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    Asus G71v

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Ali Nield, Mar 24, 2009.

  1. Ali Nield

    Ali Nield Notebook Guru

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    Hi there..

    I'm looking for a desktop replacement that I can use for some fairly intense gaming sessions and have stumbled apon a few likely candidates

    But one that has definitly taken my eye is the Asus G71v

    here in the UK, Asus computers are fairly hard to get hold off and they aren't as well retailed as from what i've seen from US sites.

    So here is the spec:

    2.53ghz Core 2 Extreme QX9300
    4gb of DDR3 RAM
    1 TB of Storage
    Blue ray player
    1920x1200 Screen
    Nvidia Geforce 9700m GT

    http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop/index.pl?prodID=B146857&viewSpec=y#productTop

    £1700

    So i'm wondering really whether you think that this computer is worth it and if anybody from the UK has, it how long did it take between ordering it and actually having it delivered as from all I have seen everywhere in the UK is out of stock

    Post your thoughts


    Thanks :)
     
    Ali Nield, Mar 24, 2009
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    A word of warning re: UK, the ASUS support has a pretty dismal reputation there.

    Have a look at the info booth, and from there my thread "A survey on the problems with ASUS notebooks and support."
     
    E.B.E., Mar 24, 2009
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  3. Qwakrz

    Qwakrz Notebook Consultant

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    I have the earlier G71V with a Core2Duo not the quad (I would love to upgrade to the quad though if I can find the chip for sale).

    Its a very good laptop, no problems as such but it only came with Vista Home pro 32bit which was a surprise.

    If you want good gaming then it may be worth looking at the G71G with the better graphics card, looks like similar specs regards monitor etc but it does not support RAID (has 2 drives though) and I believe its DDR2 and not DDR3 ram but it makes very little difference overall.
     
    Qwakrz, Mar 25, 2009
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