ASUS Z70Va Review (pics, specs)

[queshy]

Great review.

I can't take pictures for my LIFE. Ihave a pretty nice point and shoot camera, HP R707 5.1 MP, but I can't take good pictures like those. How do you do it so that theres one thing in focus and the rest is blurred? It looks so cool when that happens...LOL.

[coriolis]

LOL!

Mines is the same point and shoot. Casio 4.1 MP. I also have a 35mm" 30 year old Canon, but I need a darkroom

[Dustin Sklavos]

Great review.

I can't take pictures for my LIFE. Ihave a pretty nice point and shoot camera, HP R707 5.1 MP, but I can't take good pictures like those. How do you do it so that theres one thing in focus and the rest is blurred? It looks so cool when that happens...LOL.

Get a good distance away from it, zoom into the subject, and focus on the subject. The background will be blurred. The more you zoom, the smaller your depth of field is.

So said the student filmmaker.

[coriolis]

I did a quick test with the Intel 2915 and Atheros 5005 wireless cards


Test 1.
Battery 100%.
WiFi OFF
Power4Gear setting at Saving
CHC at Max. Battery
Amount of Battery Life: 4 hours 56 Minutes

Test 2.
Battery 100%
WiFi ON
FireFox ON and surfing
Power4Gear setting at Saving
CHC at Max. Battery
Amount of Battery Life: 4 hours 20 Minutes

Test 3.
Battery 100%
WiFi ON
FireFox ON and surfing
Power4Gear setting at Saving
CHC at Max. Battery
Amount of Battery Life: 5 hours 7 Minutes

I'm gonna test it again later heh..

I'll get screenshots of battery life on CHC, as well as the speed, gonna try out bandwidth tests, but maybe different ones so it will be fair? Or does clearing the history work too?

[AuroraS]

coriolis, are you able to control the CPU fan behaviour with SpeedFan?

[coriolis]

Hmm? Like the speeds of it? I can turn it on and off using SpeedFan and adjust the soeeds of it

[AuroraS]

That sounds interesting...I wonder if it would work with my M6ne.

However, I don't know if I'd like to run both RMClock AND Speedfan... CHC is so versatile.

[coriolis]

I run Power4Gear CHC and SpeedFan at the same time, which works ine but people have said they dont work together...

[Tammy]

Sorry for being dense, Coriolis...what did you do differently between test #2 and test #3 that explains the huge battery life difference?

[AuroraS]

Hmm...I don't see the point of using CHC and Power4Gear together; they pretty much do the same things... except CHC does more. THe only thing it doesn't do is adjust monitor brightness