antisocialbratt wrote:

I'm getting this model for $2115. Is that a right price for those specifications?

You didn't say where you are, but that does seem kind of high to me. However, I know that they are just more expensive in some countries.

P.S: Excuse my language cuz I'm not a native English speaker.

I never would have known, PILGRIM! Your written English is better than most Americans, methinks!

Yours is fine, too, @antisocialbrat. 🙂 And I concur on all PILGRIM's responses about the G74. I would add this: The known issues are probably rare, but when they happen to you, it is a real pain-in-the-butt. So you want to make sure that you buy from a retailer that ensures full warranty coverage in your location.

BrodyBoy wrote:
...I never would have known, PILGRIM! Your written English is better than most Americans, methinks!...

Thanks, Brody.:D
Have been learning and speaking English (plus 4 minor languages) since primary grades..

Thanks for all the replies everyone. I'm in India thus G74Sx is a little bit more expensive. I called a local Asus dealer and he told me that G74SX is out of stock at the moment but it will be back in stock within 2 weeks. He told me that price would be 200 to 250$ more than earlier. When i asked the reason then he said that Asus is refreshing the lineup, the new G74SX would have GT580M in it. I'm a bit skeptical about his claim. Cuz i googled and couldn't find any link which corroborates with his claim.
Can any Asus rep here shed some light on this situation?
Cuz i find this highly unlikely that Asus would refresh G74sx first in India before any other country.

P.S: Sorry for being offline for last few days. Opera flinged up big time. I was unable to log in using opera. I thought there is some problem with the account so i tried to reset it and still it didnt work. I even contacted the admin. Gotta say that Richard is a really patient and helpful guy. Kudos to him for all the help. Although he couldn't figure out what was the problem.
Today i just tried in Firefox and it worked. 😄

Better make a thread, the rest of us would appreciate having access to his advice. Don't be expert hog ;). I had someone contact me about temperatures on the G53's, and we ended up making a thread out of it so that everyone can access the info.

Ok Keyboard has issues with the A,3 and left on the direction key (wont work if you hit the top half of the key). This sucks for gaming as WASD becomes WSD or as I like to call it "I CANT TURN F****** LEFT" syndrome. Oh and you spend half your time
retyping out emails and card details.

I also get the calculator not the number lock. and the touch pad will kick when if feels like it. (even if disabled)

3D first remove the trial virus protection as its slows down 3D video.

As for 3D gaming I have mixed feeling I brought this because it had 3d and DX11 but really you cant have both. most games other than say portal 2, Fall out 3, bulletstorm and maybe batman AA (some new-ish games I got) you can run at full tilt with 3D on. But its hard to get anything that runs DX11 to run 3d well, its ether one or the other.


I.E Batman AC (with both updates) and just cause 2 (I know its not DX!! but its a high spec game) you got to play with the settings to get them to run smoothly. the 560m just doesn't cut.

but really you don't use the 3d that much. its nice at first but I rarely use it as I prefer higher graphics.

Heating not bad, never felt that hot. FYI the air intakes are under the screen so hard to clean.

One last thing the speakers are not great anyway its supposed to be THX but the worst set I've had on a laptop. This is the second G74sx I've had, the first one left speaker went within 10 days. so the company in NZ replaced it. The new one is missing a rubber foot on the battery.

this is a NZ$3500 laptop and I felt a bit let down, seeing it was one of the most expensive laptop in NZ off the shelf.