G73jw vs G53jw --- Opinions.

Hey everyone, thanks for viewing my post.

I want to pre-order one of these laptops so badly, but theres just one thing. I prefer the larger screen of the G73, but is it really worth the extra $250 (Including blueray)?

Just wanted some opinions on if it's really worth that much more to get the larger laptop. Why does it cost so much more anyway?..

Thanks.

 

The hard drive is also 1TB, versus the 15.6"'s 500GB. So there's three things to take into account: 1) hard drive, 2) screen size, and 3) blu ray.

I went with the G53 b/c of school. Can't imagine dragging the G73 allover the place, since I've already been through the '17" experience" for my summer classes.

Pick the G53 if you bring it with you frequently.

Pick the G73 if you rarely bring it with you.

 

Notebook screens are one of the most expensive components in a notebook. A $250 difference isn't out of the norm, and an additional bluray drive + larger HDD makes it an even better deal overall. However, like Voodooi mentioned, some people may not find the 17.3" form factor too appealing and would prefer something smaller/lighter for daily commutes.

 

I personally prefer 15'' over 17'', i have had both and much easier to move a 15, specially for someone that travels a lot. But if you dont mind the weight and size, then bigger screen imo much better experience. I think there might be other difference like 2nd hdd included, that should be like $75, and the blue ray is another $75, so the screen probably around $100 (btw you can downgrade the blu ray if you want).

 

Thanks for the replys.

I would downgrade the blueray, but I'm gonna be buying from Power Notebooks and it seems that they don't have that option to do so yet. I imagine that a g73jw-A2 model will be out soon after for the people who don't want the blueray.

 

from experience large heavy 15inch notebooks like the G53 gets used like a desktop replacement anyway. for something to really fit in anywhere it needs to be 13.3-14inch and weigh less than 6pounds.

you really need a backpack for the G53 and if u are going to use a backpack then you may as well get a G73.

 

spend 1700 on g73, for home , 200 on netbook for college!

problem solved! hehe

But if you want 1 laptop for both! you should just go for g53 and dont look back. It will still be slightly heavy for the college travel and the grass will always be greener on the other side!

You should then get Fable 2, and play it......Decisions.........Decisions~~~~

 

yeh. battery life wont be enough for the longer lectures.

get an envy 14 with the slice battery

 

Hi all,

I have the same problem On the one hand I would like to have a bigger screen and BR (I own a 15.6 Asus) but on the other smaller is not that bad after all. Both have FHD screen, sooooo....its hard to decide.

 

EXACTLY! Seems like I pick one, then want the other one.. The 15" seems like the better deal, but it looks awkward. To me the style of the g73 doesn't fit a 15" laptop

 

It's all about lifestyle really. My college days are a distant memory so I don't have to worry about lugging my laptop around, therefore I prefer bigger. If you're not moving too much go 17" otherwise 15" or 17" + netbook.

 

I suppose you mean't fable 3 (in 2011?)......since Fable 2 won't be out for the PC...neither will GOW2 for that matter.

Also on the O.P.

I have been lugging around a G73 for 5 months now, to and from my office in a messenger bag. It takes a little getting used
to. The JW will be of similar weight and dimensions, so the same would apply here.

The BD-ray isn't a deal breaker since, if you don't want it, you can always downgrade it with Gentech or PnB to a DVDRW.
The extra HDD can also be added to the G53.

In the end it comes down to the screen size and portability. You need to decide between a bigger screen or easier carriage.

my two cents.

 

it's even harder to decide now, hehe...
I"ll make up my mind after some reviews posted here
I'm counting on U guys!!!!!
A bit shame, Asus didn't go for gtx 470m..

 

Thanks for all the posts.

Asus and other makers of notebooks never go for the x7x of cards... No idea why. I didn't see one company make a laptop with a 270m, probably likely to see the same thing here. I doubt anyone will use the 470, and if they do, I assume it'll be sager.

 

I was gonna post a small review of the G53 once mine arrives (first wave of pre-orders).

The waiting game has me logging on GenTechPC website everyday and starring at the pictures to tie me over LOL

 

Hmm im in college and its not that heavy, well comparing the G73Jw with my G73JH, I think the weight would be almost the same. My experience with lugging the Laptop around isn't that bad, the bag that comes with it makes it easier to bring around with soft paddings, though the battery life almost gets wiped out after an hour and a half lectures.

 

I mean i cant see the g53 being any heavier than my g51 atm. I use it for college,work for a city school district in the IT department, and also gaming . My vote would be the g53. Im actually considering it because my g51 just today at work loaded it as if the gpu wasnt seated right or maybe it was just because i travel a lot with it maybe i bumped it. But with a quick restart bam its working again. I will be keeping this thing as long as i can. With my 3d mark at 10203 i believe its still a powerhouse for me.

 

Remember to consider the huge power brick if you plan on plugging it in also. My g73jh is manageable but it crosses the line adding the gigantic power brick when traveling.

 

@ Voodooi

looking forward to this with a bit of envy
Just counting down the days.....

@ fgocards

you are right, though I seem to remember Asus put a 9700m gt into G2S?? or am I wrong?Never mind. I just thought that gtx 470m would be on par, or a touch better than the Ati 5870....

 

Still no Usb 3.0 in the G series
very sad

 

Wat? There's 1 USB 3.0 in the G53, and 1 in the G73.

 

Holy moly you are correct
my Bad

 

please help me since I don't get it !!!! The Ati 5870 (G73JH) is far better than the Geforce 460 (G73JW)... is this right? Asus is releasing the successor of the G73JH with an inferior video card???? Please help !!! Bye !!!

 

Whoever told you that is feeding you quite a bit of BS.

The 460, with the beta drivers out now, is a superior card for newer games, making it far more future proof than the 5870. The high point of the 5870 is DX9/10 games, and that's only by what, 3-4%?

 

And you have been misinformed sir, the 5870 is indeed slightly better than the 460m, as you can see and benchmarks. On gaming side though, the 5870 is only better by 3-5 FPS? Well thats about it.

 

yeah wait till the updated drivers come out for the 460. i bet we will see 5-10 fps increase over the 5870. and the 460 whiped the floor with the 5870 on dx 11 games.

 

This.

DX9/10 = 5870
DX 11 = 360

360 will be much more future proof if compared to the 5870.

As for the benchmarks, many of those were done with 360 stock VS 5870 1.07 Catalyst ...of course a card with no driver updates is going to fail. Now that the beta 360 drivers are out, it's shown significant performance.

 

Still, HD5870 is faster overall, just not by much They are around the same level anyways. Neither is future proof because DX11 is quite demanding as it is.

No need to get jumpy, both perform very similar in the end. If you can OC both, then you can enjoy a bit more futureproofing.

I can bet ya that no driver upate will make the 460m jump far ahead of the HD5870m, they will always remain in the same performance level hehe.

 

Yeah they are both good choices in the end with the ATI slightly leading the 460m in some titles... DX11 should honestly not be even part of the decision making process because by the time it becomes mainstream these cards wont be doing any of that ..

These are budget desktop cards shoved into laptops and nothing more but given new names for marketing purposes ... This does not mean they are bad because they are not but they are far from future proof ..

Most games that come out now are console ports so games should run well for the most part for sometime to come ..

 

Yeah, no mobile card can get to playable Levels with DX11, therefore IMHO, 5870 is a little better thats all.

 

This website seems very active and informative which is great. Ok, something is missing from this discussion. Can anyone attest with some confidence as to the differences (if any) of heat and noise between the G73jw and the G53jw? I think that should be as important a factor as the other minor factors since the important guts of the system are both the same and powerful.

And let's not forget that there are threads hundres of pages long going thru the long and painful history of Grey Screen of Death issues on the ATI 5870 that the G73jh was plagued with so in my opinion the 5% slower Nvidia 460 is a wonderful tradeoff for peace of mind (and as others have said the new more mature drivers have increased performance). It was the GSOD issues that scared me from the otherwise excellent G73jh because I didn't want a 50/50 chance of getting a bad one and I didn't want to spend countless technical hours hoping at a 50/50 shot of fixing it (and I'm a good IT Help Desk person).

 

G53 is not out yet so it's tough to say if noise and cooling is the same.
I'm going out on a limb here and say heat levels will more or less be the same with the G53 running a little warmer just cause of the smaller size(tighter space to fit the same hardware).
This all just a educated guess.
I voted for the G53 just to even the score

 

The G53 is apparently thick as fhajshdjhjksbjkgfbjkfsgjk. 2.3" vs. 1.8" (G73) vs. 1.9"(M15x)! That's gonna be a spectacle. But if I were to choose, I would get the G53 does everything the G73 does in a smaller form factor, and I tried out the G73 and I personally didn't like the design. My first impression was that "I would look better if it were smaller" and the G53 will probably make it look better.

 

What do you think the chances are I can comfortably open a G53 in an aeroplane seat? (Not in business or first class - I wish). Not for any power usage, just to review documents etc.

 

If you look at the dimensions provided by engadget, the G53 is a very large 15" laptop.

15.4 x 11.7 x 2 inches

That's almost as big as many 17" laptops.

To put the numbers into perspective, a 17" macbook pro measures:

15.47 x 10.51 x .98 inches

So for those thinking the G53 will be a lot smaller - it is not. It's still going to be a honkin beast of a laptop. Might as well go with the G73, which is only ~0.9" bigger length and width wise

 

That comparison is good food for thought, thank you.

 

The GSOD has been fixed and if you do buy the G73JH, it would come with the new vBios.

 

How can I tell if it has the new/fixed vBios?

 

I will vote for G53jw
I just ordered it today on Logical Blue One for $A2299
They say G35jw will be delayed a bit
"Thanks, I have seen your order come through. I hope you noticed that the new ETA is 2nd or 3rd week of October!

Our supplier just notified us this morning that there has been a delay"

 

Read This: GSOD Fix

 

You sure those new G73Jh has the new Vbio from what i have seen from the B1 and best buys BST7 the vbios still needs updated.

 

Does anyone know whether the G53 has dual HDD bays + 1 Optical drive built in or just 1 HDD bay + 1 Optical drive built in?

 

The G53JW has x1 750GB HD and x1 Optical DVDRW. However, you do have the option to get a second HD, for a measly 35$ (350GB/35$ I believe), with GenTechPC.

Edit: I need to l2spell.

 

Yeah. I just looked a little harder and found this table listing the features. Thanks for the reply.

ASUS upgrades G53 and G73 gaming laptops with 1.5GB NVIDIA GTX 460 grunt -- Engadget

 

Sadly, thats actually how I heard about the laptops and started bombing posts and pre-ordering.

 

Nevermind.... a previous post covered my comments.

 

Does anyone know the difference in battery life between the two?

 

The specs of these two are the same, so should be the battery life.

 

but the bigger screen? how much extra power u think that uses. little?

 

little extra... IMO , G73 is better due to better cooling.. i don't really trust Asus with cooling 15 inchers properly even now.. i don't know about G53 but i do know that notebookcheck.com's review on G53 said its GPU ran at 85C on heavy load while i think G73's one runs at 75-80C at most... your choice.. i really don't see much difference in battery life...