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    ASUS G53JW-A3 better than M15x

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by Thatguy1wastaken, Dec 1, 2010.

  1. Thatguy1wastaken

    Thatguy1wastaken Notebook Geek

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    Ok basicaly which machine would be quicker and run games better and by how much. Also which would you recomemmend and why. Thanks in advance :)
    Asus
    15.6” FHD 16:9 LED Backlit Wide screen (1920x1080) Super Clear Glare Type Screen
    Intel® Core™ i7-740QM, 1.73-2.93GHz, (45nm, 6MB L3 cache)
    nVidia GeForce GTX 460M 1,536MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11
    8,192MB (8GB) DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (4x2GB
    500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s)
    90GB OCZ Vertex 2 Sandforce Solid State Drive (Up to Sequential Read 285MB/s - Write 275MB/s SSD Serial-ATA II)
    Intel® Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module (Includes 3rd Antenna
    This comes out to be 1600$ if theirs anything you would recommend me getting for it please tell me.
    Now the alienware
    Intel® Core™ i7 740QM Quad Core Processor, 1.73GHz (2.93GHz Turbo Mode, 6M Cache edit
    OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English edit
    VIDEO CARD 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 5850 edit
    LCD PANEL 15.6-inch WideFHD 1920x1080 (1080p) WLED edit
    MEMORY 6GB Memory (1x 2GB, 1x 4GB DDR3) edit
    HARD DRIVE 128GB Solid State Drive
    Primary - 9-cell (85Watt) Lithium-Ion Battery edit
    WIRELESS CARDS Intel WiFi Link 5300 802.11AGN Half Mini Card
    And this comes out to be 1800$ please reply thanKs!!
     
    Thatguy1wastaken, Dec 1, 2010
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  2. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    Graphics cards perform about the same, so do the CPUs. So .. uh .. whatever? Honestly they're pretty much the same, it comes down to whether you want easy upgradability (Alienware) or better price and support (Asus).
     
    DCx, Dec 1, 2010
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    ALLurGroceries, Dec 1, 2010
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