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    G750JH, win8 and cofee

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by octavian, Sep 26, 2013.

  1. octavian

    octavian Newbie

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    I have been using the G73JH for about 3 years now. The only thing ive uppgraded is Hdd to Sdd. Ive been very impressed with it up untill i installed Rome II last week. Its just unbearable, and in addition to that Arma3 runs like .

    I considdered buying a new radeon GPU, but it would cost me 4000,- along with a rather high risk of failure. Also i would be stuck with the rather old cpu i7-720QM.
    In the "g73jh 8970m uppgrade thread" its stated that such an uppgrade would bring the machine up to speed with the g750. While the GPU would be faster than the GTX 770m, wouldnt the cpu be a major bottleneck?
    I wont get the new machine before mid-october, so i have plenty of time to cancel if that should be the case. (Norway has rediciolusly awesome consumer-protection)
    The g750jh should be able to hold its own for another 3 years. (gtx780m, i7-4700HQ) I got a rather good deal on it, 13.000,- thats less than a p150s clevo costs with same HW around here.

    Problem: The G750JH comes with Windows 8, im scared, should i be? Ive read that win7 is better on gaming?
    (this will be a gaming only machine, i have a lenovo t420s for everything else)

    oh yes, and cofee =)
     
    octavian, Sep 26, 2013
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  2. p4izanagi

    p4izanagi Notebook Geek

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    Yes, windows 8 from my experience using it for 3 days it makes the system more buggy, and crap even the windows look like something that i dont wanna look anymore.

    anyways , if you want just install Windows 7 and install the driver , im sure the driver from windows 8 will works on windows 7 . or ask ASUS to clarify about that .

    get the GTX 780M model , there is a model with that ,but its still not released yet.

    Edit : consider the thorttle , some users and review i look on google said that the GTX780M is downlocked by asus .
     
    p4izanagi, Sep 26, 2013
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  3. jmhdj

    jmhdj Notebook Evangelist

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    I think upgrading gpu on g73jh is bit late now. And price you got on g750 is really cheap if it is modell With 780m.
    Or you can buy my asus g73sw with 680m :) much cheaper.
     
    jmhdj, Sep 26, 2013
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  4. villiansv

    villiansv Notebook Guru

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    Win 8 plays games just as well as Win 7 - and if you absolutely must, you can always format and install win 7. There are clean install guides on Asus - Tweak Arena Forums (really just links to all drivers/apps). The OS shouldn't be a deciding factor here.
     
    villiansv, Sep 26, 2013
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    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Agreed, I haven't noticed a difference between Windows 7 and Windows 8 apart from benchmarks, game performance has been consistent for me between Windows 7 and 8.
     
    tijo, Sep 26, 2013
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  6. DonGod

    DonGod Notebook Enthusiast

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    The G750 does not throttle and you get used to Win 8 in one day. Plain and simple.

    Check the review update on www.notebookcheck.com
     
    DonGod, Sep 26, 2013
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