Asus N81Vg featuring GeForce GT 120M

Asus N81Vg is the world’s first notebook to feature the new NVIDIA Geforce GT 120M processor.




Lately we have seen Asus bringing out the Eee Pcs so much that we almost forgot it could do better with its notebook line as well. In between shelling out the netbooks like stray bullets, this Taiwanese company keeps reviving their mainstream notebook product lines. We’ve seen its first 17” entertainment notebooks in the form of F70 and F50, the W90 multimedia laptop with dual HD 4870 / HD 3850, U6V-Banmboo or the N80V and N50V siblings, and other formidable systems. Now there’s another first – World’s first notebook to feature the new NVIDIA GeForce™ GT120M processor – the Asus N81Vg. 

The device offers a 14-inch Glare-type LED-backlit display that supports 1080p video playback. One can choose from a variety of Intel Core 2 Duo processors, while available hard drive capacities range from 160GB to 500GB, more precisely 160GB/250GB/320GB/500GB. Two DDR2 SO-DIMM slots allow RAM expansion up to 4GB. The DVD Super Multi drive can also be used to play Blu-ray discs. It has a 1.3 megapixel webcam and a battery good for only three to four hours, and the fact that Windows Vista Ultimate is provided alongwith (although other versions are available as well) doesn’t help.

“We are proud to offer consumers a notebook that is capable of providing spectacular graphics and stunning clarity while maintaining effortless mobility,” said Alvin Chou, senior product manager of ASUS’ Notebook Business Unit. “By combining sublime graphics performance, smart technologies and supreme ease of use, the N81Vg is the ideal notebook for those who would like to enjoy multimedia to the fullest.”

The NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M: 

Obviously the USP of the system is the NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M GPU, which features NVIDIA CUDA™ technology with 32 processor cores, DirectX 10 support, and 1080p High Definition video playback through NVIDIA® PureVideo® HD technology. Coupled with the ASUS N81Vg’s 14-inch LED backlit display, the NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT 120M has the potential to deliver unrivalled visual clarity and vibrancy. NVIDIA even claims that "with 32 powerful processing cores, the GeForce 120M GPU makes photo editing, video editing, movie ripping, high definition Blu-ray playback and gaming a reality on 14-inch notebooks."

“The ASUS N81Vg uses the GeForce GT 120M GPU to deliver a visual computing experience far superior to other notebooks in its category today,” said Rene Haas, general manager, Notebook Products, NVIDIA. “With 32 powerful processing cores, the GeForce 120M GPU makes photo editing, video editing, movie ripping, high-definition Blu-ray playback and gaming a reality on 14-inch notebooks.”

The GeForce 120M in th N81Vg should reach about 5400 points in 3DMark06 and therefore perform on par with the older GeForce 9600M GT (with GDDR2 as the benchmark was surely performed with the fastest CPU). Our sources tell us that it should be a lower clocked GeForce 130M