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    Wow, unlucky :(

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by valvemasher21, Sep 24, 2010.

  1. valvemasher21

    valvemasher21 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I see that the Asus G73jw came out like a week or two after I bought my G73jh. I bought my laptop in early August. Would it be possible to return mine and buy the G73jw? I bought it from gentech. If possible, would this be advisable?

    Opinions?
     
    valvemasher21, Sep 24, 2010
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  2. alladintherogue

    alladintherogue Notebook Consultant

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    .... *no comment*
     
    alladintherogue, Sep 24, 2010
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  3. panzer06

    panzer06 His Imperial Majesty

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    If it's within their return period you can. They will most likely charge a restocking fee but if you want the most current version that's what you'll have to do. If not, and you still want the new JW, sell your existing system and buy the JW.

    Either way you'll have a gaming powerhouse. You may just need to install a few updates if you keep the JH.

    Cheers,
     
    panzer06, Sep 24, 2010
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  4. DCx

    DCx Banned!

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    Can't really say it was "unlucky", the g73jw release was well announced and speculated upon.
     
    DCx, Sep 24, 2010
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  5. mkeeley

    mkeeley Newbie

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    Exactly, not unlucky simply a lack of research.
     
    mkeeley, Sep 24, 2010
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  6. Almost Tactful

    Almost Tactful Notebook Consultant

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    Isn't the JH>JW since the 5870>460?
     
    Almost Tactful, Sep 24, 2010
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    KuroLionheart Notebook Deity

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    Not really, the 460 was only mildly worse in test plus the 460 will get better drivers and updates as it goes along so it will inevitably be better. Plus a 2 button touchpad thing instead of the unibutton and USB 3.0, also supposedly handles heat better, the JW is the better machine.
     
    KuroLionheart, Sep 24, 2010
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  8. ziddy123

    ziddy123 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Absolute 100% speculation. The GTX 480/GTX 470 after months and months of release, have not seen any significant improvement in performance with driver updates. There isn't any reason for why anyone would think the GTX 460M will have such improvements from drivers to close the gap. Improvements, but not that drastic. People always exaggerate on the performance upgrade and it never happens, they are always always wrong.

    But, I would agree the USB 3.0 etc. are worthy upgrades. If it's just based on GPU, HD5870M would win. Doesn't matter if GTX 460M tessellation is better or not, it's not good enough for real time gaming, it's not even an issue. If GTX 460M can use tessellation in a game, then so will the HD5870M. In the end these machines while tessellation capable are really great for the DX10/DX9 games that continue to be released anyhow.

    As Quadzilla said, it's just up to your preference.
     
    ziddy123, Sep 24, 2010
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  9. IM0001

    IM0001 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yep like others say, the GPU is kinda a personal preference. The 1.4HDMI and USB 3.0 are the 2 big differences that you personally can decide to live with or without. Already own a PS3 so I have 3D BR covered and don't have any use for USB 3.0 for a good few years still IMO.
     
    IM0001, Sep 24, 2010
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