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    Asus F50SF-X1A

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Dio, Aug 25, 2009.

  1. Dio

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    ASUS F50 Series F50Sf-X1A Intel Core 2 Duo T6500(2.10GHz) 16" 4GB Memory 320GB HDD DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M ... - Retail
    Operating System: Windows Vista Home Premium
    CPU Type: Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 2.1G
    Screen: 16"
    Memory Size: 4GB
    Hard Disk: 320GB 7200RPM
    Optical Drive: DVD Super Multi
    Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
    Video Memory: 1GB DDR2 VRAM
    Model #: F50Sf-X1A
    Item #: N82E16834220559

    There hasn’t been a lot said about this particular model and wanted to make a couple of quick comments for those thinking about buying one.
    I received the unit last week from the Egg for 799.00 inc. Shipping. It was purchased for my oldest kid to use in college and some gaming.

    I didn’t have a whole lot of time to play with it but my initial impressions are very satisfying to say the least.

    Unit is well built and the display was free of any dead pixels upon opening.
    Not a whole lot of extras but what you get in terms of the notebook itself for the dollar is really an excellent overall buy.

    Now to the GT220M this is not on Nvidia site under the mobile products not sure why but if you look to download drivers it’s not an available option.

    So there was some trepidation on our part because the criteria’s at least for us was we wanted to have the notebook able to play modern games understanding that we don’t have to max out all setting but have a very enjoyable gaming experience none the less.

    I will say that we are quite impressed with the GT220M we where able to play any source game with 8-AA, and 16-AF and have fps in the 70’s.

    We also played Ages of Conan and had a very good gaming experience with frames in the mid 50 with medium to high settings.

    So all in all pretty happy with the notebooks overall performance, good build and overall hardware and price point thats hard to beat from an well known notebook manufacturer with a 2yr warranty.
     
    Dio, Aug 25, 2009
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