Asus V2S
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus V2SProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS 256 MB
Display: 14.1 inch, 16:10, 1440x900 pixels
Weight: 2.45kg
Price: 1500 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Average Score: 87% - good
Average of 1 scores (from 3 reviews)
mobility: 76%, workmanship: 92%, ergonomy: 89%, emissions: 61%
Reviews for the Asus V2S
Foreign Reviews
Kleine Notebooks mit spieletauglichen 3D-Grafikchips
Source: c't - 12/08 
, Medium, Date: 05/15/2008
Rating: performance: 40% features: 80% emissions: 60%
Flexibel einsetzbar
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 5-6/08
, Length Unknown, Date: 04/18/2008
Rating: performance: 90% mobility: 80% emissions: 40%
87% Compact Business by Asus
Source: Notebookcheck
online available, Long, Date: 11/07/2007
Rating: Total score: 87% performance: 85% display: 93% mobility: 71% workmanship: 92% ergonomy: 89% emissions: 83%
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.
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.
14.1": 14 inch display size is a mixture between the small formats of subnotebooks and the 15 inch standard display.
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.
2.45 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for 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.
87%: This is a good rating above average. Nevertheless you should not forget, that 10-15% of all notebook-models get a better rating.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
