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    Discussion in 'Asus' started by crazy_johny, Jul 28, 2005.

  1. crazy_johny

    crazy_johny Notebook Guru

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    Haha well after many questions, and much research, I like so many others have now bought, and have in possesion an ASUS W3V!!

    Well basic impressions so far are this:

    -screen does have a VERY sweet spot, and high-def movies look great!
    -sound does seem low, but I haven't had the oppurtunity to play with setting yet (so give me some time before a barrage of questions, im sure either Justin could send me a link to a new driver, or I can find something in the windows setting to fix it)
    -warmth after being on for several hours doesn't seem to affect me.

    I have zero dead pixels, build quality is amazing, looks incredible!!!

    I am just installing now, and will give an update for everyone quite soon. I am going to try half life 2 demo, so all the gamers can also get an idea of how well this thing handles games. Anyway, thanks again to everyone on the forums for helping me make an informed decision, this seems to be the right one!!
     
    crazy_johny, Jul 28, 2005
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Congrats, enjoy :D

    The warmth is nothing, I've placed my palm on the wristrest on a w3v that had been on all day(From 10am to 5pm or so) and it was just a bit warm but nothing that would bother me..
     
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    crazy_johny Notebook Guru

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    I agree, heat is NOT an issue. People complaining about that must have baby hands, seeing how I left this thing on transferring 10gb or images/pictures etc and its still fine.

    Anyway, here's another update:

    I just installed half life 2 demo: The auto settings I was given were 'high' for everything. There were a couple other settings that were at first set slightly lower, so I moved them up. Well it ran PERFECTLY, no jitters, nothing, and it looks incredible.

    Anyway, if anyone has questions, let me know
     
    crazy_johny, Jul 29, 2005
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    LaZzZy_Dude Notebook Evangelist

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    for the heat issue...not good for sperm count if you put it on your lap....
    so undervolt it...my w5a decreased by 10 celcius ....
     
    LaZzZy_Dude, Jul 29, 2005
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    atwoyearold Notebook Enthusiast

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    how's the start up/shut down time? i'm assuming your computer hasn't bogged down with too much crap yet...
     
    atwoyearold, Jul 29, 2005
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    Kimochi Notebook Consultant

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    undervolting does wonders. Using CHC my cpu never gets above 58 degrees... generally usage i get around 52
     
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    crazy_johny Notebook Guru

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    ok Start-up time is 1:03 seconds, shutdown time is 35 seconds. Haha coming from my windows 2000, pentium 3 900mhz machine, this is a quantum leap in speed. Everything so for is flawless!
     
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    madmike23 Notebook Deity

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    Well from Win2K to WinXP, XP already had a faster start time. But yeah, it's also a supreme leap in hardware. :eek:
     
    madmike23, Jul 29, 2005
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    crazy_johny Notebook Guru

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    haha it certainly is!!

    Well quick update: this computer survived being on all afternoon and evening and the abuse of all my friends playing around with it. Hahaha I even converted the guy who strictly said that buying from asus is stupid, to now thinking he should go get a z70v :cool:
     
    crazy_johny, Jul 31, 2005
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