Computex 2014: The ASUS Booth Tour
by Ian Cutress on June 11, 2014 11:45 AM ESTIntel in Fonepad and MeMO Pad
One of the big stories to come out of Computex was the large number of design wins for Intel’s Silvermont based platforms. Some of the items we saw at ASUS system press event on Monday at Computex were the new Fonepad and MeMO Pad models, with the Fonepad featuring Intel’s Moorefield processors.
The Fonepad was nice and light (299g) and doing basic navigation on the device did not reveal any slowdown. The Fonepad 7 here is more oriented towards the mid-range 7-inch tablet market, featuring a 1280x800 IPS display with 10-point multi-touch. The SoC is the 64-bit Intel Z3560, a quad core 1.8 GHz Silvermont based system leveraging a PowerVR G6430 at 533 MHz. The system was running Android 4.4, but with only 1 GB of LPDDR3, which suggests that high-end gaming use might be limited. Perhaps the lower resolution display might help with this. The device will ship with either 8GB or 16GB of onboard storage, along with 5GB of online ASUS WebStorage plus 11GB for the first year.
The MeMO Pad 7 and MeMO Pad 8 were also launched at the ASUS press conference earlier in the week, both almost identical to each other except the screen size, 25g of weight and 1.3mm z-height.
Both models use the same Z3745 (quad core 64-bit, up to 1.86 GHz) and same 1280x800 IPS display. The battery in the 7-inch model is listed at 15 Wh compared to 15.2 Wh in the 8-inch.
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lemon1510 - Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - link
Where did you got the specs from? The official ASUS site says "GTX 750 Ti" as GPU while you refer to a 750M which is in a completely different league in terms of performance =S.Ian Cutress - Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - link
You are right, the GR8 is a 750 Ti - that's what I wrote in our original news item when it was announced. Corrected.rocktober13 - Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - link
It would be nice if ASUS initially offered a version of the GR8 without Windows 8 to hit a lower price point. I would rather have a Ubuntu + Steam (with in home streaming) + XMBC combo. More functionality than SteamOS and available now. Also, I hope the included Windows 8 is the Pro version otherwise it's another $100 to add WMC with the basic edition.rocktober13 - Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - link
*XBMCCalaverasGrande - Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - link
surprised there are not more UHD and 4k models.Not everyone wants a 30" monitor on their desk. I'm hoping to see more 24" UHD or 4K displays. Sure there is the Dell, but I kind of hate how Dells current industrial design looks with those awkward stands.
TylerGrunter - Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - link
Wasn´t the MeMO Pad 8 going to be out with the Atom Z3580 and have a FullHD panel?From their own press releas:
http://press.asus.com/PressReleases/p/ASUS-Present...
I guess there are two models, the ME181C and the ME581CL, but I find terribly confusing that they call them both MeMO Pad 8
churchgeek - Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - link
A 10-but display!pandemonium - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - link
ASUS really is becoming 'the' brand of choice for all of their vested markets.Thanks for the coverage!
X3ON - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - link
The ROG GX500 looks pretty interesting,The top and bottom shells are made og brushed aluminium, but what about the area around the keyboard? Is it plastic or matte black aluminium?
Nadrik23518 - Thursday, June 12, 2014 - link
Any idea when and if Asus will offer to market a 24 inch monitor with G-sync? Why is Asus siting on G-sync? Can they give the buying community a firm date of when they will offer a monitor with G-sync? I have held my next purchase of a gaming monitor for over a year now. If all they are going to do is talk about G-sync and show mock-up monitors without ever coming to market with a product, I will purchase my second choice.