Howard's Asus G60VX-RBBX05 REVIEW

i have 2x320... and mine are both 298GB... lol. dont know what you guys did...

 

I mean there is memory loss... 320 - 298 = 22 gb (44 gb in my case). not so much but still wonder where is the memory)

 

http://www.techzonez.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-7243.html

 

I am looking at a new laptop for work and am considering the Asus G60. I may not be playing a lot of games but am looking for a laptop that will last more than a couple of years. I am considering the Sony FW560 as well. It has better resolution, a bluray drive, and a slightly larger screen for the same price.

Any thoughts?

James

 

If you don't game there is not much reason to get a G60, there are probably better options out there with better battery life, lighter, better cpu, etc that might fit better. But for someone looking for a value gaming laptop the G60 is hard to beat.

 

There is Bo memory loss that you speak of. When you format a hdd it loses roughly 7% of it's capacity. That is just how it works. Read that article eiment posted. Should give you more technical answer to it

 

has anyone installed the 195.62 ????? how does it fare in terms of temperature? And somebody please link me to 186.82 driver. thanking in advance. Also great guide howard. and awesome inputs from abula, beerwolf , forge, citizenpada and howard my man.

 

This machine surely is one to recon with among its competitors

 

yeah it is best-for-the-buck. i am just hoping that mine doesn't turn into a lemon.

 

It happens but Asus makes quality laptops.
I have had mine from the begining and have had no problems so far.

 

NVIDIA GeForce v186.82 WHQL Drivers

 

thanks again , Abula

 

I have the 195 drivers installed. Seems to cool off a lot quicker to me than the 186.62. But other than that seemed to work about the same

 

What kind of bag/backpack does everyone here use for there g60 and accessories? Can't find anything that I am too thrilled with

 

i use the harrisons laptop bag that i bought .Works pretty well for me for univ and stuff. what driver do u have abula?

 

Im still using 186.82, i tested some 195 including the one from nvidia and it didnt downcloak in 2d for me (but im still under vista), and had worst scores in benchmarks, so im sticking with 186.82 for now.

 

This is silly the price of the laptop again went up to $999.99 . What is best buy trying to achieve here? I guess i am lucky i got 1 when the price was $945.99 ....... or am i? hope they were not selling lemons for $50 cheap......

 

hey people im about to get one of these and I plan on doing everything you guys suggested but its getting hard to sift through the pages so could you guys summarize it all up?Thanks in advance!

 

sorry if this is a n00b question but why are u still using 186.XX drivers?the 195.XX already came out.is there something wrong wrong them?

 

Some drivers are better than other.. thats about it.

I bought a Coolermaster cooler today... dont notice ANY difference in cooling.... im almost thinking coolers are a gimmick.

Please tell me its not true and i can lower my temps when gaming from 80C

 

16GB is Windows 7 and I guess the rest are partitions?

 

Soooooo........which is the best driver?

 

i had toe 196 drivers, and just switched back to the 186.62's today.

 

so the best driver is the 186.62?

 

Read the begginin if the thread. All your questions will be answered.

That would be the best thing I can tell you. I go thru this thread quite often

 

Phew, went through almost ALL the pages in here and didn't see mention of the webcam.

For those who have the G60VX, what do you think about the webcam? I had heard a little bit of complaint about it being dark or just plain crappy, and indeed when I saw it in the store (though didn't have much time to change many settings due to a salesperson bugging me the whole time) the cam was a little on the poor side.

What do you think about it? I love the program it uses, though, with facial recognition, etc.

 

Honestly I rarely use my webcam.
But I just ran 3DMARK06 after doing some gaming for a while( L4D2 ) after posting what I thought my idle temps were a while back and this is what I got.
First attachment is with the CPU OC'd with power4gear(T9900) and the GPU OC'd to what I found is a sweet spot for my system.
Used the snipping tool right after I ran test to record temps
Second attachment are what my temps idle at when not under load just surfing the web .
So far everything is running great and I have never had any issues with this laptop.
I'm really happy with this laptop, best bang for the buck if you ask me.

 

Hey guys. I'm having problems with the sound on the laptop.
First of all, theres 3 "Audio Jacks" on the right side of the laptop.
Whenever I plug anything in it says " A device has been plugged in to the audio jack". It looks like one is a microphone jack, a speaker jack and a headphone jack. The headphone jack works great, but the (what I presume is) the speaker jack doesnt register with speakers, headphones or even audio outputs for that matter. Anyone else have this problem? Or can you help me with it?
Secondly, I tried the HDMI output on my brothers HD TV for the first time today, and he says that his playstation 3 sends sound and video through the HMDI cable alone to the TV. We couldnt get any audio to the TV, while the video did work...it was however, cut off a bit around the edges, and also lowered my desktop resolution. Anyone know why this is? And could it be related to the first sound problem im having? I only have a few more days left on the 2 weeks for returns and exchanges, and if it needs to be done I would appreciate if you guys could answer as soon as possible. Thanks alot. And great review Howard, it persuaded me to go buy this beast.

 

Isn't Asus bringing out new G series at the beginning of 2010 with the new nvidia 360gtx (+-1500€ ? There wil also be a new asus gaming laptop with corei5 and one of the new ati 5 series for only 900€, now thats what I call bang for the buck.

Edit: by the new G series I mean new hardware upgrades, the ugly lay out with the childish logo and bad cooling and overglossy screen will probably still remain

 

how do you know? dont put BS down unless you can prove it

 

I'll post the link as soon as I can find it again. The article is dutch, but the table with the new asus laptop names and their cores and gpu's is prefectly understandable. I'll post as soon as my friend who gave that link to me comes online.

Stay tuned

Edit: Found it: http://notebookspot.nl/nieuws/164/1/prijzen-arrandale-notebooks-lekken-uit.html

Edit: that same article has a link to another table with more details about the asus laptops: http://www.hardware.info/nl-NL/prod...5ibmJLKYcg,bGpka5ibmJLKZcg,bGpka5ibmJLKZsg,!/

 

mmmm 360gtx..... i want one, thanks for the link. Now to save some $$$$$

 

Man does ASUS turnover these laptops quick!
New hardware is great but customers are going to start getting pissed when they find out new gpu's are going to start coming out so soon.
Still I'm very happy with my laptop with the 260M GTX, played L4D2 on it last night and fps was over 100 which is damn good, settings were all very high with AA enabled
I just wonder what the lid is going to look like?

O well.
New hardware means it's a win for new customers, we probably won't see these for a few months anyway.

 

Can someone please help me? with ^

 

Im gona try to help but i dont own one, but very similar G51.

The first (bottom) should be analog mic in, the 3rd (headphone jack), 2nd should be line out (but i think its coaxial, but you have to enable it thru your Realtek options for it to send the sound there).

Check both Realtek audio n Nvidia control planel to see the HDMI options. I havent tried it but probably there is an option there to enable or disable the sound.

 

Ok, thanks alot dude. I'll try it.
Anyone else got advice?
Also, when I hit the power button sometimes it goes into express gate...anyone else have this issue?

 

Ok, so I went to the realtek options when i plugged the speakers into the line in jack. and it reads it on the right side of the realtek menu, saying that there is something plugged in, but when i go to the line-in tab it wont let me set it as the default device. its greyed out.

 

It looks to me like this is a line-in, rather than a line out. Its reading it as a line in, but when I go to the sound options in control panel it says there is a line out available. And also in the Realtek options there is a tab for digital output. What is this used for?

 

Ikas, what drivers are you using??? i cant seem to stay that cool...

 

And yes,w hen you plug in another monitor, you have to enable the sound under the Realtek iptions pane.

 

Try updating or reloading the Realtek drivers again from the driver disc it came with.

Stock drivers.
When I installed the T9900 I used IC7 Diamond thermal paste on both the CPU and GPU, that helped alot.
Maybe I'm just lazy or whatever but they seem to work fine as it is
Why fix something if it's not broke.

 

Greetings to all I am new to this forum

And I want to help me choose between G60vx-rx05 and N81Vp-D1. Prices are similar.

The features are:

Asus N81VP-D1
Features
14"/HD (1366 x768) (LED)
T9600 (2.80GHz)
4GB DDR2
ATI HD4650 1GB VRAM DDR3
320GB 7200RPM
6 Cell

ASUS G60VX-RBBX05

Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor P7450
4GB DDR2 memory
16" LED-backlit LCD high-definition widescreen display
320GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M graphics

In advance thank you very much

Ojala could guide me because I need to replace my old HP

reetings from Chile, south america

 

If you want better overall performance go for the G60VX.
The 260M GTX is much more powerful than a ATI HD4650.
Don't get me wrong the N81VP is a very nice laptop but one thing going against it is it's huge for a 14 incher, it's almost as big as the G60VX.
You can always OC the stock CPU or add a new one for more power as well, the GPU is not so easy to replace or cost effective.

 

nice very nice.whats the difference between a 15.6" and a 16"? like about 0.04" difference lol

 

0.4 lol ......

 

Thanks IKAS V

But it balances the T9600 processor has N81vp-D1, unlike G60vx that has a P7450, I doubt that much difference exists as a machine which is definitely better. For several days I am looking for information to decide and I read all the issues related to the two laptop

 

Yeah, it has Dual 320 GB Drives.

The 149s are logical partitions. You can "Manage" your computer and delete the second partition and then expand the first one to reduce the number of logical drives.

 

Most new games are more GPU dependent than CPU dependent.
RTS not withstanding.
The P7450 is not that bad and handles most games pretty good.
OC it and it's better.
Swap out the old CPU for a T9900 or X9100 for best results.
As you can see 3DMARK06 over 12000 at the laptops native resolution is pretty good
Gaming with both the GPU and CPU OC'd works very nice with no problems.

 

ohhh......lol o.0

 

guys does anyone know what cpu upgrades are possible on the G60 ? i mean which cpus can replace the 2.13 P7450 ? higher end than the stock ofcuz?????