Asus X50N
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: Asus X50N (X Series)Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Hawk-256) 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: 81.5% - good
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)
mobility: 40%, workmanship: 80%, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %
Reviews for the Asus X50N
80% Asus X50n
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%
Foreign Reviews
83% Sparbook
Source: Computerbild - 8/08 
, Medium, Date: 03/15/2008
Rating: Total score: 83% price: 90% performance: 50%
Comment
NVIDIA GeForce 7000M: It is an integrated (shared memory) graphic card, inserted in nForce 610M, for laptops with AMD processors (socket S1).
Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
AMD Athlon 64 X2 (Hawk-256):
TK-53:
>> 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.
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: 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.
81.5%: 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.
