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The ASUS booth at Computex is the largest of the show so far!

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The ASUS booth was the largest we've seen at Computex this year, and is split into two distinct halves: components and consumer.

THX audio is one of the features being touted, while the many display cases show off the latest tech.

This is the ASUS Matrix 5870 Platinum card, running in Crossfire.

The 'Matrix' section glows blue when idling, slowly changing colours towards red when under heavier load. Very cool effect.

This motherboard was very surprising - called the P8P67D Deluxe, it's running an Intel 6-series chipset that will support Sandy Bridge. Very exciting!

While the sign for the P8P67D Deluxe wasn't very specific, this is definitely going to be what we can expect to see for Sandy Bridge (which should launch later this year).

ASUS had a few other 6-series chipset boards: the P8H67D-M PRO, the P8H67D-M, and the P8P67D LX.

Continuing a gigantic wave of USB3 tech at the show, ASUS are showing off their front panel USB3 panel.

There's also a whole range of gaming laptops coming out, some of which support 3D VISION.

A small ITX board for AMD that uses SODIMM (laptop) memory.

ASUS are using the new Marvell 88SE9128 PCIe to SATA3 controller chip, an evolution on the original 88SE9123 controller.

ASUS are making an addition to their Xonar range of audio gear, bringing a very synergistic duo of products.

The 'Xonar Xense One Premium Gaming Audio Card' uses an ASUS AV100 audio processor, which isn't the higher-end AV200 as used in the Xonar HDAV, but is the lower-end C-Media chip.

ASUS have partnered with Sennheiser to bring the Xense PC350 - it doesn't appear to have any hardware difference to the excellent Sennheiser-branded PC350 headset, but it does look quite cool.

For those times you've got no room for a disc drive, or it dies, or whatever, here's some external ones. Yay!

ASUS also displayed a dual-bay NAS, able to run RAID 0, 1 and JBOD.

While it only took up a little portion of one wall, there were a few server boards on display.

We quickly spotted the Ares display stand, a limited run of cards that we first saw at the recent ASUS Insights night at Atomic HQ.

The ASUS Ares, a dual 5870-based card that boasts an impressive 4GB of GDDR5 memory.

The heatsink is a custom design, with more copper in it than a house has electrical wiring.

A sneaky ninja shot with the flash shows the large fan and gives a peek at the copper heatsinks behind - they've got a lot of surface area for getting rid of all that heat.

The two cores are cooled individually by copper heatsinks with plenty of heatpipes. Makes for a heavy card!

It also demands a lot of power to run happily, devouring two 8-pin PCIe power connectors on top of a 6-pin connector. Wowzers!

As if running a single Ares card wasn't enough, here's two of them in Crossfire - for an effective four processing cores. Quadfire ahoy!

Sure it might be cheesy, but this king will be at the top for a while - or at least until the next wave of cards are released.

ASUS P1 LED projectors, using diodes to create a bright light that allows a smaller form factor and (potentially) better contrast. Only 858x600 res, though it is very tiny.

ASUS showed off their gaming system, which didn't seem to have a catchy name but was instead designated the CG8490. Ah well, it looks interesting!

The front of the CG8490 boasts a glossy black panel with cool blue lighting - far bluer than in this shot.

Specs include an impressive Intel Core i7 980X, 12GB of DDR3, an X58 motherboard, a 2TB HDD and two 5870 cards in Crossfire.

The PSU seems to be a standard ATX design mounted internally to the case, lit with a blue LED fan.

The case extends its plastic framework behind the chassis, similar in style to Alienware's designs.

The ASUS uBoom speakers. It's speakers as you know them, but in a tube!

ASUS have reworked their Bravo video card somewhat since CES earlier this year, eschewing the white plastic and going for a passive design.

The ASUS ML228H, just one of quite a few LED-lit LCD monitors at the stand.

The central column of the components half of the stand. ASUS won 3,268 awards last year, or so they measure.

Not to mention their superlative graphics muscle!

The other half of the stand was relatively mainstream stuff, but there are still some cool netbook designs coming out. This is made from finely brushed aluminium.

Here's the ASUS Lamborghini VX7, a seriously powerful gaming laptop.

There are also netbooks styled with the same Lamborghini ethos, though they're nowhere near as fast.

The Lamborghini branding is all over the VX7, with a very strong influence from the car manufacturer.

The laptop has a large rear to allow a very large battery - not to mention the massive cooling system needed.

The edges of the VX7 are even styled like the rear end of a car, which looks very attractive.

The VX7 runs an Intel Core i7, DDR3 memory, a 15.6" 16:9 LED-lit LCD, an NVIDIA GTX480M and dual hard drives.

The trackpad is framed with brushed aluminium, and is inlaid with glass for a very smooth feel.

The keyboard design is the popular chiclet style, and seems very well-constructed.

The specifications of the VX7, and a quick spiel on what it'll do for you.

This strange contraption is a Frakenstein hybrid of screen, speakers, computer and keyboard, dubbed the NX90. It's a mobile Intel chip with an integrated NVIDIA GT335M, but the appeal of this is supposed to be in its speakers.

Though we did notice that mirrored strip at the bottom picked up a serious amount of fingerprints, looking pretty unappealing.

The NX90 features speakers by Bang and Olufsen, a custom-built driver and enclosure that is summed up under an 'ICEpower' umbrella. They did sound quite fantastic for integrated speakers.

Another netbook, this time the 1008P. Brushed aluminium.

USB3 seems to be appearing everywhere, and it's been sandwiched into the EB1501P. It's based around the Atom platform, so bandwidth probably isn't maxed out, but it'll be faster than USB2.

And because tablets are the Next Big Thing, ASUS have their own prototype design in the form of the EP101TC.

It's running NVIDIA's Tegra 2 and Windows 7 Embedded, so will be interesting when finally released. For more about the Tegra 2 chip, check out our CES 2010 coverage.

The ASUS booth was the largest we've seen at Computex this year, and is split into two distinct halves: components and consumer.

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ASUS go over-the-top at Computex 2010

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