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Asus F9 Series

Asus F9DcProcessor: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56, Intel Core 2 Duo T5500, Intel Core 2 Duo T5600, Intel Core 2 Duo T7500
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950, NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G, NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
Display: 12.10 inch
Weight: 1.9kg
Price: 0, 1000, 1300 euro
Average Score: 84.8% - good
Average of 5 scores (from 9 reviews)
price: 78%, performance: 73%, features: 70%, display: 63%, mobility: 53%, workmanship: 67%, ergonomy: 85%, emissions: 50%

 

Asus F9F

Specifications

Asus F9FNotebook: Asus F9F
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5500
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950 128 MB
Display: 12.10 inch, 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Links: Asus homepage
 Asus notebook section

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Average Score: 80% - good

Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

Asus F9F und F9J Subnotebook
Source: Minitechnet German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 08/16/2007
Rating: price: 80% performance: 60% display: 60% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 80%
80% Leuchtwunder im Kleinstformat
Source: Notebookjournal German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 05/24/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 50% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 50% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 50%

 

Asus F9J

Specifications

Asus F9JNotebook: Asus F9J
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5600
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 128 MB
Display: 12.10 inch, 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Links: Asus homepage
 Asus notebook section

Pricecompare

Average Score: 90% - very good

Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)

 

Foreign Reviews

90% Asus F9J-2P018E
Source: Com! German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 07/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80%

 

Asus F9S

Specifications

Asus F9SNotebook: Asus F9S
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Display: 12.10 inch, 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Price: 1300 euro
Links: Asus homepage
 Asus notebook section
 F9S (Model)

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Average Score: 87% - good

Average of 2 scores (from 4 reviews)

 

Reviews

Asus F9S User Review
Source: Notebookreview.com English Archive.org version
When searching for a notebook I was looking for something that would last me for at least my four years of undergraduate studies, something that would be light and easy to carry without compromising performance, and something that can handle a few advanced and demanding programs from time to time. My intensive search ended with the ultraportable Asus F9S-B1, which had all of the things I was looking for with only a few compromises. I bought the Asus F9S notebook from btoTech.com. I have to say, I couldn’t be happier with the vendor I chose. The company stuck with me since July, giving me the right advice and the right recommendations, e-mailing me about their available products that suited my requirements, all the way until October, when the F9S-B1 became available. After ordering I received the notebook 6 days after ordering from them, the shipping was free. This was excellent speed and service!
Preis/Leistung sehr gut, Leistung sehr gut, Verarbeitung mangelhaft
User Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/18/2007
Rating: price: 90% performance: 90% workmanship: 50%

Foreign Reviews

80% Asus F9S
Source: Magnus.de German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/25/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% features: 80%
Asus F9S
Source: PC Magazin German
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 05/02/2008
Rating: features: 80%
94% Büro to go
Source: TV Movie Multimedia - 3/08 German
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 02/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 94% price: 80% performance: 80%

 

Asus F9Dc

Specifications

Asus F9DcNotebook: Asus F9Dc
Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-56
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Display: 12.10 inch, 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixels
Weight: 1.9kg
Price: 1000 euro
Links: Asus homepage
 Asus notebook section

Pricecompare

Average Score: 80% - good

Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)

 

Reviews

Asus F9 User Review
Source: Notebookreview.com English Archive.org version
When I picked up my HP Pavilion dv6258se early this year, around February, I bought it because I lived thirty miles from school and wanted to have a sort of portable workstation for editing video and playing the occasional game. It's a fifteen incher, big and beautiful. Mainly big.
If the battery life is something you think you can live with, then honestly, this notebook really is a steal. I know it sounds like I've kvetched a lot about the unit, but it's a very solid machine. If my classes this quarter hadn't almost universally banned laptop use (barbarians!) I might've actually picked up one of those one-size-fits-all batteries to cover that. I may still.

The important thing is that it's powerful and versatile, and is really a hell of a lot of bang for the buck.
Leistung gut, Mobilität mangelhaft
User Review, online available, Long, Date: 12/06/2007
Rating: performance: 80% mobility: 50%

Foreign Reviews

80% Asus F9DC
Source: PCM Dutch NL→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 02/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 50%

 

Comment

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.


These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).

Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300: The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 is part of the lower performance segment and the competitor card of the ATI X1300. Technically it is simply lower clocked GeForce Go 7300.

NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G: The 8400M G is a pared-down 8400M GS with only half as much Stream Processors and a smaller memory bus. Therefore, the performance is much lower and only as fast as the old 7400 card. Only MPEG-2 acceleration.

» 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.

T5500:

Slow clocked dual core processor based on the Merom-2M core without virtualization functions.

T5600:

Slow clocked dual core processor based on the Merom core featuring virtualization functions VT-x.

T7500:

The Core 2 Duo T7500 is a Merom based Core 2 Duo with 4MB Level 2 Cache. It is positioned in the middle class (in 2009) and performs on par with a modern P7550 or Turion II Ultra M640/M660.

AMD Turion 64 X2: AMD Turion 64 X2 is intended to be positioned against the Intel Core Duo was presented in 17. May 2006. The current consumption is not higher than with Centrino-Duo-notebooks (TL-45 with ATI Xpress and Mobility Radeon X300). This means, that approximative the same battery runtime and fan functions can be expected (with this chipset). However, the performance was 20% below the T2300 (1.66 GHz) due to the lower L2 Cache (Core Duo has 2048 Kbyte shared L2 Cache). Nevertheless, the performance is sufficient.

TL-56:

In 90nm (33W TDP) and 65nm (31W TDP) produced dual core processor with a clock rate of 1.8 GHz. The TL-56 is still based on the K8 core and compareable to a slower clocked Core Duo.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.


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84.8%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

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

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Devices from a different Manufacturer and/or with a different CPU

Asus F9Dc
GeForce 8400M G, Turion 64 X2 TL-56

Devices with the same GPU

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GeForce 8400M G, Core 2 Duo T7500, 13.30", 1.8 kg
Asus U2E
GeForce 8400M G, Core 2 Duo T7500, 11.10", 1.3 kg
Asus U3S
GeForce 8400M G, Core 2 Duo T7500, 13.30", 1.8 kg
Samsung Q70
GeForce 8400M G, Core 2 Duo T7500, 13.30", 2 kg
Asus W7S
GeForce 8400M G, Core 2 Duo T7300, 13.30", 2 kg

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Iris Xe G7 80EUs, Raptor Lake-U i5-1335U, 13.30", 1.1 kg
Asus ZenBook S13 OLED UX5304
Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Raptor Lake-U i7-1355U, 13.30", 1.048 kg
Asus ZenBook 14X UX3404VC
Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Raptor Lake-H i9-13900H, 14.50", 1.56 kg
Asus ZenBook S 13 UM5302TA, R7 6800U
Radeon 680M, Rembrandt (Zen 3+) R7 6800U, 13.30", 1.095 kg
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Radeon 660M, Rembrandt (Zen 3+) R5 6600U, 13.30", 1.095 kg
Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED
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Asus Chromebook CX1101
UHD Graphics 600, Gemini Lake Celeron N4020, 11.60", 1.24 kg
Asus BR1100CKA-GJ0100RA
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Asus ZenBook 13 UX325JA-I58512G0R
Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU), Ice Lake i5-1035G4, 13.30", 1.3 kg
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UHD Graphics 600, Gemini Lake Celeron N4000, 11.60", 1.05 kg
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Asus ZenBook 13 OLED UM325UA-DS71
Vega 8, Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000) R7 5700U, 13.30", 1.07 kg
Asus ZenBook 13 UX325EA
Iris Xe G7 96EUs, Tiger Lake i7-1165G7, 13.30", 1.16 kg
Asus VivoBook L203NA
HD Graphics 500, Celeron Celeron N3350, 11.60", 0.997 kg

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Asus F9Dc
Asus F9Dc
Stefan Hinum, 2008-08- 9 (Update: 2012-05-26)