Any opinions on a used W90VP?

I have the opportunity to buy one in excellent shape,with all the original software. Anyone have one?

 

There's basically no traffic here for the W90, and all the traffic is really in the owners lounge: http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-reviews-owners-lounges/354885-official-asus-w90vp-owners-lounge.html

It's a largely outdated, power-hungry machine, but for the right price (under 900ish maybe), it could be worth it.

 

Agreed. You may have to do a little work to get it running how you like it, but it's a nice desktop replacement machine. It's the FHD display that really drives up the price, so even though you can get a g73 with a 1600x900 for ~$1100, getting a current model, FHD 17-19 inch laptop with decent graphics will cost you $1000+.

Yeah. If its a good price, go for it.

 

Thanks guys(I couldn't find that w90 lounge b4, lol)
I'm either going to get this used W90, or a brand new 18" Acer AS8943G-9429.
I know nothing about Acer build quality, but I already have an ASUS G72 series, & I love it, but want 1920 res, & my ASUS only goes 1620....

 

Well if you do go for the W90 make sure to update its VBIOS if you ever run into a WSOD (white screen). I think a vbios update fixed that issue, but I never owned one to say for sure. It's definitely a classy machine with a nice aluminum finish, it went for a ton of cash when it was released.

 

Thanks. One thing that I'm looking at is the SLI/Crossfire set up that it uses.
I don't know how reliable it is......lol

Thx again

 

It works just as good as any crossfire setup. And ACER/gateway build quality is ... garbage? mostly, anyways. Then again, they do make mostly budget notebooks, I don't know how well the nice ones they make are...

 

I knew Acer was always at the bottom for reliability, & if I'm gonna spend $1400., I don't want garbage. I found that mobile video card ratings chart, & it showed the SLI 4870 in the W90 in the top 5! (For a year old laptop, that's pretty good!) The Acers 5850 was around 40th, I think.(Which is surprising, because it has 2GB Vram)

Thanks!

 

Yeah, it's a solid card, the 4870 isn't too far behind the 5870, so if you can get one, and you're okay with a little maintenance (for making sure it's up to date), go for it.

 

itd actually quite a good laptop.. yeah its got some eccentricities.. but update it and shouldn't be a problem.. what specs is the one your getting have? It should have a Q9000 at least.

Panther214

 

The one I'm looking at supposedly has the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000@2Ghz.

I can't find much info on these. Most W90s seem to have the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9600 2.8GHz.....

 

the quads OC well too. Not as high, I bet you'll get 2.6 easy.

Although, if you read up on the 6970m cards, they're getting ~17000 in 3dmark06, where the 5870m gets ~13000, and the crossfire setup in the w90 gets about ~12000. I know 3dmark06 isn't representative of everything, but it seems like getting the latest and greatest may be a huge bump up. Then again, it's probably also double the price, and a year from now they'll both be overshadowed by something hitting ~24000...