Asus X51R

Notebook specifications

Notebook: Asus X51R
Processor: Intel Celeron M 520 (1600 MHz)
Graphics adapter: ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 (128 MB)
Display: 15.4 inch 16:10 (1280x800 pixels)
Weight: 2.7 kg
Average score: 77.67% - good
Average of 3 scores (from 3 reviews)

Reviews in English

Reviews in German

82%Asus X51R-AP003A
Source: Computerbild 13/07
Date: 06/05/2007
Rating: Total score: 82% price: 90%

70%Office power for sparing people
Source: Notebookjournal
Date: 06/01/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 30% features: 50% mobility: 30% workmanship: 60% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 80%

81%Test Asus X51R Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
Date: 04/29/2007
Rating: Total score: 81% performance: 62% mobility: 69% workmanship: 86% ergonomy: 85% emissions: 79%

 
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ATI Radeon Xpress 1100: ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 is the successor of the Xpress M200 chipset, offers integrated X300 graphics with shared memory and supports DDR2 and DirectX9. It is part of the weakest third of mobile video cards and can only be used for older games. It is sufficient without problems for office applications and for surfing.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Celeron M: Intel Celeron M is a Pentium M with halved Level 2 Cache, which is limited to FSB 400. It is hardly slower than an equally clocked Pentium M. Nevertheless it can't change the speed dynamically like the Pentium M. Therefore it needs more current without load. It is not useful for subnotebooks due to the high currend consumption.

520:
>> 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.

2.7 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.
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