COMPUTEX 14: ASUS ROG Press Event - Steam Machines

Computex 2014 - ASUS ROG Press Event - Anandtech coverage

New ROG products including motherboards, a keyboard/mouse, a 4k gaming laptop, a couple of Steam Machines and more.

Gaming on a laptop?

144hz, 1440p, and Gsync...my god, it's glorious.

Some information on the ASUS GR8:

ROG GR8 Console Gaming PC

Text-speak aside (greeeeat), the GR8 equips an i7 with a GTX 750 Ti to provide a small form factor system designed for both gaming and streaming. Equipped with a Miracast receiver, the system will accept content from supported Android smartphones, tablets, Windows 8.1 PCs and WiDI 3.5+ devices.

The GR8 will initially be available in a Windows 8.1 configuration compatible with SteamOS, but a SteamOS configuration will be launched in alignment with Valve’s schedule. Behind the functionality we also have SupremeFX audio, optimized gigabit Ethernet, and upgradable storage/memory. The importance of such a device will be in the pricing, and users with wireless controllers might see this as a PC alternative to the console.

No pricing is yet available, though the GR8 is expected to launch in North America in Q3 as well.

Credit Anandtech

Why bother with an i7 if you're going to pair it with a 750.

That monitor is neat but i'm not sure it's worth it for almost the price of 3 QNIX

lol @ pre-built gaming computers.

steam doesnt have every game released on physical media/disk .....it's fail plus a drm piece of shit.

just like dvd doesnt have every movie released on vhs.

They make quite a bit of sense when trying to appeal to the console market.

Anything for 2011?

Delayed over 4 times already. It was suppose to come out in March. Its been driving me insane. I can't wait for it.

Went from early q2 to march to may to late q2 with a early june date to mid june to july.

Breaking my heart

Its a TN panel...

The one major trade off.

The other issue is that 800 dollars for a TN panel is very steep but those features it has is amazing.

The major thing is that DP1.3 (2015) release will be a huge game changer.