Details on two ASUS Santa Rosa gaming notebooks revealed

Two new gaming notebooks from ASUS have been revealed recently, the G1S and G2S, both using Intel’s latest mobile platform codenamed ‘Santa Rosa’ and powered by second generation Core 2 Duo T7500 processors reaching up to 2.2Ghz clock speeds, 4MB L2 cache and 800MHz FSB.

Major hardware specifications on both models are similar with the exception of a 200GB SATA hard drive and 17’’ widescreen display on the G2S versus a 15.4’’ widescreen display and 160GB SATA hard drive on the G1S variant.

Both models will offer 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 memory, DirectX 10 capable Nvidia GeForce 8600M, DVD Super Multi drive, 8-cell Li-ion batteries, Intel's new Wireless Wi-Fi Link 4965AGN Draft-N network adapter and will come bundled with Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium. ASUS is expected to start shipping these models later this month.