Frustrated that your netbook won’t allow you to play games that need a little more graphics ‘power’ to run them? Well, Asus could be just about to take gaming on their Eee PC’s to the next stage.

Asus have said that they could be releasing a netbook in the near future that could possibly have dedicated graphics that would allow gamers to run more resource intensive games. The spokesperson also said that this netbook would definitely be an Eee PC and is not to be confused with the Asus N10 which also has dedicated graphics.

This is all just a rumor right now, nothing is confirmed and Asus already have the 10 inch N10 for small screen gaming but, we’ll keep you informed of any news of the Eee PC becoming an oversized handheld console as it comes in.

That Atom-powered mini-notebook with 10.2-inch display which Asus refuses to consider as a netbook, but rather a mini-notebook is now available for US consumers via Newegg.com. As a review, the N10 is powered by a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 10.2-inch WXGA screen, 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3-cell lithuim ion battery and 3-cell battery.

Newegg is offering three variants of the Asus N10. The Asus N10E-A1 which is priced at $599.99 features 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD and an integrated graphics card. Another version N10E-A1 priced at $699.99 comes with 2GB of RAM, 160GB HDD, 6-cell battery and an NVIDIA GeForce 9300 256MB graphics card. And finally we have the N10J-A2 which comes with 2GB RAM, 320GB HDD, and 9300M 256MB graphics and a 6-cell battercard. The N10J-A2 has a price tag of $799.99. In addition both the N10J-A1 and N10J-A2 will feature fingerprint reader security and Bluetooth. All models also come with a 1.3MP web camera.

Via Laptoping.com

Laptop Magazine, Engadget and Geek.com recently had a presentation with an ASUS representative showing off the N10. The ASUS representative stated on multiple occasions that the N10 is a “notebook, not netbook”.

When looking at the specifications of the N10, there are quite a few similarities to the Eee PC. But they’ll be some features that aren’t found in an Eee PC.

There will be two models of the N100 available, N10E and N10J. The N10E will start at $599 while the N10J will retail for $699. For the extra money it gets you a larger hard drive and switchable graphics.

The N10 comes with a 10 inch screen, with a resolution of 1024 x 600, 2GB of RAM, 1.6HGZ Atom processer and an ExpressCard slot. You’re also find a fingerprint reader, SmartLogon facial recognition, bluetooth and wlan as welel as a DisplayPort Video Out.

The N10E will come with a 160GB hard drive while the N10J will come with a 320GB hard drive. The N10E will also come with intergrated intel graphics where as the N10J will have switchable graphics of either Intergrated Intel or Nvidid GeForce 9300 MS.

You can expect to get 6 to 12 hours of battery life with it’s 6-cell battery. Both models will come with Windows Vista, but there will be an option to downgrade to XP.

That new Asus notebook sporting an Atom CPU and a 10.2-inch display which we reported not so long ago was finally unveiled in Korea. Said notebook will have a GeForce 9300GS and Intel N270 Atom processor.

Other than those two information, we all know that the Asus N10 would have a fingerprint feature, a 1.3 webcam, HDMI ports, Altec Lansing Speakers, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi.

Official press release is not yet available though, so we don’t know yet as to how much this new Asus notebook will debut in the market. 

Interestingly, we would want to know whether Asus will still market this as an Eee PC model or not anymore. The Asus S10 which was said to be not an Eee PC machine got slipped into the FCC donning the Eee PC branding still.

Via Aving USA