Ultrabook Asus Zenbook UX32VD Reviews

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Asus Zenbook UX32VD
It may look like a MacBook Air from a distance to check, however ASUS Zenbook UX32VD ar 13-inch Ultrabook with Windows seven and is filled with NVIDIA graphics to some shocking strength.

Summary

In the same approach that ASUS is that the 1st company to unharness a netbook - Eee laptop original - The Taiwan-based laptop large is one amongst the primary portable computer manufacturer to ultrabook premium within the style of the ASUS Zenbook series proclaimed last year. whereas the Zenbook UX21 and UX31 original screen with a 11-inch and 13-inch severally. loaded are, each for not providing enough within the approach of premium services, or alternative characteristics criticized as a skinny and light-weight metal construction.

ASUS guarantees to exceed your expectations UX32VD Zenbook, Ultrabook stronger a 13-inch show with a resolution of 1080p displays, and supports each the Intel Core i7-3517U dual-core processor and NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M graphics processor.

Build and style

Zenbook series of Ultrabooks stress on premium quality look and it shows. engineered virtually entirely of Al, the UX32 solid and sturdy while not being too significant. you'll not get the chassis bend, regardless of however arduous you are attempting to show and canopy nearly as robust. whereas we have a tendency to ar on the topic of the duvet, spiral incised astonishingly cool. It makes US believe that editors ripple within the lake or grooves on the record.



Notebook to grant a tapered edge the impression the notebook is even diluent than it truly is. All corners and edges ar smoothened and rounded notebook ... terribly like the MacBook Air

While some Ultrabooks skinny while not extremely attention-grabbing, ASUS incorporates a approach found to mix parts of a skinny and light-weight style with prime quality materials and finishes.

We will not have to be compelled to pay forever and daily, to debate the shortage of accessibility below the UX32. The unfortunate truth of life with most Ultrabooks is that there. No simple cowl to upgrade the RAM, hard drive, or serve Wi-Fi card the explanation for this would like is most makers non-standard connectors on the motherboard (or even the RAM soldered in place) to use parts match within the thin chassis. to know specifically that you simply don't expect that this laptop update.

Ports and functions

Another victim is incredibly skinny is that the lack of port, all port facet close to the rear of the chassis UX32, as a result of it's too skinny forward to the SD card slot support. The UX31 folks don't have a typical HDMI port, however ASUS was sensible enough to place a brand new one on the UX32. All descriptions ar to the correct, to the left.


ASUS 2 port adapters, compensating for the shortage of ports on the UX32: USB-to-Ethernet and mini-VGA-to-VGA adapter. each "dongle" adapter is comparatively tiny and isn't a lot of house in your bag or backpack college. ASUS conjointly nice enough to incorporate atiny low bag for the adapter. That being same, this electronic device is perhaps the primary issue you lose. whereas i am simply getting to cry over the loss of the VGA after I got to hook up with associate recent projector, my productivity are seriously affected on the approach, if my portable computer doesn't have LAN should not, every building a reliable Wi-Fi.

Screen and speakers

The new 13.3-inch ASUS Zenbook UX32VD monitors have the simplest choice of all the Zenbook thus far, associate IPS show with 1920 x 1080 resolution and a shiny surface of the screen. though the screen may be a "glossy" screen isn't the atrocious shiny notebook has each plenty over the screen itself. It perpetually adds a second layer of shiny reflections and glare below bright light-weight ... we have a tendency to ar so more than happy that the shiny screen isn't "too shiny" in UX32VD.

Note, however, that the lower cost UX32A Zenbook thirteen.3-inch screen incorporates a 1366 x 768 resolution mediocre options. 1080p screen on UX32VD means that less scrolling in websites and documents from a lot of content is needed, the screen will be displayed promptly. High resolution may be a should for optimum productivity.


Point of read on the screen is owing to the actual fact that this is often associate IPS-type panel, the colour won't distort once you tilt the screen slightly forward or backward. If you've got not patterned it out, this is often a phenominal read. Since the screen is just thirteen.3 inches tall means that 1080p resolution, the constituent density is incredibly sensible. Granted, it isn't quite as spectacular as membrane show on Apple's latest MacBook professional ... however shortly behind.

When it involves audio, ASUS is another time partnering with well-known corporations Bang & Olufsen sound system for sound engineers WHO build the foremost of the restricted house during this Ultrabook. The speakers are literally organized instantly on the left facet and therefore the right facet of the chassis below the palm rest.

This sound a lot of down toward the user. this is often nice if you're employed at a table, as a result of the sound is virtually "bounce" off the table, and a surround-sound result virtually. sadly, if you UX32V as "laptop" example, the sound muffled by the bulk of your lap.

As long as you're employed pave style works well and therefore the speakers don't suffer from "tinniness", that is characteristic of atiny low notebook speakers. there's very little bass and therefore the speakers get loud while not an excessive amount of distortion. In short, the intrinsical speaker for taking part in music or video streaming during a quiet space. every Ultrabook same size would have a tough time very little higher sound out of the speakers this.


Ultrabook
Keyboard and Touchpad

As with previous falls UX31, UX32 keyboard build noble efforts to deliver a premium keyboard however alittle short ... literally. whereas this chiclet keyboard has giant keys with exceptional surface sleek nevertheless grippy, dangerous new is that the key to their own lack of tactile feedback (the distinction between you feeling depressed over wrinkled button). Of course, the depth of every keystroke, the results of the UX32 is thus skinny. On the intense facet, the chassis conjointly helps skinny the surface of the keyboard, that the company isn't versatile within the UX32 keyboard full of severe typewriting pressure.

Additonally lights, the UX32 options behind the keyboard backlight, thus you'll see what you're typewriting dimmly lights during a dark space or on flights. The keyborad backlight may be a nice feature, however we might be happier if it had been a brighter than the utmost brightness at now.

The outsized touchpad incorporates a sleek surface. it's a multitouch ClickPad, press anyplace to provide a click. like several of ASUS-branded notebook we have a tendency to reviewed, the touchpad on the UX32 was terribly dangerous out of the box. Lower sensitivity, some multi-touch gestures won't work and typically don't register the left and right mouse clicks. fortuitously, of these issues are solved as shortly as we have a tendency to received our take a look at unit due to updates that ar put in on the touchpad driver software package ASUS LiveUpdate be sent.

By the way, transfer the software package setup live update and install mechanically once the notebook is connected to the network. sadly, most of those updates need a restart and many you'll not stop update once the method begins. If you wish a lot of management over the update, then you wish to open the Live Update panel and turned off automatic updates. simply bear in mind that the touchpad driver update one you actually need to put in.


ASUS Zenbook UX32VD Our tester has this specification:

Glossy 13.3-inch 1080p IPS show (1920 x 1080)
Intel Core i7-3517U dual-core low-tension processor (1.9 GHz, up to 3.0GHz Turbo Boost, 4MB cache, 17W TDP)
Integrated Intel HD 4000 Graphics Card
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M separate graphics with Optimus
4GB DDR3-1600 RAM (1x four GB, upgradeable)
Hitachi Travelstar 500GB HDD + 24GB SSD cache Z5K500
802.11n wireless adapter (Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235)
Internal Bluetooth v4.0
Integrated digital camera
No internal optical drive
2-year restricted warrant w / 1-year Accidental injury Protection restricted
48WHr chemical compound battery
Weight: 3.3 lbs.
Dimensions: twelve.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 to 0.7 inches
Price: $ 1,299.99

Performance and Benchmarks


Performance

The Asus UX32VX additionally brings a necessary amendment from the UX31 in relevance the integrated C.P.U., GPU, and RAM. underneath the NDA, we have a tendency to ar allowable to mention that the new Zenbooks ar equipped with Intel's latest ULV processor technology from its third generation (Ivy Bridge) of the 'Core' family of processors. Following the already free quad-core common ivy Bridge Chips, the dual-core and ULV versions can become commercially out there within the next few weeks from the time of review. Details regarding the C.P.U. and its integrated GPU ar still underneath NDA, however specifics are going to be accessorial here as presently as potential. Given the mechanical phenomenon of the common ivy Bridge quad-core CPUs, one will expect a moderate performance increase and substantial improvement of the integrated GPU for the dual-core models similarly.

Fortunately, Asus additionally equips the Zenbook UX32VD with an ardent GPU that provides U.S.A. with some benchmarks to investigate. The UX32VD uses Nvidia's GeForce GT 620M and options automatic switch between integrated and dedicated GPU courtesy of Nvidia's Optimus that worked cleanly in our tests. All GPU-heavy programs were recognized faithfully and mechanically run with the dedicated GPU.

UX32 Series utilizes low voltage Intel processor like the recent UX31, UX32VD model we've got a dual-core i7 chips, whereas have the affordable UX32A Core i3 processor. Paired with 4GB of RAM and Core i7 system over capable of handling workplace tasks daily or perhaps a lot of tight applications like Adobe Photoshop.

The good news is that ASUS packed into dedicated the new NVIDIA GeForce 620M GT graphics card UX32VD. Despite 620M graphics supported the Fermi design, is older than the new NVIDIA uranologist. design with ninety six GPU cores with the newest 28-nanometer technology and processor speed of 625MHz clock enough the purpose is that not solely UX32VD Zenbook most recent games (at low levels of detail), however any application that uses the graphics processor (such as Adobe Photoshop or Premiere) conjointly get a performance boost.

When there. A negative note on the performance, once the star UX32VD because it are the Winchester drive and SSD cache For those readers WHO aren't acquainted with the technology, use Ultrabooks and lots of alternative fashionable portable computer with a standard Winchester drive (HDD) and low-capacity solid state drive (SSD), a "hybrid drive", which mixes high-capacity HDD storage high speed of SSD provide. You ne'er extremely see the 24GB SSD used as they solely required for temporary information "cache" instantly and a 500GB Winchester drive as primary storage. a fancy series of algorithms computer code assemble common information blocks to SSD 24GB thus it will be used as shortly as doable.

This type of configuration hybrid drive nice once it works ... however it had been not pretty much as good because it ought to work here. Our normal take a look at shows drive storage in UX32VD everything runs slower than HDD by itself. this is often the explanation UX32VD in PCMark benchmark results, despite the actual fact it's suffered a much better hardware than most notebooks as compared below. within the universe, this suggests UX32VD begin to require longer than expected, was slow to urge up out of bed and begin some applications take an excessive amount of time. we will solely hope that ASUS discharged another computer code update at some purpose so as to enhance the performance of the SSD cache.


Heat and noise


System Noise
During our initial dismantling and scrutiny, we have a tendency to marveled at the 2 integrated fans. These fans performed obviously. throughout low workplace hundreds, like water sport the web or texting, the notebook stays much silent and also the drive is that the solely perceptible part, albeit solely minimally and only if concentrating on noise detection. Under load, the Asus UX32VD will get a little louder. Expressed in numbers, these noise levels ar regarding twenty eight - thirty.2 dB(A) throughout official procedure and up to thirty-nine.3 - 44.6 dB(A) underneath full load. This demonstrates that Intel's ULV C.P.U. (Turbo Boost) and Nvidia's dedicated GPU ar totally utilizing the cooling system’s capability. while not fans, the generated heat couldn't be expelled. Considering the provided performance reserves, particularly with an ardent GPU within the skinny ultrabook case, this is often utterly acceptable.


UX32VD system fan within the enclosure with vents hidden between the highest fringe of the keyboard and therefore the screen hinges closed. heat air is forced to the surface of the screen owing to the position of the ventilation ... which implies you may begin to feel heat space higher than the keyboard, once you stress the portable computer for over many minutes. we have a tendency to simply saw the new when taking part in some shooter games (Left four Dead a pair of and Mass result 3) for over forty five minutes. throughout traditional net browsing and casual use of the warmth capability of the fan isn't the matter. Overall, the cooling answer is functioning well.

Battery Life

The UX32 has. 48Wh one internal chemical compound battery, that not replaced by the user, as was common for a waiting Ultrabook, no internal parts to or replaced by the user throughout our normal battery summation take a look at (active Windows seven Balanced power profile, seventieth brightness, LAN and refreshing an online page each sixty seconds), we have a tendency to live six hours and twelve minutes of life. this could be a reasonably correct live of the battery if you merely spent the afternoon at Starbucks aquatics the net and work on files in Microsoft workplace. within the hope of many hours to run time once you edit HD video or taking part in the newest first-person shooter on-line with friends. Bottom line is that the battery life isn't dangerous, however it's not the simplest.


Battery Life

Power Consumption
The enclosed power offer could also be nice and tiny, however a glance at the specs reveals a decent output power of sixty five Watts. whereas one would possibly contemplate this output power to be excessive, our measurements demonstrate that this is often fully needed.

Under the foremost favorable circumstances - while not load, dimmed show, deactivated radios, ANd an aggressive energy savings profile - the Asus Zenbook UX32VD attracts simply half-dozen.1 Watts. At most brightness and a “balanced” power profile, the ability consumption rises to ten.6 Watts. Activating the radios and keyboard backlight, we have a tendency to determined a most draw of thirteen.1 Watts in idle mode. In each case, the dedicated Nvidia GPU is deactivated. Optimus solely switches it on pro re nata. By comparison, the holler XPS thirteen Ultrabook (Sandy Bridge) has comparable power consumption (6.5 – ten Watts) however manages to come back in below the height draw of our Asus UX32VD (Ivy Bridge), a result possible because of the additional stinting show employed in the XPS thirteen.

Under load, the ability draw rises considerably. With 3DMark 2006 running, consumption reaches a median of forty four.5 Watts and a most price within the check at sixty.7 Watts. Dell's XPS thirteen with its i7-2637M ULV C.P.U. ne'er exceeds forty Watts within the same check. Here, the dedicated Nvidia GPU causes most of the rise in power consumption. departure the dedicated GPU deactivated and continuance constant activity state of affairs with Intel's new integrated GPU, we have a tendency to came across a median draw of thirty five.2 Watts and a most draw of forty three.4 Watts.

We took another set of measurements with the integrated display turned off. The minimum power draw – while not load, dimmed show, deactivated radios, and aggressive energy savings - born from half-dozen.1 Watts to five.7 Watts. At most brightness and with a “balanced” profile, the consumption born from ten.6 Watts to five.7 Watts. With the radios and keyboard backlight additionally activated, the consumption born from thirteen.1 watts to seven.8 Watts. This demonstrates that just about five Watts ar consumed entirely by the IPS show at most brightness. to succeed in the longest potential runtime, it might be knowing scale back the brightness whereas running on battery.

Current consumption

Off / Standby zero.0 / 0.2 Watt
Idle 6.1 / 10.6 / 13.1 Watt



Load 44.5 / 60.7 Watt

Key: min: , med: , max: Voltcraft VC 940

Battery Life
For an honest rating as a mobile subnotebook, an honest battery runtime is needed. At most, a runtime of seven hours will be expected. we have a tendency to measured this victimization BatteryEater's Readers check with tokenish show brightness, deactivated radios, and victimization the 'power saver' power profile. the other of this is often the Classic check during which a 3D scene is rendered victimization the dedicated GPU. With most brightness, active radios, and victimization the 'High Performance' power profile, we have a tendency to measured a runtime of 161 minutes or roughly two.5 hours.

A value that matches daily use is given by the Wi-Fi surf check. Here, we have a tendency to use adjusted brightness to ~150 cd/m² and used a script to surf totally different websites. At 258 minutes or roughly five hours of runtime, the Asus UX32VD delivers smart quality and virtually matches its precursor UX31.

The UX32VD’s performance on battery power matches its performance whereas on AC power. The 3DMark 2006 check we have a tendency to ran in battery mode showed solely slightly weaker results (7210 points on battery, 7459 points on AC power).

Battery runtime
Idle (without local area network, min brightness)

7h 08min
Surfing with local area network

4h 18min
Load (maximum brightness)

2h 41min


Completion

The latest Zenbook Ultrabook UX32VD is mostly spectacular with scores of nice reasons why you ought to exit ... and a minimum of one amongst the explanations why that might happen. the attractive 1080p IPS show is perhaps the simplest show on any 13-inch notebook nowadays. means that dedicated graphics, you'll play fashionable games or accelerate the additional power graphics-intensive applications like Photoshop or video written material software package.

Unfortunately, the SSD cache isn't is its job all right in our take a look at device, the battery life isn't pretty much as good as we have a tendency to expected, and therefore the lack of a intrinsical LAN jack will sway be a retardant if you aren 'with the adapter within the enclosed t careful.

In short, if ASUS SSD cache fixes the matter then UX32VD simply the simplest Windows-based different to the MacBook Air

Miracles happen. the primary rumors regarding Asus' new, revised Zenbook series created some waves: Full-HD IPS displays in skinny 13" cases. arduous to believe: non-reflective show surfaces! The rumors clothed to be true, ahead people sits AN Asus UX32VD, one in all the primary specimen of the series with the asked for display.

For years, makers have incessantly praised the benefits of reflective screen surfaces whereas at constant time “protecting” users from being weighed down by resolutions that exceed the WXGA commonplace (1366 x 768 pixels). This philosophy has tried notably unsatisfying once it involves tiny, light-weight notebooks whose movableness is ultimately doomed to fail outdoors as a results of their reflective screens. to feature insult to injury, makers tried to cut back prices and increase battery life by limiting illumination, intensifying the matter.

We at notebookcheck.net haven't stopped tight engineering displays, a feature that's notably vital for notebooks that ar designed to be taken everyplace as well as outdoors. Asus's new Zenbooks mark a breakthrough during this space. additional details regarding this may be found within the show section.


But is that every one that's new within the latest update to the Zenbook line? definitely not! whereas different brands could accept commercialism a mere show amendment as AN evolution, Asus has accessorial a additional exciting options to the current year’s update to last fall's UX31. The processor was updated to Intel's new third generation common ivy Bridge platform, employing a ULV low-power C.P.U. as is critical to fulfill the Ultrabook commonplace. Asus offers 2 variations of this notebook, the UX32A and UX32VD, with the latter that includes the Optimus-integrated Nvidia GeForce GT 620M dedicated GPU.

The UX31 and also the UX21 were fresh similarly and come back because the UX31A and UX21A. they're priced above the UX32 models despite relying solely on common ivy Bridge's integrated Intel HD 4000 GPU. The variations revolve round the case (unibody vs. metallic element sandwich), storage (solid state drives vs. SSD-cached drive hybrids), and a rather larger battery for the UX31A.

For the subsequent check, we have a tendency to had access to a pre-production model of the Asus UX32VD. during this regard, we should always mention that changes to enclosed accessories, craftsmanship, and parts may well be created to production models before their unleash purchasable. Details regarding the enclosed C.P.U., price, and unleash date of those product ar underneath a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and can't be mentioned here. we'll solely be allowed to produce these once the NDA is upraised. in keeping with rumors, this might be the case in mere some weeks. As way as evaluation cares, our predictions ar supported the present costs of the UX31 that is sold-out in Germany between 900 and 1500 monetary unit ($1120 to $1860 USD) reckoning on instrumentality levels. Since the UX32A lacks a unibody case ANd makes do with simply an SSD cache, its value might doubtless drop below the present bottom finish of the value vary. we have a tendency to wait in anticipation.
Zenbook

Case

Design and haptics ar already notable from the UX31,

only when staring at details, one acknowledges variations

caused by the absence of the unibody case style.

As the Zenbook UX31 already possesses a delightful form and color, Asus intelligibly saw no would like for sweeping aesthetic changes. staring at the main points, one will notice minor modifications to the form of the bottom. With the UX32, Asus can provide a lower price different to the unibody case of the UX31. employing a standard clamshell construction, the UX32 combines AN metallic element base plate with a plastic-aluminum composite frame. In haptics and visuals, the UX32 equals the UX31 unibody model in each respect however this similarity ends at stability. The right-front section of our check sample is perceptibly unshapely. It ought to be noted that this might or might not result to the pre-production standing of our sample and it's potential that this deformation doesn't represent the finished product. On the opposite hand, the show seems equally stiff like the precursor UX31. because the sample isn't a finished production model, we have a tendency to cannot treat its craftsmanship.

A look at the specification sheet shows additional marginal variations in measurements and weight. The Asus UX31A sports a rather smaller minimum build height of three millimeters (0.12 inches), whereas the UX32 "only" slims all the way down to five.5 millimeters (0.22 inches) at the front edge. This distinction is even smaller within the UX32VD whose minimum build height was measured to be four millimeters (0.16 inches). we have a tendency to measured a better weight of one.47 kilograms (3.23 pounds) for the UX32VD pre-production sample as compared to the UX31A’s weight of one.4 kilograms (3.08 pounds). This further weight ought to hardly be noticeable to the user.

We measured AN approximate most gap angle of solely one hundred twenty five degrees, an element that will be noteworthy for a few users. due to the IPS display of the sample we have a tendency to tested, we have a tendency to determined fully stable viewing angles that ought to satisfy most users.

Connectivity

Aside from the slight case modifications, we have a tendency to additionally notice a fresh choice of interfaces on the new Asus Zenbook UX32VD. Asus integrated three USB three.0 ports, AN American state card reader, a full size HDMI instrumentality, and a mini-VGA port into the UX32VD. enclosed ar matching adapters – a mini-VGA to straightforward VGA adapter and a USB-to-RJ45 local area network adapter. AN audio combination port kind of like one found on several good phones is additionally enclosed on the proper aspect. By comparison, the UX32 beats the present UX31 and also the new Zenbook Prime UX31A by one USB three.0 port and also the commonplace HDMI port. The positioning of connectors is incredibly similar across all Zenbooks as they're placed on the rear halves of either side.

Communication

Nothing vital has modified as compared to the UX31. The Zenbook still offers 10/100 Mbps local area network, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, and Bluetooth four.0 (via the local area network jazz band Card). Integrated into the show may be a 720p HD digital camera. The video quality is good in each means, even at low close light-weight levels. there's little or no intensity noise.

Accessories

Aside from the aforesaid local area network and VGA adapters, we have a tendency to additionally notice a protection for the notebook, giving merely enough area for the notebook itself.

included accessories

Lan and VGA adapters

Synthetic artefact protection.

Service

Atypical for ultrabooks, the Asus UX32VD permits access to the innermost areas provided one has the proper tools. once removal of the bottom plate, the battery, hard drive, and RAM modules will be removed or swapped effortlessly. the 2 extraordinarily shallow cooling fans also can be removed for simple improvement.

According to Asus, it'll be potential for users to swap RAM modules and arduous drives themselves while not loss of assurance. within the right column, one will see the photographic progression of our dismantling method.

Warranty

As was antecedently the case, this approaching generation of Zenbooks comes with a 24-month assurance as well as pick-up and come back service (Austria and Germany).
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Input devices

Keyboard

Asus makes mention of "improvements" to the keyboard that we have a tendency to acknowledge initially sight because the currently integrated keyboard backlight. This feature will be helpful, particularly in dark rooms or on AN plane, and will facilitate users maintain a correct writing orientation. Mention should be fabricated from a thoughtful, albeit minor, feature - the close light-weight sensing element will mechanically regulate illumination if desired.

We couldn't find any layout changes aside from our check unit sporting a unique language layout. The writing expertise is comparable to its UX31 precursor aside from a marked elasticity underneath stronger pressure. whereas this might not encourage be a disadvantage for writing, it definitely causes the keyboard’s impression of quality to suffer. The unibody casing of the UX31 series holds the keyboard in situ plenty additional firmly than the sandwich construction of the UX32 series.

Touchpad

The touchpad remains visually a twin of its precursor. The multi-touch capable mouse replacement is comparatively giant with its ten.5 x 7.0 centimetre (4.1 x 2.8 inch) surface and is touch-sensitive across the whole surface. within the lower space, markings indicate areas for left and right clicking however the whole surface is however out there to navigation as there aren't any actual buttons. Applying pressure on the lower space causes the whole bit pad surface to yield, activating a click.

Apple has used constant technique for many generations of its MacBooks with the first distinction being that its software has far better support for numerous multi-touch gestures than Windows seven {and the|and therefore the|and additionally the} drivers also react additional sharply to input.

Driving the indicator with the touchpad worked okay however. we have a tendency to additionally liked its prompt reaction to two-finger rolling within the browser. Clicks ar higher activated by 'tap-to-click' as physically pressing the marked zones of the touchpad might move the indicator simply before activation. Drag-and-drop additionally failed to invariably work to our satisfaction.


Display

What will the proper show for AN ultra-portable notebook truly look like? High brightness, wonderful distinction, a non-reflective show surface, high resolution for a crisp read, smart viewing angles to be ready to decipher issue} from unfavorable or wide angles (perhaps not an honest thing in Economy category throughout air travel), and maybe good color house ar all factors we have a tendency to contemplate necessary for an ideal show. this mixture would produce an honest general-purpose show however has been mostly absent among the myriad out there notebooks on the market. the great news is that the wait is currently over.

Asus equips the Zenbook UX32 with 2 choices - a standard HD show at 1366 x 768 pixels and also the Full-HD 1920x1080 IPS panel that graced our check unit. This offers users a primary category show. But wait, there's more! In our checks, we have a tendency to measured a satisfying most brightness price of 388 cd/m². whereas this is often but the most 470 cd/m² of the UX31 precursor the distinction is over created up for by the non-reflective screen surface. On average, the show sports a still wonderful brightness of 355 cd/m². Illumination at half of one mile is good given the high brightness.


Information

Gossen Mavo-Monitor
Maximum: 388 cd/m²
Average: 355 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: eighty six the concerns
Center on Battery: 358 cd/m²
Black: 0.34 cd/m²
Contrast: 1053:1
ICC File (Datacolor Spyder3Elite)

Distribution of brightness Full-HD on a thirteen in. notebook sounds rather tempting initially however might additionally result in issues with the show size of screen parts. At 166 dpi (dots per inch), the screen will show content in rather more detail than the HD variant (118 dpi). The trade-off is that unless one adjusts scaling, one are going to be confronted with little dialogs, fonts, and windows. Our check model thus defaulted to a scale of one hundred and twenty fifth and also the browser enlarged things by another 100%. With these settings it had been potential to figure well for the foremost half, however there's still the likelihood of software system problems with scaled settings. In our test, we have a tendency to might see some show issues in numerous third party tools. Typical issues were cut-off written material or mixed scaling of dialog. Even within the best case state of affairs, some programs could merely not support scaling and one might need to touch upon little icons and text. ,the accessorial price of a fantastically sharp native Full-HD resolution for the playback of flicks or advanced software system, like image written material or giant spreadsheets with multiple tool bars, can't be immoderate. the subsequent image shows the distinction within the show while not scaling (100%) as compared to the IPS show of the Lenovo Thinkpad X220 (1366 x 768, 12.5", 125 dpi). The precursor could have received a prime rating for show brightness, however the equally vital distinction was considerably behind expectation. that's forgotten and currently forgiven like the new IPS show, Asus actually will everything right. With most brightness, we have a tendency to measured a black price of solely zero.34 cd/m² within the central space of the screen. This provides a most distinction of 1052:1 with that the Asus UX32VD puts to shame just about all different current notebooks. Another criterion additionally exceeded our expectation - color house. in keeping with our measurements with the Spyder three Elite measuring system, the CMN1343 panel covers nearly the whole sRGB color house. this could satisfy even photographers or graphics professionals. Going by the show check results, this IPS panel ought to have the conditions to try to to well in mobile use. due to robust brightness and a non-reflective show surface, annoying reflections ought to be reduced to a minimum and also the show ought to even be legible in direct daylight. To more compound this, most show brightness is additionally out there once running on batteries as long united chooses the proper power profile. As usual, our last purpose within the show check pertains to viewing angles. whereas in stationary use, the user principally sits during a mounted position ahead of the show. throughout mobile use, one usually should touch upon but advantageous positions, creating it not possible to keep up the optimum vertical viewing angle. the most effective example of this state of affairs involves the utilization of a notebook on AN plane wherever totally gap the show is typically created not possible by the seat ahead of the user. due to the utilization of IPS technology (In Plane Switching), the show permits extreme viewing angles while not vital distortion or distortion of the displayed content. it's no surprise that a mess of tablets deem this resolution for this terribly reason. Processor With the Intel Core i5-3317U, the Zenbook UX32VD possesses a fresh common ivy Bridge dual-core ULV processor. The chip is clocked from one.7 GHz to 2.6 GHz (TurboBoost) and might method four threads at the same time due to hyper-threading. common ivy Bridge methodors ar factory-made within the new twenty two nm process (Sandy Bridge was thirty two nm) whereas the integrated options stay constant (AES-IN, AVX, TurboBoost two.0). As a member of the immoderate Low Voltage (ULV) series, the CPU, as well as the GPU, sports a TDP of simply seventeen Watts, a major decrease in power consumption compared to the quality voltage dual-core chip’s TDP of thirty five Watts. Depending on the benchmark used, the i5-3317U ULV C.P.U. roughly matched the performance of normal Sandy Bridge Core i5-2410M and Core i5-2430M processors. as compared to Sandy Bridge ULV processors, the i5-3317U matched the performance of the Core i7-2637M within the holler XPS thirteen. At times, the i5-3317U even outperformed because it reached the performance level of the Core i5-2557M processor employed in the UX31E. an intensive comparison of the new common ivy Bridge processors will be found during this special feature on Notebookcheck. Ultrabook Asus Intel Core i5-3317U, NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M, Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E380 + twenty four GB SSD Cache Acer draw a bead on M3-581TG Intel Core i7-2637M, NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M, Lite-On LMT-256M3M Toshiba Portégé Z830-10N Intel Core i3-2367M, Intel HD Graphics 3000, Toshiba THNSNB128GMCJ X264 HD Benchmark four.0 Pass 2 13.7 11.95 -13% 7.5 -45% WinRAR Result 2335 2286 -2% 1535 -34% wPrime 2.0x 32m * 22.029 20.3 8% 36.4 -65% Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64Bit 2.4 2.23 -7% 1.33 -45% Cinebench R10 -2% -49% Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit 9247 8722 -6% 4821 -48% Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit 4369 4472 2% 2233 -49% Total Average (Program / Settings) -3% / -3% -48% / -48%
System Performance We measured overall system performance and gift the PCMark benchmark check results. In PCMark Vantage, our check configuration with the 3317U C.P.U., active GT 620M GPU, and standard 320 GB hard disc scored 6129 points. Notebooks evaluation during this vary embrace workplace notebooks just like the holler Latitude E6220 (2540M / HD 3000), the power unit tent G6 (2410M / HD 3000), and Apple's 2011 MacBook professional thirteen (2620M / HD 3000). It is simple to ascertain the dearth of a real solid state drive in these results. The previous generation’s Asus UX31 reached 9231 points with a 2557M C.P.U. and HD 3000 GPU, a performance increase of roughly five hundredth. supported the hardware specifications, this is often preponderantly because of the quick ADATA SSD that is the UX31’s device. the image is comparable within the additional current PCMark seven. With 1934 points, the UX32VD matches the performance of the Samsung 530U3B (2467M / HD3000) and Acer's draw a bead on S3 (2467M / HD3000). Here too, the Asus UX31 will gain ground considerably with 3462 points, a rise of roughly eightieth. 5.6Windows seven expertise IndexProcessorCalculations per second6.9Memory (RAM)Memory operations per second7.4GraphicsDesktop performance for Windows Aero6.6Gaming graphics3D business and diversion graphics6.6Primary arduous diskDisk information transfer rate5.6 Storage Ultrabooks ar giving solid state drives thought charm. The precursor Zenbook UX31 used a quick SSD drive across all models, that includes either a 128 GB or 256 GB capability. the only real disadvantage of SSDs is that the value per GB of storage capability. In Euros, standard arduous drives ar regarding ten times cheaper reckoning on the model. we have a tendency to found that Asus stony-broke tradition and put in a standard 320 GByte Hitachi drive in our Zenbook UX32VD. {this ought to|this could} be thought-about a move by Asus to succeed in its meant value purpose for the UX32VD that should consequently vary well below that of the UX31 and also the UX31’s successor UX31A. In order to achieve true ultrabook specification, Intel demands the installation of AN SSD to ensure fast, responsive performance. Like different ultrabook makers, Asus tries to resolve this issue through the utilization of a thirty two GB SSD cache. throughout drive browse and write processes, information is cached within the SSD cache and {is readily|is fastly|is instantly} out there for quick retrieval by the normal drive. This resolution is markedly cheaper than a pure SSD drive in each the mSATA and a pair of.5" SATA type factors however this SSD cache isn't directly accessible to the user. The effects of the SSD cache will be seen within the HD Tune hard disc benchmark wherever the Hitachi HTS545032A7E scored a tuned most transfer rate of two hundred MB/sec. By comparison, each mSATA and SATA SSD drives provide markedly higher performances and ar perceptibly faster in everyday use than the hybrid resolution used here. In plain English, the UX32VD features a noticeable advantage over notebooks equipped entirely with a standard drive and is fast in its overall performance. However, the dearth of a real SSD device limits the UX32VD and intrinsically it'll not match the performance of high-end ultrabooks that includes pure SSD devices. With this time, we've qualified the essential distinction between the new UX31A series and also the UX32 series, because the UX31A series solely implements SSD drives that correspondingly will increase the value. HD Tune CrystalDiskMark three.0 Hitachi Travelstar Z5K500 HTS545032A7E380 + twenty four GB SSD Cache Transfer Rate Minimum: twenty three.8 MB/s Transfer Rate Maximum: 196 MB/s Transfer Rate Average: sixty eight MB/s Access Time: nineteen.1 ms Burst Rate: 154 MB/s GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 620M The surprise within the Asus UX32VD is clearly the dedicated Nvidia GeForce GT 620M GPU. This chip may well be either supported the recent GF108 of the GeForce GT 525M in forty nm technology or on the additional trendy GF117 give twenty eight nm technology. each deem the previous generation's Fermi design, however the GF117 has been optimized and attracts significantly less power due to the new twenty eight nm method. unfortunately, it's non-trivial to work out that of the 2 versions has been put in. as a result of the 64-bit bus association to the GT 620M in our check machine, it's possible that the twenty eight nm version was put in. Performance ought to be identical for each variants and also the solely perceivable distinction once enjoying games would be battery runtime. due to Optimus, the battery runtime with the GeForce GPU deactivated ought to be constant for each versions. Features provided by the GeForce 620M ar PureVideo HD supporting a larger form of codecs as compared to Intel's GPU and also the accessibility of the GPU cores for general process tasks with CUDA, DirectCompute, and OpenGL. In artificial benchmarks, the GeForce GT 620M truly scored pretty much and places itself obviously a little higher than the recent GeForce GT 525M (as employed in the XPS 15z, for example) that relies on constant Fermi design, albeit at a slower clock speed. A surprise is that the GPU's superb score in 3DMark Vantage (on par with the GeForce GT 540M within the Asus U46SV for example) and its score in 3DMark eleven wherever it might continue with a mean GeForce GT 550M. This was quite surprise because the 625 Mc GT 620M ought to find time for significantly below the GT 540M in keeping with Nvidia. In our sample, the GPU reached a really notable 715 Mc as measured by GPU-Z’s sensing element tab, considerably above the GT 540M at 672 Mc. This explains the robust scores. Intel HD Graphics 4000 In addition to the dedicated GeForce GPU, the Zenbook UX32VD additionally options the Intel CPU's integrated HD 4000 GPU. Turbo Boost is accessible for the GPU similarly, permitting the graphic part to vary clock speeds between 350 and 1150 Mc. we have a tendency to compare the performance of the HD 4000 within the ULV C.P.U. with numerous different configurations below. At 2578 points within the 3DMark Vantage GPU score, that minimizes C.P.U. participation, the HD 4000 within the ULV C.P.U. solely remains minimally behind the HD 4000 within the 3320M commonplace voltage C.P.U. found within the new Lenovo Thinkpad X230. Compared to the dedicated GeForce GT 620M, the HD 4000 achieves just about four-hundredth fewer points during this check. By comparison, the HD 4000 may be a smart hour before the HD 3000 within the Thinkpad X220T (2620M commonplace voltage CPU). Similarly, the HD 4000 within the UX32VD is over double the performance of the HD 3000 within the UX31 (2557M ULV CPU). However, the HD 4000 found in commonplace voltage quad-core common ivy Bridge CPUs, as found within the MSI GT70, clearly stays before the version found in dual-core ULV common ivy Bridge CPUs with a score of 3092 points, representing a two hundredth increase.
Gaming Performance Are the terms “gaming” and “ultrabook” a contradiction? Not essentially. On one hand, we are able to expect a major performance increase from the integrated GPU within the approaching common ivy Bridge dual-core processors. Naturally the performance increase in ULV chip variants are going to be decreased than the rise in commonplace voltage processor variants. On the opposite hand, more and more economical GPU architectures enable the mixing of dedicated GPUs even in slender, mobile ultrabooks. within the following check, we have a tendency to examine the mixture of the common ivy Bridge ULV C.P.U. with the Nvidia GT 620M GPU in current games. We might fluidly play the less tight FIFA twelve at the most native Full-HD resolution and victimization high detail settings. this is often not the case for Anno 2070, an important weight in terms of hardware needs in spite of the leisurely pace of gameplay. At a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and victimization medium detail settings, the UX32VD still managed a fluid frame rate. employing a high detail setting at constant resolution born the frame rate perceptibly to roughly twenty Federal Protective Service. With minor changes, this is often still playable. Last however not least, we have a tendency to took a glance at Diablo three. kind of like Anno 2070, medium to high detail settings will be contend fluidly at a resolution of 1366 x 768. When examination the performance of the Asus UX32VD in these 3 games thereto of different notebooks, the UX32VD manages to match the performance level of notebooks equipped with the Nvidia GT 540M. What accessorial price will the enclosed Nvidia GeForce GT 620M provide for gaming? we have a tendency to compared the integrated HD 4000 GPU to Nvidia's GPU in Diablo three. reckoning on the chosen resolution and detail settings, a large performance increase of roughly 100% will be determined. whereas the HD 4000 already falls below thirty Federal Protective Service with medium detail settings and solely restricted play is feasible, the GT 620M manages to be playable at up to high detail settings. The HD 4000 will manage extensive enhancements over the HD 3000, which might be seen within the following comparison. The integrated HD 3000 of the Schenker A501 (2630QM) managed solely eight.2 Federal Protective Service in Diablo three with high details. With 13.89 fps, the HD 4000 remains unplayable similarly however represents a performance increase of hour. Temperature More thus than the amplitude, case temperatures show the gap between energy savings mode and full load operation. underneath an occasional load throughout workplace operation, we have a tendency to live simply 34°C (93°F) at the highest rear space of the bottom unit. very cheap of the bottom unit additionally maintains this comparatively harmless temperature. throughout the system check, we have a tendency to placed each C.P.U. ANd GPU underneath full load for over an hour. As a result, not solely do the fans create themselves detected however the surfaces also are perceptibly hot to the bit. We measured hot spots once more within the rear space wherever each the parts and also the cooling system’s exhausts ar put in. the most measured temperatures of up to fifty.4°C (122.7°F) at the highest and bottom of the UX32VD represent worrisome temperature values. In daily use, the surface temperatures ought to stay markedly lower since full utilization of C.P.U. and GPU can solely occur for brief periods of your time even throughout the utilization of advanced software system like video written material or diversion. once one hour of Anno 2070, surface temperatures remained narrowly below those of the strain check with a most of roughly 47°C (117°F) close to the exhausts. During our stress tests that simulate extreme eventualities, we have a tendency to were ready to observe asphyxiation of the C.P.U.. The C.P.U. and GPU reached core temperatures of over 90°C (194°F) upon that the C.P.U. reduced its clock speed to 800 Mc till temperatures fell. In everyday use, we have a tendency to couldn't duplicate such limitations. Under load, the C.P.U. raised clock speeds to its most fixed Turbo clock speed. Stress check As a results of our stress tests as extreme eventualities, we have a tendency to were additionally ready to observe a asphyxiation of the C.P.U.. C.P.U. and GPU reached over 90°C core temperature once a brief time, upon that the C.P.U. reduced its clock speed to 800 Mc till temperatures fell. In daily use, we have a tendency to couldn't duplicate any such limitations. Under load, the C.P.U. raised clock speeds to its most Turbo clock speed, in keeping with specifications. Speakers Bang & Olufsen's ICEpower provides fine audio enjoyment within the Asus Zenbook. In fact, the comparably giant resonance chambers (15 cube-shaped centimeters / zero.92 cube-shaped inches) within the notebook were shocking. At full volume, the notebook delivered typically smart sound, giving a glimpse of fullness. we have a tendency to thought the slim speaker openings on the aspect edges were but optimum. Sitting directly ahead of the notebook, the sound is audibly muffled by the articulatio plana rest. Sitting to the aspect of the notebook clearly provides higher sound. Ultrabook with 3D power and first-class display The previous generation Asus Zenbook UX31 delivered a really smart overall result some months agone. The few points of criticism principally centered on the show. whereas it inferior the competition with a high HD+ resolution (1600x900) and smart brightness, the reflective show surface and low distinction prevented it from being actually wonderful. With the Zenbook UX32VD, we've ensuing generation of Asus Zenbook. whereas the UX32VD appearance rather similar, its details diverge from the UX31 considerably. Asus uses AN aluminum-plastic composite different to the unibody of the UX31. Visually it works, however haptics and stability cannot match the UX31's unibody style. With relevance interfaces, the UX32VD shines with {a threerd|a third} USB 3.0 port and a full size HDMI instrumentality. {lan|local ara network|LAN|computer network} and VGA are out there through enclosed adapters. The keyboard currently options AN integrated backlight, a welcome addition in reduced lighting and advantageous once traveling. The writing feel is marred by vital provide of the keyboard because its mounting isn't nearly as solid as it was within the unibody model. The most vital feature of the Zenbook UX32VD is that the show, a Full-HD, non-reflective panel with 355 standard candle average brightness, distinction over 1000:1, and first-class viewing angles due to IPS technology. These factors mix to yield AN A+ performance within the show class. Regarding performance, the user gets to fancy AN overall performance increase. Intel's new common ivy Bridge processor generation provides additional power underneath the hood of the UX32VD. to boot, the ultrabook integrates an ardent GeForce GT 620M GPU. despite the fact that this is often AN entry level GPU, its ninety six cores also can be used for software system that edges from intensive multiprocessing, advantageous for media conversions and in fact for 3D software system like games. Sacrificing AN SSD is painful for enthusiasts, however can hopefully push the Zenbook UX32VD into exciting value regions. Lastly, one will fancy battery runtimes that stay roughly at constant level of the UX31 series, which suggests operating off AC power for a length of four to seven hours. With four choices within the current series of Zenbooks, every potential client should contemplate individual wants and also the desired value purpose. a chic unibody chassis, SSD, and Full-HD IPS ar out there within the Zenbook Prime UX31A however the whole package is restricted by Intel's integrated GPU. The UX32VD offers a little additional graphics power, however sacrifices the noble unibody case ANd makes do with solely an SSD cache. For discount hunters, there's the UX32A that comes while not an ardent GPU and uses a standard HD (1366x768) show. during this case although, one sacrifices the foremost noteworthy feature of the new Asus Zenbooks - the nice FHD IPS show. Pros: Beautiful 1080p screen Good keyboard Solid skinny and light-weight style Best-in-class vice performance Cons: Slow HDD + SSD cache
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