Asus G53, the smaller version of the G73jh

I just wish an optimus or regular switchable graphics ATI would come out with a high performance (5800 or 360/460/480) card.

 

Don't hold your breath for a ATI card ASUS is going Nvidia for now.

 

well I dun care if it's ATI or Nvidia.


so long as optimus works right now (new drivers fixed that, right?) and assuming it's got a great vid card somehow I could care less.

 

the suspense is freaking killing me

quick off topic question, then you can go back to killing each other over nvidia GPUs.

it's been confirmed that it's using an FHD sceen right, meaning 1920x1080...? compared to the G73, doesn't that mean it's gonna have even smaller text....

 

Yes.... obviously things will look smaller in 15 inch versus 17 inch laptop when both of them share the same resolution however there is always a bestbuy version of asus 15inch laptops which got a lower resolution

Either way this shouldn't matter, you can change windows icons/text size

 

I definitely will not get a quad anytime soon. Too much heat and loss of battery life as of now.

I need a laptop very soon, so I am not going to wait for a processor refresh.

 

I hope that this has a 112 core Nvidia chip or better.

And some battery life would be great too.

 

Full HD does not mean smaller text, anytime you can increase/decrease the font DPI in OS settings. Full HD is a must for better picture quality as it has more pixel information per inch. With Full HD, the picture quality will be smooth and with lower resolution it will look grainy. Go to a local store and compare the display of 2 laptops of 16" with both resolutions then you can find the difference.

 

So the G53 will by no means be a 3+ hour machine, will it?

 

...maybe if it gets optimus and switchable graphics and stuff.


otherwise. oh hell no.


It'd be really nice if it got optimus and switchable graphics though.

 

Yah, it also would be a first for upper-end gaming notebooks to have switchable gpu's, right?

 

yeah.

some msi has a 5730 but besides that it's all 5650s, 335s, 310s, and 5470s or something.

 

I really doubt we will see G53 switchable, but you can always hope.

 

MSI's GE600 has a decent following and a good review, and it's pretty cheap for what it is.

 

The data known so far does say that the G53 will be able to be configured with i3/i5/i7. It all depends on whether or not ASUS pushes out models with dual cores that can utilize Optimus.

 

you think we'll know more about it by august?

If so I'll hold off on getting an envy14. 'cause..well. hell. I like me some awesome asus

 

well I know you can adjust text size and everything, but what I meant was if you were to compare a G73 and G53 running native res, same settings throughout the OS and graphics, then things on the G53 would appear a lot smaller compared to the G73. riiiiiight? o.o

3hr machine, eh, I dunno, you really think just shrinking the screen diagonal by a few inches will dramatically increase battery life...? that'd be so sweet though

 

You may consider pixel density to be a bad thing, but I consider it to be a good thing. Screen real estate is something that I find very important in a laptop.

Also, hopefully this laptop is not just a G73 shoehorned into a 15" chassis. The way that this would be a 3 hour machine would involve a dual core i5/i7 and switchable graphics. It's not that unrealistic.

 

No offense but screw battery life I want a kickass GPU

 

but...can't we have both?

kickass gpu that can be shut off/powered down to nearly nothing while on battery while you use an integrated card that's on the i5?

 

Why can't we have both?

If you want a kickass GPU, there are plenty of other notebooks. A 15" notebook is not normally where you look for it.

 

We should but you have to remember this a gaming laptop which are notorious for bad battery life.
Don't get me wrong I would love to see optimus in this laptop but I would trade battery life for performance.
But hey that's just me.

 

Optimus is still possible with a powerful GPU and the quad core i7s don't do much for performance. Having a dual core with optimus shouldn't be too big of a trade off.

 

i found this again:
Brand Asus
Model Asus ROG G53 3D Gaming Laptop
Dimensions height- 381mm, Width- 290mm and Depth- 60 mm
Processor Type Intel dual or quad Core (optional) i7,i5,i3 Processor
Hard disk capacity 16GB – 640GB
RAM capacity up to 8GB (dual core) / 16GB (quad core)
RAM type DDR3
Speed 1333MHz
Screen size 15.6-inch
Graphics card Nvidia GeForce GTS350M graphic card.
Optical drives DVD Super-Multi/Blu-ray Combo drive

Asus ROG G53 3D 15.6 inch Gaming Laptop | Laptop Reviews UK

 

It's written like a cheap pamphlet, using the first 5 paragraphs to hype the wonders of 3D. It's a "breath taking experience" that will get you "immersed".

Heck, you can say the same thing about drowning. LOL

 

Aren't there plans for quads with IGPs?

 

That's Sandy Bridge

 

3rd time so far I've seen the words "GTS350M" and "G53" mentioned together

Oh gawd, pleeeeeease don't be true

 

I'm hoping it's a typo and it really is a 450GTS.
It would be a total fail if they do use the 350GTS.

 

Update: Intel's First-Quarter Profits Soar | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/di...dy_Bridge_Aggressively_on_Desktop_Market.html

PCMag and XBitLabs apparently reports that Sandy Bridge should be out near the end of the year.....man...seriously...should we really wait for the G53, or wait even longer to see what Asus does with Sandy Bridge CPUs....

 

Im starting to get discourage by this. Anything less than GTX460 is not worth it to me. Sad part is i want to stay with 15'' but looks like ill have to go with 17'' to get the good ones..... with all this i might just wait out sandy bridge and ati 6870.

 

sandy bridge is quad core with intel graphics?

 

Sandy Bridge is just an improved Arrendale.

The big difference is doubling data path from 128 to 256 bit doubling the peak Flops or computational power. AVX allows for some better use of floating point instructions.

For gaming and what you do, means nothing. Games don't even use 40% of current i7 mobile CPU's yet.

Difference in BC2 was proven between a i7 920 and a Dual Core was 2 FPS when using a HD5870.

IMO it's like having a car than can go 200 mph in a well monitored road with speed limit of 45 mph. That 200 mph engine means absolutely nothing if you are going to just end up having your driver license revoked and then you have no car.

For gaming laptop, the bottleneck is definitely the GPU right now. IMO you can use the current i7 720QM with no worries for the next 3-5 years, but you could definitely use a GPU upgrade every 6 months if there was GPU update every 6 months.

 

I'm still holding out on my Ken-correspondence suggesting that Asus wouldn't gimp a high-profile model like this G53 with a GTS 450m.

 

Let me put this GTS350m rumor to death again....

As i said before the OFFICIAL Asus revealed specs CLEARLY say that the GPU used will be NEXT GENERATION Nvidia Card, the GTS350m is not a NEXT Generation NVIDIA Card, it's already released a while ago

Second the NEW graphic card in G53 officially Support Native HDMI 1.4 And Nvidia upgraded version of 3D which the GTS 350m LACK both of them

And lets not forget that people already toke screenshots of the G53 GPU, it's code name tells us it's Fermi GPU not GTS 350

These journalists are scum to be honest and i have no idea how they are paid for these lies, no single website reported GTS 350m with a source, all the reliable websites did not report the GTS 350m because the new GPU is pretty much not known yet

It's funny how a single unknown blog mentioned the 350m (if you followed this thread) and a punch of other websites started to take rumors and turn them into facts.

 

I though they were also moving the quads toward 32nm, making them more power efficient, better temps and probably maybe better battery life... who knows for sure, but for someone with i7 720qm probably not worth it, but coming from dual core... although all i do atm run fine on 2 cores.

 

We have confirmation that it's a GF106, which also confirms that it's lesser than the 460M.

 

I think the AW M15x is starting to look better and better everyday, the 5850 in it is basically a lower clocked 5870.
But I'm still holding on for more info.

 

I wonder if the G53 will be using some form of MXM. That way if the videocard is really weak maybe it will have the possibility of modding in an ATI MR HD 5870 from Babyhemi.

 

Or buying a GTX 460m, since it alooks like the Lambo VX6 is getting one.

 

It should work in theory but I doubt the BIOS would support it.

 

I'm not a gamer. I'm only interested in the 3D capability. That said, You should consider this. Toshiba's A665-3DV 3D laptop also uses GTS350M but with DDR3 memory instead. YouTube - Toshiba Satellite A660 Series (3D Vision) - Product Overview and Review Video @ 4:20 It states that the A665-3DV can connect to a 120hz TV and enjoy 3D using external display device. This is only possible with HDMI1.4. When I was at CES 2010 I asked the NVidia guys if G51J-3D can output its video to a 120hz TV and display 3D externally. He said no because the Asus does not support HDMI1.4. Just something to think about.

 

I don't think we'll be seeing a GTX 480m in this lap.. they're probably saving it for the G73jw..

 

The Asus G53 and refresh of the G73 will have HDMI 1.4

ASUS debuts 15.6-inch ROG G53 3D gaming laptop at Computex -- Engadget

 

Right now the question is to know whether the G53 will even have a GTX460.

GTX480 is pretty much impossible in a 15 inch laptop. There is no confirmation yet as to whether it will be in the G73JW.

 

That last part still hasn't been confirmed yet.

Before these latest rumors my speculations were based on a 240-256 core GF104....but a 384 core GF104 would smack those guesses with a monkey wrench. A 300-something core GF104 might not even be used for the mobile market at all since there's no real room for it to fit in next to a 352 core GF100 based GTX480M.

If the rumors increase the estimate on how many cores GF104 has then I'd have to guess GF106 would have more cores than previously estimated as well. It's possible that GF106 could have half the cores of a 384 core GF104 and end up being that 192 cores N11E-GS GPU we saw in the ASUS VX7. Then in turn GF108 could be half the cores of GF106 giving it the 96 cores we saw for the GF108-ES pictured in the MSI FX700.


Really all that's been confirmed so far is G53 is using a GF106 with unknown specs and VX7 is using an N11E-GS with 192 cores/192-bit.

 

My head hurts just thinking about it!

 

You guys need to sit back and just let it unfold. Back to my 45fps Dragon Age on my lappy...

 

Speculation is an entertaining game in it's own way.

 

I say lets take the facts and leave the subjevtive opinions out of this, we don't care what you think or believe, people are only interested in facts and my post was very clear, the GTS 350m is a FALSE rumor nothing else so stop spinning around yourself

HDMI 1.4 Standard was revealed at late 2009 just because a graphic card can output 120 and 3D does it mean it's HDMI 1.4, HDMI 1.4 was only available in late 2009/early 2010 and it's more than just 120hz output or 3D support.



NEW Gen Nvidia Card+HDMI 1.4+Code name of the GPU leaked =/= GTS 350m (Even the GTS350m was not a reliable rumor to begin with and had no source)

And again GTX 460m exist because MSI leaked it, the question is will G53 use GTX 460m or something like GTS 450/460m? etc