I wouldn't say it's a frequent issue at all. This is the first instance of this problem I've seen. The Gx3JH's seem to be having trouble with their GPU, but the Gx3JW's and beyond seem to have much fewer problems. The rate of issues for the JW's and beyond seems to be fairly normal for most laptop vendors, if not a little better than most others. However, that is my personal opinion, and I'm not directly connected to Asus as anything other than a user.