Small but powerful. Small, light and potetente these attributes reflect better the Asus A8Jp. More and more people choose light notebook but did not provide powerful computing and high graphics. The following is a solution ASUS A8Jp.

Homes

There are two dominant colors nell'Asus A8Jp: black and gray. At the base is attached to a cover gray screen decorated with a black frame has a gray back side. The handset we reviewed has some scratches that shows us that the materials are not very strong.

The shape is typical of the Asus family. Flat, well-marked lines and corners sharp. Like many other Asus laptops A8Jp also tries to look closer, with slightly tapered sides of the case.

The workmanship is good. We have not revealed any of the classic weaknesses as creaking and uneven spaces

Regarding the stiffness want to draw attention to the fact that the cover of the display flexes without making great efforts. Does not generally cause problems during use, but care must be taken during transport.

It can reveal the same phenomenon at the bottom of the notebook. More precisely in the region with the fans even if the homes withstand higher pressures. However there is nothing to fear from the inside should not be touched. :)

Both the hinges of the display have the right size. However, the plastic cover that covers moves slightly and this does not seem very sturdy. In addition, we also noticed an effect seen-not seen when changing the angle of angle of the monitor.

Two metal parts are fixed to the side of the display of 'Asus A8Jp's that "pop" each time the monitor is closed. When closed the display moves very slightly at the corners.

The ports are on the left, right and back. In particular, the connection ports used for a long time, such as video and Ian are at the back.

Let's see in detail the location of connection ports:

left side
ExpressCard slot
4in1 Cardreader
1xUSB 2.0
1xFirewire
Audio ports (headphone S / PDIF, microphone)
DVD player
rear
2xUSB 2.0
socket
S-Video out
VGA
DVI port
LAN (RJ11)
Modem (RJ45)
right side
2xUSB 2.0

Overall, the ports are in sufficient numbers that will satisfy even the most refined palates.

Connection ports on the left side

Connection ports on the right side

Connection ports on the front

Connection ports on the back

Input Devices

Surprisingly, almost all the keys have a reasonable size - only the function keys have a size slightly smaller than normal.

Type on this keyboard is comfortable. The noise does not disturb and do not hear the annoying click-clack "

The additional keys - as typical for Asus - are quite small and are difficult to detect at first glance. With these keys we can monitor performance, enable Bluetooth and WLAN.

We spend a few words for the touch pad.
From a purely aesthetic point of view fits very well into the case of Asus A8Jp. The buttons are not separate fact form a single surface with the rest of the touch pad.

Apart from the advantages from a purely aesthetic point from a practical point of view to use this touch pad has some deficiencies. For example, the response is not the best.

Both buttons can be used to better only putting pressure on the outer corners and in between is a dead zone quite extensive.

Touch Pad

Keyboard

Display

Color Diagram

A8Jp Asus has a 14 inch screen are a maximum resolution of 1440x900. This allows a resolution up to 120 dpi. The display has an excellent value of 171.3 cd / m² maximum brightness and a good 84.6% for lighting.

149.1
cd / m² 164.2
cd / m² 144.9
cd / m²
152.4
cd / m² 171.3
cd / m² 161.2
cd / m²
156.8
cd / m² 158.3
cd / m² 166.5
cd / m²

Informations
Maximum:
171.3 cd / m²
Average:
158.3 cd / m²
Black:
0.7 cd / m²
Contrast:
245:1

Brightness

The contrast ratio is 245:1. An excellent value through a black 0.7 cd / m². The test for readability Pixperan scored a 7, a little below the average value on the reaction rate of the monitor.

Operation Outdoors

Because of the excellent display brightness, the Asus A8Jp can also be used outdoors in bright environments also. However, the glossy display because of the annoying reflections that make it difficult to read.

Horizontal stability is limited by the glossy screen even though the video is still readable even if we move sideways. Vertically, working outside the usual work area, you can see, as usual, the display tends to become darker (looking from the bottom upwards) or brighter (looking from top to bottom)

Performance

Equipped with a Core 2 Duo T7200 CPU at 2.0GHz and the ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 with 256MB video memory make the Asus A8Jp powerful despite the size 14 inches.

Regarding the performance of ATI X1700 is comparable to the GeForce 7600 and clearly better than the X1600. With this card just to play the latest games even if he must reduce the resolution and details.

With a budget of this type the Asus A8Jp can run any application and in particular those media.

More information about the video card can be found in our comparison of graphics cards. Detailed information about the Core 2 Duo CPU to find here .

Benchmark Comparison 3DMark

Benchmark Comparison PCMark

3D Mark01
19855 points
3D Mark03
7226 points

3D Mark05
4196 points
3D Mark06
2139 points

3DMark06 SM2.0 Score: 749 points, HDR/SM3.0 Score: 822 points, CPU Score: 1733 points
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PCMark04
6880 points
PCMark05
4412 points

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Doom 3
The timedemo demo1 resulted on the average (with the settings)
Low: 112.9 fps
Medium: 111.4 fps
High: 68.1 fps
Ultra: 46.3 fps

2xAA: 38.5 fps, 4xAA: 30.6 fps

FEAR
Benchmark results of the high end 3D shooter FEAR:
CPU min. / GPU min. - On average: 313 fps
CPU med. / GPU med. - On average: 65 fps
CPU max. / GPU max. - On average: 26 fps

Quake 3 Arena

The average results of the timedemo demo1 Were 305.6 frames per second (fps)

HD Tune:
Fujitsu MHV2120BH PL Benchmark
Transfer Rate Minimum: 19.5 MB / sec
Transfer Rate Maximum: 39.8 MB / sec
Transfer Rate Average: 32.0 MB / sec
Access Time: 17.8 ms
Burst Rate: 75.1 MB / sec
CPU Usage: 3.0%

Emissions

Noise

Noisiness

Even without the machine is loaded in idle mode the fans run at low speed. Get used to this background noise because the Asus A8Jp becomes quieter. Noise with no load is maintained around a 38.1dB. The fan noise is always present but not disturb much.

Noisiness

Idle 35.2 / 38.1 / 38.1 dB
HDD 36.1 dB
DVD 41.6 dB
Load 40.3 / 40.3 dB

30 dB
Silent 40 dB
audibles 50 dB
Loud
Key: min: , Med: , Max:

Temperatures

The maximum temperatures are 31.9 ° C measured at the top and 35.3 ° C on the bottom.

Temperatures on the top

Ball of hand max.: 28.3 Celsius

Top max.: 31.9 Celsius

Average: 30.0 Celsius

Hotspot:

Temperatures on the bottom

Bottom max.: 35.3 Celsius

Average: 32.5 Celsius

Hotspot:

Room Temperature: 22.5 Celsius

Speakers

Both speakers are on edge. The sound is rather dull and not clear. There are not too low and the maximum volume is not great.
Battery longevity

The Asus has an excellent A8Jp maximum of three hours (seven saves energy). However, with the setted on the lowest brightness is difficult work. We measured a duration of 75 minutes at full load and about 2 hours when playing DVDs.

Both these values are below average.

Energy consumption

Without load (Idle), min. brightness, no WLAN: 26.7 Watt
+ Max. brightness: 32.4 Watt
+ WLAN: 33.5 Watt
full load (+ WLAN, max brightness): max. 73.0 Watts

Battery

Idle (without WLAN, min brightness) 3h 15min
DVD 1hr 53min
Under load (max brightness) 1hr 15min

Conclusions

Asus A8Jp

The Asus A8Jp we can place between classes multimedia notebook and subnotebook. Has excellent mobility thanks to its lightweight, small size but with high-performance hardware.

The keyboard is generally user-friendly. Instead, the touch pad is not great. The lack in particular properties of floating and keys are easy to use, so we strongly recommend using an external mouse.

The performance of the ATI X1700 graphics card is a lower level than what we expected. Approach, is to those of the Geforce 7600 but provides sufficient computing power to run the latest games (perhaps reducing the details).

The monitor impresses us good brightness and good lighting. The contrast and reaction time are also good.

Regarding emissions must highlight the fact that the fans are always in stock.

Last but not least, the longevity of the battery. May last just over three hours to a minimum of an hour depending on the use made of it.