chance to get out to the library (People still go there!?) I'll take a better listen

And welcome to NBR~ Any other questions, ask away!

 

Thanks : ) I am kind of a nub so I may take advantage of that! Hope ya feel better tho! Do you guys think it'll even be worth waiting for the GDDR5 version to come out? Cuz right now I'm just waiting for the autonotify from newegg to go away

 

That screen must be huge though, has anyone got any spec for it? e.g: brightness? and is it single lamp or dual lamp like G71?

 

doh, the feedback/test results make me more want to buy this monster...
but I am in med school...no time to play computer games as before
plus Calpella platform is going out this year...(USB3.0 might be out early next year...so does windows 7...larger capacity and cheaper SSD)

My Acer TravelMate 8204 is going to retire (had it for almost 3 years and it's my first laptop). But it will live for one more year if I don't play any new games (i will definitely buy a new laptop next year if I don't buy one this year)

looking forwards to see a full review (and also graphic card OC results)

 

Yea thats what I'm thinking. I'm kind of a squirrel when it comes to my money. These new cards seem to be a dream come true as far as performance/heat/noise output and price. I think I'll just order it as soon as its available : )

 

Just got done with FRAPS and Bioshock- ran rock steady every option maxed out max resolution 60FPS.

Edit: Fraps I didn't buy so I couldn't get one of those cool charts... I just got a Excel readout. But looking over it, it is just 60 down the entire thing except for a brief 2 or 3 times when I alt tabbed out to check if FRAPS was still going. I've never really used it before, but I want concrete numbers for everyone.

 

as for me, so far heat also is non issue but still havn't installed my speed fan to get a reading.

Fan noise, well I can only say this, My m15x is louder at idle then this thing was messing with 3dmark. They are still side by side so it is ez to compare.

So far, (knocks wood) NO REGRETS and busting with pride!!!!!

 

Call UPS and tell them to quit playing with it, it is your new toy and they need to put it backin the box for you.

Well, I doubt that is the case, but I don't know why it would have been sitting for over 2 days or taken that long even WITHOUT an update.

 

No lockups and must have rebooted 4 or 5 times while doing udates, installing one care, deleting norton and other crud.

I have yet to do the close inspection as I am at work atm. I will go over everything tonight to verify but all seems not only stable, but FLIPPING AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!

 

To the W90 owners, hows the keypad? does it give good travel?

 

Just fine boys!

have the W90 Keyboard-backlight function?

 

I'm pretty used to quality lappy keypads, and especially the one on the thinkpads, so hopefully when I order this, I won't return it immedately due to bad keypad; though not having keyboard backlight is slightly disappointing.

 

Just one more thing though, can someone confirm that there is definately a Turbo mode/ overclocking button?

 

Just found the laptop I'm going to buy thanks to you guys! Thanks for the rapid updates too! Can't wait to order mine

 

Cheers, thats very encouraging. Though I'm rofling at the description of Turbo gear, almost as if its back in 2005 .

I take it there is also a built in raid controller?

 

But Can It Play Doom !?!?!?!?!?!

 

Doom, pfft....why not just go for a real stress test.

Anyone bench Lemonade Stand or Oregon Trail?

 

Well it finally got departure scanned and on a truck 55 hours after arriving at the last location. Maybe they wait for a full truck before moving out. So fingers crossed it should be here tomorrow as planned.

I just hope the box doesnt look like it went through one of those old Samsonite commercials.

 

Doom?!? surely you don't say! thats a real hard one to predicate, as the game is extremely hardware demanding. If you overclock your QX9300 to 4Ghz while OC the 4870 x2 drastically, through in a pair of X25-E SSD while at it, you might be able to, I'm not saying you would, but just might, might get nearly playable frame rate if your lucky - in Doom 1 and 2, but certainly no chance in later releases...

 

I saw a few threads about the 4870x2 not performing. How issit by you guys?

 

striker...you are typing this from your new shiny w90vp-x1 right?? cause it would be a travesty if you were not

 

It's been great in all the games I've run so far... L4D, Bioshock, WoW, HL2

Testing more as Steam finishes them.

 

I cant remember what setting it is in the video options of WoW, but it will cap your FPS at 60 if you dont turn it off. The comp may can do well over 60 just may be limited by the option in WoW itself

 

Can you provide links to these threads? I would be surprised considering that the W90vp-x1 is the only publically released version atm and they are pretty rare at that.

Most of the pre-release reviews have had nothing buy high marks and kudos for the W90.

 

If it is like SLI V-sync enabled then the max fraps is locked at the display refresh rate.