ASUS adds Radeon HD3400 series to Eee Box (nettop)

stmok · 4th December 2008, 12:58 PM

Official announcement...
http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=13626

Atom 1.6Ghz + Radeon HD3400 series graphics.

There are two models.
B204 = Has bluetooth and backup battery for UPS like function.
B206 = Same as B204 but without the above two components.

The current model is called the B202.

Deanodriver · 4th December 2008, 4:21 PM

Wow, nice.

I wonder if this one will be much more expensive?

stmok · 4th December 2008, 6:57 PM

There's apparently info on more Eee Box versions.

Asustek to replace Atom with Celeron in Eee Box to boost sales
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20081201PD219.html

Quote:

Monica Chen, Taipei; Yvonne Yu, DIGITIMES [Tuesday 2 December 2008]

While its nettop products have not sold as well as expected since debuting four months ago, Asustek is introducing a Celeron version of the Eee Box priced at NT$7,988 (US$240) in order to increase shipments for this year, according to market sources. The company is replacing the Atom processor with a Celeron 220 processor and upgrading its hard drive from 80GB to 120GB, while cutting the overall price, the sources explained.

According to the latest Eee Box price quotes, a system featuring a Celeron 220 processor and 120GB hard drive is selling for NT$7,988, with the price bumped up to NT$11,900 when bundled with a 19-inch LCD monitor. A system with an Atom processor and 80GB hard drive, keyboard, mouse, and Eee Stick is selling for NT$9,999, the sources added.

According to estimates from Asustek, the company expects to ship 100,000-200,000 units of the Eee box this year and over one million units in 2009, while Intel estimates shipments for nettops will reach 60 million units by 2011, the market sources noted.

Just a reminder: Celeron 220 is "Conroe-L", 1.2Ghz with 512KB L2 cache, 533Mhz FSB, 9x multiplier, and a TDP of 19W.

For comparison: Atom 230 (1.6Ghz) vs Celeron 220 (1.2Ghz)...
=> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...t,1981-13.html
Celeron 220 beats the Atom 230 by an overall of 35%. (You pay in power consumption and higher thermal footprint).

The Celeron 220 is the very same chip used in Intel's D201GLY2 Mini-ITX mobo.

4th December 2008, 12:58 PM	#1
stmok (Taking a Break) Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 6,271	ASUS adds Radeon HD3400 series to Eee Box (nettop) Official announcement... http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=13626 Atom 1.6Ghz + Radeon HD3400 series graphics. There are two models. B204 = Has bluetooth and backup battery for UPS like function. B206 = Same as B204 but without the above two components. The current model is called the B202.

4th December 2008, 4:21 PM	#2
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