Asus G50V

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Reviews for the Asus G50V

70% Asus G50VT-X5
Source: CNet Archive.org version
The $949 15.6-inch Asus G50VT-X5 certainly looks the part of a gaming laptop, with splashes of color, lights everywhere, an extended keyboard, and a small secondary OLED display. Its components back up those appearances, too, with a 512MB Nvidia GeForce 9800M GS graphics card and adequately powerful 2.13GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 processor--a good set of components for a sub-$1,000 system. The Asus G50VT-X5 offers great gaming performance for under $1,000, but it's missing some basic amenities we've come to expect, and the lightning-bolt design may not appeal to all.
70, Leistung 90
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/11/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 90%

80% Asus G50V review
Source: Tech Advisor Archive.org version
The Asus G50V, Asus' latest range of gaming laptops, is fully loaded with features that are a testimony to its performance. With an elegant design and black-and-orange finish, the Asus G50V resonates style. We put the G50V through its paces. The notebook comes with a backpack and two years warranty. Overall, we liked what we saw of the Asus G50V, and gaming is its only mantra. But, gaming laptops are a rare breed. They cater to a niche that likes to indulge and doesn't mind splurging more on extra performance, given a laptop's form factor. If you are in that niche, the Asus G50V is a worthy contender - but it certainly ain't cheap.
80
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 02/11/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%

68% Asus G50vt- X1 Review
Source: Laptop Logic Archive.org version
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%

75% Asus G50VT
Source: Digital Trends Archive.org version
If you’re willing to accept the limitations of a gaming notebook, including poor battery life, size, bulk, and debatably gaudy styling, the Asus G50Vt delivers many times over in sheer speed and performance. It shocked us with its capabilities, and with a pricetag of only $1,250, we would even call it bargain for the segment.
7.5 von 10, Leistung exzellent, Preis gut, Mobilität sehr schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/29/2008
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 80% performance: 95% mobility: 30%

Asus - G50V review
Source: IT Reviews Archive.org version
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 Archive.org version
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 Archive.org version
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 Archive.org version
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 Archive.org version
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 Archive.org version
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 Archive.org version
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

96% Notebooks für Spieler
Source: PC Games Hardware - 3/09
Comparison, online available, Length Unknown, Date: 02/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 96% price: 80%

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

83% Asus G50V-AS057C – Leistung pur
Source: Notebookinfo DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, 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 DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, 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 DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/01/2008
Rating: performance: 80% features: 90% mobility: 40%

90% ASUS G50V-AS057C
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, 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 ES→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/21/2008
Rating: price: 80% performance: 80%

Asus G50V
Source: PC World Italia IT→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, 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.

Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

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:

Fast but still not overpriced dual core CPU. For most games and multimedia applications sufficient and due to the 25W TDP even for smaller notebooks useable.

15.40":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

2.8 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is a major Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer based in Taipei, founded in 1989. Under the Asus brand name, the company manufactures a wide range of products, including laptops, desktops, motherboards, graphics cards, monitors, smartphones and networking equipment, complete systems and PC components for end users.

Under the ROG (Republic of Gamers) brand name, ASUS manufactures gaming laptops known by gamers for their powerful specifications, dedicated graphics cards, high refresh rate displays and advanced cooling systems.

Beyond gaming, a wide range of notebooks are offered for different needs and budgets, from ultra-slim and lightweight ultrabooks to versatile 2-in-1 convertibles and budget-friendly options. In 2023, Asus had a 7% global market share of the PC market.

Customer satisfaction with ASUS notebooks concerns performance, the features, and the good price-performance ratio of ASUS notebooks. However, as with any brand, there are occasional reports of problems such as overheating, driver compatibility, or build quality issues.

78.07%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.

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

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