Asus F3S
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus F3SProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS 256 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1440x900 pixels
Weight: 3kg
Price: 1300 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section F3S (Model)
Average Score: 50% - poor
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
mobility: 15%, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: 41%, emissions: - %
Reviews for theAsus F3S
Foreign Reviews
50% Test: Asus F3S
Source: PC Welt 
online available, Medium, Date: 06/10/2008
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 50% performance: 80% features: 51% mobility: 15% ergonomy: 41%
Vier ASUS laptops getest
Source: Hardware.info 
online available, Long, Date: 09/20/2007
performance: 70%
Comment
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7600 / 7700 for laptops and technically a higher clocked 8400M GT. The performance is slightly above the 7600 / 7700 and, therefore, it can represent DirectX9 games fluently. For DirectX 10 effects, the power of the card is not sufficient.
Just as the performance class 1 these cards are comparable with video cards for desktop computers with the same name. The newest games should run with some reduced details fluently (in moderate resolutions).
>> 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.
T7500:
>> 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.
3 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.
50%: This average evaluation is exceptionally bad. There exist hardly any laptops, which are rated so negative.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
