ASUS UL50Vf Notebook Review – NVIDIA Optimus Takes the Stage

Futuremark PCMark

PCMark Vantage

PCMark Vantage provides you with the correct tools for performance measurement of every type of Personal Computer with Microsoft’s new Microsoft Windows Vista operating system from Office Productivity computers and Gaming Machines to PCs configured for the creative user. With an easy to use interface and clear scoring, you will be able to select exactly the type of tests you want to use and then choose the right upgrade components or complete PC that will fit your needs. This easy-to-use product gives you the same tools and knowledge that virtually every professional tester in the industry uses.

Results: Here we see the ASUS UL50Vf was able to outperform the competition in PCMark Vantage. It would appear that NVIDIA’s Optimus technology kicked on the GeForce G210m graphics card a few times during this benchmark in order to automatically gain a performance boost in certain tests, whereas the UL80Vt did not have the NVIDIA G210m activated in this benchmark.

PCMark Vantage 64-bit

Results: Here we see the same results on the 64-bit run of PCMark Vantage as we saw with the 32-bit test.

PCMark05

Results: In PCMark05, we see more of the same, but this time we see how the UL50Vf stacks up against many netbooks.