F8Sn-B1 3DMark06 Results

edit 3-23-08...

I changed the memory that came with this notebook , 3gb of brand name "Hynix" , to 4gb of G.Skill. While this 32bit ed of Vista Home Premium see's the same 3gb , it's made an impact with the 3DMark score jumping to 3564 from 3364. All the other marks showed marked improvement with exception of CPU showing 1891 from a 1895. The Windows mark went to 5.0 from 4.8.

Wonder if the new memory caused such a big jump in scores ? It has a Latency 4 where as the stock had a Latency 5. It's odd how the system info pgm's see the 4gb of ram , including Vista's , yet the OS see's only the 3gb of ram.

G.Skill makes some killer memory !



This notebook is approx 24hrs old. As of yet very little has been installed. However I have installed FEAR. I run it maxed out & copied this info after running the test:
FPS = 20, 26, 32
FPS Distribution= 41% <-25fps 59% <->25/40fps Above 40fps = Zero

The specs for the F8Sn-B1 is here:

http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&l1=5&l2=26&l3=501&l4=0&model=2032

The B1 has the T8100 Penryn CPU @ 2.1 GHz 6/3MB On-Die L2 Cache

edit...Has Nvidia 9500M GS 512MB w/ DirectX 10 Support Video Card

3/22/2008
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Results Of 3DMark06
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ASUS Model F8Sn-B1
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3DMark Score VirtualMarks
3364
SM 2.0 Score VirtualMarks
1329
SM 3.0 Score VirtualMarks
1232
CPU Score VirtualMarks
1895

Benchmark settings

Program Version 3DMark06 Revision 1 Build 0

Resolution 1280x800

Full Screen Anti-Aliasing None

Texture Filtering Optimal

Vertex Shader Profile 3_0

Pixel Shader Profile 3_0

Force Full Precision No

Disable Post-processing No

Force Software Vertex Shaders No

Force Software FP Filtering No

Disable Harware Shadow Mapping No

Colour Mipmaps No

Repeat Count Off

Fixed Framerate Off

Main test results

3DMark Score 3364
SM 2.0 Score 1329
SM 3.0 Score 1232

CPU Score 1895

Graphics Tests
1 - Return to Proxycon
11.02 FPS

2 - Firefly Forest
11.13 FPS

CPU Tests

CPU1 - Red Valley
0.6 FPS

CPU2 - Red Valley

0.96 FPS
HDR Tests

1 - Canyon Flight (SM 3.0)
10.69 FPS

2 - Deep Freeze (SM 3.0)
13.95 FPS

 

Is that asically stock i.e. no changes to power setting, stock drivers, ect.?

 

!00% "stock"...EXCEPT Vista SP1...I did upgrade to that.
Otherwise it's what came out'a the box.

 

cool! Hopefully you can increase performance by tweaking some settings and downloading the lastest drivers.

 

Yeah maybe. I'm not into over-clocking & whatnot but having the latest drivers is always a good thing. It's plenty fast for my needs.

I guess I should have added that Vista Home Premium says I have a 4.8 score in its benchmark.

I'm putting these numbers out to give people some idea about these Asus F8Sn models. Fwiw...so far I've had no stability problems at all.

 

edit 3-23-08...

I changed the memory that came with this notebook , 3gb of brand name "Hynix" , to 4gb of G.Skill. While this 32bit ed of Vista Home Premium see's the same 3gb , it's made an impact with the 3DMark score jumping to 3564 from 3364. All the other marks showed marked improvement with exception of CPU showing 1891 from a 1895. The Windows mark went to 5.0 from 4.8.

Wonder if the new memory caused such a big jump in scores ? It has a Latency 4 where as the stock had a Latency 5. It's odd how the system info pgm's see the 4gb of ram , including Vista's , yet the OS see's only the 3gb of ram.

G.Skill makes some killer memory !

 

I'm sorry for screwing up the posts & it coming out twice.

Obviously not too good at posting correctly.

 

Thanks for posting all this info red616. I'm interested in the Asus F8Sn-C1 model, and these results will only go up from the already good scores which is awesome!

Those fps scores in FEAR are decent to play. I know a friend that has it so I shall be borrowing it when I get this new laptop ;]

 

Thanks.

I just installed the Half-Life series & they all run fine maxed out.

This really is a great notebook. I'd recommend it in a minute.

 

Nice, I will take up your recommendation and get this laptop! haha I have been looking around non-stop for all the info on the Asus F8Sn-C1 for like two weeks. I'm obsessed. I wont even consider other notebooks now, this one is just too good! Well the best for my needs and wants anyway, sleek 14" absolutely teeming with power! Awesome.

 

Can you install XP Pro instead of Vista??

 

Don't see why not as long as you can obtain all the drivers for XP.