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    G2S Questions

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Enko, Nov 8, 2008.

  1. Enko

    Enko Newbie

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    I recently bought a G2S in a sale for £1000, and I was impressed with its performance, but im beginning to have second thoughts on the graphics card as it seems to chug on various items. For example some reviews I read said Crysis looks stunning on the graphics card, crysis itself even reccomends high, yet it has a hard time running it on medium, I was expecting a smooth medium experience, I knew high would stretch it a bit but it feels like it can't even run medium. And other things like Fallout 3 even slugging sometimes on Medium

    Not sure if you get different specs so Il post them anyway:

    T9300 @ 2.5 GHz
    4GB ram DDR2 333 MHz
    8700m GT 512MB GDDR3 - Forceware 179.13 Drivers

    But the pressing questions:

    Is this at fault with another component?
    Is this normal for this spec laptop?
    Is there any way to actually upgrade the GPU? I heard it was possible in SOME laptops but not all.

    Any other insights would be helpful, it just seems a bit stupid that a Pentium 4 @ 3.2 GHz with 2GB ram and an 8600 GT 256MB Budget card almost rivals it. I was looking for a bit of an upgrade while upgrading to mobility.
     
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    If this was a recent purchase, it was a bad choice. The Asus G2s is outdated and has been so for a while. The G1/2 series has been replaced by the G5/70 series, sporting cards such as the 9700m GT and 9800m GS.
     
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  3. Enko

    Enko Newbie

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    If I could trade it back would this be a suitable upgrade?

    laptopsdirect.co.uk/ASUS_G71V_7T001C_G71V-7T001C/version.asp

    However upgrading the gpu would be fine for me, all I need is longivity till about june next year before I can get another one.
     
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  4. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    You cannot upgrade the GPU.
     
    Lithus, Nov 8, 2008
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  5. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    OP: If you wish to check for ways of improving performance, I can suggest the following:

    a) Clean up the OS. Remove autostarting bloatware, shutdown unneeded services etc. My Vista guide is a starting point.
    b) Use up to date video drivers. Laptopvideo2go seems to be the main source.
    c) Make sure that PowerMizer is not functioning incorrectly; if it is buggy it can make the GPU downclock when it shouldn't and thereby drop graphical performance. In other words, make sure that your GPU is running at its highest clocks when gaming.

    Then again, your performance may be typical for this laptop. I don't know how your computer should behave in Crysis.
     
    E.B.E., Nov 9, 2008
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