ASUS G73JH-A1 with ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 - Part 2

I think changing his profile picture would be enough ha... then again... maybe he likes being called "her" ?? (j/k)

 

Personally, I think the resellers should charge a non-refundable deposit that goes towards the price of the product after it ships. If a buyer cancels his pre-order, then he loses his deposit.

The deposit doesn't have to be a substantial amount. Just enough to make people really THINK before they place a pre-order....

 

XcaliberPC 1-06-10

 

Pre-order guys are lucky, I paid with credit card and they took the whole amount.

 

Ordered the A2 on Feb 2nd from Xotic. I don't own Blu-Rays, I don't like Sony, and I don't need a Blu-Ray player. I need a gaming laptop. Being agnostic sucks because you have no higher power to blame in these kinds of situations. You know. Like...Haiti. Just as bad.

 

Wow thats nice, I cant compete. I just have this simple 3x24" Dell U2410 setup with a 37" above it that acts as a 4th monitor on demand but also has my Wii on it.

Oh and I have the modular arcade control panel to go with it and the racing wheel.

Nothing quite so nice at work, but I still have 4 monitors

From Command Center

From Command Center

 

WOW nice set up lol
you multi-boxing wow or something???

just sickly awesome tho...

 

I must say thats a really neat setup

 

No I just browse the internet and listen to music lol.

Its a gaming/encoding setup but of the late not had any time to play games. I really miss playing dirt 2 and I am in the process of hooking my arcade controls back up so I can play some TvC on Wii and BlazBlue on PC as well as some SHUMPS.

Mass Effect 2 is getting a multi screen patch took so hope thats done by the time I get done playing ME1.

Anyways lets get back on topic with the G73

My review I am targeting for this weekend. I'll come to work early tomorrow just so I can get a 2nd set of pictures and get my benchmarks done. The rest of the week I can just start putting it all together for publishing.

 

That's awesome!

Can someone explane me how to set up 3 monitors? and what's a good Video Card not too expensive to make these 3 monitors run?? thx sorry for off topic but I see you're really good people and very informated!

 

I pre-ordered the A1 from xoticpc on feb 3rd but after thinking about it, with 1 terabyte of space i dont need a blu ray drive since most my movies are downloaded anyways..... first chance i get at a A2 model im taking. any resellers expecting A2 shipments anytime soon?

 

Nice Katana..

 

Hand made, has a certificate of authenticity, so its a real katana.

I used it for my iaido training.

If you live local by all means, I would love to get some 2 player action on the arcade setup it has 2 joysticks & button sets for a reason.

To run all 3 monitors as one monitor like I have for gaming you need a 5000 series ATI card, or a expensive piece of hardware called the MatroxTripleHead2Go. Other than that you can just use more than one video card and do normal multi monitor stuff or get a card that specializes in multi monitor settings.

Nvidia is working on there own version of eyefinity now to compete with ATI.

 

So Now there are 6 Forum Threads for the ASUS G73JH **

How do I keep up

 

Looking forward to it Vic ...

 

I resemble that remark! (except I'm almost 60... mental age about 14 tho)

Ordered and pre-paid by check from GenTech 1/27.

 

What????

How, why, where????

I should venture outside my box and look at the others.

 

Now I say this with utmost respect and envy

You are the KING OF THE GEEKS!!!

 

So this is kinda off topic. Since this laptop supports DX11, what games we lookin at for this year? How do you guys think AVP is gunna be? so far theres one review of it and its not lookin so hot - 5.8 on game informer. N e one actually play the demo?

 

Can the MatroxTripleHead2go work with the VGA Port on the G73? That is what I am planning -- Sux no Eyefinity Out

 

Ok look at mine..

 

Thank you!

 

It supports DX11 but I am not too hopeful that it will run it

So far looks like DX11 is taking the same kind of turn DX10 did and instead of being used to make rendering easier they are just adding more stuff visually and making it harder. Its only a single laptop gpu and thus probably wont play most games "ultra DX11" settings.

There is a nice wikipedia page with all the DX11 titles listed on it though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_with_DirectX_11_support

 

lol @ my old setup pictures. I finally replaced that dirt white mousepad. It worked so good though!

It looks so similar to the current setup but its actually different keyboard & monitors so its completely different.

 

Thanks Vicious, u think u gunna get AVP? hmmmm Crysis 2 is on that list... i bet that game wont be that graphically demanding at all

 

I know it was just for fun! hehehe..it's still yours though! hehhe.. Anyways, if I use the TripleHead2Go I don't think just one card will handle 3 monitors at maximum settage. Is there something to do for adding 2 video card instead of 1?

 

WOW....that is nice! What I would give just to spend a few hours in that room playin with all those toys lol.

 

Just run your cards in crossfire or sli to connect to the matrox unit. That is actually one of the benifits of using it is that you can have multiple video cards.

ATI just recently got crossfire enabled on the 5000 series cards in eyefinity mode.

You do not need any gpu power for desktop stuff only gaming, even a standard $30 card can run 3 monitors as long as it supports the resolution.

The other benefit of the matrox is you can use it with a laptop

 

BTW vic, where'd you get that katana, if you don't mind me asking? I'm quite a katana lover myself!

 

yeah yeah I know, I was saying about gaming. What do you use? do you have this thing? or you use eyefinity?

 

eyefinity, because for the cost of the matrox unit I can almost buy a whole video card. I use a single 5870 card and it runs almost every game maxed out at 5760x1200 just fine. plus the matrox has limitations like max resolution, refresh rate, stuff like that.

Eyefinity has some limitations too though but they are less severe.

 

Very nice Vicious. I definitely like.

This is my main desk.. though a few peripherals have changed since. Left LCD is hansspree 28" (27.5") tn .. 2 or 3ms response time I think. 1920x1200. The right monitor is a sony fw900 'graphics professional' 24" widescreen trinitron crt that I'm running at 1920x1200 85hz. The displays look much better in person, my camera can't capture them.





My main pc is a matx pc "brick"/amplifier-looking case (11"h x 11-7/16"w x 14-3/8"d) that I can lug around but its a whole setup procedure with cabling + usb hub and usb speakers etc in a backpack, and a monitor either left at site or brought with like the old lan party days. The G73JH will be a huge upgrade from my 8.4" screen netbook that has been my only easily portable device besides my winmo phone for the last year +.



I thought about doing the triple monitor thing.. like getting a 30" 2560 x 1600 lcd in the middle at one point but decided against it, at least for the foreseeable future. My large three panel "B-wing"/boomerang corner desk will allow me room to run the new notebook alongside one the left or right wing if I want anyway.

Old pic from '08 during wall replacement.. kinda messy and birdnest-wires but it shows the desk and most of the chair where they were in the room back then. I also sold that 37" westinghouse lcd and got the 28" hannspree quite awhile ago.. the more evenly paired size-wise screens are a much better setup I think.

 

My favourite part of your setup would have to be the little pic you have next to your centre speaker (j/k)

You don't find a 28" a little large when you're sitting 1' away from it?

 

Btw I still have one of these pacific breeze notebook coolers from back before my hp died several years ago. It sucks air into the fans and shoots it out underneath the notebook. The notebook sits on little rubber feet on the edge of the cooler . From the reviews so far it sounds like I might not need to use it on the G73JH.

 

I've been surfing, downloading, installing and generally using my G73 all evening on my lap and it's barely warm. I've yet to hear it. I haven't done any gaming yet though.

 

I guess in the pictures they might look closer to where you would be sitting than they are. If you look at the overhead of the keyboard and peripherals you can see that part of the desk is a considerable area. The base of the 28" lcd is pretty narrow so I can keep the monitor at the back edge of the desk. I have the crt monitor's screen placed at the edge of the desk also, using a small lightly stained wooden pillar/stand with a cabinet door (made for phone or microwave or something) for the monitor base. Its the same height as the desk. So what I'm saying is the crt monitor, though it has a bulky back and is heavy, is *at* the edge of the desk rather than on the desk as well.

So its more than 1' for sure, but no I don't think its too big. The 37" was way too big, and I eventually set it back considerably on its own stand (which was essesntially like having a smaller monitor closer perspective wise in hindsight). The sweet spot for desktop monitors is 22" - 30" in my opinion, depending on the desk.

I'm really looking forward to 1080p on the G73JH though. 17" is a good size without getting ridiculously huge for a notebook. Back when I had a functioning 17" multimedia laptop a few years back, before that piece of crap hp that burned up on me, it was a 1440 x 900 with a 7600go so this will be a huge difference. .. and actually what I'm used to now is a 8.4" 1024 x 600 netbook for the last year or so. lol

 

Ok, I just emailed Justin at 10pm today to sitch to the basic model[A1], since there's really no upgrade. I also asked that if there was any aviable A2, I would take that instead. He emailed me back around 11pm and updated my status.

I hope I only have to wait til mid March and not later. I can wait that long, but not sure after mid March.

 

XoticPC - 8/1/10

 

Did we ever figure out what the TRUE dimensions of this beast are ? I know there are at least 3 different variations floating around (and that's just for width and depth alone).

Sorry if we had a definitive answer somewhere in this massive thread... I did my best to search for the answer, but didn't come up with anything conclusive.

I guess the best way would be for one of you lucky guys who owns one to pull out a tape measure if you would be so kind

Thanks in advance

 

i work for my brigade network operations so i get internet access all day here in iraq, well atleast while i work

 

You mean you came from the future????? What's it like 6 months from now???

 

Very nice setup you have there. I like the custom built joysticks.

 

No we just write the date the sensible way round

Vicious you need to upgrade your setup to 120Hz screens for some stereo 3 monitor gaming - it absolutely rules!

 

8/1/10 = 8th January 2010

 

Now that's what I call game crazy LOL that is mind boggelingly awsome in an over the top sort of way.

 

If this is your first chiclet style keyboard like me you may need to get used to it some. I find myself missing a key press now and then it feels like i pushed down the key all the way but I didnt.

So you need a creative and fun way to practice typing you say? I have a good solution for you.

Get a copy of the typing of the dead you will be a typing master in no time, that or you will be zombie food.




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Yeah they are a pride and joy of mine because of the uniqe modular setup I created for them, they work on Wii/Gamecube/Dreamcast/Xbox/Playstaiton/Playstation2/PC/360/Sega/SNES so its nice for systems that dont really have good joysticks for them like the Wii or Dreamcast since they both have some good fighting games and shooting games.

 

Same thing here, but from PCCanada
As I posted earlier:
" Additional Notes: Asus has indeed delayed their shipment of the G73JH-A1. I understand your disappointment and we are frustrated too. This is not just us, or Canada, but North America wide. The updated date of Mar-02-10 is at this moment a conservative date as we hope it is as early as the 26th of February. Your current backorder standing Canada wide according to Asus is #XX of 100 of the first shipment from BC. Please remember, your credit card has not been charged and will not be until the product arrives in the Asus warehouse. The dates my jump around some more, but I will update your status only when I have confirmed information so do not be alarmed.

So another reseller in Canada with similar dates.
As I asked earlier: anyone else heard anything about Canada receiving their shippment earlier than US this time?

 

Ordered on the 22/01/2010 (A1 with ssd) with Xoticpc , so I guess I still have a long time to wait . Tried to skip the line by changing it to A2s , but no luck.