VIA OQO UMPC can really play games - bit-tech.net Forums

Da Dego · 12th Jun 2007, 15:21

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/06...y_play_games/1

COMPUTEX 2007: We have a bash at some retro gaming while going ultra portable, yet, still retaining a use of a full keyboard and decent sized screen.

olly_lewis · 12th Jun 2007, 15:37

Pretty sweet... If only the Vista was a bit more compatible with older games and you could use Vista instead of XP, but in time compatibility will improve...
Wonder if it could handle Sim City 4... on low low settings?

Bindibadgi · 12th Jun 2007, 15:42

Might do, that's the kind of game you could kill hours on one of those things (providing you have a plug socket

)

I've requested one from VIA for review, for a month, so we'll see.

BioSniper · 12th Jun 2007, 15:44

I'm surprised Quake 3 and HL are being classed as "Retro classics" as in all honesty I thought "retro" was generally a tile given to items of around 20 years in age.
Oh well.

Paradigm Shifter · 12th Jun 2007, 15:51

Agreement, Biosniper.

Reminds me of my old Psion 5mx. Ah, good days.

Jokkocze · 12th Jun 2007, 15:57

ooh.. one of those would be nice..
Anything on when they'll be avalible?

./^\.Ace./^\. · 12th Jun 2007, 16:02

Hey we can now have some portable Quake death matches any where that you can get the internet

forgt lan parties, now we can have where ever you want parties

Also there must be a wider range of games that can be played on the OQO model 02.
I still have the problem with the EVDO/WWAN conection only comming from Sprint and Verizon right now. I'm in Canada and I use TELUS so I would have to work out some kind of activation with them

At least the WiFi will work in most cities

HugoB · 12th Jun 2007, 16:16

You can buy them already from expansys

Tulatin · 12th Jun 2007, 16:18

So basically t'is an overpowered PDA/Cell Phone/Etc, or an underpowered mini laptop? Pretty cool, tbh.

./^\.Ace./^\. · 12th Jun 2007, 16:21

I wouldn't say uder powered

I will run Windows Vista ultimate, that need a good amount of processing power

Bluephoenix · 12th Jun 2007, 16:22

have one

I guess there are benefits to being in the US after all

it plays Sim City 4 quite nicely, and even manages supcom (low settings)

I'm in fact writing on here and can say that its a nice beast, but not meant for FPS action on the go. As far as the mobile broadband goes, I didn't bother with it, too expensive

but the availablility of Wi-fi (and the fact that almost no one remembers to secure theirs) over here makes it easy to connect.

for those looking for ways to get the games going on the go with laptops without using the CD drive (and massive battery loss) use daemon tools, copy the disc and mount it from the HDD.

Bindibadgi · 12th Jun 2007, 16:59

This is what I told VIA(Arena); as soon as hotspots and WiMAX prevail things like that will be all the rage with twittering and blogging on the go.

Jokkocze · 12th Jun 2007, 17:09

From 1500 USD and up..

./^\.Ace./^\. · 12th Jun 2007, 17:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluephoenix

the availablility of Wi-fi (and the fact that almost no one remembers to secure theirs) over here makes it easy to connect.

In downtown Toronto you can find a free WiFi hot-spot on almost every street corner. Peolpe just don't secure there WiFi like they should

I have a question though

what is the WiFi range like with the OQO's antenna

Bluephoenix · 12th Jun 2007, 17:37

excellent, it picks up on a linksys 54G router signal even through 3 cinderblock walls, at about 3/4 the max distance, but still gets full speed. my freind's Vaio won't even see the router at the same location.

riggs · 12th Jun 2007, 17:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paradigm Shifter

Reminds me of my old Psion 5mx. Ah, good days.

Hehe, so true! Although I couldn't afford a 5 series, so went for a Revo...still a damn good machine though. Think I've still got it somewhere...

This thing looks damn nice, if a little pointless for most folk. I'd buy one, but only if I had vast amounts of cash to spare.

DXR_13KE · 12th Jun 2007, 20:55

to expensive for my pocket, but it owns!!!!!!

zhangmaster12 · 12th Jun 2007, 20:59

ive had the pleasure of actually trying one myself, and i must say that its a great product. The screen is a little small and a little dark, but with a few adjustments, the lighting can be improved. It is faster than my parents dell p4 2.4 ghz and is extremely light and lives up to the name of UMPC.

GoodBytes · 13th Jun 2007, 00:43

looks cool and interesting... but I had very very bad experience with Via products... specially for mobo's. Never latest more then 3 months and all I had was sever BIOS issues. So, personally I don't know about this....

Paradigm Shifter · 13th Jun 2007, 11:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by riggs

Hehe, so true! Although I couldn't afford a 5 series, so went for a Revo...still a damn good machine though. Think I've still got it somewhere...

This thing looks damn nice, if a little pointless for most folk. I'd buy one, but only if I had vast amounts of cash to spare.

Mm. I ended up going for a 5, despite the extra cost... the keys were so much better, and they were actually a half-decent size considering the overall size of the Psion. I was so annoyed when the ribbon cable got damaged and all it gave me was a corrupt screen! And Psion wanted over £400 to repair it! I think not - it cost me less than that!

12th Jun 2007, 15:21	#1
Da Dego Brett Thomas Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Cleveland, OH USA Posts: 3,906	VIA OQO UMPC can really play games http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/06...y_play_games/1 COMPUTEX 2007: We have a bash at some retro gaming while going ultra portable, yet, still retaining a use of a full keyboard and decent sized screen. __________________ "Frankly that seems overkill. iluvtrees2 arguing with spec is the intellectual equivalent of a bunny rabbit taking on a pissed-off lion." - Nexxo

12th Jun 2007, 15:37	#2
olly_lewis Hypermodder Join Date: May 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 756	Pretty sweet... If only the Vista was a bit more compatible with older games and you could use Vista instead of XP, but in time compatibility will improve... Wonder if it could handle Sim City 4... on low low settings? __________________ My signature dumped me... ___________

12th Jun 2007, 15:42	#3
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,226	Might do, that's the kind of game you could kill hours on one of those things (providing you have a plug socket ) I've requested one from VIA for review, for a month, so we'll see. __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

12th Jun 2007, 15:44	#4
BioSniper I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Somewhere in the south Posts: 3,454	I'm surprised Quake 3 and HL are being classed as "Retro classics" as in all honesty I thought "retro" was generally a tile given to items of around 20 years in age. Oh well. __________________ My Flickr :: Bit-tech Flickr Wii: 1792 1527 2926 7945 :: Xbox Live: BioSnipr :: PSN: Biosnipr

12th Jun 2007, 15:51	#5
Paradigm Shifter Lethargic Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,210	Agreement, Biosniper. Reminds me of my old Psion 5mx. Ah, good days. __________________ Core i7 920 D0 @ 3.8GHz \| 6GB Corsair 1600MHz \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5 \| XFX 4870X2 2GB \| 4TB \| WUXGA

12th Jun 2007, 15:57	#6
Jokkocze Hypermodder Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 815	ooh.. one of those would be nice.. Anything on when they'll be avalible? __________________ Main rig: Intel C2D E8400 @ 3.91ghz \| 6GB Corsair Dominator \| EVGA GTX 280 SSC \| ASUS P5E \| 1x150gb Raptor & 3tb storage \| 550w Corsair PSU \| 2x Samsung T220 HTPC: Intel C2D E8400 \| 2GB Corsair XMS \| XFX 8800GT 512mb (Passive) \| ASUS P5Q-VM \| 4x1.5TB \| 550w Corsair PSU \| Sony 46V4500

12th Jun 2007, 16:02	#7
./^\.Ace./^\. Multimodder $./^\.Ace./^\.'s Avatar$ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 150 $./^\.Ace./^\. is on a distinguished road$	Hey we can now have some portable Quake death matches any where that you can get the internet forgt lan parties, now we can have where ever you want parties Also there must be a wider range of games that can be played on the OQO model 02. I still have the problem with the EVDO/WWAN conection only comming from Sprint and Verizon right now. I'm in Canada and I use TELUS so I would have to work out some kind of activation with them At least the WiFi will work in most cities __________________ CPU: Intel i7 920 \| RAM: 6GB OCZ Reaper DDR3 1866MHz \| Mother Board: Asus P6T \| Graphics: Dual BFG GeForce GTX295 rev.B Quad SLI \| PSU: Antec TPQ-1000 \| CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V8 \| Hard Drives: 500GB Seagate Barracuda, 500GB WD Caviar Black, 1TB WD Carviar Green \| Optical Drive: Pioneer DVR-216D \| Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 \| Monitor: LG W2343T 23" \| OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit \|
$./^\.Ace./^\. is offline$

12th Jun 2007, 16:16	#8
HugoB H to the U to the G to the O to the B Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: ThrustingReviews HQ Posts: 1,194	You can buy them already from expansys __________________ TrustedReviews.com - things I write about for a job

12th Jun 2007, 16:18	#9
Tulatin The Froggy Poster Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 2,941	So basically t'is an overpowered PDA/Cell Phone/Etc, or an underpowered mini laptop? Pretty cool, tbh. __________________ Desky E8400 @ 4.0 1.42v; P5K-E WiFi; 4x1 Kingmax Mars 1066 @ 1129 CAS 5; 2x [TOO CHEAP TO SPONSOR] 4850 @ 675/1050; Enermax Liberty; WCing in a CM690

12th Jun 2007, 16:21	#10
./^\.Ace./^\. Multimodder $./^\.Ace./^\.'s Avatar$ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 150 $./^\.Ace./^\. is on a distinguished road$	I wouldn't say uder powered I will run Windows Vista ultimate, that need a good amount of processing power __________________ CPU: Intel i7 920 \| RAM: 6GB OCZ Reaper DDR3 1866MHz \| Mother Board: Asus P6T \| Graphics: Dual BFG GeForce GTX295 rev.B Quad SLI \| PSU: Antec TPQ-1000 \| CPU Cooler: Cooler Master V8 \| Hard Drives: 500GB Seagate Barracuda, 500GB WD Caviar Black, 1TB WD Carviar Green \| Optical Drive: Pioneer DVR-216D \| Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 \| Monitor: LG W2343T 23" \| OS: Windows 7 Pro 64bit \|
$./^\.Ace./^\. is offline$

12th Jun 2007, 16:22	#11
Bluephoenix Spoon? What spoon? Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Daytona Beach, FL Posts: 936	have one I guess there are benefits to being in the US after all it plays Sim City 4 quite nicely, and even manages supcom (low settings) I'm in fact writing on here and can say that its a nice beast, but not meant for FPS action on the go. As far as the mobile broadband goes, I didn't bother with it, too expensive but the availablility of Wi-fi (and the fact that almost no one remembers to secure theirs) over here makes it easy to connect. for those looking for ways to get the games going on the go with laptops without using the CD drive (and massive battery loss) use daemon tools, copy the disc and mount it from the HDD.

12th Jun 2007, 16:59	#12
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,226	This is what I told VIA(Arena); as soon as hotspots and WiMAX prevail things like that will be all the rage with twittering and blogging on the go. __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

12th Jun 2007, 17:09	#13
Jokkocze Hypermodder Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 815	From 1500 USD and up.. __________________ Main rig: Intel C2D E8400 @ 3.91ghz \| 6GB Corsair Dominator \| EVGA GTX 280 SSC \| ASUS P5E \| 1x150gb Raptor & 3tb storage \| 550w Corsair PSU \| 2x Samsung T220 HTPC: Intel C2D E8400 \| 2GB Corsair XMS \| XFX 8800GT 512mb (Passive) \| ASUS P5Q-VM \| 4x1.5TB \| 550w Corsair PSU \| Sony 46V4500

12th Jun 2007, 17:37	#15
Bluephoenix Spoon? What spoon? Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Daytona Beach, FL Posts: 936	excellent, it picks up on a linksys 54G router signal even through 3 cinderblock walls, at about 3/4 the max distance, but still gets full speed. my freind's Vaio won't even see the router at the same location.

12th Jun 2007, 20:55	#17
DXR_13KE Madeira's banana is the best!!! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Madeira ; Portugal Posts: 6,461	to expensive for my pocket, but it owns!!!!!! __________________ *Renegade X - 0.40 Release!* <---- CLICK!

12th Jun 2007, 20:59	#18
zhangmaster12 Hypermodder Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 870	ive had the pleasure of actually trying one myself, and i must say that its a great product. The screen is a little small and a little dark, but with a few adjustments, the lighting can be improved. It is faster than my parents dell p4 2.4 ghz and is extremely light and lives up to the name of UMPC. __________________ Project Dimension 2400

13th Jun 2007, 00:43	#19
GoodBytes mother into a board?! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada, Montreal Posts: 3,451	looks cool and interesting... but I had very very bad experience with Via products... specially for mobo's. Never latest more then 3 months and all I had was sever BIOS issues. So, personally I don't know about this.... __________________ AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ S939 \| 3GB of Corsair/Kingston (mix) RAM @ 400Mhz 3-3-3-8-2T \| ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe \| Geforce 260 GTX \| X-Fi XtreamMusic \| Western Digital 250GB SATA-II 16MB of Buffer \| Corsair HX620W \| Antec SOLO case \| Monitor: 24inch Dell U2410 \| Win 7 64-bit Go for Pro!