Asus G50V

Notebook Specifications

Reviews for the Asus G50V

68% Asus G50vt- X1 Review
Source: Laptop Logic
Good at moderate gaming, light entertainment, and holds it's own for the design points. Otherwise, falls a bit short on being a blow out bargain buster for a high end gaming rig, but otherwise it gets good scores and performs well.
von 5: 3.4, Ausstattung 4, Mobilität 2, Leistung 4
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 68% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 40%

Asus - G50V review
Source: IT Reviews
An excellent gaming notebook which makes good use of Intel's latest mobile technology and one of Nvidia's faster mobile GPUs, to provide enough performance that you won't be embarrassed taking it to a LAN party. But its performance doesn't come cheap.
Leistung exzellent, Preis mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/27/2008
Rating: price: 50% performance: 95%

75% Asus G50Vt-X1
Source: Computer Shopper
The Asus G50Vt-X1—sold specifically at Best Buy—will appeal to budget-conscious gamers, but most hard-core enthusiasts will require a bit more DX10 horsepower and a high-res screen.
7.5 von 10, Leistung mäßig, Display schlecht, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/25/2008
Rating: Total score: 75% performance: 60% display: 40% mobility: 40%

79% Asus G50 review
Source: CNet
Asus' Republic of Gamers brand has been wowing gamers for years now. Any motherboard, PC or graphics card with its fishy-looking logo has a good stab at providing gaming performance above the norm. The £1,000 Asus G50 gaming laptop -- the latest to sport the logo -- is aimed at those who want to frag with impunity, safe in the knowledge that their gaming experience won't be interrupted by untimely slowdown. The G50 is an attractive, well-constructed laptop with decent, if hardly stunning performance. It isn't the best gaming laptop we've seen, but its HDMI output and Blu-ray combo player make it a solid Media Center machine.
7.9 von 10, Leistung gut, Display schlecht, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/09/2008
Rating: Total score: 79% performance: 80% display: 40% mobility: 40%

73% Asus G50V-A2
Source: CNet
The affordable, gaming-oriented Asus G50V delivers playable frame rates in a portable, 15.4-inch case. If not for a 17-inch gamer from Gateway, we'd say this Asus laptop is an unbeatable value.
(von 10): 7.3, Ausstattung 8, Leistung 8, Mobilität 4, Preis gut
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/24/2008
Rating: Total score: 73% price: 80% performance: 80% features: 80% mobility: 40%

70% ASUS G50V
Source: Laptop Mag
Although the ASUS G50V’s scores are very good for a 15.4-inch notebook, customers should think seriously about the Gateway P-7811FX, which has better raw performance scores and costs $300 less while delivering a larger display. While the Gateway is heavier and has worse wireless performance, it lasts 42 minutes longer on a charge. But if you dig a profile that more resembles a mainstream computer, and flashing lights for some LAN party wowing, check out the ASUS G50V.
3.5 von 5, Leistung gut, Preis schlecht
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/19/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 40% performance: 80%

80% Asus G50v notebook review
Source: Pocket Lint
The Asus G50v is a great gaming notebook. The build quality and performance are amazing for such a compact machine. It's also great value for the price. If there is any problem with this machine it's the lack of Full HD support, which would have easily made this a Hot Product.
8 von 10, Preis gut, Leistung gut, Display mangelhaft, Mobilität mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/17/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% display: 50% mobility: 50%

70% Asus G50V
Source: Techradar
The power, features and style of the Asus G50V make it ideal for mobile gaming. Its screen size and resolution aren't as well suited to multimedia use as some other laptops, however, so consider your needs carefully before taking the plunge.
3.5 von 5, Leistung gut, Ausstattung gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/16/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 80% features: 80%

Foreign Reviews

81% Zehn Spiele-Notebooks bis 1.500 Euro
Source: Gamestar
, Length Unknown, Date: 12/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 80% performance: 90% workmanship: 80%

83% Asus G50V-AS057C – Leistung pur
Source: Notebookinfo
online available, Short, Date: 11/19/2008
Rating: Total score: 83% performance: 83% features: 93% display: 84% mobility: 65% workmanship: 85%

81% Asus G50V
Source: Gamestar
online available, Very Short, Date: 11/02/2008
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 90% performance: 34% features: 9% display: 15%

Asus G50V im Test: Oranges Gaming-Ungeheuer
Source: Netzwelt
online available, Short, Date: 11/01/2008
Rating: performance: 80% features: 90% mobility: 40%

75% Asus G50VT
Source: Digital Trends
online available, Short, Date: 10/29/2008
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 80% performance: 95% mobility: 30%

90% ASUS G50V-AS057C
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Long, Date: 10/21/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 90% performance: 70% features: 70% display: 50% mobility: 50% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 80%

Gaming Notebook Asus G50v. El refente evoluciona.
Source: Hispazone
online available, Medium, Date: 09/21/2008
Rating: price: 80% performance: 80%

Asus G50V
Source: PC World Italia
online available, Short, Date: 10/14/2008
performance: 70%

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NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT: Successor of the 8700M GT and technically a higher clocked 9600M GT. Improved video engine for decoding HD videos (PureVideo HD - VP2), HybridPower, CUDA, and PhysX support.

These cards should be able to display all current games with fluent framerates but not all with high detail settings. Especially demanding games like Crysis, Age of Conan, or Mass Effect are only playable with lower settings. Less demanding (and older) games, like Fifa 08, Command & Conquer 3, or Battlefield 2142 can be played with higher detail levels.

Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).

The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.

P8600:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks.  15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays.
The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

2.8 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.

Asus: Asus is an international manufacturer of medium size. In German and English speaking countries nowadays many notebooks of Asustec are reviewed. Nevertheless rather few laptop models achieve top-positions according total ranking and prize/value-rating.

Asus reviews

77.08%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.