G1 and G2Pc reviews are out

G1 and G2Pc are going to be released this month in China. PCPOP, one Chinese website, has put out a few reviews for these models. You can find them here:

G1:
http://www.pcpop.com/doc/0/163/163126.shtml

G2Pc:
http://www.pcpop.com/doc/0/162/162990.shtml
http://www.pcpop.com/doc/0/162/162428.shtml
http://www.pcpop.com/doc/0/162/162121.shtml


And lots of pictures here,

G1: http://product.pcpop.com/000035481/Picture.html
G2Pc: http://product.pcpop.com/000035248/Picture.html

Sorry guys, these reviews are in Chinese, but I guess you would love to see the pictures.

 

Ouch, the G1 weighs 7.14lbs. It better be bomb proof.

 

Build quality looks great, but I prefer a more streamlined look ala Macbook or Thinkpad.

 

Ouch. Heavy!! But still sexy (for a gamer!). 4800mAh battery - anyone care to guesstimate life on this? (normal usage, browsing the web, office). Anyone read chinese, is it on the review?

http://product.pcpop.com/000035481/Picture/000259309.html
Check out all the grease marks on the outside material. Very evident! Looks nice, but I rather have a matte material that doesnt get all filled up my hard grease smudges.

 

The review itself is kinda not trustworthy. Even the machines r sitting side by side but they din compare it at all. In a matter a fact, they din even mention how well the other machine ran yet using inferior machines to compare it 2. The last sentence really make me sick. "Dell XPS 1710 will have competition when the G2P is out", i say the only competitive thing that the g2p is it's the price, the others not.

 

what?!?! i can't read it! lol, great picture though, thanks

 

babelfish told me a few things. any of these can be wrong but

stock 3d mark 05 score of the g1 is the same as the a8js.


it claims the g1 has a 1680 x 1050 screen with a 6 ms response time!!!!
I think thats wrong but thats what it says. It might be that he wishes the 1680 screen had a 6 ms response time like the other screen.
I mean think about this, if both machines have a 6 ms ips screen, the g1 has one with higher resolution and its 1800$.....


It says that in his opinion the g1 runs things faster and he would chose it.

 

Found these two pictures very useful, wish more reviews had pictures like them. Would have prefered the G2P's brushed metalic finish on the G1!

 

I agree these reviews are not very professional, but they do give us useful information on these wonderful new laptops. I can summarize the key points later tonight. Hope you're interested.

 

Saw a few pictures of the internals... are there more?

 

this one shows the gpu

i will dig out the a8jm dissasembly pictures. what can you tell us about that gpu ice tea ?

 

nice find , mmm too bad about the language. Id rather wait until we get some other reviews to get a better idea of both of them.

 

great find, lots of pics, emm the review says the glowing eye has no function, apart from looking cool. 3.2kg is a little heavy and the foot-print is a little larger than I expected.

JC

 

I only see the CPU

Assembly pics would rock.

 

Hmm...... The screen on the G1 looks like it is matte. Is that correct?

 

For the G1 they only got 2:12 out of it on energy savings mode.

 

How come these guys don't have a more powerful GPU? Its not really much of a diff from the A8js and W3js

 

anyone want to post a full translation for us? Text only is fine

 

Sorry...I'm Chinese, but don't know that much Chinese to translate it out, since I left Hong Kong at age four .

I sort of agree with you, mew1838, it isn't any more powerful that the A8Js, but you have to admit it looks sleeker and better than the A8Js.

So that eye-ball/glare button in the middle of the mouse buttons have no function? Hmmmm...that's a waste...

 

Asus G1P Review (pics, specs)

Introduction

This review is a summary of multiple Chinese reviews found on PCPOP and ZOL. Only the key points are presented here. The structure follows the reviews posted in this forum. Hope you can bear my poor English.

Specs

• Intel Core 2 Duo T7400 2.13G, FSB: 667MHz, 4MB L2 Cache
• nVidia Go7700 512MB Discrete Memory (450/800MHz)
• 2GB RAM, DDR2 667MHz (2x1GB)
• 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard drive
• 16x DVD-RW Dual Layer Drive
• IEEE 802.11a/b/g, Blue Teeth.
• 15’’ WSXGA (1680×1050) screen
• LAN, DVI, VGA, S-Video, Firewire, 4 USB ports, Card Reader

Build and Design

Asus G1P is a 15” gaming laptop. It weights 3.23Kg without battery and 3.8Kg with battery. The build is sold.







G1P’chassis is developed from A6.










The upper palm rest, keyboard surround and lid are made of carbon fiber.







The two green LED lights on each side of the screen will flash when playing full screen games or watching full screen movies.




Screen

G1P get a 1680x1050 15” wide screen LCD. The screen is glossy. Pictures and movies are vivid.


G1P 1680×1050



G1P 1680×1050 vs. HP 1280×800

The view angles are excellent, even better than G2P. The maximum view angles can reach 160°/140° (H/V). Another review said the view angles are 160°/100° (H/V).







Speakers
G1P’s speaker is under the laptop, the sound quality is on par with JBL speakers. (I doubt this)

Performance and Benchmarks

SuperPI 1M: 23s
3DMark2005: 4256



Heat

G1P does a good job at heat control. Following pictures show the temperature of various spots after 4 hours running. After 4 hours, the palm rest is still cool and comfortable to use.





Keyboard and Touchpad

Keyboard is well build and comfortable to use. The special thing is that W, A, S, D keys get green fluorescent labels. You can easily find those keys in dark.



The glorying eye will light up when the laptop is turned on, but has no other functions right now.




Input and Output Ports

One the left side is the DVD ROM.



On the right side, there is LAN, modern, S-Video, audio in-out, fiber audio, 1394, card reader and PCI card slot.



On the back is four USB, DVI and VGA port.



Wireless

G1P gets WIFI (Intel 802.11a/b/g) and Blue Teeth. (The review does not talk about wireless options.)



Battery

G1P use a 4800mh battery. The battery lasts 1 hour 36 minutes on full load, and 2 hours 12 minutes on energy savings mode.





Build-in Camera

The build-in camera is 1.3 mega pixels and the quality is excellent.



Pictures taken by the camera




Direct Console

Direct Console is a LED display that can display custom information. It can display notebook status, current time, or remind you when you get new email or MSN message. This can be very useful while gaming.


Time


When a friend sends you a MSN message, his/her id will flash here.


Custom text

Direct Console can be configured by this bundled software.



Windows Vista

Windows Vista (both 32bit and 64bit) runs very smooth on G1P.



Price

The media price is ￥15000. That is US$ 1875. (Usually you can get $100 to $150 off the media price. However, this machine is not on the market yet, so just wait and see. )