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    Asus G60VX Lauching on Oct 22, 09 at Bestbuy

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by howard911s, Oct 15, 2009.

  1. sgtarky

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    it may not be fixable. I have the same issue with my dv8130 great laptop and HUGE but you cant hear the fugging thing. I sent it to aych pee 3 times for the issue, I just chocked it up to poor design.
     
    sgtarky, Oct 22, 2009
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  2. sgtarky

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    no there is some volume control in the bios for some un fugging known reason
     
    sgtarky, Oct 22, 2009
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  3. howard911s

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    Be patient guys..im cleaning out junks..installing microsoft security essnetial...waiting for system to stabilize and i'll post the review soon :D just hang tight :D can't hurry good things...
     
    howard911s, Oct 22, 2009
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  4. howard911s

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    configuration all done, so far it runs whisper quiet...can't hear its running at all. 2.13 ghz cpu seems fast enough and capable.

    Installing call of duty world at war now :D
     
    howard911s, Oct 22, 2009
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  5. Soviet Sunrise

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    Wait, both of you have a G60 now?
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 22, 2009
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  6. se7in

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    can you give me your configuration? and all the stuff i needa to to tweak mine?

    god what is wrong with the speakers, they are soooooooooooooooooo weak
     
    se7in, Oct 22, 2009
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  7. howard911s

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    yEA BOTH of us has G60 now out of 4 GB my idle memory usage was no more than 1.1 gb :D and idle temps is around 59 but under load running windows experience index at high performance was 61C, hopefully I got a good one :D
     
    howard911s, Oct 22, 2009
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  8. howard911s

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    ***still installing stuff*** I'll post lots of pic BUT I'm not good with this HTML stuff.. so I can only probalby post like 5 pic a time at different post unless one of u wanna teach me
     
    howard911s, Oct 22, 2009
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  9. howard911s

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    I dont have any special setting really but I'll post a dedicated G60 review and puit down everything I have tried :D speaker.....hm.. dunno..got my Creative Fatal1ty headset :D
     
    howard911s, Oct 22, 2009
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  10. Red_Dragon

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    Congrats Howard, plus rep on the machine.
     
    Red_Dragon, Oct 22, 2009
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  11. Beerwolf

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    Sorry I meant level of out of 8 for volume.
     
    Beerwolf, Oct 22, 2009
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  12. Beerwolf

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    Yeah they are extremely quiet...Just tried out WoW on ultra settings and but of course running around in Dalaran I am maxxed out at 60fps but that is because I have Vsync on. So that is very promising. :)
     
    Beerwolf, Oct 22, 2009
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    Sounds good!
     
    SwiftSnipeR, Oct 22, 2009
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  14. se7in

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    sounds good, im too broke to buy wow so im downloading runes of magic as we speak lmaooo.. if anyone has need for speed: shift, can u try it out?
     
    se7in, Oct 22, 2009
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  15. howard911s

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    3d mark vantage time then ill start the review
     
    howard911s, Oct 22, 2009
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  16. howard911s

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    You're too kind :D
     
    howard911s, Oct 22, 2009
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    I stopped at best buy tonight to look at the g60, I think I like the system overall but am thinking of ordering the slightly higher spec one from their website. The one online has a 2.53ghz p8700 and a second 320gb hd. I'd really like to know if raid can be enabled? I don't know if I want to spend the extra money for a second drive (partially) if I can't use raid. I'd love to have raid 0 but don't need the extra storage, just the extra speed.
     
    earth-traveler, Oct 22, 2009
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  18. howard911s

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    ok 3D mark vantage will NOT run, kept saying 1280 1024 REQUIRED resolutionNOT supported..no matter how I tweak or custom it, it simply will not run......trying 3D mark 06now..
     
    howard911s, Oct 22, 2009
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    any chance you could check on raid? I'm sitting here ready to place an order but unsure which model I want.
     
    earth-traveler, Oct 22, 2009
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  20. se7in

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    isnt the max res 1336*768?

    thats perfect res for me :D
     
    se7in, Oct 22, 2009
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  21. Lanaya

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    yes howard, you will need to run it on an external monitor@ 1280x1024
     
    Lanaya, Oct 22, 2009
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  22. howard911s

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    ah crap, knew I did something wrong... but just for those of you that are dying to get a number...3D mark 06 default resolution at 1280 x 720 on laptop monitor score 9020

    This baby runs very hot, uptoward 86C but still cooler than G51 BUT one distinct feature of G60 is it cools down much much faster than G51 does.. with 2 minutes its back down to 66C

    Ok, you guys are gonna hate me but I have to go out to dinner, but I have all I need to review and will type it up after I come home in a few :D
     
    howard911s, Oct 22, 2009
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  23. Beerwolf

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    Yes it does run hot. Word of advice, don't sit your beer on the left side of it otherwise it will become warm from all the hot exhaust coming out... :D
     
    Beerwolf, Oct 22, 2009
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  24. se7in

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    brilliant scientific observation
     
    se7in, Oct 22, 2009
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  25. dzuchowski

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    unless your british and call it ale....
     
    dzuchowski, Oct 22, 2009
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  26. Lanaya

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    what drivers were you using howard?
     
    Lanaya, Oct 22, 2009
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  27. dzuchowski

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    you to ah?
     
    dzuchowski, Oct 22, 2009
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  28. se7in

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    yeah damnit i need those 10 pixels....
     
    se7in, Oct 22, 2009
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  29. Silven

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    *sigh* still torn... G51J-A1 or G60Vx-RBBX09 ...
     
    Silven, Oct 22, 2009
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  30. howard911s

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    Nvidia driver is 186.40 by default.
     
    howard911s, Oct 22, 2009
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    home now, gonna work on the review.
     
    howard911s, Oct 22, 2009
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  32. Lanaya

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    def the G51j..and get it through gentech =P
     
    Lanaya, Oct 22, 2009
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  33. Beerwolf

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    After about an hour of playing WoW on ultimate settings GPU temp steady at about 71c and CPU at 46c. Not too bad. Will load Crysis wen I get home this weekend and try it out.
     
    Beerwolf, Oct 22, 2009
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  34. Soviet Sunrise

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    Drink with me, Beerwolf. I got the day off tomorrow. It's Red Bull cocktails tonight baby!
     
    Soviet Sunrise, Oct 22, 2009
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  35. Beerwolf

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    You got it brother! :D In hotel still but not going in office tomorrow so all I have to do is get out of bed and drive home.
     
    Beerwolf, Oct 22, 2009
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  36. sfan786

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    Looks like no raid I Checked my bios dont see where to enable it Im prteety pleasesd with it right now however. Does get hot but its expected.
     
    sfan786, Oct 22, 2009
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  37. 5IL3NT_5T3F

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    Hi. I'm in Canada and I'm wondering if it's even possible for me to get the G60Vx-RBBX09. I see it on the U.S BestBuy website, but still not on the Canadian one :confused:. It doesn't seem to be sold anyware else. Is there a reason it's only being sold in U.S. BestBuy's? Any help from some fellow Canadians or anyone who knows how I might be able to get one would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. :D
     
    5IL3NT_5T3F, Oct 22, 2009
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  38. howard911s

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    howard911s, Oct 23, 2009
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  39. se7in

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    awesome, will read
     
    se7in, Oct 23, 2009
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    I actually called best buy one time to look up a purchase about a year later. They weren't super happy to go back that far but after 10min or so on the phone they found the old purchase. I think I had put it on a best buy card though.
     
    earth-traveler, Oct 23, 2009
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    I really hope raid is in the bios somewhere. From what I've read you could enable it on the g51 and I hoped these notebooks would be basically the same. I ordered the higher spec one this evening from the bb website. I use maybe 100gb storage so that extra hd will be a waste for me if I can't raid it. FYI, I know Australia has had the g60 for a little while according to something I read somewhere and it shows up on the au asus site, unlike the usa site.
     
    earth-traveler, Oct 23, 2009
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  42. howard911s

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    Sorry bro, completely skippd over your post, haven't had a chance to look at RAID.....gotta go sleep now, will check it tomorrow when I boot...
     
    howard911s, Oct 23, 2009
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  43. shboyles

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    Unfortunately in both the G60 and G72 there is NO RAID (Just IDE and AHCI)
     
    shboyles, Oct 23, 2009
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    I cant make up my mind now. I have sent my computer in twice to ASUS and basically it cam back more screwed up than when sent. I thinking about the G60VX from best buy, and the Sager NP8662. Which is a better deal? Was thinking Sager because of lower GPU temps... However I have noticed many of you saying that this model stays decently low. Any suggestions
     
    worshipingnow, Oct 23, 2009
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    If you can afford to spend a little extra go with the NP8662 it runs cooler and it performs better + screen res is much better also but the ASUS is pretty good in itself.
     
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    Yeah thats the thing I have a windows 7 copy coming actually 2 for free... So... If I bought that Sager, I wouldnt have to worry about upping the price to add an operating system... So it comes out about same.. What i liked about G60 was the 9-cell battery coming with it... Downfall was the low res.. I used to my 1920 by 1080... But I could revert. :cool:
     
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    you can always use a nail file to even it out.....
     
    dzuchowski, Oct 23, 2009
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    Surprisingly, Best Buy keeps a record of all Best Buy members (rewards member, credit card memeber, or put yourself in their system) for up to 6 months to a year, which is awesome. They found my reciept and reprinted it, I already emailed off my scanned receipt. Now I just have to play the waiting game, hope everyone is liking their G60VX. Bet you all are lovin the new Windows 7, I envy you but will be joining ya'll soon ;)!

    EDIT: Would like to point out that if people want the same CPU as the G72GX but not the 17" screen, Best Buy's online site sells the G60VX-RB0X5 with the P8700 at the same price as the G72GX-RX05 (yep, $1199). Oh, and the G60VX-RB0X5 also has 640GB of Hard drive space (2 x 320GB 7200RPM), like to point that out also ;)!
    http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9568112&type=product&id=1218125777703
     
    da1writer, Oct 23, 2009
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  49. dzuchowski

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    if you purchase from asus directly (non best buy purchase) you can get free of charge the accidental breakage coverage free for one year. Also Asus will replace the screen even if their is just one dead pixel on it.... This is only for non best buy purchases.. For best buy accidental coverage for 1 year is $99. I purchased my g60 from Best Buy with the $99 accidental coverage for 1 year. my purchase was an exchange from a g51 with a bad screen..
     
    dzuchowski, Oct 23, 2009
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  50. howard911s

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    Love my G60VX (999 one) runs quiet and cool...already installed 30 updates from microsoft for windows 7...go figure. But after the update, my GTX 260 now idles at 56c down from 61C out of box :D
     
    howard911s, Oct 23, 2009
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