G51VX-X1A Gaming Expectations @ HD?

First time poster here. I have never bought a laptop before, but am considering getting the Asus G51VX-X1A from Newegg. I currently DO have a laptop that I was given a few years ago, I"ve got it hooked up to my 1080p TV and use it for web surfing and watching Movies. Recently I've tried to play a few games on it but it just barely works for this. Soooo...

Getting this new laptop I am hoping to be able to play some games on my HDTV @ around 1080 resolution. How will this laptop fare for this? Like i said I will be hooking to my TV so I don't care about the laptop built-in resolution. I probably will play mostly driving games and maybe some flight sims or arcade. I don't see myself playing the latest and greatest shooters, but it may happen occasionally. I do have a gaming desktop system as well.

Oh and for those who are wondering.. the reason I don't get another desktop system is because I want the option to take a computer with me on occasion/vacations for web surfing, or random gaming with friends. Though using it for these things won't happen that often.

Thanks!

 

The X1A actually has a 1080p screen already built in, so its designed to handle games at that resolution. There are a good few games, though, such as Crysis and GTA, that wont be able to handle that resolution at max settings, but most games shouldn't have too much of an issue with it and should run gorgeously.

The game you're going to be playing usually don't have stupidly ridiculous high-end graphics usually(relative to games like Crysis who's graphics are still the absolute top of the line two years later...) so you'll have no problem as far as I can judge. Pick it up and have fun, dude!

 

It'll work well but you shouldn't necessarily expect Crysis maxed out or other similarly intensive games.

Other than that, it should be fine.

 

As someone running it in 1080p, its fine. Expect 30-45fps for the majority of modern games running on high.

 

Since coolkev99 will be playing the games using his TV as a monitor, will it put more load on the GPU as compared to when you play it on the laptop LCD ?

What mode will put more load on the GPU, cloning the laptop screen and TV or shutting off the laptop screen and just using the TV as a monitor ?

 

GPU load stays the same if the resolutions are the same. If the TV resolution is higher, it'll put more load.

Having both screen on will result in more load.

 

Yeah I just double checked the resolution of the TV and Laptop (G51VX-X1A), and they are the same. Wow that's high res. for such a small screen!! I think I'd get used to it though At least my gaming framerate would be about the same if I went mobile.

 

Just enjoy some toasted eyes.

Even if you were using a G51 with a native res of 1366x768 the frame rate on a 1080p T.V. would be the same as a G71.

 

I'd like to run a G51vx a1 (or G60 with 1080p) on my 1080p monitor too. Is there a way to turn the laptop screen off when gaming on the monitor to reduce load? And are there other things you can do to reduce load when gaming on the monitor?

 

You can turn off the laptop monitor and only use the external monitor via a keyboard shortcut.

Other than that, you can't do much other than underclocking or turning down game settings.

 

That's great. I was wondering if you "loose" anything by using an external monitor. Mine is 2ms lag but still looks ok. Although I think you need to spend alot of money to get a really good monitor. Can't wait to see some newer games in 24" 1080p! Particularly ArmaII and of course Crysis ect ...

 

Forget that. Real gangsters play on their T.V.s.

 

I am getting really damn tempted to buy this 42" Insignia 1080p 120Hz we got in at Best Buy to use as a monitor...I HATE working in a place I love to shop...

 

A friend of mine has a Samsung 44 or 46" (can't remember) with 120Hz on it.

If you turn the 120Hz on and watch a movie you can easily tell if something is done on a green screen, it's hilarious. We picked up LoTR to watch on it (lots of green screen) and everything looks like it's popping out of the T.V.. It's amazing.