Thursday, 27. August 2009. 11:14 von 4-HTECHWIZARDS.ORG
Asus UL50VT is in many ways, a full-fledged laptop with a high of 15 6-inch screen, DVD / CD-ROM drive, and my gaming graphics chip Nvidia. At the same time that Asus has ultralow-voltage Core 2 Duo processor show dedicated to the CPU usually smaller laptops with long battery life.
Back to our last retail Round-up went through the previous iteration of UL50, theUL50AG-RBBBK05. At that time, we noted appreciate how thin the laptop was its size – 1 inch – although still fit DVD burner We have also said that one thing missing was dedicated graphics. In honor of UL50VT that’s exactly what has been added to this model, and at the same price. Now, however, Intel’s newer Core i3 and i5 processors are involved in many affordable laptops in the same price range and offer improved performance money, which has raised expectations of what the $ 700 laptop should be offered. Asus Core i3 is a new laptop that is similar in design, U50F-RBBAG05, missing only its own graphics – and it only costs $ 649.
Although UL50VT can translate its dedicated gaming graphics chip off through a software switch to conserve battery power, the new, possibly better, auto-switching on its own graphics technology, Nvidia is just around the corner, if you’re willing to wait. You must decide for itself a slightly slimmer body, increased battery life, and the graphics chip, it should be lower-powered CPU, but we say no.
Price revised $ 729 processor 1 3 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo ULV SU7300 4GB memory, DDR3 1066 MHz Hard Drive 500GB 5400 rpm Chipset Mobile Intel GM45 Express Graphics Nvidia GeForce G210M operating system Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) Dimensions (WD), 15 2×10. 2 inches Height 1 inches Screen size (diagonal) 15 6 inches System weight / weight with AC adapter 5 1 / 5. 9 pounds Category Mainstream
At first glance, UL50VT does not seem particularly special. Dressed in black brushed metal finish cover, it reminds one of a number of sleek looking and the overall midrange laptops. It is what separates UL50VT its thinness. Both compact base and its razor thin cover, it is a close cousin of the thin models we’ve seen Acer Timeline Series. There are many similarities UL50VT its smaller cousin of the screening, Asus UL30A-A1, which is loved, when looking at the past year. However, there is a problem. UL30A is exactly the same processor UL50VT this larger model is the same as well as the hard disk and RAM, since the $ 799 back in September.
Asus UL50VT an optical drive, which is so thin in many systems to manage. Tray-loading DVD / CD-ROM drive is so quietly and successfully pushed the side, it makes us wonder why more tiny laptops – or maybe all of them – I can not manage a similar feat. Opened to reveal a full UL50VT, very MacBook-like Chiclet-out as a keyboard, except that the numeric keypad is also pressed onto the right side. Although it is appreciated, a few keys to look shrunk to accommodate the beginning.
It is almost rubberised matt structure, which surrounds the keyboard and touchpad, lending a soft feel that is somewhat prone to oily stains and stains. Multitouch touchpad is sensitive and comfortable, although the chrome button-bar is under the rocker-type, which is always less than two separate buttons.
Although it is a thin, UL50VT succeed in avoiding the real bulge on the battery by battery part of the middle hinge. UL50VT feel a bit plasticy and fragile when it opened, but when I closed the laptop feels sturdy and safe backpack.
Confused UL50VT seems to have two power buttons, as well as chromium, above left and right of the keyboard. In fact, one boots Windows 7, while the others launch Express Gate Splashtop environment, faster start-up mini-operating system cut down the web browser, email and other essential programs. The idea of Express Gate is to provide a faster startup tasks quickly without booting Windows 7 However, we usually keep a laptop sleep / hibernate, which runs fast, so we do not use this function too often around the office. Many occasional users quickly launch their OS laptops do not even know they have them. Express Gate button activates the switching power-saving modes when UL50VT has already been launched Windows 7, and although the exchange of dedicated and integrated graphics in a few seconds of software change over some of the screen flicker, it does not require you to log off Windows.
15. 6-inch glossy LED display 16:9 UL50VT Asus has a bright and good-looking, but its 1366 x 768 pixel resolution, although the standard in most laptops is a little low end of the 16-inch laptops and larger. However, the display was perfectly good for most uses, although its colors are not quite as lively as other large-screen notebooks we’ve reviewed recently. On the other hand, stereo speakers UL50VT – embedded in the bottom of the laptop, facing the front – gave out harder than expected, the sharp sound so thin frame – a nice plus.
Asus UL50VT-RBBBK05 Average for category [Mainstream] Video VGA-out, HDMI, VGA and HDMI or DisplayPort Audio Stereo speakers, headphone / microphone jacks Stereo speakers, headphone / microphone jacks Data 3 USB 2 0, multiformat memory card reader 4 USB 2 0, SD Card Reader ExpressCard/54 Expansion No Networking Ethernet-802. 11 b / g / n Wi-Fi Ethernet-802. 11 b / g / n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, optional WWAN Optical drive DVD CD-ROM DVD-ROM drive
USB ports, HDMI and VGA ports, and CD / DVD burning drive, UL50VT usually capable of handling all the mainstream computing needs. Although Bluetooth is not – it is a general lack of budget laptops – UL50VT-RBBBK05 is 802 11n Wi-Fi and a large 500GB hard drive and 4GB of memory.
The biggest problem with this compact Asus laptop is its processor, SU7300, is technically Core 2 Duo processor, but it ultralow-voltage model running at about half the speed around the mainstream Core 2 Duos. This presentation shows the benchmark index hit record: it is slower than most Core 2 Duo computers. Although it would have been acceptable, because of fair trade to improve battery performance a year ago, Intel’s recent Core i3 processor offers a multi-step and improve runtime speed compared to Core 2 Duo series SU7300, and the gap between mainstream laptops in 2010. For example, Asus U50F-RBBAG05 offers i3-Core processor, only $ 649, and beat UL50VT on all fronts, with the exception of the game and the battery. It should be noted that UL50VT carried out at the bottom of our mainstream retail comparative benchmark charts.
UL50VT is a pleasant surprise, and one of its main advantages is its interchangeable graphics. Included Nvidia GeForce 512-G210M provides the graphics card for gaming, and Nvidia UL50VT can change the energy-saving processor and integrated Intel graphics, press the button Chrome upper left side of the keyboard. Opportunity to choose whether your GPU will help extend the battery life is UL50VT, and makes it a very consider a hybrid portable. However, has warned: Nvidia recently announced that Optimus, which allows the car graphics switching, which makes the process even smoother. You might want to wait Optimus models to arrive before buying a laptop, but even if you do, UL50VT still offers a more graphics editing, that in most laptops. UL50VT ASUS also offers the “Turbo 33″ overclock the CPU, but the results still more performance tweaks can start the match going i3 Core CPU instead.
With a GeForce graphics site, Unreal Tournament III ran at 33 5 fps native resolution, which is acceptable, but the score did not scream. Although hardly UL50VT “gaming laptop, it certainly can be many mainstream games.
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