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    asus g50 help please

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by tornbacchus, Sep 15, 2008.

  1. tornbacchus

    tornbacchus GO leafs.. Wait, Nevermid

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    ok well im looking into an asus for gaming. it has alot of power i think except for the graphics card.

    from some reviews, it only gets less than 6,000. this isint powerful enough as i need at least 7,000

    so just a few questions;

    1; how much more powerful is a 9700M GTS vs a 9700M GT?

    2; whats the difference between the asus g50 a1 and a2? and links?

    3; will this laptop run cod4 online maxed out(or pretty close to it) on at least 1440x900

    4; will it run cs source maxed out on all settings?

    5; how long will this last as for playing future games.



    right now im on a toshiba qosmio x300, which i may keep (it has a 9700M GTS) but the processor is pretty week.

    so my last question is

    6; should i keep the toshiba x300 or get the asus g50 a1/2

    i need something that can game decently and hope this asus can do it.
     
    tornbacchus, Sep 15, 2008
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  2. Sparky86

    Sparky86 Notebook Enthusiast

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    The difference between the A1 and A2 models are the hard disks and the optical drive:

    A1
    500 GB 5400 rpm SATA ( 250 GB X2)
    DVDRW Super Multi

    A2
    400 GB 7200 rpm SATA ( 200 GB X2)
    Blu-Ray Read/DVDRW Super Multi

    You can see it on the review by GenTechPC
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=282100

    About the graphics I can't help you. I haven't used mine to game.
     
    Sparky86, Sep 15, 2008
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  3. tornbacchus

    tornbacchus GO leafs.. Wait, Nevermid

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    o alright, thanks man

    now i just need some info on the gfx and stuff :)
     
    tornbacchus, Sep 15, 2008
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  4. ViciousXUSMC

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    I have CoD4 settings & frames per second in my review.

    Have not played counter strike in a long time, due to the age of the game I think it should max out rather easy.

    I think CoD4 at that res and near max setting is more in the high end desktop range, notebooks that can do it I would expect to be big, heavy, hot, and expensive. The G50 is only slightly big but does not fit the other categories :p
     
    ViciousXUSMC, Sep 15, 2008
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  5. ALLurGroceries

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    On my G50V I can run CoD4 comfortably on mostly high settings @ native res but I usually play battlefield 2142, which runs totally maxxed. Both look outrageously good and frames aplenty.

    Edit: any source engine game will run maxxed, including HL2 lost coast, CS:S, DoD:S, TF2, etc
     
    ALLurGroceries, Sep 16, 2008
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