ASUS EEE PC 1015BX WITH AMD C-60 NOW UP FOR ORDER IN GERMANY

Asus Eee PC 1015BX, one of the first netbooks to sport the 1.33GHz AMD C-60 lower processor, is now up for pre-order in Germany. The AMD C-60 was one of the processors AMD introduced last month. It has a total power draw of 9W and comes bundled with the Radeon HD 6290 graphics.

The Asus Eee PC 1015BX has a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 pixels display, 1GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive. In Germany the tablet is up for order from Amazon for 206 Euros. The AMD C-60 dual core chip is no speed-demon. Nonetheless it is faster than the 1GHz C-50 dual core processor. So you should get a minor boost in performance.

That said, there is no point in expecting anything more than what you get from an Intel Atom processor. On the bright side, the AMD C-50 and C-60 processors offer much better graphics performance than Intel Atom chips. They also support HD video playback and DirectX 11 graphics.