Clutch's ASUS G50Vt-X5 (Best Buy) Review

Clutch's ASUS G50Vt-X5 (Best Buy) Review

STATUS: Initial Review + Extended Benching DOX 182.05



Table of Contents

- Information and Specs

- Shopping around and my choice

- Unboxing (Pictures)

- Chassis, Trim and Features

- Screen

- Performance

- Benchmarks

- Temperatures

- Battery Life

- Other Features, Thoughts



Information and Specs

OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 64 Bit

CPU: Intel Core2 Duo P7450 (2.13GHz 3MB L2, 1066 FSB)

GPU: nVidia GeForce 9800M GS 512MB DDR3 with PhyX support

RAM: 4GB DDR2-6400 800MHz

HDD: 320GB 7200RPM SATA

ODD: 8x DVD R/RW DL Lightscribe

DISPLAY: 15.6" WXGA LCD (1366x768)

PORTS: 4x USB, eSATA, HDMI, VGA, Firewire, Ethernet, Card Reader, Audio

EXPANSION: Express 54 Slot

BATTERY: 9 Cell Extended

Price @ 3/1/2009: 899.99



Shopping around and my choice

I have been looking to replace my 450 dollar compaq since the day I bought it. It was a 16:10 15.4 inch with a 1280x800 screen, motivated by a 1.8Ghz Athlon X2 (Tyler Core "Turion") and a GeForce 6100 Go. As a professional coder I was in the market for more of a business machine, 16 inch with full keyboard Intel cpu and slightly better gpu. As budgets increased I ended up looking at HP's HDX16 with its 9600M GT or 130M. I finally came to my senses and not only decided I wanted a gamer, I had found all of what I wanted in a 900 dollar ASUS.



Unboxing (Pictures)

When the salesmen handed me the box i was dissapointed to not see the box other G50's came in. But as it contains less (no backpack) the box didnt need to be as big. The box contained the laptop, power adapter, manuals and recovery/driver discs.



Pictures were originally 8MP I have edited and resized to 1280x960 and compressed 75 to 90% quality depending on the image complexity. My server is currently down so I am hosting on PhotoBucket. I have a few more pics to take and i think a couple of them need to be compressed less.





WPrime

WPrime 32M @ Normal (2130 Mhz) completed in 36.878 Seconds

WPrime 32M @ Turbo Extreme (2347 Mhz) completed in 33.282 Seconds

WPrime 1024M @ Turbo Extreme (2347 Mhz) completed in 1070.756 Seconds



3DMark06 Advanced 1.1.0

1280x720 Normal - 3DMarks 8448, SM2.0 3972, HDR/SM3.0 3991, CPU 1820

1280x720 Extreme - 3DMarks 8831, SM2.0 4066, HDR/SM3.0 4063, CPU 2029

External 1280x1024 Normal - 3DMarks 7765, SM2.0 3589, HDR/SM3.0 3429, CPU 1882

External 1280x1024 Extreme - 3DMarks 7939, SM2.0 3608, HDR/SM3.0 3424, CPU 2052



Other 3DMark's

Vantage 1280x1024 DOX 182.05 (Turbo Extreme) - 3DMarks 3234 CPU 14252 Graphics 2575

3DMark05 1024x768 DOX 182.05 (Turbo Extreme) - 3DMarks 13913 CPU 12020

3DMark03 1024x768 DOX 182.05 (Turbo Extreme) - 3DMarks 26909 CPU 1625



Crysis

Stock 179.14 CPU Normal

Benchmark Tool 1280x720 Medium - Avg FPS 33.5, Max FPS 55.7

Benchmark Tool 1280x720 High - Avg FPS 20.9, Max FPS 30

DOX 182.05 CPU Turbo Extreme

Benchmark Tool 1280x720 High - Average FPS 24.60, Max FPS 33.64

GTS Bios DOX 182.05 CPU 2.45Ghz

Benchmark Tool 1280x720 Medium - Min 24.9 Max 62.3 Avg 40.3

GTS Bios DOX 185.85 CPU 2.45Ghz

Benchmark Tool 1366768 Medium - Min 24 Max 56 Avg 36

Benchmark Tool 1280720 High - Min 15 Max 37 Avg 25



Far Cry 2 - Internal Benchmark All Settings High

1280x720 GTS Bios DOX 185.85

CPU Normal 2.13Ghz - Min 25.51 Max 55.16 Avg 33.89

CPU Extreme 2.35Ghz - Min 27.91 Max 56.05 Avg 35.55



F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate - Internal Benchmark

DOX 182.05 CPU Normal

1366x768 4xAA CPU MAX GPU MAX - Min 45 Avg 91 Max 216

GTS Bios DOX 182.05 CPU 2.45Ghz

1366x768 4xAA CPU MAX GPU MAX - Min 51 Avg 98 Max 239



DOOM 3 - Internal w/Cache ULTRA Quality

Stock 179.14 CPU Normal

1024x768 ULTRA 4xAA - Average FPS 57.9

1280x1024 ULTRA 2xAA - Average FPS 58.4

DOX 182.05 CPU Turbo Extreme

1024x768 ULTRA 8xAA - Average FPS 91.0

1280x1024 ULTRA 16xAA - Average FPS 88.0

GTS Bios DOX 182.05 CPU 2.45Ghz

1280x1024 ULTRA 16xAA - Average FPS 91.2



Game Demo's - Stock Drivers/Clocks

NFS Pro Street 1280x720 Max No AA - MIN 30 MAX 66 AVG 44

GRiD 1366x768 Auto - MIN 29 MAX 55 AVG 39

DiRT 1366x768 High 4xAA - MIN 25 MAX 40 AVG 33

F.E.A.R. 2 1280x720 AutoSet Medium/Max - Min 24 MAX 61 AVG 38