ASUS U30JC-A1 with NVIDIA Optimus Review Discussion

[dietcokefiend]

The U30JC is the latest 13-inch notebook from ASUS offering the new NVIDIA Optimus switchable graphics. Offering the best of both worlds, Optimus allows seamless switching between the Intel GMA HD integrated graphics and the NVIDIA GeForce 310M dedicated graphics. For the average user this translates into great gaming performance and excellent battery life when your priorities are writing term papers or taking notes in class. Check out our in-depth review to see how the notebook performed in our tests.

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[abaddon4180]

So this thing looks pretty amazing.

[David]

Nice review, Kevin

Were you able to test Turbo Mode in Power4Gear hybrid? Did you see any performance gains with the overclocked CPU in Turbo Mode?

[Clutch]

I have been looking at this notebook for awhile, thank you for the review.

[dietcokefiend]

Nice review, Kevin

Were you able to test Turbo Mode in Power4Gear hybrid? Did you see any performance gains with the overclocked CPU in Turbo Mode?

The Power4Gear software has high performance as the fastest mode. Nothing in the BIOS either for overclocking.

[lappyhappy]

Strange that the battery life is better when using dedicated graphics but still this seems to be an amazing laptop. I need to keep this one on my radar screen. Thanks for the review!

[Jayayess1190]

"Con: thicker than previous UL30A"

This does not replace the UL30A so why is that a con?

[dietcokefiend]

"Con: thicker than previous UL30A"

This does not replace the UL30A so why is that a con?

Was hoping they would have been able to fit NVIDIA Optimus inside the thinner chassis

[Partizan]

Any news about prices in Europe? (or even better: prices for Belgium).

If this thing stays within the 800-900€ price range this is gonna my next lappy for sure ^^

[David]

The Power4Gear software has high performance as the fastest mode. Nothing in the BIOS either for overclocking.

So there's no turbo mode button on the bottom left of the power4gear? I thought the U30JC-A1 would have it since Asus is advertising the 33% boost in CPU frequency, similar to the UL30VT models.