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    T9900 or G51Vx-A1

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by xgreyfox, Mar 20, 2011.

  1. xgreyfox

    xgreyfox Notebook Enthusiast

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    So I'm looking to buy one of the new g73 series laptops with a gtx460m
    But was wondering if I should upgrade my current g50vt, which I intend to pass on to my gf, with a t9900 or sell it and pick up a g51 with quad core 2.0mhz and the gtx260
    What doo you guys think
    Game wise it would possibly only be used to play ff11 and final fantasy 14 as not really big on gaming but I would like it not to bog down so much when she plays
     
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    So, I'm confused.

    Are you buying the G73? or are you buying a g51?
     
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  3. xgreyfox

    xgreyfox Notebook Enthusiast

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    Both the g73 would be for me. And the g51 would be a hand me down for my gf
    Trying to move her out of a old toshiba laptop that I should just turn into a bomb :)
     
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    460m suxxs
     
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  5. xgreyfox

    xgreyfox Notebook Enthusiast

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    o_O

    Could get a 485 but that would be a sager and I'll pay out the wang for that
     
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    If money wasn't an issue, we wouldn't have low and midrange laptops. But it is an issue, and the 460m is decent.
     
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  7. Omniscient

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    You can pick up the g73jh-rbbx05 at best buy for like 900 bucks... thats crazy cheap for what you get.
     
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    I saw them at best buy but for 1200...... Seams luke a sweet deal.. But ati our nvidea chip now becomes the question tho I can only find the nvidea equipd one at the moment
    ,But back to thread whats better the bang for buck...the t9900 processor upgrade or the the g51 with gtx260
     
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    Gtx260M is not going to be huge upgrade over the 9800M gs in your G50vt, what's the processor in your G50vt? p8400? p7350? If you play games or use specific programs that require lots of CPU power, you will notice a performance gain by upgrading to a T9900, otherwise the upgrade probably ain't worth the cost. However if you do intend to upgrade your processor, skip T9900, get a X9100, it is usually cheaper and easily overclockable with throttlestop, a mildly overclocked x9100 can match the performance of a I7-620M, which is quite impressive.
     
    lidowxx, Mar 21, 2011
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    Currently im running a t9400 stock clocks, with my 9800 overclocked to gts
    I can overclock to 810/830/1600 but need 1.15 v but my direct console overclock drops itself when running 3dnark06
    Thus I'm wondering if the processor upgrade would be viable performance wise

    I would like to see numbers with someone running a final fantasy 14 benchmark on a t9900 or that x9100 series you mentioned, I guess anything running around the 3.0mhz mark. Then have that compared to the gtx260

    I know I'm a pain but.... :p
     
    xgreyfox, Mar 21, 2011
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  11. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    460m doesn't suck just needs time to settle in with its drivers like most of the nvidia cards. Although in some areas the 5870m beats the 460 hands down so if you needed to free up a bit of cash have a look at the JH-A2 model, if your not going for the 3D version apart from a few small changes there is little difference in them for 100's $ more.
     
    Yiddo, Mar 21, 2011
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