Ad: Get our free CNET Android app

Asus G1 review

In this review

The system did, however, shine in our MobileMark battery life test, running for 3 hours, 31 minutes, using the included six-cell battery. That's about 30 minutes more than the Dell XPS M1710 and more than an hour longer than the WidowPC. For gaming on the go, decent battery life could be considered more important than the fastest frame rates.
 

Multitasking test
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Dell XPS M1710
202 
WidowPC Sting 517D
203 
Asus G1
208 
Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722
224 
Note: In seconds

 

Adobe Photoshop CS2 image-processing test
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
WidowPC Sting 517D
224 
Dell XPS M1710
227 
Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722
238 
Asus G1
246 
Note: In seconds

 

Apple iTunes encoding test
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
WidowPC Sting 517D
174 
Dell XPS M1710
175 
Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722
201 
Asus G1
204 
Note: In seconds

 

Microsoft Office productivity test
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Asus G1
760 
WidowPC Sting 517D
775 
Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722
820 
Dell XPS M1710
943 
Note: In seconds

 

3D gaming performance (in fps)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Quake 4 1024x768 pixels, 4xAA 8xAF   
Dell XPS M1710
99.5 
WidowPC Sting 517D
95.2 
Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722
87.8 
Asus G1
63 
Note: In frames per second

 

BAPCo MobileMark 2005 battery life
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Asus G1
211 
Dell XPS M1710
178 
Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722
138 
WidowPC Sting 517D
74 
Note: In minutes

System configurations:

Asus G1
Windows XP Professional SP2; 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7200; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 512MB Nvidia GeForce Go 7700; 160GB Seagate 5,400rpm SATA/150

Satellite P105-S9722
Windows XP Professional SP2; 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7200; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 256MB Nvidia GeForce Go 7900GS; 200GB Fujitsu 4,200rpm SATA/150

WidowPC Sting 517D
Windows XP Professional SP2; 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7600; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 512MB Nvidia GeForce Go 7950GTX; 100GB Hitachi 5,400rpm SATA/150

Dell XPS M1710
Windows XP Media Center SP2; 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7600; 2,048MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz; 512MB Nvidia GeForce Go 7950GTX; 100GB Hitachi 7,200rpm SATA/150

Edited by Matthew Elliott
Additional editing by Nick Hide

User reviews1

Add your review

derek yuen's avatar
4.5 stars out of 5

derek yuen 13 May 2007

Good: Battery life, weight

Bad: Graphic card, resolution of screen

Comment: OK la, but not really suitable for a hardcore gamer as its graphic card doesn't really support some games "smoothly"

Tell us what you think

Log in with your CNET UK or Facebook account to post a user review, or click Join to create an account

Step 1

0 out of 5

Step 2

Submit

Please log in, register or login with Facebook to add a review or comment

Should I buy it?

Ask your Facebook friends and Twitter followers if you should buy the Asus G1

About CBS Interactive

Copyright © 2012 CBS Interactive Limited. All rights reserved.