Asus 15" With 9700M GT - $1250

This is a great deal: An Asus 15" with the 9700M GT for $1250. Anybody have it or seen it before?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8906133&type=product&id=1213046768588

 

Its CPU is weak. 2.0 Ghz...

 

wow, very good spec except the cpu.
4gb of ram, 7200rpm hdd, led display, 16:9 aspect ratio

 

How the hell is that weak?
C2Ds of any clock are pretty good.

 

nice laptop indeed

 

9700M GT is mid-range. 128-bit memory interface.

other than that, that system is fine.

 

The CPU is not that great but it's not going to bottleneck the 9700M GT that much. This laptop is very nice, and comes with Asus' nice warranty.

The 9700M GT is similar to the 8600GTS, it's still a very nice card on a 15.6'' for $1250.

 

Gateway sold there monster (big 17 incher)
with a 1.83GHz CPU and a 8800 GPU try to explane that one.
for 1395

 

Asus has a better quality and better warranty

 

The 9700m GT is basically a slightly-higher-clocked 8700m GT. (shaders only)

Has the same core clocks and memory clocks and the same number of shaders.

Expect the new core to be slightly better anyway and perhaps better heat management.

The real question is how fast will it work when OC'd....

 

Looks like a nice system, save for the low-res screen.

 

NVIDIA doesn't have real specs for the 9700M GT that compare it to the 8 series. It's probably a new card that's a bit faster than the 8700M GT? It's definitely not the 8800M GTS.

 

Don't agree at all. Asus are nice, don't get me wrong, but the P-FX's have a fantastic build quality. As for warranty, I do think Asus wins in that department.

 

I don't know how accurate these numbers are... but if they are true, the 9700m GT is just barely higher clocked at stock than an 8700m GT.
Note my 8700m GT runs at higher than that, but I assume the 9700m GT will as well.


9700M GT
32 shaders
625MHz core clock
1,550MHz shader clock
128-bit Memory interface
800MHz memory clock


9700M GTS
48shaders
530MHz core clock
1,325MHz shader clock
256-bit Memory interface
800MHz memory clock


9800M GTS
64 shaders
600MHz core clock
1,500MHz shader clock
256-bit Memory interface
800MHz memory clock



9800M GT
96 shaders
500MHz core clock
1,250MHz shader clock
256-bit Memory interface
800MHz memory clock



9800M GTX
112 shaders
500MHz core clock
1,250MHz shader clock
256-bit Memory interface
800MHz memory clock


source
http://www.trustedreviews.com/graph...Vidia-GeForce-9700M--9800M-Details-Surface/p1

 

i'm on 7950GTX SLI as you see, and 2ghz Never bottlenecks me unless 3dMark06 is the "Gaming" scale, so 2ghz is more than enough.

 

hmmm so the difference between 9700m gt adn 9600m gt is 25 MHz on the core? and maybe ddr3 vs ddr2? how much difference can we see between the two?

 

Have a look at this table:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

 

is that the notebook with the 3d screen? sweet!

 

I think we'll have to wait for a different model to get the 3D screen. I'm sure if the screen was 3D Asus would've said it was a 3D screen.

 

hm i dont get it, the 9600gt is = 9700gt pretty much based on that chart....that can't be right?

 

What do you mean? 9700m GT got a score of 6242 in 3DMark06 and the 9600m GT got a score of 4744.

 

yes the 3dmark score says that but the specs seem nearly identical so that leads me to believe something is off

 

I don't see anything about an Asus warranty. All I see is 1 year parts and labor, and it looks like its through Best Buy. Where does the Asus warranty come in?

 

nope it cant be right at all...im assuming it has a 256bit bus instead of a 128bit, that it all i can think of.

 

it is 128 bit =/

 

yes i read this as well, just like 5 min ago. o well

 

Woops it's an X1 model. X1s don't come with Asus "goodies" (2 years warranty + 1 year accidental + 30 days no dead pixels + backpack + mouse)

I don't see how the 9700M GT can be so much better than the 8700M GT & 9600M GT. It has the same specs as the 8700M GT but its 65nm, it's clocked 25mhz higher than the 9600M GT and has mandatory GDDR3 memory. I'm pretty sure it's not clocked at 625/800 in the end.

 

yea its an 8700m GT, i think anyways

 

What explains the super high 3dmark 06 scores? error?

 

was it from notebookcheck? could have been lower res. if not it is an 9700m GTS, cause it would have to have a 256bit bus

 

Hey this might change things...the 9600 only uses 23 watts of current consumption....9700 uses 45 wats of current consumption...

 

9700 also uses higher shader clocks

 

ahh possibly more stream processors as well. but if it is double the consumption of power it has a 256bit bus. it would have to have double the gpu and memory speeds to effectively make it equal a 256bit bus even though it is 128bit.

 

Yeah but its still hard to believe with specs that close that the 9700 is 30% more powerful than the 9600.

 

Did you guys notice its listed as 15. 6"??

 

15.6" screen becuase it is the new 16:9 aspect ratio.

Its wider than the old 16:10

AKA HI Def TV.

I use a 16:9 on my desktop 1920x1080

the 16:10 version of that is 1920x1200

Its kinda good for console ports and movies as they use a 16:9 native usually.

 

Guys, you are aware that with a newer processor and overclocked, the 8700m GT is already getting scores in excess of 6242. (at 1280x1024)

 

Here are the specs of the machine that scored 6242:
(Standard 1280x1024) Q6600, 2048 MB, 625 / 800MHz, 512MB, 177.39

 

Q6600 is boosting the score, period. but you know guys ... ive seen people break 7k witha 8700gt

 

ahah, didnt even think about that, thanks

 

True, the 8700M GT OCes like crazy, that's a huge advantage.

 

Which one would win a fight when playing games:
The Sager NP2096 (2.53Ghz Core 2 Duo + 9600m GT)
or
the one mentioned (2.0 Ghz Core 2 Duo + 9700m GT)

Does the difference in CPU matter?

 

Well, since they don't have arms, they wouldn't be playing games in the first place. I'm betting they'll just sit there and stare at each other. As for which would perform better in games, I'd go for the 9700M GT.

 

Depends on the games, if RTS or Strategy Games, which are generally less graphical demanding and more of a CPU hog, it will be a TIE , other games like FPS or any other kind of games, the 9700gt wins, ask me, i have SLI 7950GTX, if someone could be bottlenecked, then thats me.

 

So the CPU won't bottleneck the system when it's playing ... Oblivion with high texture mods or Flight Simulator X?

 

the GPU will Bottleneck first if there was a bottleneck

 

I'm bit of a noob when it comes to what bottlenecks what. When does the CPU start bottlenecking the GPU? (which clock)

 

bah, dont get your head filled up with thoughts mate a CPU will bottleneck in 2 Conditions in my opinion:

1)Playing RTS with 200+ Units on screed
2)Playing a Game like Crysis while all the ground is exploding and Everything is flying all directions.

which i dont think any of the above happen in Oblivion

 

Will I be able to play Far Cry 2 (at medium settings or so) if I invest in this laptop? I want something that can let me play games that come out in the next two years. By then, I would build my own desktop.

 

Probably yes, you will be able to, but as other people mentioned in other threads, you can get the gateway with 8800GTS , which will definately be able to play Farcry 2 and the upcoming intensive games, IE: Deadspace, Stalker: CLear sky.