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    My new G50VT-X5. Pics and questions

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by panchoc, Aug 10, 2009.

  1. panchoc

    panchoc Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, finally i got it...Thank you guys because of your help and for always answer my questions that help me to make my decision.
    First of all,for the no-american people, the importer bought this from Best Buy, i pay 1500 dolars because of the shipping and the custom taxes in Argentina (yes, it sucks)...and 10 days ago, when the importer guy bring the notebook to my apartment, i get scared because of the weight of the box, but after the unboxing and after extracting the cartons and plastic, i realize that, in my opinion, THIS IS NOT A HEAVY NOTEBOOK!!
    This is just my opinion, but i want to clarify this because i have read a lot of coments about the weight.
    Beside asking for pardon for my horrible english, I ask for pardon for the poor quality of the photos, i take them with my cel phone.
    First, some random system information and temperatures:
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    The importer give this backpack to me as a gift, it´s comfortable, with a lot of pockets. It´s the Eurocase EUBAS721GY

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    And it comes with a rain protector :cool: which is wrinkled because you have to make it smaller to put it in the respective pocket

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    Well, i have a question: As you know, this notebook comes with a little OLED that shows you, among other things, the cpu and memory usage.
    While I am playing GTA 4, the little OLED says that i´m using the 100% of the CPU almost all the time. And while i´m playing this game, the cooler fan works all the time but i think that it´s ok.

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    With Respect to the cpu, is this normal?is this a wrong thing and i should stop playing GTA 4? I play with all the settings in high quality, except for the textures, which is in medium quality
    For example, when i´m playing COD 5-WaW the cpu usage is in 60% - 75% in the highest settings.

    Well, i hope you understand my questions, sorry for the awful english and i promise better quality photos. Feel free for make any question about this notebook, i will do my best for a decent response.


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  2. munchkin-man

    munchkin-man Notebook Consultant

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    Great buy dude. I just sold my G50vt-x5 the other day. The gpu can be pushed very far and with a better cpu that laptop will be right up there with newer 15 inchers with 260ms.

    GTA4 is VERY cpu dependant. My x9100 clocked at 3.45 gets 90-100% load all the time. Left4Dead is also like this. My cpu load never goes below 85%. It's perfectly normal.
     
  3. panchoc

    panchoc Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well man that´s really good news! i was a little worried about that because i don´t know if is good for the cpu to work at 100% for 2-2.5 hours (my daily gta 4 gaming time)

    Thanks for the answer!!
     
  4. sgtarky

    sgtarky Notebook Consultant

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    boy that question is asked like a million times here.
     
  5. teripanglaut

    teripanglaut Newbie

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    hello.........i've sold my g50vt......it's a nice, good laptop.

    want to buy more rog series soon
     
  6. panchoc

    panchoc Notebook Enthusiast

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    I still have mine i´m not thinking on change it, it´s a great laptop.
    The new rog laptops are also great, are you thinking in a model in particular?