Asus X55 Series
Processor: AMD C-Series C-60, Intel Celeron 1000M, Intel Core 2 Duo T9300, Intel Core i3 2370M, Intel Core i3 3120MGraphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6290, Intel HD Graphics 2500, Intel HD Graphics 3000, NVIDIA GeForce 610M, NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
Display: 15.40 inch, 15.60 inch
Weight: 2.4kg, 2.5kg, 2.6kg, 3kg
Price: 400, 500, 1200 euro
Average of 4 scores (from 6 reviews)
Asus Asus X55SV
Specifications
Notebook: Asus Asus X55SVProcessor: Intel Core 2 Duo T9300
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
Display: 15.40 inch, 16:10, 1440 x 900 pixels
Weight: 3kg
Price: 1200 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/17/2008
Rating: price: 100% performance: 80% features: 90% display: 60% mobility: 40% workmanship: 80% ergonomy: 80%
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 03/12/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 70% performance: 90% features: 60% display: 50% mobility: 50% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 90%
Asus X55C-DS31
Specifications
Notebook: Asus X55C-DS31Processor: Intel Core i3 2370M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 3000
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 400 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section X55C-DS31 (Model)
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Reviews
Source: Comp Reviews Archive.org version
The ASUS X55C remains one of the better priced laptops on the market and they have tried to update a few of the features but a number of the issues that plagued the design still remain. The problem is that most of the competition has either caught up or surpassed ASUS in terms of battery life, peripheral ports or storage.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/03/2013
Rating: Total score: 60%
Asus X55A–SO223D
Specifications
Notebook: Asus X55A–SO223DProcessor: Intel Celeron 1000M
Graphics Adapter: Intel HD Graphics 2500
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.5kg
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Laptopkalauz HU→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/10/2013
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 100% display: 60% mobility: 100% workmanship: 60% emissions: 95%
Asus X55U-SX008H
Specifications
Notebook: Asus X55U-SX008HProcessor: AMD C-Series C-60
Graphics Adapter: AMD Radeon HD 6290
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.4kg
Price: 400 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
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Foreign Reviews
Source: Chip.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 10/07/2013
Rating: Total score: 54% price: 43% performance: 8% features: 66% display: 58% mobility: 44% ergonomy: 94%
Asus X55VD-SX202H
Specifications
Notebook: Asus X55VD-SX202HProcessor: Intel Core i3 3120M
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 610M
Display: 15.60 inch, 16:9, 1366 x 768 pixels
Weight: 2.6kg
Price: 500 euro
Links: Asus homepage Asus notebook section
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Comment
Asus: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. is a major Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer based in Taipei, founded in 1989. Under the Asus brand name, the company manufactures a wide range of products, including laptops, desktops, motherboards, graphics cards, monitors, smartphones and networking equipment, complete systems and PC components for end users.
Under the ROG (Republic of Gamers) brand name, ASUS manufactures gaming laptops known by gamers for their powerful specifications, dedicated graphics cards, high refresh rate displays and advanced cooling systems.
Beyond gaming, a wide range of notebooks are offered for different needs and budgets, from ultra-slim and lightweight ultrabooks to versatile 2-in-1 convertibles and budget-friendly options. In 2023, Asus had a 7% global market share of the PC market.
Customer satisfaction with ASUS notebooks concerns performance, the features, and the good price-performance ratio of ASUS notebooks. However, as with any brand, there are occasional reports of problems such as overheating, driver compatibility, or build quality issues.
Only some 3D games with very low demands are playable with these cards.
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS: Middle class GPU that ist about 10% faster than a similar clocked GeForce 8600M GT graphics adapter. Therefore, the card does not deliver enough performance for very high details with DirectX 10 effects of demanding games like Crysis.
Intel HD Graphics 3000: Integrated graphics card in the Intel Sandy Bridge processors (Core ix-2xxx). The HD 3000 is the faster (internally GT2 called) version with 12 Execution Units (EUs).
Intel HD Graphics 2500: In the desktop Ivy Bridge CPUs (Core ix-3xxx) integrated processor graphics card. The HD 2500 is the slower, GT1 called, part with less execution units (EUs) and only one texture sampler - compared to the GT2 HD Graphics 4000.
AMD Radeon HD 6290:
Integrated graphics card in some Ontario netbook processors (e.g. C-60) featuring an UVD3 video decoder and no dedicated memory. Compared to the HD 6250, the 6290 features Turbo Core to overclock automatically to 400MHz.
Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.
NVIDIA GeForce 610M: Entry level graphics card based on the older GeForce GT 520M or GeForce GT 520MX.
» 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.
T9300:
The T9300 is a fast middle class dual core CPU for laptops and similar to the T9400 but with a lower FSB.
Intel Core i3:
2370M:
Dual-core processor based on the Sandy Bridge architecture with an integrated graphics card and dual-channel DDR3 memory controller. The CPU is clocked at 2.4 GHz and features the Turbo Boost 2.0 only for the graphics card.
3120M: Ivy-Bridge-based dual-core, 2.5 GHz core clock (no turbo), includes HD 4000 GPU
Intel Celeron:
1000M: Entry level 1.8 GHz dual core processor with integrated graphics card called Intel HD Graphics and reduced features of the Ivy Bridge core (no Turbo Boost, AES, ...).
AMD C-Series:
C-60:
Dual Core low power processor with an integrated graphics cards. Due to the low clock speed, the CPU should be only as fast as a single core Atom CPU, but offers a faster integrated GPU.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.4 kg:
3 kg:
With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.
71.25%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.