Asus V1S
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus V1S (V1 Series)Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 512 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1680x1050 pixels
Weight: 3.01kg
Price: 1400 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Average Score: 84.75% - good
Average of 4 scores (from 5 reviews)
mobility: 63%, workmanship: 67%, ergonomy: 78%, emissions: 64%
Reviews for the Asus V1S
Foreign Reviews
80% V1S
Source: Notebookforum.at 
online available, Short, Date: 06/16/2008
Rating: Total score: 80%
87% Brot und Spiele... - Test Asus V1S Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
online available, Long, Date: 11/08/2007
Rating: Total score: 87% performance: 93% display: 94% mobility: 69% workmanship: 92% ergonomy: 90% emissions: 77%
82% Gute Investition
Source: Connect - 11/07
, Long, Date: 10/22/2007
Rating: Total score: 82% performance: 96% features: 89% mobility: 69% ergonomy: 74%
90% ASUS V1S - AJ016E - Business vs. Gaming
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Long, Date: 09/25/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80% performance: 60% features: 70% display: 70% mobility: 50% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%
User-Test Asus V1S
Source: Notebookcheck
online available, Long, Date: 08/14/2007
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80% display: 80% workmanship: 40% emissions: 50%
Comment
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT: The NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT is the DirectX 10 capable successor of the GeForce Go 7600 GT GPU for laptops. Depending on the used graphic memory and the clock speed, the performance is between the 7600 GT and 7900 GS video card.
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.
>> 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.
T7300:
>> 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.
3.01 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.
84.75%: This rating is to be considered as average, because the amount of notebooks with better ratings is about equal like the amount with worse ratings.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
