Considering the Asus G53

I'm not sure where to post this.

My current concern is that I'm sold on the Asus G53. My problem however is that my parents don't think I need a high end notebook. My dad in particular said that I would have no use for it since he said he doesn't need a graphics card for his office work.

They know that my current course in college is Management Information Systems and my specialization will be in Interactive Multimedia. I already explained to them that my specialization will be specialized in making PC and console games. However, they think that I'm just making it up to get a high end lappy.

Can anyone give me some tips regarding this matter? I'm 20 years old and from the Philippines. I'm not allowed to take a part time job since I'm still under their roof. The only way I can basically be free is to graduate and get a job.

 

Don't know exactly what you're interested in the G53 for...I'm assuming gaming. If not, then it probably is overkill.

That being said...there are other uses for high end graphics cards in notebooks. If you're an artist or photo enthusiast that does a lot of rendering, then that extra graphics muscle will come in handy.

I use my G53 for work also...but the reason I have it is it can also be a great game machine.

Hopefully you can work out a good solution for what you need.

 

LOL He's right, you're wrong. A GPU like those in the g73 series are overkill for your class.

 

It's overkill unless you're a professional graphic designer or architect that uses stuff like Maya, AutoCad, Photoshop on a daily basis. People studying those will hardly need to render anything more than a few frames (which can be done on any lameo computer the institution provides). I can't help come up with a valid excuse for the G53/G73 cause it says "Republic of Gamer" right there on the laptop and box, etc etc.

 

Also, people doing this work will have their laptop as a backup, not a main work machine. They'll have a $3000+ home rig, and a $2k laptop for when that rig is being serviced, etc.

 

A $1600 dollar desktop with i7-2600K oced to 4.5-5.0GHz is more than enough =x, add a GTX 570 or Quadro card in it.

 

Thanks for the input everyone. Actually I also plan to use for CAD and 3DS Max, since I would like to design some peripherals for our handicapped brethren. I will be submitting the design to a guy who is capable of making these. I'll be doing this in a part-time basis. However, I do need something that can run a PS2 emulator decently since my course will involve game development and mods on the PS2. There will also be some PC games that we will be looking into and we will also model in 3D.

 

PINOY! Where do you plan to buy this? So what's your final conclusion?

 

If ever I'm allowed, I'll buy it here in the Philippines. I just need to convince my parents.

 

Your problem: You have no case.

It's a hard case to make. Because CAD doesn't need a 460M. You can run CAD on any MacBook Pro easily which use pretty much an integrated garbage.

If your parents are smart, they will realize for image and 3D rendering, CPU is stil far far superior to GPU. GPU may render faster, sometimes, the CPU quality is better. You don't use GPU rendering for final production, the quality is subpar. What GPU can do is very fast simple tasks. Image rendering is far from simple, which is why CPU is far superior still.

Even for encoding etc, x264 handidly destroys both Nvidia CUDA. The encoding from GPU quality is atrocious, horrible, pathetic. Choose any negative word and it can applied, it's just awful.

If your parents are smart and can research this they will know. A quick google search of image rendering will show comparison of CPU to GPU and they will see that any notebook with good CPU is good enough and will do better job than any laptop GPU. Even someone who is not detail oriented can tell CPU rendered 3D image looks much better than a CUDA rendered.

The other issue you have with G53 is that it screams gaming. Just look at the computer. It doesn't look like a workstation, work, schol, business notebook. Lots of us do use it for work, school etc. I'm just saying G53 will be hard to convince parents who may not know, that is the case. Anyone who is not aware, will think gaming.

My suggestions:

My suggestion, maybe look at the HP Envy. Get something very similar in performance, but looks more profession.

The other one, simple ask for it as a present. Just be honest and upfront about it. Say you just really want this notebook and if you were allowed to work part time, this is the only notebook you want. I think your parents will simply give it to you as a gift, as a parting gift, the last step in your life before you are no longer dependent on them, well not forever, always need you parents! Make it your Christmas and Birthday gift for the next 2 years

 

I was thinking more about an asus N series. That way you get a nice professional (and slick) looking laptop, but don't pay out the nose for a GPU that isn't required.