I have pretty much the same burner. Mine is the ASUS DRW-24D5MT and the difference is the lack of attached software, like Nero.
A very cheap burner (around 14 Euro) and that actually works very well when burning Verbatims at 8x and book types automatically.
Never liked Asus before. But today there is pretty much nothing to choose between on the market.
I 01:51:48 Destination Device: [2:0:0] ASUS DRW-24D5MT 2.00 (I:) (SATA)
I 01:51:48 Destination Media Type: DVD+R (Disc ID: MCC-004-00)
I 01:51:48 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 8x; 16x; 24x