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New G501 (for those who were waiting for the GX500)

X-ROG
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Metalogic wrote:
I'm guessing it's for a supplied network dongle, not that I'd ever use one


Yes it's via a USB 2.0 dongle - it's slimmer than an Ethernet port. This is why we provide .ac wireless as it's an ultra-portable.

I'm pretty sure DP 1.1a is wrong though - should be 1.2a (or whatever GM204 supports)

mohamm2 wrote:
I need to know if Asus G501 will be released with Intel Skylake Processor with Intel Iris pro graphics and DDR4L SDRAM? I also want to know how much battery life will I get with Asus G501 laptop and will it be same like Mac Book Pro 15 inch?


Intel hasn't even announced Skylake and it hasn't even launched Broadwell quad-cores yet. You're two generations too soon. 😛 Battery life depends on your user scenario.

That German website listing is completely wrong.

Metalogic
Level 7
The overlockers websites lists a 120V power supply, which makes me think it's going to be a 960M GPU at best, not a 965M...

Hostilian
Level 7
Yes it's via a USB 2.0 dongle - it's slimmer than an Ethernet port. This is why we provide .ac wireless as it's an ultra-portable

No wired NIC (apart from via USB dongle)?
...aaand fail.

That's ruled the G501 out for me.
Guess I'll look at something slightly less portable.

#H

generalwyt
Level 7
960m... Well it is not that bad I guess. And since Marshall says it has a GM204 architecture ,so it is luckily not a rebrand.
It's performance should be ~20% faster than the old gens 860m and should be close to the 965m. Which would make it still not that good for gaming, you can basicly play all the new games at ~45 fps on medium-high 1080p.
It could be a good one, but we would first have to see how the battery and price holds up.
Cause the nx500 uptime was very disapointing, but it's screen is really good apprently.
BTW is the Asus 4k screen 60hrtz?

generalwyt wrote:
960m... Well it is not that bad I guess. And since Marshall says it has a GM204 architecture ,so it is luckily not a rebrand.


Do you have a reference for that? I could have sworn I read elsewhere that it's not based on the GM204 architecture, and that only the 965M and above were...

Metalogic wrote:
Do you have a reference for that? I could have sworn I read elsewhere that it's not based on the GM204 architecture, and that only the 965M and above were...


"Yes it's via a USB 2.0 dongle - it's slimmer than an Ethernet port. This is why we provide .ac wireless as it's an ultra-portable.

I'm pretty sure DP 1.1a is wrong though - should be 1.2a (or whatever GM204 supports)" is what marshall said on the pervious page and we can basicly almost say for 90% that it is going to be a 960m. The 965m is already released so that one is ruled out.
Also on the videocardz table, there is an asterisk before the 960m and lower series to say that it isn't confirmed yet, since it isn't offical released.

Killar
Level 7
I really hope there will be a variant with the 970m, I don't think the 960m will cut it for 4k...

gobi_von_bear
Level 7
MarshallR@ASUS,

Thank you for proving info!

I had some questions if you’re able to answer them. I was planning on buying the Razer Blade 2015, but holding off.

1. Will the RAM on the G501 be soldering to the motherboard?
2. Will you guys have space for more than one PCIE SSD?
3. Since you guys have pictures, do you have any info on dimensions?
4. Any idea on the dimensions on the power brick?

Thank you again!

danjw
Level 10
Just a thought, but maybe they are waiting for a mobile version of the G-Sync board. That would explain the unannounced Nvidia product.

danjw wrote:
Just a thought, but maybe they are waiting for a mobile version of the G-Sync board. That would explain the unannounced Nvidia product.


No need for a G-Sync board in a laptop. DPe provides Adaptive Sync, this is what the current 'beta' or hacked drivers are using.