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    G50v-X1 vs G50v-A1

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by benbronco, Aug 25, 2008.

  1. benbronco

    benbronco Notebook Consultant

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    Are the actual physical dimensions different for these units?
     
    benbronco, Aug 25, 2008
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    ViciousXUSMC Master Viking NBR Reviewer

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    No

    Size is the same, internals & screen are mostly different.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Aug 25, 2008
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    benbronco Notebook Consultant

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    The note here
    http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4568

    says
    # 15.4" WXGA+/WSXGA+ Color-Shine
    # 15.6" WXGA Color-Shine

    so i thought maybe the form factor is slighlty different...is that a misprint? The x1 is listed at >7lbs while the a1 is listed at 6.5lbs on most reseller websites. Whats going on with all the misinformation?
     
    benbronco, Aug 25, 2008
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    i messed with the x1 a bit at best buy and own an a1, no physical difference noticed. Screen + specs differ though... a1 all the way!
     
    VikingBastich, Aug 25, 2008
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    there is no misinformation you just miss understand.

    See post # 2
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Aug 26, 2008
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    I just got through looking at a G50v-X1 on display at Best Buy and on the outside, nothing's different from the A1. On the inside, it's another story.

    The X1 uses a 2Ghz T5750 Core2 Duo processor and if I recall, a 15.4" screen with a much lower resolution than the X1 (somewhere in the 1300x800 range). It also has only one hard drive (since there was no mention of a second drive or RAID capability. Graphics card is the 512mb 9700 GT. That's what I remember seeing from the display model.

    It's little wonder how Asus managed to knock the price all the way down to the $1249 I saw in Best Buy. If you're willing to put up with the downsized hardware I mentioned, this looks like a very good gaming laptop for what it's worth.

    Funny how everyone else in the industry is trotting out these new "affordable gaming" systems -- even Gateway has one on sale for under $1400.
     
    XL2007, Aug 26, 2008
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    wait, dont forget that WXGA 15.6 in screen is a 3D one (i think)
     
    plasma., Aug 26, 2008
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    What is a 3dscreen? I didnt see anything special about it when I played with it. The screen was sub par in my opinion.

    I totally have like a few posts/topics discussing the A1 vs X1 already tho so not going to bother going into details.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Aug 26, 2008
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    No, it's not. AFAIK the phase switching technology that creates that option only currently exists on a couple of desktop LCDs.
     
    ClearSkies, Aug 26, 2008
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    I saw an add for it on another forum but anybody have a link to a monitor that has it and a good page to explain the tech? i am interested in how it works.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Aug 26, 2008
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    MaximumPC has an article in the last couple months that I had read, but I think it's in an issue that hasn't been released online yet in full downloadable PDF. It essentially has two screens that rapidly interpolate successive images slightly off from each other, and your brain interprets that as a stereo (3D) image. Viewmaster toy on steroids....
     
    ClearSkies, Aug 26, 2008
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    I like your reviews and all but...I wish there was a way to dis-rep members.
     
    benbronco, Aug 26, 2008
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    OK it could have perhaps been said better but let's not get into a flame war over it now, you all..... the subtext was a little obvious :(.
     
    ClearSkies, Aug 26, 2008
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    Meh. I thought the Virtual Boy was a bad idea that proved itself by being hard on the ol' eyes. I suspect the "3D" screen is no different.
     
    XL2007, Aug 26, 2008
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    Looks like the tech takes 2 eyes like most things 3d so wont do me much good. Good ol' Vicious is nearly blind in one eye.
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Aug 26, 2008
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    There are voxel projection technologies, and rotating LCDs, that create "true" 3D display, rather than relying on brain tricks, but those are more expensive. I'm not sure how long until they make it to the consumer market.

    But don't worry too much. This autostereoscopy thing looks like it's killing the eyes. You can't watch it for more than 20 mins at a time.
     
    E.B.E., Aug 27, 2008
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    Id have to wonder how it would work in the first place, would a program/game not need to be made to work with it to make the parts of the image that should be 3d stand out in 3d? If you make the entire image 3d you didnt really do anything if it appears all on the same plane.
     
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    Well going on the info in the 2nd page in my links above, nVidia drivers and hardware have supported stereoscopic images for a long time now, so any game should work "out of the box" with stereoscopic technology.

    Voxels and rotating LCDs, that's another matter, probably.
     
    E.B.E., Aug 27, 2008
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    Dont mix up the G50v-x1 with the G50vm-x1. The G50vm-x1 is the model at best buy which is different internally than the g50v-x1 which is the laptop I ordered from newegg. The G50V-x1 has a P8400 processor in it which is 2.26 Ghz rather than the best buy model which is just 2.0 Ghz. Theres a few other differences as well but Im at my university right now and the internet is slow so I dont want to bother to look it up right now.

    Oh, and I did read that one of the Asus G series (it might have been M series) of gaming laptop has a 3D screen. It might be mine, it might not be, it might be all of them. I'll let you all know when my laptop arrives some time tomorrow.
     
    gilbon, Sep 25, 2008
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