Asus G73JW discussion thread

Hybrid drive? It came this way 'standard', or did you order the hybrid drive?

Are you sure you got a hybrid drive, and could you look in the device mgr, and give us a model number?

Thanks!

 

Will Intel Centrino Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 (New Wireless Card+4G Technology ) work properly with Asus G73-JW & G53-JW? if so! can someone points out how many antenna wireless card this card support?

thank you

 

Edit: I have been told it will work with the existing hardware and does not need an extra antenna etc..

The drivers are on my JW disc but no WiMax card .

 

Thanks dude.. It sounds like upgrading some Intel's software over 6300 wireless card for getting (WiMax) activated hands down! is not.. I know its a dumb question, but when it comes to 4G technology.. it virtually deserves to be on this beast very soon lol.

 

What i found out is the card is a 6250 meaning it only needs 2 wires and the 6300 needs 3 wires ... So i guess when the 6400 comes out it will need 4 lol...

 

What would be the top 5 games for the G73JW?

 

FYI Asus G73JW Owners' Lounge thread is now up:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-reviews-owners-lounges/518687-asus-g73jw-owners-lounge.html

 

so, jw's no better than jh in term of gaming performance? thats kinda big disappointment

then whats the meaning of gtx460's extra memory?

 

A big disappointment? How do you figure?

The 460M is the same gen card as the 5870... of course it is going to deliver similar performance. If you want something better, you need to either pay a lot more (480M SLI) with a different laptop, or wait for the next gen mobile cards.

The JW is just a little refresh of sorts, not an entirely new notebook.

 

well disappointment for me since i thought jw is the upgraded version of jh. Btw, can jw's gtx460 upgraded to 480?

 

Hi--I ordered the hybrid drive extra. The model numbers are ST9500420AS and ST95005620AS.

 

Thanks for the clarification.

 

Just bought mine @ amazon.com. LoL. will arrive in Brazil oct 7!

 

How much was the Amazon shipping fee for Brazil?

 

The amazon description says it has 8GB DDR3 1066MHz memory... I thought the standard on the JW was 1333MHz

 

Amazon description is incorrect. I purchased my G73JW from them and it definitely has 1333Mhz DDR3.

 

That was a typo in the Technical Details. Look further down in the Specifications, where it is correctly identified as 1333

 

I'm really lovin this machine.. Just realized another nice little feature the Fn + Spacebar to cycle thru the power options...Sweeeeet!!

Too bad the other thread got closed, allot of good info there. Oh well maybe this one will take off now.

 

Loving mine so far. Thanks Ken and Gentech.

 

Ha! Nice find! I probably should've read the manual or something..

 

I like the joy of discovery..

 

I like that you like the joy of discovery. I like even more that you choose to share your like of discovery with lazy folk like myself.

 

There is always this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-reviews-owners-lounges/518687-asus-g73jw-owners-lounge.html

TipTIp

 

I made a sig bar for all the JW fans if you want. I'ts not as flashy as the other ones, but it's a work in progress

 

Woohoo!! I got my machine today!!! ^^ lovely! Ken u r the best !! GentechPC rox!!

 

ordered mine on the 15th, still waiting

 

Who did you order it from? That's too many days. You should call them and ask.

 

Just ordered the G73JW from POWER NOTEBOOK.COM (Shipping to the UK). Spoke with Donald *10 out of 10* for customer service he also saved me money on a unnecessary processor upgrade. I am Going for the OCZ Vertex 2 120GB SATA II Solid-State Drive upgrade instead

My wait for this great notebook is nearly over (YEAH)

 

hey all you of you , ever noticed that the trackpad is something wrong ?? especially the first button? cant really press properly?? any of you got similar problem?? wonder is it defect or what

 

Guys can this Run a 30" external screen on its own at 2560x1600 with a HDMI Male - DVI Female plugged into the HDMI slot? My 30" only accepts DVI-D.

Although the newer 30"s have HDMI i think, would that work?

Few on here said HDMI1.3 will do 2560x1600, but some said no.

And what speeds can i expect with USB3 on small external HDD?

Please advise. ty

 

Yes according to HDMI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Hi all,

After reading this entire thread, I have a few questions re the G73JW...

1. Should I get a 128GB Crucial C300 SSD? I'm not a heavy gamer but I like a fast PC. Who doesn't, right?

2. Anyone have any problems with their SDD? Glitches, error messages etc.

3. Is 128GB enough to hold Win 7 Pro, Home/Student Office, Photoshop CS4, Lightroom, and Sony Vegas? I have no experience with Win 7 so I don't know how much space it'll take up. Or, should I just get the 500GB SATA as drive 1 (see question 1)?

4. Do I get a prize for reading this whole thread?

 

Yeahh!! Got the laptop!! Now burning the recovery DVDs!!

 

hey guys. i mess up my keyboard. now my light wont turn on. i think i broke the keyboard light cord. does anyone know where can i buy g73j keyboard?

edit: i saw some in ebay, but its for g73jh. anybody know if g73jh kb will also work in g73jw keyboard? i saw the back of g73jh keyboard and it seems a bit different on what i saw on my back keyboard but maybe the picture is just not updated. . here is the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150497824578 thank you very much in advance.

 

Did you remove the keyboard ? If so you may have just put the ribbon cable in upside down..

 

yeah. i remove the keyboard and did the kb mod, but now i don't have a light. at first the light will work if i hold the ribbon in some ways. i probably broke some of the ribbons lead.

 

Check to see if the connector is locked:

 

I bought Asus G73-JH from BB 4 months ago, and unfortunately i did return it to the store because of the keyboards issues and 1600 resolution. missing keystrokes happened every time i typed in keyboard. it has given an intermittent response. The only solution was to disable the touchpad in the bios. so i did RMA for JH version. since that time, i dont know if Asus fixed this glitch or not.

However, I like the new design for G73-JW.

Can somebody confirms me if Asus fixed the keyboard lag (missing keystrokes.)

many thanks

 

I think all the g-series laptop keyboards from the last 2-3 years are the same.

 

its locked ken.. thanks. i just bought one off ebay.

 

Hows the Screen on the Asus G73JW ?
comparing it to Alienware WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)

Or to the upcoming G53 ?
which is better

Thanks

 

Question for GenTech, Xotic, PowerNotebooks.com and other vendors:

Is the 3D (120Hz) version of the G73JW still scheduled for November?
I haven't seen any pre-order page, so I wanted to confirm if it is still on schedule.

Thanks!

 

Asus said the release date is sometimes around end of November, pre-order will start on November 1st.

 

Is the 3D (120Hz) screen Better
or the screen without 3D

Comparing it to m17x -
17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)

Thanks

 

That's kinda an unknown right now.... no one knows. Many of us are waiting to see the new 120hz screen to make a determination.

 

Thanks for the quick response Ken!

Maybe it is not yet disclosed, but do you have any info you could share about:

- differences with the non-3D G73JW: based on what I have gathered it will only consist of 3D-120Hz display, embedded nVidia 3D Vision controller IR emitter, nVidia 3D Vision active shutter glasses

-price: perhaps around 2,000$+ (nVidia GeForce 3D Vision Kit is around 200$ and extra cost for 120Hz may also be around 200$)

 

Yes you are right about the price and the only differences are the 120Hz screen and embedded 3D vision kit.

 

$2,000+?!?!

Geez, I knew 3D wasn't cheap, but that's not economical at all...I could pick up a GTX 460m Qosmio and the Asus 23" 3D pack and that would only come out to $1,700, with a way better screen to boot...

 

infatuated,

I have a G73JW, and I ran into this super-annoying issue as well. I found a solution, though: Uninstall the Synaptics touchpad driver. It screws with the keyboard somehow, causing this issue.

After uninstalling the Synaptics touchpad driver, the keyboard works like a dream.

The only problem now is that the touchpad reverts to the default Microsoft touchpad driver, which always has tap-to-click turned on. I downloaded the program TouchFreeze, and that solved my problem. NOTE, however, that you have to turn off TouchFreeze while playing games, or you'll lose mouseclicks.

 

So I've been playing FF14 on my G73JW, and I've been pretty disappointed. I've tweaked all the graphics settings I can think of, and I still get awful framerates (I'd estimate somewhere between 15 and 30 at the best of times, outdoors).

Has anyone else run into this?

Even after overclocking the GPU with Afterburner, I still only get ~1600 in the official FF14 Benchmark app (on High mode).