~ Asus F8 Owners' Lounge ~

[Swiper]

Preamble

This thread is intended to consolidate most discussions about the Asus F8 series of notebook computers into one main thread.

Overview

The Asus F8 series consists of 14” notebooks featuring either a sleek black cover made with Infusion Technology (F8SA/SV) or a leather cover in either black or white (F8P). It comes with built in features such as fingerprint authentication, 1.3 megapixel webcam and much more. The F8 series uses high end Intel Centrino Duo processor combined with either the NVIDIA 8600GT, the ATI HD2600, or the ATI HD2400 graphic cards.

Specifications

F8SA
Screen: 14" WXGA (1280 x 800) Color Shine LCD
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz)
Graphics Card: ATI HD2600 512MB DDR2 (dedicated)
Memory: 1GB DDR2 667 memory
Hard Drive: 160GB 5400rpm SATA
Est. Price: $1,249 (USA)

F8SV-A1
Screen: 14" WXGA (1280 x 800) Color Shine LCD
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA 8600GT 256MB DDR2 (dedicated)
Memory: 1GB DDR2 667 memory + 1GB Intel Turbo Memory
Hard Drive: 160GB 5400rpm SATA
Est. Price: $1,349 (USA)

F8SV-B1
Screen: 14" WXGA+ (1440 x 900) Color Shine LCD
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7700 (2.4GHz)
Graphics Card: NVIDIA 8600GT 256MB DDR2 (dedicated)
Memory: 2GB DDR2 667 memory + 1GB Intel Turbo Memory
Hard Drive: 250GB 5400rpm SATA
Est. Price: $1,549 (USA)

F8P-B1W (white leather)
Screen: 14" WXGA (1280 x 800) Color Shine LCD
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz)
Graphics Card: ATI HD2400 256MB DDR2 (dedicated)
Memory: 1GB DDR2 667 memory
Hard Drive: 160GB 5400rpm SATA
Est. Price: $1,299 (USA)

F8P-P2B (black leather)
Screen: 14" WXGA (1280 x 800) Color Shine LCD
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 (2.0GHz)
Graphics Card: ATI HD2400 256MB DDR2 (dedicated)
Memory: 2GB DDR2 667 memory
Hard Drive: 160GB 5400rpm SATA
Est. Price: $1,349 (USA)

F8P-X1W (white leather)
Screen: 14" WXGA (1280 x 800) Color Shine LCD
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz)
Graphics Card: ATI HD2400 256MB DDR2 (dedicated)
Memory: 1GB DDR2 667 memory
Hard Drive: 160GB 5400rpm SATA
Est. Price: $1,349 (USA)

Other notable threads about the Asus F8 series

F8SV: Games, photos and benchmark - F8SV-A1 pictures and benchmarks by GenTechPC
F8SV: Review & Benchmarks - Review of the F8SV-A1 by EXcaliberPC
Asus F8Sv-B1 Video Review & Benchmarks - Video Review of the F8SV-B1 by Geared2play.com
F8SA/F8SV Availability? - Discussions about the availability of the F8SA/F8SV
Specs for the F8SV (A1 & B1) - Discussions about the F8SV specifications
Asus F8 with leather finish - Discussions about the Asus F8P
Asus F8 with HD2600 real photo!! - Discussions about the Asus F8SA
Which ASUS model is this? - Early rumours about the F8 models
ATI HD2600 512MB vs. nVidia GeForce G8600M GT 256MB - Discussions about the GPUs in the F8SA and F8SV

[Calvengeance]

Can't wait to get my B1.

[FalloutMan]

My SA will be coming in the mail just after christmas! I am looking forward to this soooooo much! This thread was much needed also.

[gamercorps]

Thanks for putting this up Swiper. I was too lazy to...

Love the F8SV so far.... its been serving my wireless needs in Vanguard and Quake Wars. Actually going to give this a try as my desktop for a couple years.

My only wish is that the bezel around the screen was a litte more slimline, the webcam is like a hood ornament on a caddy....

[humangobo]

Very much enjoying my F8SV-A1 right now On my way to the store today to pick up a 200 GB HDD though...didn't select the option when i bought it because I wanted to be able to use the 160 as a nice external USB drive

Just gotta figure out how to properly set up the system to dual boot XP and Vista though...

[FalloutMan]

I believe that you have to slipstream the proper SATA drivers into an XP cd. Find out what chipset you have.

[Swiper]

I would appreciate it if a moderator could modify the thread title to "~ Asus F8 Series Owners' Lounge ~". Thank you.

[Zare001]

I think the specifications for the F8SV-A1 are wrong...
I believe it has a 8600MGT with gddr3 not ddr2...most retailers have it as gddr3
and i think there are versions in Asia with 8600MGS with ddr2
http://www.lucomputers.com/aStore/de...productid=4532
correct me if I'am totally wrong

[humangobo]

Think you might be wrong on that one Zare, unfortunately... Looking at the specs for it on my laptop, it's only running at a speed of 400mhz, as opposed to the 700 that (from my understanding) the GDDR3 version uses

I actually noticed that on the lucomputers site as well, but neglected to contact them regarding it to suggest they double check those specs... Pretty sure all the North America Versions are the same and that they're DDR2...

I'm pretty sure, however that the G1S or whatever has a GDDR3 version

[Swiper]

All NA versions has DDR2.