ASUS N90Sc laptop for $ 1600 on SiS chipset. What for?!
I can not share my impressions about the laptop ASUS N90Sc, positioned by the developer as multimedia. I had a model ASUS N90Sc (N90S-P870SFJVAW). This mobile PC is equipped with a large LCD screen (18.4 ") with LED backlight and a resolution of 1920x1080. Watching movies on this display is pleasant. Moreover, the N90Sc model is endowed with four-channel Altec Lansing acoustics. The sound is cool.
I read the characteristics on the sticker.
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I liked everything except for the weak GeForce GT 220M DDR2 video card . Well, what kind of multimedia is it, if it actually contains the renamed GeForce 8600M GT, albeit on a more advanced technical process. I launch information utilities. The first blow to my good mood, derived from the contemplation of the appearance of the ASUS N90Sc, was dealt by the GPU-Z program.
Why ASUS engineers did not equip the GeForce GT 220M video card with DDR3 memory. Once again, the laptop costs 1600 US dollars. After all, there are in nature the right GeForce GT 220M.
I think, okay, now I’ll launch SetFSB and overclock the Core 2 Duo P8700 processor (2.53 GHz) to 3 GHz. What is there. Second hit.
The HWiNFO32 utility informed me that the laptop is based on the SiS 671DX logic. Short help. In the summer of 2007, Silicon Integrated Systems announced the SiS 671DX chipset, which provides support for mobile Intel processors and single-channel DDR2-667 memory. I do not believe. Well, such a “fast” chipset cannot be present in such a cheap laptop. On the website of the ASUS company it says “Chipset - SiS 671DX”.
True friend CPU-Z confirms single-channel mode and 4 GB of RAM in DDR2-667 mode. Although it costs DDR2-800 memory.
I agree that the buyer, on whom this laptop is actually designed, will never even ask what chipset it is built on. I also understand that the SiS logic costs less than Intel. But not in the $ 1600 product. Why so save.
It turns out so. The logic of the SiS 671DX "bit off" part of the performance of a fairly powerful mobile processor Core 2 Duo P8700. Put the ASUS Core 2 Duo P8600 processor (2.4 GHz), it would be possible to install the Intel PM45 chipset. Although what for? Big numbers sell better! Agree that the Core 2 Duo P8700 is cooler than the Core 2 Duo P8600. And 2.53 GHz is faster than 2.4 GHz.
I understand that this is my nagging. Notebook ASUS N90Sc works absolutely stably. No complaints. And the bag comes with a mouse (Logitech).
But, as stated in the joke, the sediment remained.
PS Several tests compared to the GeForce GT 220M on fast memory.
I read the characteristics on the sticker.
')
I liked everything except for the weak GeForce GT 220M DDR2 video card . Well, what kind of multimedia is it, if it actually contains the renamed GeForce 8600M GT, albeit on a more advanced technical process. I launch information utilities. The first blow to my good mood, derived from the contemplation of the appearance of the ASUS N90Sc, was dealt by the GPU-Z program.
Why ASUS engineers did not equip the GeForce GT 220M video card with DDR3 memory. Once again, the laptop costs 1600 US dollars. After all, there are in nature the right GeForce GT 220M.
I think, okay, now I’ll launch SetFSB and overclock the Core 2 Duo P8700 processor (2.53 GHz) to 3 GHz. What is there. Second hit.
The HWiNFO32 utility informed me that the laptop is based on the SiS 671DX logic. Short help. In the summer of 2007, Silicon Integrated Systems announced the SiS 671DX chipset, which provides support for mobile Intel processors and single-channel DDR2-667 memory. I do not believe. Well, such a “fast” chipset cannot be present in such a cheap laptop. On the website of the ASUS company it says “Chipset - SiS 671DX”.
True friend CPU-Z confirms single-channel mode and 4 GB of RAM in DDR2-667 mode. Although it costs DDR2-800 memory.
I agree that the buyer, on whom this laptop is actually designed, will never even ask what chipset it is built on. I also understand that the SiS logic costs less than Intel. But not in the $ 1600 product. Why so save.
It turns out so. The logic of the SiS 671DX "bit off" part of the performance of a fairly powerful mobile processor Core 2 Duo P8700. Put the ASUS Core 2 Duo P8600 processor (2.4 GHz), it would be possible to install the Intel PM45 chipset. Although what for? Big numbers sell better! Agree that the Core 2 Duo P8700 is cooler than the Core 2 Duo P8600. And 2.53 GHz is faster than 2.4 GHz.
I understand that this is my nagging. Notebook ASUS N90Sc works absolutely stably. No complaints. And the bag comes with a mouse (Logitech).
But, as stated in the joke, the sediment remained.
PS Several tests compared to the GeForce GT 220M on fast memory.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/84051/
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