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    Asus G46VW Owner's Lounge

    Discussion in 'ASUS Reviews and Owners' Lounges' started by mattstermh, Jan 20, 2013.

  1. mattstermh

    mattstermh Notebook Evangelist

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    Well this 14'' beast has been out for a little bit now and after dealing with the quirks of Windows 8 for a few days, I can say I am very satisfied with my purchase.

    I might sell mine when the i7 models are released, though. :thumbsup:
     
    mattstermh, Jan 20, 2013
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    You could always upgrade it yourself but the performance differences will be minimal in games.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 20, 2013
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  3. Arog

    Arog Notebook Consultant

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    Is this really it? Wow. Not many own this I guess.
     
    Arog, Aug 2, 2013
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    AntonioLinux Newbie

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    I recently bought this notebook. It has an i5 processor but I want to upgrade it to an i7. Did anyone upgrade the processor and noticed a big difference when playing games?
    Regards.
     
    AntonioLinux, Mar 30, 2014
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    here is some benifit with games that would use hyper threading, but otherwise the dual core should be fine. I upgraded mine to a 3840qm i7. It handles all my cpu intensive tasks with ease and the g46 can handle it.
     
    R3d Zombie, Apr 28, 2014
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    Even multi threaded games will be gpu bound mostly.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Apr 28, 2014
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    I do notice improvement in BF4 going from the i5 3230 to the 3940xm actually.
     
    Arog, May 12, 2014
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    Ok depending on resolution, but BF4 will be the oddball rather than the norm.
     
    Meaker@Sager, May 13, 2014
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