* Official ASUS G73JH Crew Member's Lounge *

Naw, or I must have missed that..... but anyhow, it will be great having you as a fellow Stealth Crew Member!

Downgrade from the W90? Perhaps, but we will be seeing 5870's in X-Fire soon enough. In the meantime, I think the G73 will make a great experience with it's new tech...... something to keep us busy for a while. Can't wait!

 

It should do just fine in gaming either way or thats my hope lol...

I cant wait either though its killing me ....

 

We just need to hop a plane, and raid Taiwan..... what do ya think?

 

Lol im in if your paying the plane fare ? ..

 

Only if Ken will come..... we need a translator! My luck, we'll wind up drunk & in jail, LOL!

 

Haha Taiwan is the last place you would find the G73! Although Asus is in Taiwan, Taiwan is the last country to get the items.

I know this cuz I am Taiwanese

 

Haha that sounds better then getting the laptop actually ... But we will need Ken there to bail us out either way ....

 

I will be the translator. The question is, what's in it for me?

 

haha, I am from Taiwan as well. As I posted in the main ASUS G73JH thread, ASUS shows no loyalty towards its own country. We get the scraps of lefover models at twice the price (ok, maybe slight exaggeration, but you get the point) from USA. And very few shops in Taiwan are offering customerisation of laptop as well.

 

YEP, and talk to the ladies....... LOL!

 

And that's why we will take Ken..... our inside man!

 

Depends..... are you charming with the ladies, and will you bail me and Quad out of Jail?

 

Meh not my thing, battery upkeep, more money to spend, shouldnt have to, and most of all I do not have the desk space to put it onfront of the laptop. It would feel awkward too having the laptop further away even if I did.

A already have a bluetooth keyboard though and it fits in my pocket my Nokia N900

Does keyboard/mouse/media control even hooks to the PS3.

 

Not to the PS3 thats why all the 3rd party stuff has a dongle included... Not sure why they wont share the info with 3rd partys but Microsoft does the same with the 360 so it must be for security is all i can figure...

I agree about having to use the keyboard further away from the machine though and it would feel awkward but i know how you need that full size numpad so it was just a simple solution... Agreed also that you should not need to spend more money.... They stuck with that keyboard because it came with the G72 and i think its the same one from the G51 ? so they probably cut corners there to save some $$$....

 

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lol that is pretty sick.

 

Well I managed to get engaged so I must be charming enough, hehe.

Sometimes my lady thinks I am engaged to technology!

 

I hope this thing can kill BFBC:2 on max settings@1080p. The recommended settings are pretty high though - gtx260 (desktop), quad core cpu, 4gigs of ram..so..mm we'll see.

 

I feel like Cartman waiting for the Wii to come out. Might go and get myself cryogenically frozen for 2 weeks

 

Now theres an idea...and if it the g73jh will have bad cooling, it might aswell serve you as a 'defrost' machine while your waiting in your freezer for the next asus g5 or g6 series.

 

Is BFBC2 a replacement of Battlefield 2 as far as gameplay mechanics, graphics and everything? I have been burning through new FPS war games like crazy and can't find anything that holds my interest. COD MW2 makes me feel claustrophobic and is way too fast. I tried a bunch of others recently too.

A couple of days ago I remember that I used to play Battlefield 2 a lot and liked it back in the day. I installed it and WOW. I STILL love that game so much. Open ended battles. Fly a heli, jet. Ride a tank, anti-air etc... The only thing is that the interface is super slow and super clunky. Trying to get into a match can be a chore.

If that BFBC2 game is a spiritual successor to BF2 then I can't wait!

 

Ut o......

-=$tR|k3r=- now that Quad and V are onboard are you not having some serious and I mean serious W90 forum déjà vu.

 

Its excactly that. I so cant wait to play this game.
http://badcompany2.ea.com/beta get in line for the pc beta
I played the heck outta BF2 back in the day. One of the games im getting this laptop for.

Check out these vids and you will start salivating.
http://www.gametrailers.com/game/battlefield-bad-company-2/10837

 

Oh, WOW! That looks so friggin' good I can't contain myself. It DOES look like BF2; just really really updated! I can't wait for it to come out. I will play BF2 to hold me over until then!

 

You will have to gimme your nick so we can dish some pain in squad based maps.

 

Well i decided since this laptop is for school mostly to say screw it and wait until latter this year. I still have my Powerful desktop for gaming so its all good. With my lans all we play are Starcraft, Warcraft 3, and Dawn of war anyways. lol I am waiting for crossfire pleaseeeee

 

JINX! JINX!

(Crosses fingers, does "good luck" dance, sacrifices small furry woodland creatures to gaming gods of low heat high FPS...)

In terms of reliability let's hope it's nothing like the W90s, hey? No "déjà vu all over again" for me, please!

 

I'm looking forward to playing Star Trek Online on mine.

 

I'm looking forward to play Risen. I heard the game's pretty good.

 

Looking forward to see how assassins creed 1 looks like with direct x10, and also wondering about AC2 ^^

 

Well to all of you soon to be G73 owners that are Starcraft players check this out. http://pc.ign.com/articles/106/1065098p1.html
Looks like we will max the settings out no problem

 

I am having trouble deciding if I want to keep the Blu-Ray or downgrade to the DVDRW and save myself $89 through xoticpc.

I don't own any blu-ray disks, viewing blu-ray under Linux while possible currently sucks pretty hard. Not too excited about hooking the HDMI to some sort of external display and booting windows to run the special blu-ray player.

Having the ability to use 50GB optical disks is pretty cool, but it isn't like anything but movies and ps3 games are distributed on blu-ray right now that I am aware of.

Any thoughts?

 

Whatever your needs/wants are right now, keep in mind that you will have this laptop for a while, so look to the future as you make your decision

 

Hey Donald, totally off topic but are you Paladin44 because you're a fan of HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL by any chance? Been watching the original episodes on my Roku box lately. Or is it a WOW reference?

 

Paladin actually comes from the foremost warriors (Knights) of King Charlemagne's court (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paladins)

The paladin's tales were mixed fact and fiction, but they were known for fighting for and protecting the innocent...the underdog.

So, Have Gun Will Travel is taken from those legends. Notice how in the series he is always doing what is "right" for the oppressed, and how he brings down the powerful abuser of the little guy.

I was given that nickname years ago because of work I did in a "paladin" fashion.

So, while the paladin comes from King Charlemagne's court, the 44 comes from Have Gun Will Travel.

 

Kinda sorta! Scary, isn't it? LOL! Naw, since this is a single GPU solution, that eliminates half the worry right there. At least with guys like Quad & Vic on our side, support will be there, even if Asus is not. I think the only thing in question right now, is the graphics driver, and surely we will work around this, if this becomes an issue. Seriously though, I do not foresee any real problems this go-round. NO FEAR!

 

Actually the problem was not about having a multi gpu but a gpu that was modified and created to where only asus can make the drivers.
Hopefully this gpu is not modified by asus and can use Ati/Amd original drivers.
I wish they would tell us that on there spec sheet.(Modified or Original gpu ?)

 

Here is a list of games that have or are slated to have DirectX 11 Support

S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat
DIRT 2
ALIENS versus PREDATOR
BATTLEFORGE
CRYSIS 2 : Not Confirmed, but the CryENGINE 3 supports DirectX 11
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 <O
Battlefield 1943
LORD OF THE RINGS: TURBINE
Dungeon & Dragons: Online
F1 2010<O
Genghis Khan – Treasure Hunter<O
Metro 2033
<O Race Driver: Grid 2
Alan Wake
Supreme Commander 2

Game Engines that are or planning to support DirectX 11
Frostbite 2
Unigine
Vision Engine
CryEngine 3
EGO
X-Ray v1.6


The future so bright, I gotta wear shades

 

Fingers crossed for you

But have to say the w90 ironed out quite well

 

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Loved your sig, but you need to edit spelling to have full impact.

 

Early on, many of the W90's were plagued with bad 4870 cards, due to bad PCB's, and would not function in X-Fire (production of the cards had to be re-run)..... and though produced by Asus, the cards were still an AMD/ATI design reference spec. As to the drivers, this was not left up to Asus due to "modified GPU's", but more because of contractual agreements, between ATI/AMD and their partner OEM's.

No doubt, these 5870 cards too, will be produced by Asus as well!

 

Hey Mugenski! Whatz Up Bro!

Agreed, I have read many great advances of the W90, as of late! Cheers to you, and the remaining W90 crew! STAY THE COURSE!

 

W90 is a great machine, but I find it too big for myself. Very sleek design too.
I'm expecting problems in G73 also, I know it'll not be perfect, but I hope the problem solves quick if there's a major problem like BSoD.

 

YES, the W90 was big, but it was AWESOME to be at the helm, LOL! The BSOD issue which plagued the G51, has pretty much been resolved, and I do not foresee this being an issue in the G73. Let's not worry for now..... I have a hunch there will be alot of happy folks, when we finally get our hands on these machines.

 

I will be one of them when doing benchmarks and overclocking

 

Hey Guys!

Ken just put up the G73JH-A2 page here!

 

Give the Suggestion....

 

Am I missing something, or are the only differences the ETA and the optical drive option prices?

 

you aren't missing anything. the only difference is the price and the optical drive option.

 

Oh, sorry for my being vague...
the future is bright!

and our waiting may soon be over!