The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Just picked up the G72GX-RBBX05

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by STipton72, Nov 29, 2009.

  1. STipton72

    STipton72 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Aaaaand I love it!! Thanks to Tobuk and many reviewers for bringing me into this decision. I also got the geek-squad optimized version, just to save me some time. Anything you guys recommend I remove that they may have not? Thanks in advance, I'll be installing WoW in the meantime, haha.
     
    STipton72, Nov 29, 2009
    #1
  2. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    7,515
    Messages:
    8,733
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    206
    Just curious, what exactly did geek squad do to optimize your laptop and how much did they charge?
     
    David, Nov 29, 2009
    #2
  3. STipton72

    STipton72 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Removed a lot of bloatware and such, to "improve speeds by up to 40%" which I just said whatever to for 40 dollars. Considering I usually lose my mind trying to uninstall all those programs, and had the money in my pocket from doing some jobs.
     
    STipton72, Nov 29, 2009
    #3
  4. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

    Reputations:
    656
    Messages:
    2,577
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    56
    tbh, with asus there isn't really much bloatware...would've just kept my 40$.
     
    Lanaya, Nov 29, 2009
    #4
  5. STipton72

    STipton72 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Eh, my first time buying Asus so its whatever. I made a mistake and now learned from it, I'm in high school anyways so honestly, I don't have anything better to spend it on haha.

    Edit: also, where exactly do I go to clock the GPU to its original settings and not the stock?
     
    STipton72, Nov 29, 2009
    #5
  6. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

    Reputations:
    7,515
    Messages:
    8,733
    Likes Received:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    206
    I see. Well, depending on what bloatware they've uninstalled or kept, I would still go through the list of the recommended bloatware to uninstall in my guide (see the Asus info booth sticky).
     
    David, Nov 29, 2009
    #6
  7. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

    Reputations:
    656
    Messages:
    2,577
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Lanaya, Nov 29, 2009
    #7
  8. STipton72

    STipton72 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    11
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Alright thanks, Will do :).

    Also again, if anyone could guide me through overclocking the GPU to its original settings it would be appreciated. Edit: EIement gave me a guide, Thanks bro.
     
    STipton72, Nov 29, 2009
    #8