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

Hot air coming out is a good thing dude......that is heat that is NOT in your laptop heating up your components to the point of failure

there are MANY Dell m1730 owners who wish they had hot air coming out and not a hot laptop

 

Mine will be going up for sale soon too so I can get a G73.

 

Sure, the W90 vented warm air, but I would not even say it was hot. Another thing I liked was the fans. Most of the time they remained low-speed, seldom kicking into high, and when they did, they were relatively quiet. The only time the fans were running high-speed, was during extended gaming or running test with burn-in programs..... and even then, fans would soon cycle back down. Loading the CPU & GPU's, IIRC high temps averaged 65 to 68C, and max temps were like 72 & 75C. Yeah considering, I would say the W90 cooling system was very efficient.

 

how does this laptop compare to 280m gtx sli performance wise what should I expect compared to 260m 360m and gtx280 game wise?

 

At this point I'm not too interested in it. Back when I originally has interested in it the 4870's were not common in laptops. At the time the only Laptop that came close was the Alienware M17 that could have 4850's.

Right now I'm more interested in the ASUS G73 or the Alienware M17x-R2. I'm waiting to see some benchmarks and reviews on both once people start getting there hands on them.

Don't get me wrong the W90 is still impressive. The more I read about it the more I envy those who got them. If I had gotten one when it was released I'd likely keep it for as long as it lasted. But, since the Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Core 2 Quad are now at the end of their life cycle I'm interested in laptops with I7 processors.

 

Welcome to the forum I-ban-eZ-Fur-U! (gotta love this username!)

I think you need to buy yourself an Asus G73JH..... and FAST!

 

I second that.. This laptop will be sold out in no time cus of the specs+price, nothing can beat the deal right now

 

Crazy design. I wonder how this cooling config will play out. If the CPU fan sucks from the topside of the motherboard, then that third set of holes near the CPU on the bottom of the notebook are the release vents for intake pressure coming from the CPU fan.

 

Nowadays it really doesn't matter where the product is made. As long as the manufacturing quality is good, then I can care less about what country it was assembled in. But your point does still have some bearing to it; the correlation with low quality products coming from China is still prevalent for the most part. The companies in China that product bad products ruin it for those that product good ones.

 

Hahaha that was funny Ibanez= guitar trademark, Furu= My nick name.. Nice composition of both Ehehe Yes, when it will come to Germany or CZ i will go for it Just trying to be patience ^^

 

What would be the non-Asus runner-up for the best deal at this price tag?

 

curious does Asus have anything 15" up it's sleeve like this one This is a beauty but at 17", no can do.

 

for 15" models, they have the G51JX-A1... while not as powerful, its a fairly decent system for its price
Core i7
Nvidia GTS360M
4GB DDR3
500GB HDD

Not a bad system, but not as sexy as the G73

 

are there any gts 360 benchmarks out there yet?

 

no, its a "new" rebranded card by Nvidia, so the G51JX to my knowledge is the first to have this card...

 

i thought that the qosmio or whatever was packing it too...maybe i am wrong.

 

Okay, so I am getting anxious. I need some new information otherwise i may freak out. I am currently without a PC. Sold the desktop and the laptop i previously owned to get the G73. I only have a sheety work computer. I need a benchmark, a new pic, or something to feed my anxiety. I have been considering other computers which would just be a dumb move. Someone help me.

 

haha ^ this guy feels like me for the last month

 

I'm hangin' tight, although I am a little irked that ATI has not released any chips for review. They launched the thing at CES, so there is no excuse.

 

I just want to see how this performs against gtx 280m. lol

 

So If the reseller are selling the CPU's for the full retail price aren't they charging us a lot for the labor?, can't we do something else to save some money?,

And I have a question with the ram is there a lot of difference in the 8gb 1066mhz and the 8gb 1333mhz? Is the 400$ upgrade worth it?

 

there's no real-world improvement between 1066 and 1333.

 

just saw the pic again, i guess you're right.. well this is a good thing, no need to drill the bottom panel now i guess

here are the pics(thanks to Ken@gentech!) for people who're too lazy to go back searching through the forum:
CPU fan:


GPU fan:

 

there is a performance difference with the i7 but it isn't worth the cost.

 

The resellers margins are so thin as it is, they have to try and make some money somewhere.

 

Yup the X505-Q870 & Q880 both use it and are available right now.

One of these of a Sony F11 were going to be my backup options if the G73 got pushed back too far but things look good right now.

 

Where could I buy this in Taiwan? Does anyone know a website?

Also:

 

so do you guys think drilling some extra holes for air may be a good idea? im charging it right now.

 

Cut out all the middlemen! Find the ASUS manufacturing plant in Taiwan, and convince someone to sell you one from the factory floor!!!!

 

And then review it!

 

I'm still trying to figure out if I want RAID or not (and if I do, what kind I want). So I have another question (or two).

RAID 0 is probably the obvious choice for most people, but being the paranoid person that I am, I worry about one of the discs crashing and losing all my data. RAID 1 may be safer, but it just feels like a waste to me. If I become religious about backing up my files (something I rarely do now), I would feel much better about RAID 0. So now my first question: I have a desktop with Vista on it. Will backing up the files from my laptop be as easy as hooking up my G73 (with Windows 7) to my desktop (with Windows Vista) and transferring the files? If it is, I'll probably go with RAID 0.

Next question. For those of you ordering your G73s with an SSD drive for your primary drive, is RAID an option for you or is it not possible with two different kinds of drives? The reason I'm asking is because I'm thinking of getting my G73 with standard drives and then replacing the primary drive myself with an SSD at a later date (then I'd have a spare drive in case one crashes, or I could make an external hard drive out of it, or maybe even just sell it). Assuming that I replace the primary drive myself later, should I order my G73 with RAID disabled (making sure to save everything to my secondary drive)? I would assume (and I'm no expert, so I might be talking gibberish here) that if I ordered with RAID 0 and used it that way for a while, I might run into troubles when I replace my primary drive, as all my data would be split between both drives. Does this make sense or am I totally clueless?

Thank you for any suggestions,

NightBandit

 

Raid has next to 0 performance benefits when using an SSD. Single SSd/No raid is the way to go.

Well, let me correct that. There is a performance increase, but a good SSD drive is so fast to begin with, that it would be hard to recommend a RAID ssd setup.

 

Make sure you understand the air flow for the system. Cutting holes could end up being counter-productive.

 

Which would play hell with store-bought notebook coolers.

 

hi, unfortunately, it is more expensive to purchase ASUS laptops in Taiwan than USA in many cases, despite ASUS being a Taiwanese companies. Some of the top of range notebooks don't even make it to Taiwan until many moons after overseas release. The lame excuse ASUS give is the market being too small in Taiwan itself and we end up having to take the scrap computers.

I rang several resellers in Taiwan today and none of them even have heard of this model yet

 

Yes I know, that's what I was asking for.

 

Charging it? You mean you have one and its charging?

 

Update:

There will be two MB versions for G73Jh, if it's Core i7 CPU then it'll have 4 memory slots and if it came i5 or i3 there will only have 2 memory slots since i5 and i3 CPU will only support up to 4GB, however, there is no plan to release i5 and i3 version for G73.

 

I got a question on ASUS warranty....
I see a lot of websites selling ASUS G73J are offering customerization to CPU spec.

However, one of the resellers here in Australia (Jeff from AffordableLaptops.com.au ) says that he does not offer CPU change because it voids the factory warranty......
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1353581&p=14


Can someone confirm whether that is the case or not? If it's true, why are almost all online stores offering CPU change?

 

I don't know what's their warranty policy in Australia but here in US, resellers are allow to upgrade CPU without void the warranty and sometimes but not officially, they also allow end-users to upgrade the CPU.

 

Great news on the 4 memory slots that everyone was thinking were only 2!

Thanks Ken!

 

Welp, now we know what motherboard the Best Buy G73 is going to be getting.

 

Will these motherboards have the same chipset or can we expect one which uses the onboard video processor?

 

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Are you sure BestBuy will be getting the G73 at all?

 

I am not sure if the chipset will be the same but Video Card will be the same, however, Asus told me they have no plan to produce the i5 and i3 version to the US.

 

Any further news on e-sata and expressCard?

 

Where can I find the details of the so called "Limited Global Warranty". I know with Asus reputation as one of the best warranty providers, I don't have to worry much but still I would like to know what exactly is "Limited" in the warranty.

 

Nice best buy will getting it awesome better if their is any problems or bsods, and plus you don't have to pay for shipping! lol But it will be getting 4 gigs only? Oh well, what other chipset will the machine have?

 

Best Buy will get G73 too? If they do, will that have Asus Global Warranty also or only BB warranty?

 

It has a year global warranty with best buy they want you to buy their warranty but if it doesn't come with a blu ray drive then j and r i go.