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    Really considering Asus G750JW

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by lovenokia, Aug 22, 2013.

  1. lovenokia

    lovenokia Notebook Consultant

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    I am looking at exotic PC and this seems to be a good buy but I have some questions. How is the battery life on this machine if you are only typing in ms word and browsing the web? Can you get 5 hours on it because I am hoping that this computer can last a but when you are not gaming and just being productive. It the computer cool when you are being productive? There is quite a few options on xoticpc where I would buy the computer, but I am not sure which display would be the best option as I am coming from an Asus UX31a with an FHD display being farely bright.
     
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    well thanks to Haswell you can do that. Also, all G750's have a bug where when plugged into the battery, they downclock to 800 MHz. to save power no matter what plan you were on even on high performance
     
    ibbi1337, Aug 23, 2013
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  3. lovenokia

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    I there any way to work around this bug? I have not heard of this bug until now.


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    lovenokia, Aug 23, 2013
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    It has been around for 3 months now it may never get fixed.
     
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    Does this affect performance while gaming by a lot? So does it affect the g750jw and g750jx because i have not found any information on this bug over the Internet.


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    What if you takeout the battery and game just plugged in, will the processor still down clock then?


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    lovenokia, Aug 23, 2013
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    It's basically when you are running on battery only. Running a laptop on battery does not net the same performance when plugged in due to limitations of battery vs AC power. It's a physics issue, not a laptop issue. If they allow hardware to run at the same power output as AC as on battery, the battery won't last long enough to want to feasibly use the battery in the first place.
     
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  8. lovenokia

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    Well that won't affect me at all, that is great actually, i will never be gaming away from an outlet.


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    lovenokia, Aug 24, 2013
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    yes you can use ThrottleStop to force the laptop to operate at max speed on battery
     
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    That is good to know, but no need to game on battery for me.


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    Well not the graphics too, they will clock down on battery since drawing 180-200W from the battery would melt it.

    Be careful with the battery if you force the CPU to go full pelt too as that may exceed the maximum draw it was designed for.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 25, 2013
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  12. lovenokia

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    I would only game being plugged in, so i would never push the machine in that manner.



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    lovenokia, Aug 26, 2013
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    Well then it should not be throttling on AC :)
     
    Meaker@Sager, Aug 26, 2013
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