Asus G751 coming with Maxwell GTX 980M and GTX 970M

I literally cannot wait to get my G751, even if it was only to play this.

For all of those who like strategy games and unique art styles, please give the series a try when it releases on PC. I cannot recommend it enough.

 

HMScott, TYVM for your help. I am curious why your Asus Install program (which rests on the toolbar in desktop mode) shows an AsusDVD as mine certainly doesn't. I checked ASUS install last night. I even went to the ASUS support page for the g751 to make doubly sure. Regardless, I am still very smitten with this beast of a notebook.

 

I've been having something strange happen with my G751 lately. When I turn the laptop on, it takes three start-ups to get anything to show up on my screen. Anyone else having a similar issue with theirs? It always eventually works, but most times I have to start it up, nothing displays, I have to push the power button to turn it off, then start it back up again. It doesn't seem to ever get better. Is there maybe a BIOS setting I need to adjust? Or a power setting?

 

Hey guys,

So after owning this thing for about a week now and putting it through it's initial paces...it's a great laptop. I haven't had a large laptop like this since my Dell M1710.

My only two issues are still the damn outtie blu-ray drive button. I always seem to hit it when I pick it up. It drives me nuts. And also the power cord that plugs into the laptop itself is rather short. It keeps falling out.

Other than those two minor detais everything has been great with this laptop. No complaints.

Great screen. The color difference beside a TN is big. Movies look great, and I haven't noticed any ghosting whatsoever. (I've tested it beside my 1200hz monitor). Keyboard is solid, some flex on the right of the enter key, but who cares.Primary SSD is stupid fast, transfered at 240MB/s from SSD1 to SSD 2. (SSD 2 held it back, but still quick) Surprisingly get 3.5 hours of battery life. 980m is extremely powerfull, ran Metro 2033 Redux well. It's a great bang for buck. (Got it for $2400 CAD taxes in).

Hopefully you guys get yours soon. Enjoy.

 

I'm about to order the g751jt for $1500. Is it possible for me just to get the EVO 850 SSD 250gb and put it as the main drive for this laptop? and put the 1gb of HDD as the second drive? Ive been trying to make sense of a lot of these terms and frankly, im confused.

 

FwyFlyer, historically Asus has always provided a Cyberlink DVD / Blu-ray player with the laptop, I have had 6 Asus laptops and all came with player software, right up through the G750 JM/ J S /JZ, and other models as well.

This is the first I have heard of Asus not providing player software with the laptop.

I would ask Asus nicely to provide a new download link, or get it to you via some other method - like a license voucher.

Here is the only link from Asus I could find for AsusDVD, but it is only for Windows 8 x64... if you get a new link for Windows 8.1, please let us know.

Asus Support - AsusDVD download
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. -Support- Drivers and Download ASUSDVD

Let us know if that one works for DVD and/or Blu-ray

I use the Cyberlink Live product, it costs 1/2 the cost of the full PowerDVD Ultra, and I can install it on all my PC's, adding it to new ones any time / anywhere.

http://www.cyberlink.com/products/powerdvd-live/features_en_US.html

 

There is nothing there too, i send them a query, i'll tell you what they answer me.

 

Yes it is possible, i did the exact same thing (but with a Crucial SSD) that you suggest.

 

Hey BigDRim, I have been following this thread since the start but never posted anything. Thanks for all the replies about your G751JT, I have a question about transferring the OS from mechanical drive to SSD, Which software did you use? ASUS backtracker? Can you post some links for methods followed and hardware used (USB drive and SSD specs). Thanks again,

 

Guys, so i preordered a JY with 1*128gb SSD, that SSD will be installed in the hidden slot or the easy access one?

Assume that it will be in the hidden slot, i will upgrade the SSD with the empty slot, then what is the rule? (like do i have to buy another PCIe SSD? Or a 2.5" would do fine beside a PCIe? And incase i must use a PCIe, must i buy the same storage (128gb)?
Tks in advance.
Btw i will have been waited 3 months on the day i get the machine...that is hardcore patient.

 

It was very easy. With the SSD i got a key for Acronys True Image 2014. I put the SSD in the second empty slot. I deleted the empty data partition of the HDD and merged the empty space with C: (OS partition) with the disk tools in Windows. I cloned the HDD (all of it) to the SSD with Acronys (automatic setting). After it was done the pc rebooted on the SSD (that became disk C). I checked in the bios (pressing F2 during the boot animation) the boot ordered was already changed. Then as i realised that the second slot was SATA II, i just put the SSD on the slot 1 (sata III) and the HDD on the slot 2 (sata II).

 

There is only one m.2 slot,not 2....u have a 2.5" slot for normal hdd or ssd and another that it has 2 adapters 2.5" and. M.2,but u can only use one of them.
The m.2 slot us 2x faster than a sata 3,there is NO 2x m.2 slots,the asus told that on their forums

 

xotic pc customization says otherwise... wish they would fix that

 

Damn i hate how sellers keep giving wrong info. Thanks for that d0r1n.

 

I searched like u till a few days ago when i read this topic on asus Which SSD's in G751 and what can you replace them with?
Read the second post from asus contact

 

did someone post this review ?
ASUS G751JY - Full Review and Benchmarks

 

I also don't have bluray playing software available. Kinda dumb.

 

perfect. ill be reading this again some day. were all the brackets and screwed provided already by ASUS?

Have you tried benchmarking or get FPS of games like shadows of mordor?

 

Anyone who has the laptop on their hands could do me a favor? I'd love to have the default wallpaper, could anyone please upload it somewhere and post it here so I can download it?

Greatly appreciate it

 

I'll use my G751 to play this:

 

Thanks @BigDRim and how do we know which slot is sata II and which sata III? You used Crucial M550 512gb as the ssd drive?

 

The bay on the left when flipped over (with both PCIE and SATA) is the one with SATA III.

The opposite bay (Just below the RAM slots) is SATA 2, and is better used for a mechanical data HDD.

 

Awesome thanks SoulMisaki.

 

Why the hell asus still uses sata 2 ports??? Whyyyyy

Making a raid 0 is not agreable with a sata2 and sata3,they are playing with our nerves

 

Thank you sir, you are awesome!

 

Can any1 plz tell if they kno where in Europe that's reputable, selling g751, I need it lol, wow out soon :-D

 

SoulMisaki, although SATA II isn't as fast as SATA III, it is still fast enough for an SSD to run 3x plus faster than an HDD - up to 300MB/sec on SATA II

Difference between SATA I, SATA II and SATA III

The typical 1TB HDD runs about 80-100MB/sec, while an SSD that will do 550MB/sec in a SATA III interface will do about 300MB/sec on a SATA II interface.

No need to go back to battery sucking, heat generating, slow as hell spinning disk, just because you have a SATA II interface

 

d0r1n, it makes no sense for Asus to put a SATA II port in a top end ROG laptop. And, it makes no sense to have only 1 M.2 PCIE. No RAID0 for us this time around...

 

From a sheer performance point the M.2 drive is basically a raid array worth of performance.

 

Meaker, but not as fast as a 2 x M.2 PCIE RAID0 would be

The one CrystalDiskMark test ( @ 9:39 ) I have seen so far...

Asus G751 nVidia GTX980M Full Detailed Review & Benchmarks (G751JY-DH71)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akjzKO4HfQQ

...isn't faster than the 2 x 128GB M.2 SATA SSD RAID0 in the G750JH/JZ

CrystalDiskMark performance for a single M.2 PCIE SSD G751JY:


CrystalDiskMark performance for a 2 x 128GB RAID0 M.2 SATA SSD G750JH


I think an XP941 or XP951 M.2 PCIE would out perform the stock m.2 SATA RAID0, but better M.2 SATA SSD's would make the RAID0 even faster too...

We aren't getting a step up in IO performance until we get at least a 2x M.2 PCIE RAID0.

 

I'm about to buy the G751JY however...
Is it worth paying £300(around $485) extra to upgrade to: i7 4860hq, 200GB extra SSD space, 8GB RAM extra?
I would probably have to wait 1 month for the £300 cheaper one to restock first but the more expensive one is still instock.

 

Thats wright....the m.2 slot is a pcie 4x and its teoretic speed is 10-20gb,so is 2 times faster than a sata 3 port

 

I bought The Asus Rog g751JM from bestbuy in the U.S, Is it easy to replace the DVD drive with a Bluray Drive?

 

One screw according to the Asus g751 Upgrade guide I posted a few pages earlier.

 

Wow guys my heart broken. After 2 months of waiting, i get the news that incoming G751 models for my country will NOT USEEE an ips, it will be the **** TN back on the G750. Too much **** for 2 months. I'm rly depressed. I'm going to get a GT72 which is instock for while at my local reseller.
**** ASUS!!

 

That sucks man! Vietnam right? No wonder you were getting such an amazing deal...

 

Yep, i cancle my preorder as soon as they update the screen info. I feel betrayed. Just crap. 2 months. Crap

 

Not sure about your region but the GT72 with IPS screen is coming out in a few weeks/days here in the US, if you really want the IPS screen.

 

I'm tired of waiting. Does anyone know if i can change the screen on the G751 or GT72?

 

So does the ASUS ROG G751JY use the m.2 SSD specification or regular old mSATA?

I have a current laptop with x2 Crucial 512gb M500 mSATA drives that I'll need to swap in to whatever 980M machine I decide on and am not clear what this new Asus uses ...

Thanks for any assist...

Joel

 

There is only one m.2 slot that is in the same 2.5" adapter space so u cand only use 2x 2.5" drives or 1x2.5" drive and 1xm.2 ssd

 

OK.
Yes you can if you can find one and probably voiding the warranty . Good luck on your journey!

 

Joel, there is a lot of published info already in this thread answering this question - it isn't mSATA, it is M.2 PCIE SSD - and there is only 1 connector for M.2 PCIE.

I will add that you could get a 2.5" mSATA adapter to use in the 2 2.5" bays. But, if your model G751 comes with a M.2 PCIE SSD, you will only be able to use 1 2.5" bay as the M.2 PCIE SSD models have an adapter already in the Bay to support the M.2 PCIE SSD connector mount.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=a9_sc_1...keywords=msata+adapter&ie=UTF8&qid=1414619168

msata adapter - Newegg.com

I think there are 2 x mSATA adapters in the larger 3.5" size...for use in an external USB 3.0 / Thunderbolt box.

 

I just got my Asus G751JT-DH72. I have a Macbook pro retina and the "original" Asus g73. I going to primarily play World of Warcraft with it for now. So my first impression is that its just like the G73 but with a more tactile keyboard that feels good. The red lights are hard to read on the keys. I didn't think it would be a probably since I can type, but I have to hunt for the "special keys" like turning off the trackpad, etc and its a little difficult. And like everyone says the DVD drive pops open every time you touch it. I've accidentally opened the DVD drive probably 10 times in the first day. The screen is nice. It's bright and the colors look rich to me. The trackpad doesn't seem as bad as I was expecting. I'm coming the Mac where the mousepad is awesome so I was worried, but it seems alright. The swiping is opposite to the mac which is hard to get used to. The buttons are the trackpad are weird but I kinda like them having the more keyboard like feel. The machine seems pretty quick and Warcraft looks great. From time to time I jump out of Wow into Windows 8 "PC Settings". I don't know what key I'm hitting or what is happening there. The only concern is that the sound seems like its not directed towards me. It's mostly downward and to the left so it sounds like everything comes from the "Z" key and not from the monitor. Not very loud or clear either, but I probably just have to get used to it. The Mac has left and right speakers to the left and right of the keyboard facing up. On the G751 I know the one speaker is on the bottom but I'm not sure where any others are.

 

I got my G751JT-DH72 today too. I agree with you on the keyboard being red, it can be hard to see those fn key icons. The DVD tray is not that big of an issue for me (yet.) I've been good so far and not hit the eject button yet. I can see how I will though. As for the sound I think the left and right channels are at the bottom of the display (yes the sub is on the bottom), they are very directional. I've noticed if I'm setting low in my chair and have the display angled down, I too get the sound from the keyboard, thou for me it is centered (not coming from the left like yours.) But with the display angled up, its normal. The sound is good, not awesome or anything, but good to very good. But, it is loud, I cranked it up and it is way louder than my G73JH.

My only "scare" was when I first powered up. I guess there was something in the left fan, is sounded like an old sci-fi movie where they have the electricity sound FX. Sort of a ziiiit zzzzit sound. It was running/blowing fine, just making this weird zap sound. It stopped after about 30 seconds and hasn't happened again. I did call Newegg to just get in on my "record" that it did it. Right now I have no plans to RMA/return it. It's perfectly normal now, very quite. Played a little WoW, Crysis 3 and BF4, all maxed out, to do a little stress test. I did not benchmark, just wanted to see if the fan acted up again (it did not.) They all played great, no lag or anything. Sorry I only grabbed the WoW frame rates, it was in the 120's.

 

gg DU mAAAAAA. the "socialists" are g with us again!!!

 

Were the games installed on SSD or mechanical drive? I think the DH72 model has only 256 GB of ssd. Is there a way to run them from mechanical drive rather than SSD as most of the recent games are pretty large 5GB to 10GB and would fill up the SSD pretty fast. Have you tried running them from mechanical drive? I'm still trying to decide between the DH72 and CH71 models (i was planning to upgrade the CH71 model with samsung 850 pro 512 GB). (Please feel free to redirect me to appropriate thread if this isn't the right question for this thread.)

 

Speakers are hidden under the hinge...the bottom one is subwoofer

 

No, I have them on the hard disk. The laptop has a 500gb SD and a 1tb hard drive, I "fixed" the partitioning. Both the SSD and the hard drive were partitioned in to two partitions. I deleted the 2nd partition on both and extended both so now I have a c: at about 500gb and a d: at about 1tb.