Asus X Series
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53, Intel Celeron M 520, Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650, ATI Mobility Radeon X2300, ATI Radeon Xpress 1100, ATI Radeon Xpress 200M, Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100, NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
Display: 15.4 inch, 17.1 inch
Weight: 2.6kg, 2.7kg, 2.8kg, 3.9kg
Price: 600, 700, 800, 1100 euro
Average of 15 scores (from 22 reviews)
mobility: 48%, workmanship: 68%, ergonomy: 72%, emissions: 80%
Asus X51R
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus X51RProcessor: Intel Celeron M 520
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 128 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.7kg
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 6 scores (from 10 reviews)
Source: IT Reviews
While the display does suffer from a narrow viewing angle, you really can't moan too much about this well equipped laptop which is a bargain at the asking price.
Display mangelhaft, Ausstattung gut, Preis gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 07/10/2008
Rating: price: 80% features: 80% display: 50%
Source: c't - 16/08
DE→ENComparison, , Long, Date: 08/15/2008
Rating: performance: 50% features: 70% display: 70% mobility: 30% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 90%
Source: Computerbild - 8/08
DE→ENComparison, , Medium, Date: 03/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 90% performance: 50% emissions: 80%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/30/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 70% features: 10% display: 50% mobility: 50% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 70%
Source: Chip.de
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/30/2007
Rating: Total score: 58% performance: 58% features: 68% display: 64% mobility: 38% ergonomy: 82% emissions: 80%
Source: c't - 25/07
DE→ENComparison, , Long, Date: 11/16/2007
Rating: performance: 40% display: 50% mobility: 40% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 80%
Source: Computerbild
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/05/2007
Rating: Total score: 82% price: 90% display: 50%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/01/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 30% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 30% workmanship: 60% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 80%
Source: Notebookcheck
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/29/2007
Rating: Total score: 81% performance: 62% display: 88% mobility: 69% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 79%
Asus X50R
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus X50RProcessor: Intel Celeron M 520
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon Xpress 200M 128 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 3 scores (from 5 reviews)
Source: Connect - 2/08
DE→ENSingle Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 01/10/2008
Rating: Total score: 72% performance: 80% mobility: 40%
Source: Computerbild - 26/07
DE→ENSingle Review, , Short, Date: 12/28/2007
Rating: Total score: 83% price: 90% performance: 85% features: 77% display: 85% mobility: 77% ergonomy: 77% emissions: 89%
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 11-12/07
DE→ENSingle Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 10/10/2007
Rating: price: 80% display: 80% mobility: 60% emissions: 80%
Source: TV Movie Multimedia - 9/07
DE→ENComparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 08/29/2007
Rating: Total score: 82% price: 80% performance: 40% workmanship: 80%
Source: Netzwelt
DE→ENSingle Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 08/14/2007
Rating: price: 100% performance: 80% features: 80% display: 60% mobility: 50% emissions: 50%
Asus X50V
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus X50VProcessor: Intel Celeron M 520
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 128 MB
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Price: 800 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 2 reviews)
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/17/2007
performance: 70%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/06/2007
Rating: Total score: 60% performance: 30% features: 70% display: 30% mobility: 30% ergonomy: 50%
Asus X72SA
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus X72SAProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300
Graphics Adapter: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Display: 17.1 inch, 16:10, 1440x900 pixels
Weight: 3.9kg
Price: 1100 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 1 scores (from 1 reviews)
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 05/07/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 70% performance: 70% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 70% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 90%
Asus X50N
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus X50NProcessor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
Average Score:
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
Source: Techradar
In terms of performance, this is clearly a budget laptop. The use of an AMD Turion 64 Mobile X2 processor and 2048MB of memory resulted in a MobileMark 2007 score of 111, which is less than half of what can be expected from the latest processors. However, for word processing, using the internet and basic office tasks, this machine is more than usable. At this price, manufacturers tend to keep extras to a minimum, but you'll find a DVD rewriter fitted, as well as a webcam. Ports are kept to a minimum, but with four USB ports, ExpressCard, SD-card slot and VGA-port, you'll be able to add sufficient peripherals. There is also a Wi-Fi switch, so you'll be able to preserve battery life when wireless LAN is not required.
4 von 5, Verarbeitung gut, Display sehr gut, Ausstattung gut, Leistung schlecht, Mobilität schlecht
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 09/24/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 40% features: 80% display: 90% mobility: 40% workmanship: 80%
Source: Computerbild - 8/08
DE→ENComparison, , Medium, Date: 03/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 83% price: 90% performance: 50%
Asus X51L
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus X51LProcessor: Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.8kg
Price: 600 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section X51L (Model)
Average Score:
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
Source: Chip.de - 2/09
DE→ENComparison, , Long, Date: 02/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 63% price: 80% performance: 52% features: 71% display: 79% mobility: 52% ergonomy: 66%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENSingle Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/20/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80% performance: 70% features: 10% display: 50% mobility: 50% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 70%
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Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated, a Taiwanese multinational company, produces motherboards, graphics cards, optical drives, PDAs, computer monitors, notebook computers, servers, networking products, mobile phones, computer cases, computer components, and computer cooling systems. The company's 2007 revenues reached US$6.9 billion. ASUS also produces components for other manufacturers. The Eee PC initiated the netbook boom in 2008.
ATI Radeon Xpress 1100: The successor of the Xpress M200 integrated shared memory graphic card is based on a x300 core. Aero Glass should run fluently on the card.
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M: ATI Radeon Xpress 200M is the shared memory integrated graphic card from ATI based on a X300 core. In general it is a bit faster than the Intel GMA 950 graphic core.
ATI Mobility Radeon X2300: Renamed X1350 graphics chip and, therefore, only DirectX 9 capable.
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650: The Hd 3650 is a middle class graphics card (in 2008) and compareable to an 8600M GT GPU from Nvidia. It is fabricated in 55nm process and due to Avivo video engine the graphic card can support the processor with several video operations (HD video too).
NVIDIA GeForce 7000M: It is an integrated (shared memory) graphic card, inserted in nForce 610M, for laptops with AMD processors (socket S1).
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on a Mobile Intel 965GM chipset. It is the successor of GMA 950 and features a fully programmable pipeline (supports Aero Glass fully and DirectX 10 with newest drivers). The peformance of the X3100 is clearly better than the GMA 950, still demanding modern games won't run fluently.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Celeron M: It is a Pentium M with halved level 2 Cache and limited on FSB 400. The characteristic of this processor is the speed, which is hardly slower than an equivalent Pentium M. However it can change the speed not dynamically like the Pentium M and therefore needs without load more current.
It is also available as Low Voltage Version with very small current consumption.
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.
T9300:
The T9300 is a fast middle class dual core CPU for laptops and similar to the T9400 but with a lower FSB.
AMD Athlon 64 X2:
Intel Pentium Dual Core: The return of the name Pentium, though it is a Yonah core. In fact, it is a double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption.
T3200: Entry-level dual core processor with a slow performance due to the old Merom core and a small level 2 cache.
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. Nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. 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 energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
17.1: Meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. The DTR-laptops can't be carried easily, need much energy but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.6 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.
3.9 kg:
This laptop is heavy below average, compared with the average of notebooks. Therefore especially desktop replacements fit in this class of weight.
76.53%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
