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    ASUS U6 with Centrino 2

    Discussion in 'ASUS Reviews and Owners' Lounges' started by ash_bd, Jul 30, 2008.

  1. ash_bd

    ash_bd Notebook Geek

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    Anyone knows when they'll be available in USA? I heard it'll be by next month. But I was hoping for more info.

    Cheers :)
     
    ash_bd, Jul 30, 2008
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    ash_bd Notebook Geek

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    Well, it's out. hope to see more powerful Centrino 2 though
     
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    Hybr1dz Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the find! Never heard of the 9400M GS. Could be a mistake. Hope someone here can do a quick review. I would love to see how much it has improved over the U6Sg-A1 model.
     
    Hybr1dz, Jul 30, 2008
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  4. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    Not a mistake on the gpu for the U6v; the montevina updates all switch to the 9xxx series gpu. Functionally it's roughly the equivalent to the 8400m GS I believe, with slight improvements on benchmark scores. Bigger shift for the -v model is the bump in cpu and chipset specs.
     
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    Hybr1dz Notebook Consultant

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    I haven't found any specifications for the 9400M. The only info I found on the 9400M is that it should be equivalent to the 9300M GS combined with the 9100M motherboard GPU via GeForce Boost.

    http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_9300m_gs.html

    Edit:
    I found this list on the GeForce 9 series: http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,646011/News/Nvidia_Refresh_of_the_Geforce_9_mobile_series/

    Geforce 9500M G - #of shader ALUs=16, Gigaflops=60
    Geforce 9400M - #of shader ALUs=8, Gigaflops=40-50
    Geforce 9300M GS - #of shader ALUs=8, Gigaflops=34

    We probably can expect a significant improvement over the 9300. The 9400 might be like a 'GT' version of the 9300.
     
    Hybr1dz, Jul 31, 2008
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    oh eSATA, drool. Hope they will eventually recall my U6S soon since it has 8400M card. When are they going to announce a recall since almost or all of the 8400M and 8600M chips are defective.
     
    ghettocowboy, Aug 1, 2008
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    Jonno000, Aug 13, 2008
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  8. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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    nVidia change name, it was suppose to be 9400M GS but they change the name back to 9300M GS, if use Asus driver it'll say 9300M GS, but if install drivers from laptopvideo2go.com it'll show it's a 9400M GS, even the name got changed back to 9300M GS but the GPU core is now 580MHz:

    [​IMG]
     
    GenTechPC, Aug 14, 2008
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    Hybr1dz Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks a bunch Ken! Would you be able to do a quick review of the U6v? Or perhaps some benchmarks?

    Whenever you get the chance. It's greatly appreciated!
     
    Hybr1dz, Aug 14, 2008
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    whats the battery life on the laptop?
     
    EzTargut, Aug 14, 2008
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  11. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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    Quick performance review:
    U6V-A1

    P8400
    GeForce 9300M GS @ 580/400 256MB DDR2
    Driver 177.79
    4GB DDR2 800

    3DMark06

    1024x768 : 1895
    1280x800 (max resolution): 1676

    1024x768
    [​IMG]


    1280x800
    [​IMG]

    GPU temperature around 61~62*C during benchmarking.

    Have not yet test the battery life.
     
    GenTechPC, Aug 14, 2008
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