update...
i wish Asus spent a little more time clearly laying out the differences and marketing between the GL and G series books. (although i could have missed it)
I opted for the
GL752... here's why; seemed to have more up to date chipset, processor and memory. sacrificed on the GPU, rationalizing if i was happy with the 670mx then i was pretty certain the 960 would be sufficient. maybe not perfect, but sufficient.
the form factor of the GL is slightly smaller while keeping the same screen size, will be welcome while traveling. the price jump to the 980 gpu, for the G752 was a pretty big leap, around $500, i couldnt justify it for the constant evolution of the GPU.
ive only had it for 24 hours and its been pretty nice. my current games look better than they did on my G75 and hopefully they will run just as smooth.
the only thing that was a smack in the face let down was the audio coming out of the G75 was definitely superior to the GL. having said that most of us use headphones anyways.
i removed the 1TB 7200RPM hard drive and installed the 2.5mm 256gb SSD out of my old G75, formatted it, installed windows 10 and with much help of this forum have it back up and running again. with less bloat and more speed.
there was a perceivable difference between the stock 7200RPM drive on the GL and the SSD i installed in its place. i may install an M.2 SSD samsung 850 256gb later down the road.
im not sure if there were sacrifices made in going to the smaller form factor of the GL vs the G, i wish i could have found more info on that.
its a little weird having built in intel graphics running along side the nvidia 960, doesnt make much sense, and when i disabled the intel HD graphics in device manager the resolution got out of whack so i put it back. it seems like nvidia is doing its job but im not sure how the intel stuff is playing into the equation and if theres more tweaking i should do?
as an aside... i sold the G75VX for "parts" on ebay and it sold in like 10 minutes for $300. im kicking myself because in my experience if stuff sells that quick i priced it wrong
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i9 14900k, z790, GTX 4090, Azoth