Asus G50V - nVidia GeForce 9700M GS vs 9700M GT???

So I've decided I'm going to get an Asus G50V after reading some reviews. The reviews say the graphics card is a nVidia GeForce 9700M GT, yet the site I am purchasing it off says it is a 9700M GS? A very small number of other websites also say it has a 9700M GS.

I can't find any info on a 9700M GS, not even on the nVidia website. I was wondering, what's the difference?

Thanks.

 

the GS is probably just an underclocked GT. You can buy a cooling pad and overclock it up, I'd imagine.

 

All the reviews around here concur that the G50V is an 9700 M GT.

However, please note that an updated model has been released, G50Vt, which has a better GPU.

 

Traditionally the GS suffixes have denoted slower clock rates on the same core. Mostl times significantly less. Odds are you could ramp it up to about half the speed of GT specs. This is bassed off my personal experiance with a 6800. I was able to get it to about 75% of the way to Ultra clock rates.

Also, its my understanding Asus doesn’t actually build any fully equipped laptops. That is what one of their tecs told me at least. They explained to me the retailer equips the laptop the way they see fit. This answer was a little strange to me, but it did make since. With that said, retailers have different… marketing strategies… (to put it nicely) then others. The GS may have fit better into their target demographic.

Or it could just be a listing error…

Bottom line is. GS = Some core as a GT but (much) lower clock rates.

 

This was a bug on Nvidia's behalf. After updating the GPU's drivers with certain versions (the names of which I am not sure) inside the G50V-A1/A2/X1, the card displayed itself as a 9700M GS. This card does not actually exist, however, this has no effect on the performance of the GPU.

Assume that it is a 9700M GT and the mistake is on the seller's behalf.

 

yeah get the vt

 

Alright, thanks for the help guys. I was just wondering why it wasn't on the nVidia website. I thought it might be a regional thing.

 

Check above, it's a GT.

AFAIK this is incorrect. ASUS sends their systems in sealed boxes to resellers/retailers. When the reseller opens the box to customize the notebook, ASUS warranty is void and the reseller has to support warranty for that notebook.

Major retailers like BestBuy and NewEgg, however, do have custom versions (usually cheaper versions) of the "true" reseller laptops made for them by ASUS. For instance, G50V: X1 - BB, X2 - NewEgg, A1, A2 -- "true" reseller version.