Howard's Asus G60VX-RBBX05 REVIEW

We're not trying to prove that the G60 is better/worse than the G51, we're trying to call that one guy out on BS.

 

and you had similar FPS. So, the guy talking all this BS is most definitely, underclocked.

 

Hi everyone! I'm new here, joined because I'm planning to get this lapbook in a few weeks time, I almost have enough $. I was wonderin, srry if this has already been asked before, if someone can tell what are the optimal settings for running Crysis on this computer?

 

Define optimal? You want the best eye candy, or the best FPS?

Or a blend?

 

At the stock res you can expect to play with everything on high and no AA @ stock clocks and achieve moderate and playable framerates (30-35FPS)

 

Forge, hey could you could give me all 3?; best graphics, best FPS, best blend of both...

 

wooo..life is super super busy, barely had time to stop by and this thread has grown! Used my Alienware Orion backpack from newegg to carry book, misc stuff , G60, charger everything doesnt feel heavy at all. Best bag I ever bought.

After update, cleaning junks out, from pressing the power button to this laptop fully logged in and usable, only 45 seconds!!!!! long live windows 7! That's how long my MBP with 2.4 ghz 4 gb ddr 3 ram and osx needs to boot up!

 

Hi guys, first post for me, I'm in teh market for a laptop and until this morning I was looking at a DELL studio 17 with ATI 4650 and core2 6600 for about 1000$cdn. The price is really similar on the asus and it seems it would be better than the DELL . I intend to replace my 2003 athlon desktop 2600+ and NVIDIA 7600 with this one. I cannot run nearly nothing anymore on my desktop which is used as a web browser. I do most of my gaming on my ps3 and 360.

I suppose this laptop would be a decent upgrade compared to my dekstop as I don't intend to buy a new desktop. It would be used for word processing, web surfing and some gaming (been hoping to play crysis one day, my current rig was giving me about 20fp max at 1024*768 on everything low so i did not try more games after that). I have a 1080p projector in my family room, would I be able to use higher res (than the screen 720p) on it if I want to?

Also This laptop does not seem to be sold atm in Canada so I would have to drive down to the US (not a big deal I'm living on the south shore of Montreal) to buy it. Problem is the warranty, would you think Best buy would not honor it if I'm living in canada(if there is a problem I would drive it back to the US). Does anyone have some kind of comparison to the DELL studio 17 with a 4650?

 

Howard-
Does your Wireless On/Off switch have a lot of play in it? Does it rattle with light finger pressure moving up and down?
"wooo..life is super super busy, barely had time to stop by and this thread has grown"---yeah my review at BestBuy said to read your full review and the forum discussion following for help making decision. hehe
Catzpa

 

i have also warranty problem if i buy g60vx rbbx09 coz i live in europe in Turkey.Howard have any problem with g60vx(heating,noise,display etc)?do you recommend it to buy?i ll buy rbbx09(p8700)

 

At least I'm closer to the US, I can drive there easily if I don't forget my passport

 

Mine has no play in it. Everything on the laptop is nice and snug except when the cd tray is ejected. It has a little play in it but so does my Dell.

 

yeh you re luckier than me

 

wow 22 pages and still cant find out if my g60vx has an tv/radio antenna or not. does anybody know? it has an antenna slot the ant. symbol is on the side of the computer the asus cd comes with tv drivers but they wont install.
any help?

 

Slight play for the wireless on off switch but overall it is tight.

 

Nope no antenna and no tv tuner. Must be an option on another model that has the same chassis. Maybe soon to come.

 

No antenna...not for 999.99....they ship these discs with everything loaded so they don't have to make specialized disc, cost them more to do it.

 

thanks love this laptop the only small little con is the documentation/ user guide is horrible. doesnt really give specs to the max memory/type etc

 

There is a wireless switch?Didn't even seen one? Where is it (you can tell I've never read the manual)

 

Should be on the front of the laptop, to the left of the battery/power indicator lights.

 

OH... felt it... still can't see though heh.

 

Where did you buy this laptop from? I have been looking at this one for some time, but cant find a price or where to buy?

Thanks

 

BestBuy. Aka worstbuy.

 

2 to pick from...

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+...lack/9556072.p?id=1218124204092&skuId=9556072

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+...Blue/9568112.p?id=1218125777703&skuId=9568112

 

Hello Every one,

I have been following this thread for a while, does anyone no if there is new release from asus, on the G60VX (on the resolution side), is there a way that I can find more about it..

cheers,

 

haven't seen any.

 

damn this is sad...I'm using the G60 more than my Core i7 + ati 5870 desktop...

 

This is a very nice laptop
For the money you pay it's great deal.

 

Sell the desktop. Ta-da.


And that one guy hasn't replied. BS destructed. Have a nice night.

 

sigh..not sure how much I can get for my desktop....and on ebay and stuff people usually prefer to buy laptop....and shipping is expensive for desktop

 

Is this the make and model G60vx you have?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+...Blue/9568112.p?id=1218125777703&skuId=9568112

I thought it came with a white shell??

 

Your link isn't working. But just a fyi, the G51's came with a white lid (The G51 Best Buy models that is). The g60's come with a dark blue one. Howard and I both have the model with the P7450 processors for $999.00

 

th Euro/AU version of the G60 came with a white lid.

 

Aye, you are correct. I forgot about the Euro models that have been out for a while.

 

I think I'm gonna buy one of these tomorrow. The gpu on the computer in my sig just died and a new one costs 199$. I'm not payin 200 for an outdated card, so I figured that I would just buy a new laptop.

Does anybody know if I could upgrade the g60vx to a core i7 later on down the road?

 

No, you could not. They use different sockets.

 

Just get a G51J and then upgrade to a better i7 in a year. The only real disadvantage the G51J has is it runs much hotter. Otherwise, it's better in just about every way.

 

Had a strange phenomenom this morning...probably normal but I just never paid attention. Booted the laptop up.. cold 40 something degrees morning...and dunno why but i opened the HW monitor, CPU was 39C, HDD was 27C GTX 260 was 50...60...70..up to 85C just creeping up. It got to 85 c in under 2 minutes if even, I was like holy crap something's broke. Then suddenly the fan came on. which was near silent (fan) then the temperature quickly went back down to 60C then high 50's. THe cooling ability is very impressive for getting it down so fast. Of course the cold air helped but the heating rate for gtx 260 awed me. Kudo to the silent fan Asus put in there that's why i never realized how much heat it's been suppressing.

 

That's exactly what happened to me at first on stock drivers. Did you get your Powermizer working?

 

oh haven't even been paying attetion, been so busy everyday. What's powermizer?

 

Your GPU clocks should be way below gaming clocks when idle or doing not much.

Check CPU-Z or GPU-Z on desktop to see your clocks.

 

I did, default 500 and 799....what do i do>?

 

Try Powermizer Switch - if you are running stock drivers it should work.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=273276

I'm running 187s and it doesn't work, but I am manually controlling my clocks (underclocking and overclocking) via NTools.

 

The default dont matter, go to the sensor tab, and see the current clock there in idle, if they arent coming down to 200/120, the your powermizer isnt working. Some drivers have this bug, for me NVIDIA GeForce v186.82 WHQL Drivers work the best for me under benchamrks and lowering the clocks into 2d, but you might aswell try 186.81 from nvidia, for some worked for other didnt. Just try out some drivers.

 

very nice thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!! have u tried? how does it work? lag or latency while gaming ? any cons? how about system resource, how much does it use

 

Right, forget about GPU-Z.

Just use CPU-Z's Graphics tab. It only shows active Core, Memory & Shaders.

 

Uh, if Abula is running Vista, then it means nothing for us.

It's Windows 7 drivers causing the problem.

 

hi to all have u seen g60vx rbbx09 with 9 cell battery.is it like this http://www.netbookin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Asus-G60Vx-Gaming.jpg in other words does it has huger battery than rbbx05 with 6cell?

 

Yes im ruining vista, but also vista had the powermizer issues it not an isolated win7 thing, but your right what works for me might not work for you, but i also stated to try out different drivers, i would even try out the new beta 195xx under win7.

Its the same battery as the G50VT, check old review from it like Clutch's ASUS G50Vt-X5 so you can get a better idea of it.

 

Just installed powermizer and it works on my G60 with 186.81 drivers.