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    Purchased a G74SX, want a G75. Should I flip it?

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by nubby, Apr 23, 2013.

  1. nubby

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    I responded to a craigslist ad from someone selling a "G75VW" for $400. I thought I was getting a steal but when I saw it in person, it was a G74SX, the gimped 2GB 128bit Best Buy version. Apparently the dude bought the laptop off best buy last year and went to their site and looked for a laptop similar to his, which was the G75VW and pasted that info in the ad. Anyways, I thought $400 was still a really good deal for the laptop so I bought it. i7 8GB RAM, 2GB 560M, 2x500GB HD. It runs great and plays my games with good FPS. The only thing I didn't like was that it didn't have the auto switch between the intel and nvidia graphic so the battery only last about 1:30-2hrs in battery.

    I kind of still want the G75 just because it's newer.... what do you guys think? Should I flip the laptop and buy a used G75? I can probably get $500-700 for the laptop and I've seen the G75 for sale in my area for 700-850(nearly double what I paid for the G74SX). I'm only playing SC2 and WOW, don't think I'm maxing out the card.
     
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    smellon Notebook Evangelist

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    There's no hurt in trying.
     
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    Colpolite Notebook Deity

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    All new Asus G series laptops do not have Optimus except for G46
     
    Colpolite, Apr 24, 2013
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