Asus F3JR for photoshop and casual gaming?

Kazander · 11th June 2007, 9:56 PM

$1689 at http://www.penta.com.au/template.php?seqid=7246

What do folks think of this notebook?

T7200
2Gig Ram
120 HDD
ATi X2300 128Mb??? (Any good?)
Vista Home Premium

Any better value notebooks out there? I AM! waiting on an availability on the $1199 nx8420 from MSY.

Also, any reason why a notebook can't be used as a part-time media centre PC, and play movies/ show photo's through my TV?

Thank you in advance.

sanjay · 11th June 2007, 9:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Kazander

I AM! waiting on an availability on the $1199 nx8420 from MSY.

hehe

so i guess theyre sold out nationwide eh? shame, as a friend of mine wanted to get one...

...as for the mobility radeon x2300...all i have to say is...whoa.

(actually, seems to be this generation's budget line, not as good as the name suggests i suppose)

SSJX · 11th June 2007, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sanjayschrapel

hehe

so i guess theyre sold out nationwide eh? shame, as a friend of mine wanted to get one...

...as for the mobility radeon x2300...all i have to say is...whoa.

sanjay, care to give me/ us a rundown on the ati series of laptop gfx cards?
i can follow the nvidia series but ati has always just confused me

Kazander · 11th June 2007, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by sanjayschrapel

(actually, seems to be this generation's budget line, not as good as the name suggests i suppose)

Hmmm.. so I'd be better off with an X1700??

sanjay · 11th June 2007, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SSJX

sanjay, care to give me/ us a rundown on the ati series of laptop gfx cards?
i can follow the nvidia series but ati has always just confused me

im just looking and comparing the various specs on sites like anandtech etc...

the x2300 has only half the supported memory that the x1600/x1700 does...and the memory bandwidth is still only 128bit (same as x1600/x1700)

the x2300 looks to be the current gen version of the x1300.

bennyg · 13th June 2007, 11:30 AM

yep ATI fuckers have made what are essentially x1300s and named them as "x2300" for some reason... probably related to trying to deceive people to think they have something to do with DX10 parts... anyway x1700 is much faster than that. X2400 is the lowest-end DX10 part.

BTW a current list of parts from bottom to top:

Integrated:

GMA 950 etc.

I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Integrated:

Go 7300 (Go 7400 slightly faster refresh)
Radeon X1300 (X1400, X1450 are slightly faster refreshes, X2300 is 99% the same but with some video decode stuff added IIRC, cbf googling right now)

Barely Midrange: (or what passes as "midrange" in the lappy graphics world)

Go 7600 (approx desky 7600GS)
8600M GS

Midrange:

Go 7600 GT and Go 7700 (closer to the desky 7600GT)
Radeon X1600 (and faster refresh X1700)
Geforce 8600M GT

Top:

Go 7800/7900 (GTX flavours are faster)
Mobility X1800/X1900 apparently exist but are rarely seen in the wild

mister_e · 13th June 2007, 1:28 PM

Thanks for that bennyg - very informative.

ysablekid · 14th June 2007, 1:23 PM

Agreed, great info there.
Any idea how one would determine if the x1700 on the Asus F3jp is the "faster refresh" version?

EDIT - D'oh.. just re-read the post. x1700 ~is~ the faster version compared to x1600.

11th June 2007, 9:56 PM	#1
Kazander Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tuncurry Posts: 135	Asus F3JR for photoshop and casual gaming? $1689 at http://www.penta.com.au/template.php?seqid=7246 What do folks think of this notebook? T7200 2Gig Ram 120 HDD ATi X2300 128Mb??? (Any good?) Vista Home Premium Any better value notebooks out there? I AM! waiting on an availability on the $1199 nx8420 from MSY. Also, any reason why a notebook can't be used as a part-time media centre PC, and play movies/ show photo's through my TV? Thank you in advance.

13th June 2007, 11:30 AM	#6
bennyg Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Melbourne, Oztraya Posts: 684	yep ATI fuckers have made what are essentially x1300s and named them as "x2300" for some reason... probably related to trying to deceive people to think they have something to do with DX10 parts... anyway x1700 is much faster than that. X2400 is the lowest-end DX10 part. BTW a current list of parts from bottom to top: Integrated: GMA 950 etc. I-Can't-Believe-It's-Not-Integrated: Go 7300 (Go 7400 slightly faster refresh) Radeon X1300 (X1400, X1450 are slightly faster refreshes, X2300 is 99% the same but with some video decode stuff added IIRC, cbf googling right now) Barely Midrange: (or what passes as "midrange" in the lappy graphics world) Go 7600 (approx desky 7600GS) 8600M GS Midrange: Go 7600 GT and Go 7700 (closer to the desky 7600GT) Radeon X1600 (and faster refresh X1700) Geforce 8600M GT Top: Go 7800/7900 (GTX flavours are faster) Mobility X1800/X1900 apparently exist but are rarely seen in the wild __________________ Successful traders: 3/3: Brax, Zubrick, nvidiaXP Value: $125 Pending:- Coming soon: Asus G51J-A1, i7 720qm, 4Gb DDR3-1066, GTX260M@500/1250/800, 15.6" 1080p, 80Gb SSD, 320Gb HDD Soon-to-be-old lappy: Dell Vostro 1500, T9300/3Gb DDR667/8600GT@550/1200/475/320Gb/15.4" UWXGA \| Older lappy, Dell Latitude D620, T7200/2GbDDR2-667/GMA950/60Gb/14.1"

13th June 2007, 1:28 PM	#7
mister_e Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sydney Posts: 447	Thanks for that bennyg - very informative. __________________ To understand what is recursion you must first understand recursion

14th June 2007, 1:23 PM	#8
ysablekid Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 9	Agreed, great info there. Any idea how one would determine if the x1700 on the Asus F3jp is the "faster refresh" version? EDIT - D'oh.. just re-read the post. x1700 ~is~ the faster version compared to x1600. Last edited by ysablekid; 14th June 2007 at 1:49 PM.