Sydney, Australia, October 27, 2008 – ASUS has announced its ultimate gamer G Series notebooks, bringing out the big guns with full throttle power and portable performance. In keeping with tradition and breaking new ground, ASUS is proud to present the world’s first Intel® Quad Core™ Gaming notebook—the G71.
Specifically designed for gamers, the G71 is the latest addition to its expanding G Series and the first in ASUS’ planned series of Quad Core™ gaming notebooks. The G71 delivers a total gaming experience in a highly portable package, with an emphasis on audio clarity and stunning display of graphics.
The world’s first Quad Core™ gaming notebook – the ASUS G71 – is powered by the new Intel Core™ 2 Extreme processor QX9300. The removal of the Overspeed Protection means that the G71 is capable of ultra-high performance through overclocking. This is the ultimate in muscle gaming, pushing the envelope in computer processing power thus allowing users to multi-task in mammoth proportions.
As a dedicated gaming notebook, the G71 sports an impressive array of advanced components, such as a 17” Crystal Shine high brightness display with a quick response time of 8 ms, powered by a NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT GDDR3 512 MB graphics card. The G71 also features up to 4GB of DDR3 1066MHz system memory coupled with dual hard disk drives of up to 1 TB (500 GB x 2) – enabling users to enjoy multimedia entertainment and games while on the move.
Direct Console 2.0 is an all-in-one gaming control interface that allows users to select from three processor speed settings depending on their mode of usage. The same interface also includes controls for Direct Messenger, enabling communication utilities such as Instant Messaging (MSN™), Meeting and E-mail notification. Acting as a secondary display, it displays email notifications, instant messages, battery reserves and system loadings in real-time even during a game in progress. This allows users to keep in touch with their friends and family while multi-tasking between various applications.
The G71 is also equipped with gaming hotkeys enabling users to launch their favourite games with a single touch and execute in-game commands on-the-fly. Its chassis features a programmable lighting system, which lights up and blinks during in-game events. These lights can be configured through the Direct Console 2.0, providing the user with a pyrotechnic-like ambience while in the game.
Incorporating several entertainment features that promise to give users a unique gaming experience, the G71’s built-in Altec Lansing speakers with subwoofer deliver excellent sound reproduction, further complimented by Dolby™ Home Theater. A 2.0 megapixel webcam allows users to communicate visually through Skype™ or MSN™, while a dedicated game keyboard layout provides strategically placed movement keys on a full-sized keyboard – offering quick access to in-game inventories and allowing the issue of commands in the shortest time possible. These elements combine to provide an entire host of gamer-centric features for users to immerse themselves in a world of audio and visual entertainment with style.
The G71 not only has the sheer power to satisfy the needs of serious, hardcore muscle gamers, it is also suitable for casual gamers who have a more laid-back approach to gaming.
The ASUS G71 notebook will be available from November 2008 from selected computer resellers. Recommended retail price is AU$5,199 inc GST.