Asus G53, the smaller version of the G73jh

1. Both have a equally good screen. It comes down to size. G53 is a "mini me" version of the G73
2. They have, you will also will see the G73JW has a improved cooling system. Even running Furmark barely pushes the system beyond the upper 60's c.
3. Refer to #1, In my opinion I prefer the G73's Screen.
4. The G73 has the rubberized finish on the back of the screen where the G53 is more plastic. Both have equally good finishes.
5. Take a look at the G73JW Owners Lounge, overall it is a solid machine.

Keep in mind nobody has OEM G53JW 2nd HDD Brackets in the US yet. Obviously the G73 comes equipped with 2nd HDD Brackets with the included 2nd Hard Drive.

Due to the G73's increased size it has more room for air to circulate thus running cooler then the smaller version G53. If you are not worried about mobility (easiness of carrying it around) go for the G73. If you want slightly less weight and smaller machine go for the G53.

 

No one can answer that for you. Whether the size difference, screen difference, etc is completely subjective; some people don't know why someone would get the g53 since its only an inch smaller than its big brother, others find that inch in size to be highly significant and make it non-portable.

Yes, the cooling on the system is very good and the BSOD was an ATI card issue (which has itself been fixed with a firmware update).

Yes, it is a better screen. How much better is a judgment call but it has less light bleed and better viewing angles.

Not in my opinion. I like the feel of the G53 better than the G73, the palmrest is a soft rubberized material and the rest of the case is a matte plastic.

Not to my knowledge. The only un-alterable differences between the two are screen and size.

 

Thanks for your responses...I am definintely now leaning towards the G73 now. I will probably stop by BestBuy just to see the laptop in person for the size of the laptop. I do think the better viewing angles are also a selling point and I read the G53 has issues with blacks looking gray.

I will be reading through the G73 owners lounge this weekend. Then I just need to customize the laptop from one of the resellers with an SSD and such.
Thanks, Tim

 

Good ideas all around. Know that the G73 at best buy has an inferior screen to those you buy through the resellers on this message board, so if you like what you see there you'll love a G73 bought elsewhere. I also can't advocate for a solid state drive enough, I have one in my G53 and absolutely love it. In fact its the only drive in my G53 - its silent, cuts down on vibration, heat, and weight, I figure if I ever need more space I'll pick up an external to store archives.

 

Thanks for the info on the screen at Best Buy...I didn't know that and may have been disappointed.

As for a SSD...I have installed one in my Main PC and my HTPC and absolutely love the performance boost. Start-up time to W7 Ultimate is usually under 25 seconds and a restart takes less than a minute. I use an OCZ Vertex 2 and can't imagine building another PC without a SSD.

 

Once you go SSD you never go back. And for games that thrash your hard drive constantly (like WoW for instance) the difference is staggering.

 

Go to Nvidia C panel and get Digital Vibrance up to enhance the colors, reduce brightness a tad bit, adjust contrast to liking.

You can really improve colors, but I advice you use your backlight around 50% tops, I usually end up with around 30% backlight because it is plenty bright and blacks look ok.

 

We have already shipped dozens of ASUS G53JW-A1 with 2nd HDD's and we use nothing but G53JW HDD brackets.

 

Strange that multiple contacts at U.S. ASUS HQ including PM's and multiple other contacts say otherwise, quite firmly and without hesitation... Our contacts have heard about some being modded out in the market.

 

As far as screens, I think the screen on my g53 is very good (although i can see how ppl can say its alittle white-ish, mine seems to have solid blacks)
I also think my G53 screens are much better than some of the G73JW pictures of the forum with light leaks

 

Meh, I'm not too picky about the screen. As long as the resolution is not 1366x768, then I'll be happy. I love(d) the 1280x800 on my HP Dv2610us. The 1366x768 on my work's Dell Vostro 3400 looks like garbage. Everything's all big, and there's hardly any space to do anything or put anything. 1600x900 is huge on my desktop monitor, so I'm fine with the G53's reso.

Only thing is, can those of you who own one, compare it to the HP Brightview monitors that we commonly see at Staples, OfficeDepot, Walmart, Frys, etc. on the HP lappies? Is it brighter/better?

 

Hello, I was waiting for g53jw-a1 for sometime, but now I became uncertain.

When I first saw video reviews of this notebook, I got an impression that screen lacks something. Especially when put next to g73jw, the picture on g73jw looked more contrasted, more colorfull, in my opinion. But I decided it was a fault of a camera that pictured it maybe or it just so seemed to me.

Now people talking about the screen, some confirming my impression, some say it's a good screen, but I cannot find videos of good quality, showing the screen (they just show it's viewing angles, but that's not what concernes me most).

So, if you have this notebook and didn't yet describe your impression of the screen, could you please do it, or maybe show some videos (especially with comparision of g73 and g53-a1, that would be awesome).

@rancid: if you will manage to somehow improve image quality with some tools, please let know, because I'm also concerned with this issue.

 

I agree with this post. I actually requested a gaming video, which will show its quality in most aspects. Viewing angles shouldn't really matter on a laptop anyway. Brightness, colors, bleeding/whites, and resolution matter though.

Someone come thru, plz

 

All I know is that, the 3D screen sucks pretty bad in terms of contrast and etc. It's only like 200:1. :/ A lot of people praised the M11x for having a great screen even though it was just average. It's probably a placebo effect or something, but I wouldn't be surprised if the G53's screen wasn't all too great in terms of the numbers. I guess, though since people having been praising it, it has to be at least average or else somebody would've ranted about it already.

 

I've had the G53JW-A1 for a couple of weeks now and I'm loving it. I think people are being a little too picky about the screen. Yes the viewing angles aren't the best, but that tends to be a problem with most laptops. The colors and contrast look wonderful to me though and I consider myself to be an image snob since I'm a television editor and do photography as a hobby. I did have to tweak my screen to get it to look good I'll admit, but I've had to do that with every monitor I've owned whether it be a laptop or desktop monitor. I use the sypder pro 3 and everything looks incredible. Even games look better once the screen is properly calibrated. The only thing that I think could have been improved is the viewing angle. Yes it would be nice to have an IPS or have the RGB screen that Dell sometimes uses, but those significantly raise the price.

As a side note, does anyone know if there is a way to swap the screen out for an IPS?

 

that's reassuring ... sadly, I'm not a photographer nor monitor specialist, and for me any monitor is, simply saying, thing which emits light and shows moving pictures (but that doesn't mean I can't compare 2 monitors when I see them side by side). Could you explain, if it's not hard, what calibrating does to the monitor and is it hard to do ? (I tried to google myself, but understood only that it somehow improves color distinction or something like that ... hmm, but I guess it can't turn a bad monitor into a good one) Also, I suppose, to use this spyder (?) pro 3 one has to posess some knowledge ?

 

When calibrating your monitor, all you need to do is set it to some basic levels (ie, set color temp to 6500) and then a product like spyder pro does the rest of the work for you. If you know a lot about color and brightness levels then you can use the more advanced settings, but you can always use the defaults and it still makes a huge difference. The biggest draw back is that it's not the cheapest product out there, but the results are amazing. Here is the link for the version of the sypder calibrator that I use:

Spyder3Pro - Datacolor - Global Leader in Color Management Solutions


I also just order the Acratech Viewing Angle Gauge to help make sure that I'm using the best viewing angle when I'm color correcting my photos. I haven't actually used this product yet though, so although it looks like it should work out great I have no actual first hand experience with it. Here is a link for the gauge:

Viewing Angle Gauge :: Photographic Accessories :: Acratech

 

I wish they would use an IPS monitor...even if was an option for an additional cost. I stopped by a Best Buy today and looked at the G73JH and was not impressed by the screen...especially when I was looking from the top down. While I will be using th laptop for photographs (hobby) I will use my main computer for any important color corrections.

While the G73 looked big it didn't feel too heavy and I will be using it around my home so I am now leaning towards the G73 over the G53...the price and configurations are pretty similar anyway.

 

Black Ops PC Gameplay hope that helps

 

That will take a G73 above 2k maybe above 2.5k, and this is not their target market, even sager/alienware with their customizable setups dont offer IPS panels, I think only HP uses IPS panels on their Elitbooks 8540/8740, which everybody raves about their screens. But to me the screen is really good, maybe a little bleeding, but really not that big, overall one of the best screens i have had.

 

I agree thats not there target
But why do people who dont mind spending more have to suffer
so a option to upgrade would be real nice

 

Just remember the best buy version has a lower quality screen than what you'd buy through another retailer. Its both lower resolution and has weaker black levels. I haven't heard a single negative review of the direct-from-asus G73 screen.

 

How much of a future proof laptop is this?

So far im waiting till blackfriday to buy this in case i see any good deals on this. All my focus been on this(before it was the MSI GX660R-060, dont like how it looks and i heard bad things about the screen). So does anybody know any laptop thats a really good future proof around $1500?

Thanks in advance ^_^

 

What does future proof mean though?

The G53 will be good for 2 years of solid gaming. After 3, you'll be looking to upgrade.

 

I don't get this... why do ppl care so much about viewing angles from bottom and top? It's not like you ever use it that way... We should only care about angles from the sides because if we're watching a movie with a significant other or with friends, not all of us can see from the "front" angle, so left/right matters so that everyone can see the movie images well. The only time that top/bottom angle might matter is if you're not bending the screen towards/away from you to get the right angle depending on your seating position. But...if you're not doing that--then you must be spoiled/lazy/weird So can someone, if it's not too inconvenient, comment on the viewing angles from left/right sides? Also, can we get a rough estimate of how far back you can bend the screen, in terms of degree/angle?

Much thanks! And a cookie for you too!

 

Thats already dont by all the resellers
in there Videos

 

Great! Gonna check it out, thanks!

 

Not sure why there's a big fuss regarding the screens. I personally thought the G53 had an excellent screen with a perfect brightness level.

I've been through Dell, MSI and HP models this year and found those screens to be unsatisfactory (studio, gx740, pavillion).

The G53 is the best laptop screen I owned, to be honest

I used it on max brightness and the reading/browsing experience was very enjoyable.

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I hope I can get a unit soon. Insurance guy is taking pictures on Monday and I'm going to haggle him for a speedy cheque so I can get the G53JW once again (or the G73JW-3D, arghh). I was browsing Ken's website and there's a G73JW-XR1 for 1449$ which is also very tempting.

 

Now xoticpc has the g53jw-a3 for 1345$ am upgrading the hdd from 320gb to 500gb(+20$) so its an excellent deal for 1365$ 2years warranty, backpack, mouse, 8gb ram.. Wowwwww bye bye amazon's xa1.. Xoticpc rocks

 

So what's the diff between A3 and A1 besides HDD size? Does it come with the 2nd HDD bracket yet?

 

I doubt it will ever come with 2nd caddy, unless you order a 2nd hdd or order it with it. Regardless seems like a nice deal.

 

I think the A1 had less RAM, iirc.

 

I got my notebook on Thursday. UPS delivered it really late. Almost 8pm. It was a very long and tough wait. I haven't had a lot of time to really play with it. I did a clean installation of Windows 7 Ultimate (got it over Premium for more technical reasons). This thing is definitely beautiful. It's extremely quiet. It's almost as if the machine wasn't turned on at all. The screen is really good; I have to disagree with those that say the screen isn't good. Not that I plan to burn Blu-ray discs real soon (I have the Blu-ray RW/DVD-writer combo drive), but what software is recommended for burning Blu-ray discs? I'm also looking to see what I can do or if I need a driver update for the audio. I'm unable to figure out how to make adjustments on the treble and bass (using headphones).

 

Didn't the software come installed for your Blu-ray writer? Have you checked your box for the disk?

 

I did install Roxio CinePlayer, which does play Blu-ray movies. As for the discs that came with my PC, I have the Asus Driver and Utility DVD v. 1.0 for the G53JW, a recovery DVD, and an OEM DVD for Windows 7 Ultimate.

 

Do any of you guys know how to confirm whether asus's global warranty is valid in india?

 

How is the screen compared to the Asus G73Jw's?

The G73Jw has a pretty hard-to-beat 909:1 contrast ratio. I wonder if the G53 can get at least 500:1, because I'm stuck here with my really bad 191:1...

Also, how bad/good is the keyboard flex?

And on the GenTech video review, the GPU was skyrocketing at 92C? I thought this was supposed to stay cool?

 

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@Butr0sButr0s - I actually was thinking of this when I went to Best Buy...someone had pointed it out. While the screen wasn't what I would like knowing the the JW is better helps a lot.

@dookie - I actually realize that I will be looking directly at the laptop...able to tilt it either sideways or vertically and it isn't that big of a deal. However, I would be willing to spend a couple of extra $$'s to upgrade to a better screen. I also realize that the target market for the laptop is gaming which requires quicker response times on the screen rather than colors etc.

I have built the last several PC's with Asus MBs and have been very pleased and this is the reason I am getting the Asus laptop. Never been fond of either Dell, HP etc. Just wish I had the option for a better screen

 

Asus G53Jw vs Alienware m17
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hello my friends~
I've come to tell ya'll how I'm doing, after having my G53 for a few weeks.
So far, I've had it on all day every day, as I use it for work. Flash and Illustrator run quite smooth. Photoshop has a bit of a delay, but this is temporarily fixed with a system restart.
Mine was upgraded to have a built in Blu Ray player, and man, this thing rocks. I just purchased a new television... my first blu ray experience was last weekend, and it was AMAZING. So, the HDMI connection is great! I also tried Left 4 Dead 2 on the big screen, and there was a small delay in the beginning... but afterwards, all my specs at their max, it was a glorious experience.
Travel-wise, it isn't a pain to carry around. It's sitting in my lap right now, doesn't feel too heavy or clunky. It's rather nice. The screen has much cooler colors than my external monitor, but I don't know if this is a bad thing or good thing... it does get a little worrisome though, when it comes to my artwork. I don't know if my colors are the correct ones. Other than that, the monitor is nice and bright when it needs to be, and I normally keep it down near the lowest brightness, anyway. (When not working on something important, I mean.)
As most of you know, I got mine with the rainbow keyboard lights, and it is still quite pretty. I thought it might get on my nerves after a time, but it's not noticeable to the point of annoyance or anything. I'm still happy with it!
I'm waiting on that second hard drive to arrive, but I feel no urgency when it comes to hard drive space. First thing I did was partition my drives and establish a little storage system, which my other computers probably would have appreciated!
Voodooi my poor friend, I'm so sorry to hear the bad news... I actually hide my laptop in it's backpack when I'm not taking it with me to the outside world, because I know what it is like to be robbed like that. I actually stopped bringing my laptop outside because of a string of bus muggings that have been happening on the route I usually take. Scary stuff.

I did notice a defect or two in the laptop's design. It isn't hard to live with, though it can be distracting if you are in a mood. The lid of my machine is lopsided when it is closed. The left side, by the hinge, sinks in lower than the right side. Also, the corners near the front of the lid sometimes pop out, and I'm not sure if it is because of the way I'm opening the lid or what... I mean... I'm pretty gentle, so what gives? Other than that, and a slightly squeaky button the keyboard, the machine is fantastic!

 

@Anima
Might want to read this review

 

It might be the way ur opening it, I remember u open it from the corner or something. I always open mine from the middle. Carrying is a little hassle, fashion wise, the big bookbag makes me look like a dork. I'm going to try to find a messenger bag on black Friday.

 

Hi Anima,

When I do end up getting a replacement, I will keep it on me 100% of the time I'm not at home since I live in a bad area with a high crime rate. I've been also considering carrying a military extendable baton (35$) with the bag because I walk alot late at night. Glad to see you're having fun with your stealth bomber, though. We'll Steam zombie games sooooon

I'm just thankful it doesn't have flashy lights like the Alienwares or some MSI's because you'd need an assortment of weapons if you commute with either of them in a bad neighborhood since it would catch someone's eye fairly quick.

I'm still tempted by the new 1080p 3-D unit releasing this week. Gonna head to best buy and try Avatar on the 3000$ Sony 3D 1080 TV they just got and see if I'm WOW'd away (downgrade G7JW-3D is 17?? USD, so not much more than the G53JW). Last time I tried a 720p 1200$ TV experience and it didn't WOW me at all

 

Hey Guys and Gal, nice little reunion of the first people to have it lol

Yeah mine never shuts down either... either on or sleeping... and it runs very quickly.

I have no problems with the laptop, i'm running out of space again, so I think I'll put my bluray writer to use finally.

I watched avatar 1080p in 3D and it was fantastic!!! I'm pretty impressed with everything this laptop offers... I say good purchase!

I havn't been playing games, but I think I might make a video for the laptop that has multiple games playing with FPS counter on and in 2d and 3d... while playing the song Derrezzed by daft punk

Best of luck all,

 

@Voodoi

Sorry to hear that. I'm reading that the G53JW comes with anti-theft system? rendering the machine useless. Don't know if anyone set their systems up. (Read more here)

 

It's all icore devices.. and it costs around 120 for 3 years... Intel® Anti-Theft Technology is one of the worst websites I've ever been in... since there is no place to actually buy or get the service it's just full of crap and info...

 

You don't buy it. It's clearly stated on that page it's built into i3, i5 and i7. And thee are links to the service you need to activate it. This I figured out in 30 seconds.

 

Hi anima, voodooi, metallic, pencilx we were missing you guys.. Nice to see that you found time to post the messages.. @Voodooi it sucks when we lose something that we love.. I lost my bike two days before and then thought about you only.. Whatever happens in life, happens for a reason. Hmmm, eventhough am not a regular poster, i have read all the 406 pages and am glad that you guys are back..

 

oh please tell me how