Consider upgrading from G73Jh to the G75VW, cus we have gone through a lot of hell together.

My G73Jh is over 2 years old now and we have gone through a lot of hell together.
But I'm not going to sum up all the problems, it's still kickin' so, but yeah.

And this is my G73Jh spec:
17" (1600x1200) screen
Intel Core i5 CPU M 450 @ 2.40GHz
4GB RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 1GIG

And I'm considering to replace this G73Jh with
this G75VW spec:
17.3" 1920 x 1080 ( Full HD ) LED
Intel Core i7 (3rd Gen) 3610QM / 2.3 GHz
6 GB ( 1 x 4 GB + 1 x 2 GB ) RAM, DDR3 SDRAM, 1600 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M - 2 GB GDDR5 SDRAM

Now my question is, is there a big difference between G73Jh and G75VW?
And please explain to me like I'm a kid, cus I have no idea, really.

I play games like World of Warcraft, StarCraft 2, Battlefield 3 and soon Dishonored and sometimes The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

I do notice big rough times in Battlefield 3 and Skyrim even when I have the settings not on max but somewhere under high and over medium, shadows I almost always have to turn down to lowest.

So what do you think?
There is also the "outside" of the G73Jh and G75VW I give some thought on aswell as the TouchPad for G73Jh has just 1 bar that is really hard to click on while G75VW has two buttons (left and right).

Then there is the fans, I have no idea if there is better fans for G75VW or if they are easier to manage, clean.

So any input here, I would so appreciate it!!!

 

The biggest difference you are going to see if the CPU, GPU wise only a slight increase although it is newer tech and will overclock better and comes with less heat and power consumption.

It will be an upgrade just not a major one. Depending on if you are upgrading to an SSD will be the deal breaker.

 

Is it possible to get the SSD after buying the G75VW and replace it with whatever is in it?

And second question, do you really think it won't have a major difference in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with that graphic card and the one I have and the RAM and processor?

Cause right now, G73Jh is struggling with Skyrim, lately.

I just thought for a second that buying GW75VW was a good investment considering the reviews I've read and comparing this to this, being very troublesome and I can't even run highest settings in World of Warcraft without it feeling slow\laggish, dragy? I don't know the word for it, not 20 fps but still feels slow somehow.

 

Of course you just remove the HDD and upgrade to an SSD and you can copy the image across to reinstall or create your own.

No, as mentioned it wont be a major difference but it will be a difference and some games run better on Nvidia rather than AMD. The CPU will certainly help in skyrim however as it is very CPU bound especially if you mod.

It is a good buy but it is not going to give you the results you may expect if you are intending to go high end from Alienware of Clevo/Sager, for the games you play however no problem, and moving from 900p to 1080p is a certain upgrade.

If that is the model you want however then that is the model you are going to want to get I game on an M11x at 1080p on a 540m GT only but play Skyrim at high 1080p with mods at 25fps haha and wouldn't change it for the world.

 

Yiddo makes some good points! I hear you loud and clear Jacob, if I was in the market I would seriously consider this Sager GenTech PC - Customize System. Ken Lee who runs Gentech and posts here often can be very helpful if you want another opinion. I would not buy another ASUS for the reason(s) you stated. Also at this time there are some NICE free upgrades with the sager I linked.
(see the Clevo Vortex... review in Yiddo's signature for more details on the 9170 )

 

I also have the G73jh, but with the 1920x1080 screen. I replaced my harddrives with SSDs and that made a huge difference in everything.
For Skyrim, you might want to remove one or two mods if you have them installed for better performance.
In any case, I would wait for the successor of the g75vw, which means some other 6-9 months of wait time. Your current laptop should be sufficient to hold out that time, even if it means to disable some settings (like FSAA and shadows)
pato

 

I agree that it's best to wait for the next model. SSD's or memory upgrade depending on what you have now, but not much more.

Recently my screen was broken, so I spent a lot of time considering what to buy: G75, Alienware, Sager etc... but nothing quite excited me enough to fork out the cash right now.
So I fixed the screen and I'll wait about 9 months. (if anything, my temps are too high, but I know that if dusting doesn't do it, I'll have to repaste).

Also, Asus might be preparing a surprise for the Win8 release (nothing big, but who knows..)

Given that I was monitoring prices of the different versions of the G75 in France, I noticed that two weeks ago there were offers of discounts for all the G75's and that as of this Monday, a lot of online stores no longer sell *any* G75 or only one model instead of 4 or 5 last week.

My guess is that they emptied their stocks of G75 waiting for... something. G76? G75 touch-enabled? No idea, but it's weird to have the G75 disappearing from the shelves.

Anyone has information or wild guesses on this?

 

The only problem with waiting is that you could be waiting a long time for the difference to be noticeable, Asus always go with 128 bit or 192 bit Mid Range GPU's and their only real benefit comes from lower temps and less power consumption the performance difference is going to be negligible. It is always going to be a better option to wait but expect to be waiting until at least March April next year and by then something much better will be out in the Clevo/Sager and Alienware.

 

Yes. It's always the same. But in this case nothing in Alienware or Clevo excited me either (not 2000 euro excited) and all my stuff still runs fine.

It's always an individual decision. I'm picky on noise which often means temps which makes the Asus always a contender.
Bang for the buck the Clevo is often best placed and has the accessibility/upgradeabilty.

 

It is a common thing that people say the noise is a lot lower on the Asus than the Clevo but with my P170HM I saw no difference at all because the fans are high quality so they noise they produce is barely noticeable and the temps stay below 80oC meaning they do not need to run full pelt.

The 680M will also more than double the performance of the 660M and although I am normally AMD the 7970M Enduro issue means the 680M looks like a great buy.

 

Good to know. I didn't know the 680 was so far above the 660.

The P170HM did look like a great buy. It was my becoming choice until I decided to wait. The truth is I don't really have a pressing need to upgrade now that the screen fix worked without surprises.

I read an article about Asus showing off Kinect on a portable that looked based on the G75, maybe something like that is coming end of year?

 

No displayport was the killer for me on the HM even my M11x has a displayport at the end of the day I found that I could still play all my games on the m11x with just a 540M GT so the 660M is more than enough.

It is Asus pricing that is the problem they charge more than 50% the cost to build just for the name and that name is not that popular.