new asus books with hd2600 512 mb gddr3 out soon !

2,2 GHZ Santa Rosa
512 MB GDDR3 HD 2600
1 GB Turbo Memory
DVI Out
15,4"

in this german store on the 13th of september:

http://www.cyberport.at/item/1107/1...t7500-2048160-15zollwxga+-hd2600-nbt-vhp.html

the same model with a AMD Turion™ 64 X2 GOLD TL-64 2x 2,20 GHz:

http://www.notebooksbilliger.de/pro...fcampaign_id=24a82b97624ff0af6ecae6a7b97cf0ba



which is better for gaming ? the turion or the intel ?

 

are you sure that the one with hypermemory is gddr3, i think its ddr2

intel is better but not worth 200 Euro unless the gpu is gddr3 vs ddr2

if all specs are same go for the cheapest definitely

 

IF it's GDDR3 (and I doubt it for the price) it's 256MB dedicated of GDDR3 and 256MB shared of DDR2 667 system.

For gaming, you won't see a difference, for heavy multimedia encoding, go for the intel.

IMHO, there is no way a mobile card like this will have 512MB GDDR3

I doubt Asus will release other GDDR3 2600/8600 than the G1S/G2S and W2W. Compare this one to the G1S. 300 euroes for a 8600 rather than a HD2600? me doubts

 

i think, if we wait a week, we will know it.

until now i can only post the specifications for the Asus X52SA-AS017C stated in the online shop www.cyberport.at: (the book is available on 13th of september):

Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2 GHz/ 4 MB/ FSB800)
Intel Centrino Duo Prozessortechnologie (Santa Rosa)
Intel 965PM
2.048 MB DDR2-667 PC2-5300 SO-DIMM

160 GB, S-ATA, 5.400 U/min
8x DVD+/-RW SuperMulti Double Layer Brenner
(Lesen : 24x CD-ROM, 8x DVD; Schreiben : 24x CD-R, 10x CD-RW, 8x DVD+R, 4x DVD+RW, 8x DVD-R, 4x DVD-RW, 2,4x DVD+R DL, 5x DVD-RAM)
USB 3,5 Zoll Diskettenlaufwerk optional erhältlich
Display 15,4 Zoll WXGA+ Color Shine Glare Type LCD TFT (glänzend)
1.440 x 900 Pixel (16:10) Widescreen
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
512 MB GDDR3 RAM
VGA, DVI-D, S-Video/TV-out
Sound 3D Soundsystem + Stereolautsprecher (2x 1Watt) und Mikrofon
SoundBlaster Pro Compatible
Kommunikation 56K V.92 Modem
10/100/1000 MBit/s Ethernet Gigabit LAN
Intel Next Generation Wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.0
Schnittstellen 3x USB 2.0
1x Firewire IEEE1394 (i.Link)
1x ExpressCard Slot
1x DVI-D
1x VGA
1x S-Video/TV-out
1x Line in (S/PDIF in/Mikrofon in)
1x Line out (inkl. S/PDIF Unterstützung)
1x Line out (Kopfhörer, Lautsprecher)
1x RJ-11 Modem
1x RJ-45 Ethernet
1x DC-in (Netzteil)
Card Reader 8-in-1 (Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, Secure Digital, Multimedia Card, Mini-SD, XD)
Eingabekomponenten Tastatur: 88 Tasten mit 2,5 mm Hub, MS-Windows Funktionstasten
Touchpad: Zentriert, 2 Tasten
Akku Lithium-Ionen, 6 Zellen, 4.800 mAh
bis zu 3,5 Stunden Akkulaufzeit
Netzteil 19 Volt, 90 Watt, 100-240 Volt ACin

and the specifications for the ASUS X53KA-AP021C from the online shop www.notebooks-billiger.de (available now):

AMD Turion™ 64 X2 GOLD TL-64 2x 2,20 GHz
Cache 512KB x2
Technologie AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technologie Gold Edition
2048 MB DDR2 Dual Channel
PC 5300 (667 MHz)
15,4" 1280 x 800 Pixel (WXGA TFT)
Color Shine Glare Type
ATi Mobility Radeon HD 2600
512 MB VRAM
to 1024MB Hypermemory
VGA
DVI
TV-Out
.....


monday is a first review from the ASUS X53KA-AP021C online on www.notebookreview.de. maybe they tell us the exact specifications of the GPU.

 

First quick reslults of AMD version:

3D mark 06- 3042 (what resolution )
Aquamark 03- 64.517

http://www.notebookjournal.de/tests/308

 

I'm sure it was 1920x1200.

 

It's not surprising for the Mobility Radeon HD 2600 to have 512 MB of GDDR3 memory because they're releasing the newer desktop Radeon HD 2600XT with 512 MB of GDDR4 memory. Yes, GDDR4.

 

go for the intel, when they not inform about GPU it's typically a weak edition of it. You know if u were a businnes man than i doubt that you would advertise for weak card. + typically hypermemory is installed in low end and cheap laptops not the ones which come with a good gpu.

 

Yeah, I wasn't too bright with that one. I thought for some reason (fever ) it's 1440x900 notebook.
Either way it's not exactly astonishing in any way...

 

The 256MB GDDR4 was released at launch. It compensates for the 128bit bus since GDDR4 has 2x the bandwith of GDDR3. And it is GDDR4 2300 versus GDDR3 1400.

The games' FPS difference is pretty low. The 256MB GDDR4 2600XT still does not beat the 8600GTS

 

The G1S score looks off. Way above 4000.

 

Please stop comparing notebook cards to desktop cards, if you were around for the last two generations of notebook GPUs you'd know the opposite happened in terms of desktop vs laptop comparisons.

 

I did not compare, I just said that the GDDR4 2600 was already released...

 

Shouldn't compare mobile cards to desktop cards. Desktop cards can generate much heat than mobile cards and since laptop cant take much heat, havin faster rams with lower heat helps alot in mobile department. I wouldnt be surprise if 2600xt mobility gddr4(if there is any) would be on par or even faster than the 8700M GT (depends on the coding). The only reason i can think of y it cant go any faster is becoz of the 128bit interface bus. Nvidia and ATI should really launch their next midrange with 256bit.

 

OK- here is the full test:
http://www.notebookjournal.de/tests/309/1

Doesn't really look good- with 2.2GHz Turion and 512MB video RAM this notebook is slower than Toshiba A210 with Turion 1.8GHz and 256MB video in most games.

Apart from Toshiba's 3D Mark score which seems to be a driver issue ASUS has 4fps advantage in FEAR while being slower in Collin MC Rae DiRT (7fps difference) and Call of Juarez (ASUS= 9.8fps, Toshiba=14,8fps)

ASUS has been tested in more games than Toshiba so there is no full comparison but still I see no reason to spend additional 200€ on a slower notebook.