Asus G70 Price confirmed at $3000 :(

Unfortunately I just got word that the G70 is going to come in a 3 grand from a local PC chain who called Asus directly. Asus said it would be available in mid-june for about 3000.

There goes that option for me. Looks like its a Sager NP5793 or a Asus G2SG for me.

Keep in mind this is in canadian dollars but the exchange rate is about the same with US.

 

The XPS M1730 and the Alienware m17x are lighter, thinner, cheaper, and better-looking than the G70. Like I've said before, the G70 sucks...

 

I'll probably be going the route of the NP5793 now and deal with no HDMI out. DAmn you PRASADD!!!! You win alright!! ARGGGHHH

 

Consider G71V....it will have Nvidia 9700 i heard

 

What is the G71V I have not seen or heard anything about it. Any more info?

 

Highly doubt the cheaper comment...also ive never heard of the G71v what is that?

 

did you just make that up? the V suffix was used to designate Intel 915PM chipset and dedicated graphics card in 2005. There are a lot of letters in the alphabet and I rather doubt that Asus would reuse a suffix letter so soon.

So far, Asus has used the following chipset/graphics suffixes that I remember since 2004/2005:

N - Intel 855 chipset w/dedicated graphics
A - Intel 915 chipset w/integrated graphics
V - Intel 915 chipset w/dedicated graphics
F - Intel 945 chipset w/integrated graphics
J - Intel 945 chipset w/dedicated graphics
E - Intel 965 chipset w/integrated graphics
S - Intel 965 chipset w/dedicated graphics
K - AMD chipsets
T - AMD chipsets

 

G71... interesting

 

why would i make things up?

 

Good question. Why would you make stuff up? Or better yet, if you didn't make it up, where did you get your information? I Google-checked it, and you're the only one on the internet that's said anything about such a model.

 

lol, the C90S uses Intel 945 chipset w/dedicated and not the 965. God knows they've been doing some funky stuff as of late.

 

Thats because C90J doesn't sound cool.

 

Both the XPS and Sager are cheaper

 

yah i googled it too...and unless your an asus insider i have no idea how you found out about this one

 

yes well one thing i can say about asus on their laptops is that they make their own chasis, they dont buy from clevo...so have a feeling that it wont be that expensive compared to other gaming laptops

 

But when you consider the sheer size of the asus, the fact it has altec lansing speakers, an 8 millisecond response lcd display (compared to 25 in the sagers and dell xps), a second smaller lcd display (which is, despite what all of you may think, extremely useful - I have a g1s), is made with brushed aluminum and has more lights than my Christmas tree, I reckon it will be quite a bit more expensive than the competition. Keep in mind that Clevo will hold the title as having the cheapest laptops with the most horsepower for a long time to come

 

One edition of G70 will be debuted around 2000USD range.

 

That seems like a more reasonable price, but considering prices on the np5793... =/. Well, let's not forget that all asus laptops also come with a standard 2 year warranty, 1 year accidental damage warranty and 30 zero bright dot warranty (but not dead pixels for some reason >_>).

 

Around 3000$ yeh?
A quick google got me a few hits. Evil Australian Prices..

ASUS G70S-7T024G T9300 2.5 320 4G 17 VU - G70S-7T024G (G70S-7T024G)

BetterIT Australia
$3,555.44
ASUS G70S-7T024G T9300/2.5/320/4G/17/VU (ASU1037) G70S-7T024G T9300/2.5/320/4G/17/VU

Penta
$3,565.00
ASUS G70S-7T024G T9300/2.5/320/4G/17/VU (G70S-7T024G)

ITXonline
$3,590.84
ASUS G70S-7T024G T9300, 2x2GB, 320G, 17WUXGA, BLURAY, G87-GT-512M, BT, TV, 2MP, V/ULTI (G70S-7T024G)

Computerwholesale.com.au
$3,594.86
ASUS G70S-7T024G Intel CORE 2 DUO T9300 2.5GHz, 320GB HDD, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 17.1 WUXGA, VISTA ULTIMATE (ASU1037)

PC Solutions
$3,661.35
ASUS G70S-7T024G T9300/2.5/320/4G/17/VU (G70S-7T024G)

 

i still dont trust the OP's source. the op himself seems honest, but frankly his source is the type that lies. Whether it be local bestbuy employees or smaller local retailers, the employees and owners often lie when presented with difficult questions. Fact is eddie or ken are pretty much the two major asus sellers in the us, and they havent been giving much great information. this sounds like some guy who wants to sound like he knows stuff just throwing out a number that sounds right for a new 17 inch gaming machine.

 

Thats because its using the desktop processors, and thus probably the desktop 945 chipset. And since the C90 would be an exception anyways, and the naming scheme is not really fixed or rigid, they figured they'd just throw an S on there since it was being released at the same time as all of their S models.

You must admit, it would have looked really weird to see them release F3S, W7S, G1S, S96S, S37S, G2S, F8S and then suddenly the C90J.

 

Weeks ago Asus informed us that as of June 1, 2008, they had no plans to bring the $3200 G70S to the US market, though it appears in several places in the June/July Asus catalog. I've seen this sort of thing before: requests for such a beast will come in and possibly coerce Asus into changing their mind on making this model available for the US market. The specs are vague but impressive. The new displays/buttons with blue backlighting make ME want one of these bloody things...and I'm not even a gamer!

 

Only 3k ???

Display Type 17" WUXGA 1920x1200
CPU Intel T9500 2.6Ghz Core 2 Dup CPU
Hard Drive 2x200GB 7200 rpm (400Gb total)
RAM 4GG DDR2 667 RAM
Video Processor 2x nVidia 8700M GT 512MB DDR3 VRAM per card
Optical Drive Bluray Reader, Dual Layer DVDRW Combo Drive
Operating System Vista Ultimate 64-Bit

Base Price @ $3,695.00 AUS

 

Asus G70S-B1 is $3675 CAD. I suspect it'll settle to be $3500 - $3600 once it's in stock.

Key Features:
CPU: Core 2 Duo X9000 2.8GHz 6MB L2 800MHz
LCD Size & Resolution: 17" WUXGA 1920x1200
MB Chipset: Intel 965PM
Optical Drive: BD Combo
Memory: 4GB DDR2 667 Mhz (2GBx2) up to 4GB
VGA Card: NV 8700M GT 512MB VRAM DDR3 x 2 (SLi)
Hard Drive: 400G(200G 7200RPM x2)

Asus G70S-A1 is $3100 CAD.

Key Features:
CPU: Core 2 Duo T9500 2.6GHz 6MB L2 800MHz
LCD Size & Resolution: 17" WUXGA 1920x1200
MB Chipset: Intel 965PM
Optical Drive: BD Combo
Memory: 4GB DDR2 667 Mhz (2GBx2) up to 4GB
VGA Card: NV 8700M GT 512MB VRAM DDR3 x 2 (SLi)
Hard Drive: 400G(200G 7200RPM x2) SATA

ETA is mid July in Canada.

 

G70S-X1 at BEST BUY for 2099!

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8906188&type=product&id=1213046768863

 

After reading those specs I can sorta see why..
Intel® Core(TM)2 Duo Mobile
1440 x 900
no TV
no BlueRay
1x400 gb
/.. still not bad i spose

 

its actually two 200gb 7200 rpm hd