Asus X50GL
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus X50GL Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5800
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 2.6kg
Price: 600 euro
Average of 3 scores (from 3 reviews)
Reviews for the Asus X50GL
Foreign Reviews
Source: PC Go - 7/09
DE→EN, Very Short, Date: 07/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 65% price: 90%
Source: Com! - 8/09
DE→EN, Long, Date: 07/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 85% price: 90% performance: 18% features: 25% mobility: 20% ergonomy: 22%
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 06/03/2009
Rating: Total score: 35% price: 80% performance: 9% features: 50% mobility: 25% ergonomy: 33%
Comment
NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G: The 8200 MG is a reduced 9100M G (only Single Channel memory and only PureVideo HD VP2).
Lower end of Graphics Cards for users who want to play games. New games should run on these cards, but only with decreased details and mediocre resolution.
>> 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.
T5800:
>> 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. 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.
>> 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.
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.
61.67%: Such a bad rating is rare. There exist hardly any notebooks, which are rated worse.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
