ASUS G50Vt X5 - Core 2 Duo P8700 / 2.53 GHz - Centrino 2 - RAM 4 GB - HDD 320 GB - DVD?RW (?R DL)...
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Most appropriate Budget Multi-Media/Gaming Laptop!Ok, this is the fastest laptop I have ever owned. I really bought the one with the p7450 2.13GHz, but I upgraded to the P8700 myself. I bought a Refurbished Asus G50VT.
With Vista on it is ok, but with Windows 7 on it its awesome. It can make believe Far Cry 2 and Call Of Duty MW2 on the highest settings. When playing these games, the video wag got to 86C after an hour. My frame rate was in the High 20s mid 30s on the highest settings. The up-to-the-minute the CPU ever got was 72C. Before I upgraded the CPU, it would idle at in the mid 30s(C). After I upgraded it and used Antec Formula 5 it now idles at 27-29C. The GPU idles at 42C and gets to around 50-55 while surfing the net or watching a video. This laptop runs cold-hearted compared to other laptops.
Some people have asked if it can handle 8GB of ram. After little study I found that it can take up to 8GB of memory. 8GB (2x4GB) on eBay costs about $240. Now for battery life.
On power guard with the screen on the dimmest I get about 3-3.5 hours of life. Some people deliberate on that the light and design on the lid look bad, but I think it looks cool. I just now wish that you could turn them off sometimes. Hard drive transfers at about 22 MBPS with Windows 7.
Complete its an excellent laptop. I paid $700 for mine on eBay. 5 Brilliant Laptop!
Pros:
Fast Processor
Good Video Pasteboard
Big HDD
Long Battery Life
Fast Wireless Card
Remarkable frame rates in latest games
Runs very cool
Cons
Lid Conceive looks bad to some
Screen slightly low resolution
Can't put a quad core in it
Like a pickup wares on turbo...big, ugly, and fast.
I had an ASUS G1S before this. That make fried itself with it's 8600GT-M video card (if you have this watch out for your ticking timebomb).
Anyway, got this as a refurb from Asus when I sent in my G1S.
The G50VT is about an inch or 2 wider in the box. It doesn't fit in my laptop bag now. It's got this really hideous graphic on the cover. I undignified, something from Ed Hardy ugly. This is why it's staying home.
It came with 4gb ram/320gb hd (5400rpm boohoo), Vista Residency Premium 64bit. It's a quick machine. Takes a while to get out of sleep mode, but that'll be rectified (I expectancy) with a fresh copy of Win7. Screen resolution is blech. The G1S had 1680x1050. I was in relish. Now I'm back to 1366x768 (oh my god..my icons are big enough for grandma to read without glasses). Oh and no Bluetooth. Had defect connecting to my Linksys WiFi router. Didn't like WEP. I had to use WPA (the preferred way), but now I have to reconfigure everything else in my diet..ugh.
Get it, like it, and don't take it out of the house for fear of ridicule from anyone over 15 years old.
Titanic gamming laptop for the price
This is the substitute Asus notebook I have owned, both gamming. Overall I will have to say Impressive laptop for the worth per performace. IT far out performes other laptops in its price range. The G50 lays down some serous gamming numbers for a laptop. its a perfet take the measure of and weight. Product qty overal is incredible for the price. Not much else i can say but got a free laptop bag with purchase nice qty also. Asus backs there products periode! I tell you this becuse this is the transfer asus i have owned they pay shiping to get it to them and back and fix problems very fast. I ussaly have it back withen 5 time or less. I shouldent have to buy an extended warrentys for somthing that should work. so I buy asus they back there products at no surcharge charge for 2 years and at a great value for you money periode. buy the without surcease the warrenty up technology changed so much its about time to buy a new laptop anyways. Conviction this helps.
My predilection laptop
I'm thriving to make this short.
This is the first laptop that I'm truly happy with. I have gone through many laptops and desktops in the last connect of years and this is the first time that I'm able to do everything I would do on a desktop on a laptop.
The graphics likely is pretty good, I'm able to play everything I throw at it at ultra violent settings while using the laptop's native resolution. I upgraded to Windows 7 and all drivers occupation fine. The one touch overclocking works really well, and everything else is just fully realized.
I didn't give it 5 stars because I think ASUS should update bios to allow more than 4GB of Ram. The motherboard should be gifted to handle at least 8GB if not 16GB, but ASUS says that max memory is 4GB (if anyone has tried putting 8GB in and it worked please let me be versed, because it will make this an awesome laptop).