Asus G2SG 8700M GT 512MB GDDR3 Performance review with game video

G2SG-A1

Setup:
17" WUXGA 1920X1200
GeForce 8700M GT 512MB GDDR3 stock Driver no overclock
Penryn T9300 2.5GHz 6MB 800FSB
4GB DDR2 667
320GB 5400rpm SATA
Windows Vista Ultimate 64


Video 1: Call of Duty 4



Video 2: Medal of Honor Airborne
1280X1024, all settings at high


Video 3: BioShock


Video 4: Crysis


Video 5: Crysis 1280X720 overclocked at 710/1700/801



Video 6: Crysis 1680X1024 overclocked at 710/1700/801



Video 7: Need for Speed Pro Street


Video 8, Unreal Tournament 3: 1280x720


Video 9, Unreal Tournament 3: 1600x1024



3DMark06 1024x768 stock driver 625/1250/700 no overclock




3DMark06 1024x768 stock driver overclocked @754/1508/792




3DMark06 1280x800 stock driver 625/1250/700 no overclock




3DMark06 1280x800 stock driver overclocked @740/1480/780




3DMark06 1280x1020 stock driver 625/1250/700 no overclock




3DMark06 1280x1020 stock driver overclocked @756/1512/792



G2SG-A1 Device Manager on Vista Ultimate 64:




Windows XP Professional

Setup:
17" WUXGA 1920X1200
GeForce 8700M GT 512MB GDDR3
Driver Version: 174.31
Penryn T9300 2.5GHz 6MB 800FSB
3GB DDR2 667
320GB 5400rpm SATA
Windows XP Professional 32 bit


1024x768 no overclock: 6252



1024x768 overclocked @ 732/1771/835: 7569



1280x800 no overclock: 5641



1280x800 overclocked @ 723/1771/835: 6859




1280x1024 no overclock: 5028



1280x1024 overclocked @ 718/1754/964: 6459

 

how much more powerful is the 8700m gt to the 8600m gt

 

Nice videos there, GenTechPC. Thanks for sharing with us. That m8700 GT is pretty powerful.

 

the regular 8700m is comparable to an overclocked 8600

but this 8700 has ddr3... so it's a bit faster at large resolutions

 

Could one has to see a bench of 3DMAK 06?

 

the other thread from Justin at Xoticpc ran a 3dmark, he got a 4700 at stock settings.

 

Ken,

That looks really good and I appreciate you doing that.

 

around 25%~27% more powerful.

 

I believe the 8700M GT is comparable to the desktop 8600GT no?

The price seems a bit high though

 

yes the performance is similar to desktop's 8600 GT.

 

I think waiting 3-4 months for the 9600M GT would a be a good choice then

 

Impressive videos. Nice work as usual Ken! I can't wait to see penryn in action with a good rts and see how much it helps. THough I'm sure its creating a lot less heat.

 

Yeah and wish Asus gonna make it for C90S too, I think it wouldn't be too difficult for Asus just to make a new GPU for it.

Thanks, Crysis video uploaded and it's looking pretty good with the graphic settings, yes the laptop does run cool and quiet.

 

Good to know this laptop runs cool and quite. I'm also looking at the Sager 5793 which is on the loud side. How's the screen, any light leakage???

 

Yeah I hope it will. The C90P just gives me hopes, it used a 8700M GT when shown but if it only comes arround may-june....

 

Hi everybody (first of all, sorry for my english i am a Spaniard ).
Well i am the owner of an Asus G1S and for few weeks i am researching and testing differents things to improve the performance...and this is my best 3dmark i think is nice

Hardware Setup :
- ASUS G1S-A . Santarosa T7500 2,2Ghz
- 2x2gb RAM Kingston
- Nvidia 8600M GT .:OC 575/1150/1400:.
- USB Kingston 2gb ReadyBoost
- Virtual Memory reduced (only 256mb-2048mb )
- Zalman-NC1000 laptop cooler
Software Setup:
- Windows Vista 64 Bits SP1 ,optimized with no aero and some process like WSearch disabled
- Nvidia 174.16 drivers
- Rivatuner,Ntune,Atitool and 3DMark06 1280x800


3DMark score 5057!!

My results picture here :

 

hey jesusrv,

Try just increasing your shadders and not the core and keep the memory where its at. This should give you a boost.

ive gotten 5500+

let me re run it... my highest temp was 90 celcius... i think i can push it a little higher... we will see in a moment my last run is attached.

Ill tell you right now i dont think ill be ugrading my c90s to a 8700m gt because i pretty much got one... maybe even better. But i had to mess for a while to figure out how the 8600m gt works.

From what i hear the 9600 gt desktop scores in the high 9000+. So i hope asus lets us have one for the c90.

 

3DMark06 1024x768 stock driver 625/1250/700 no overclock




3DMark06 1024x768 stock driver overclocked @754/1508/792




3DMark06 1280x800 stock driver 625/1250/700 no overclock




3DMark06 1280x800 stock driver overclocked @740/1480/780




3DMark06 1280x1020 stock driver 625/1250/700 no overclock




3DMark06 1280x1020 stock driver overclocked @756/1512/792

 

6000 is kinda crazy... I bet if i tinkered with the voltages on the video card i could get there. Technicaly it is the same card except the 8700 has a higher texture fill in rate.

 

Nice score! but my G1S is more hot , with 575/1150/1400 and Zalman Cooler i can see 97º C with the Atitool 3DView burning my GPU without zalman +100ºC

 

Now for some comparisons from the upcoming G1Sn

 

G1SN will have 9500M GS and you can read the performance review here:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=222056&highlight=M51SN

 

Thanks, added to Info Booth sticky / Quick Reviews.

 

Thanks for sharing with us.

 

Question regarding the initial subject. How does it affect the image quality to play games at lower resolution on a native 1920x1200 laptop? Does it look really bad?

I've been considering the G2SG-A1 for a while, but now I'm hesitating because I'm worried that playing games at its native resolution (1920x1200) will probably be too much for the 8700M GT. What do you guys think?

 

Opinions vary. I always play games at lower-than-native but I'm into older games (newest being Hitman 4...) I don't find it looks bad, but I'm not too sensitive.

Other people say that it looks bad though... Maybe it's a good idea to try such a thing first (on another computer) before buying.

 

there's always windowed mode.

 

Yeah, but laptop screens tend to be small... if you run in windowed mode you're further decreasing the viewing area.

 

Gar, barely got 4755 with using NVid to overclock, low temp though-83C highest on my G2S, wish Asus was like Sager and allowed hardware upgrades other than the cpu.

 

that g2s has to better than that !!!!!!

my g1s - T7700 - 1024x768 - 174.31 - xp

 

I did not test to the max as I did not know how. I was at like 575/880 in ntune to get 4755.

 

and...what resolution was that at?

 

Sorry, I just use the default res with 3dmark06: 1280 by 1024

 

Now see the score in Windows XP:

G2SG-A1

Setup:
17" WUXGA 1920X1200
GeForce 8700M GT 512MB GDDR3
Driver Version: 174.31
Penryn T9300 2.5GHz 6MB 800FSB
3GB DDR2 667
320GB 5400rpm SATA
Windows XP Professional 32 bit

1024x768 no overclock: 6252



1024x768 overclocked @ 732/1464/792: 7008



1280x800 no overclock: 5641



1280x800 overclocked @ 734/1468/768: 6244




1280x1024 no overclock: 5028



1280x1024 overclocked @ 734/1468/768: 5602