Asus K70 Series

Asus K70AB

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Average Score: 67.5% - average

Foreign Reviews

78% Toshiba Satellite L555-10N (Vergleich)
Source: PC Games Hardware - 1/10
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 02/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 78% price: 70%

52% Asus K70AB
Source: T-Online DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/10/2009
Rating: Total score: 52% performance: 81% features: 55% mobility: 14% ergonomy: 41%

70% Asus K70AB
Source: PC Welt DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/07/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 81% features: 55% mobility: 14% ergonomy: 41%

70% ASUS K70AB-TY003C
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 08/12/2009
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 60% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 30% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%

Asus K70IO – multimediální výkon za přijatelnou cenu
Source: CDR-Hard CZ→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 09/28/2009
Rating: price: 80% display: 80% workmanship: 40% emissions: 90%

Asus K70IC

Specifications

Price comparison

Average Score: 79% - good

Reviews

Foreign Reviews

79% Test Asus K70IC Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/21/2010
Rating: Total score: 79% performance: 84% display: 74% mobility: 63% workmanship: 81% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 85%

79% Test Asus K70IC Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/21/2010
Rating: Total score: 79% performance: 84% display: 74% mobility: 63% workmanship: 81% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 85%

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.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570: Lower middle-class GPU that features a low shader count and a 64 Bit memory bus but a high clock speed. Similar to the desktop Radeon 4550. Supports Avivo HD and DirectX 10.1.

Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M: The GeForce GT 220M is a relabeled GeForce 9600M GT for OEM laptop sellers. It is for example used in the Medion Akoya P6620 where it uses fast GDDR3 memory. The specs and features are identical to the GeForce 9600M GT. 

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

AMD Turion X2: The Turion X2 (without 64) is based on the Turion X2 Ultra, but has only 1024 MB L2 Cache and is therefore slower (performance compareable to the old Turion 64 X2). Because of new parts from the K10 architecture, the CPU should be more energy efficient.

RM-74:

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.

T6600: Entry level Core 2 Duo dual core processor with a small 2MB level 2 cache and without virtualization functions.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

3.28 kg:

A laptop with this weight is comparatively heavy and less designed for mobility than for use at the desk. Therefore, the devices tend to shine less with battery life than with a large screen and higher performance.

4.3 kg:

Only a few laptops are in this weight class because the mobility is rather limited due to the high weight. 

72.43%: 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.

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