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Asus G2S review

Apple iTunes encoding test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)

Quake 4 performance (in frames per second)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
1024x768, HQ, 4xAA, 8X AF  
1280x1024, HQ, 4xAA, 8X AF  
Dell XPS M1730
100.7 
96.4 
Asus G2S
71.5 
52.3 
HP Voodoo Envy
52.8 
35.3 

F.E.A.R. performance (in frames per second)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
1024x768, SS:on, AA:off, 8X AF  
1280x1024, SS:off, 4X AA, 8X AF  
Dell XPS M1730
76 
66 
Asus G2S
24 
19 
HP Voodoo Envy
29.7 
19 

DVD Battery Drain test (in minutes)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)

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System configurations:

Asus G2S
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition; 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7500; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB Nvidia GeForce Go 8600M GT; 160GB Toshiba 5,400rpm

HP Voodoo Envy
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition; 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7700; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT; 160GB Seagate Momentus 7,200rpm

Dell XPS M1730
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition; 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X7900; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 512MB Nvidia GeForce Go 8700M GT; 200GB(x2) RAID 0 7,200rpm

Alienware Area-51 m5790 Special Edition
Windows Vista Ultimate Edition; 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7600; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB ATI Mobility Radeon x1900; (2x)100GB Seagate 7,200rpm

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Quick Specifications

  • Release date08/15/07
  • Processor Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 / 2.2 GHz ( Dual-Core )
  • Memory 2.0 GB / 4.0 GB (max)
  • Hard Drive 160.0 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400.0 rpm
  • Display Type 17.0 in TFT active matrix
  • Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
  • Optical Drive DVD-RW
  • Graphics Processor NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
  • Video Memory 256.0 MB

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