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Title: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Redaktion on April 23, 2012, 18:12:40

The New Star of the Gaming Heavens. Asus has re-worked its 17 inch giant so as to be able to compete in 2012. The new model has a fresh look and the latest hardware. Thanks to the Ivy Bridge CPU and GeForce 600 graphics card, the G75 can leave its predecessor behind in the dust. Is the fan still as quiet as it used to be in 3D use?

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asus-G75V-Notebook.73636.0.html

Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Janne M. on April 23, 2012, 19:11:03
Is the subwoofer on the G75 better than the subwoofer on the G73/G74 (which wasn't very good)?
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: whatajoke on April 24, 2012, 07:20:38
What? Nvidia's rebadged crap 670M and even soldered it to the MOBO?
What a joke for such an expensive gaming laptop.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: kall on April 24, 2012, 09:30:14
30W at idle in 2012. What a joke.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Eirc on April 24, 2012, 12:17:12
So, it seems that ASUS has no plan for products with GT650m, the new N56 with GT635m is just a joke.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: KP on April 25, 2012, 00:19:17
Having had my third HP laptop with Nvidia graphics fail last week, I am very concerned about buying another Nvidia based machine.
HP DV9000, Special Edition 15.6" (Dv6-6160/66) HP DV7-1132nr.   
Absolutely no support.

ASUS, gets a favourable recommendation from users, and I need a desktop replacement unit that is reliable. 17" or larger screen required.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Mike82 on April 26, 2012, 07:59:54
Where You Can buy this laptop across UK ?
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Ttk on April 26, 2012, 09:07:08
Thanks for the review, but i have one question. how i know there must be a thunderbolt instead of displayport. am i right or not? can't see interface's logo on the photo.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Yousef The Arab on April 26, 2012, 11:38:48
I had been looking forward to this laptop since the G73, and I decided to skip the G74 waiting for the G75. What a joke. The ONLY reason people are even considering this piece of junk anymore is the looks, and matte finish. If ASUS starts selling the shell to resellers, you can bet that it won't sell a single in-house made piece ever again.

I was still wincing in pain considering the 670M rebadged crap, kinda -but kinda not- regretting it doesn't have the slightly better (still rebadged crap) 675M .. when news of 7970M hit the forums.

Sorry Asus, your G75 is the laptop I'd oggle and want to have a one night stand with, but not the one I'd take home.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Andeddu on April 26, 2012, 14:14:53
I'm so heartily sick of nVidia surreptitiously rebadging old cards and selling them as new!
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Kris on April 26, 2012, 23:15:04
FAIL on stress test. CPUz shows that CPU is not even on load by the time that screenshot is taken. You should have shown tha max temps, which you covered so brilliantly.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Jeremy on April 29, 2012, 00:27:41
Is there a price estimate for the release?
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: salman on April 30, 2012, 06:35:55
there was sadly no subwoofer on g74. only g73 have it.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: jacob on May 01, 2012, 09:32:34
i didn't get it.. did the cpu throttle down to 1,2 ghz from 2,6 ?? and why ? read a lot about ivy having high temps :/
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Jan Andersen on May 01, 2012, 18:50:11
In general - why would one even think of integrating a fan and a dedicated graphics card to a notebook using an Ivy Bridge and a native integrated HD 4000 graphics card. If you are a hard core gamer - get at tower PC. Suugh - now we have to wait for models without dedicated graphics cars and noisy fans. The silly graphics card "only" heating up to 76degs and which in 1-2 years may trash the notebook because of melt down. I also miss a test where the dedicated graphic card and its fan has been firmly disabled/thrown out.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: George Vichev on May 03, 2012, 16:06:26
"1.4 billion transistors (Sandy Bridge: maximum 995 billion)" edit
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Jan Andersen on May 05, 2012, 13:24:04
Except for the mistaken dedicated graphics card, adding to price, heat, noise and overall reliability - and perhpas despite the bulky unit - this notebook looks indeed as the optimal:

- Light in keyboard
- Dual HDD
- Blu-ray
- Matte screen
- Quiet running ( wo dedicated graphics card )?

A combination which is rare to find.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: ava on May 07, 2012, 16:09:39
With new Samsung 7 series coming out with 675M in all configs, this will not sell very well, I'm afraid
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: MGSBoca on May 12, 2012, 01:05:08
There are just so many ways a prospective buyer can dissect, analyze, and draw conclusions without using the model.  I bought the G75VW with the GTX660M card, O/C'd the graphics card somewhat, and had serendipitous results: framerates very high, GPU temps low to ay most (on my machine) 62 degrees in an intensive gaming scenario (Not running Furmark Prime etc.).  The machine is elegant, the keyboard is a vast improvement over earlier models, and the HD 1080p matte screen at 17.3" is virtually unsurpassed.  Price/Performance ratio, thus far, is outstanding. I'll run a series of benchmarks are post them this weekend.
Best wishes to all
;)
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Axeman20 on May 13, 2012, 10:46:55
Loving it.

This laptop will definitely be staying with me for the next few years.
Title: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Forest on May 13, 2012, 13:15:01
Hello.
I just wanna know what is the exact model of the test please?
thanks you advance for your response.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Jojo Kracko on May 15, 2012, 03:51:00
3D on a laptop, virtually useless.  Optimus on a laptop, essential.  Dump the 3D, keep the 'good' screen (or add a matte IPS option already), and add Optimus back in.  But still not really interested until the kepler 680M is available.  Cooler and faster then this rebranded old GPU.

Asus, you are offering a matte IPS screen option with your UX31 ultra book, why can't you offer the same with the more expensive G75?!?
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Ole Schwander on June 28, 2012, 18:16:27
Don't buy this crap! A couple of years ago we bought an expensive Asus G71 gamer notebook and the screen was defect and went to repair and now it's already too slow for gaming. Now we - unfortunately - have bought this expensive new G75VW, got it today - and it is not it is not working properly! Never Asus again! Obviously Asus do not have quality control programs.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Michal on November 05, 2012, 09:46:35
I am very pleased with ASUS G series. I have a G53 and hadn't have any problems. GTX460M can pull almost anything but Metro on ultra. Machine is still quiet and reliable. Buy a G series and you are ready for several next years.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Mokas on December 05, 2012, 13:36:25
I just got my G75VX yesterday. It really rocks, i recommend it highly because of its good price/performance ratio. The 670MX is the only "weak" point of the G75VX, so if you can live with that (like me), buy it.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: jorge on November 17, 2013, 21:46:15
where online can i purchase the plastic clips for which are under every key on the asus g75vw eu model.. eu model because the enter key is a " 7 shaped enter key " but regardless i believe the clips under each key are the same
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Tigg Gordon on June 11, 2014, 05:57:32
So tired of sound problems. Other than this it's a fantastic gaming laptop. However based on the sound issues I don't think I'd buy another one.
Title: Re: Review Asus G75V Notebook
Post by: Doctor Jay on June 04, 2017, 21:03:11
I bought an ASUS G75V in early 2013 when I needed an upgraded system. It's been mostly fine, and I doubled the memory, which was nice.

Now the darned thing has come to a point where the video shuts down seemingly randomly, and then the audio shuts down. It is not 'Sleep mode' because I can't pull it out of sleep mode with the <ctrl> + F1 commands. None of the FN or <ctrl> keys work to pull it out of the dark mode once it has gone into that mode. The only option is to reboot using the power key. I have contacted their help and have gotten bad-to-worse advice. None of their advice works. The only thing that seems to work is to put a cooling fan unit on the bottom of the laptop and let the fan run all the time the system is in use.

I have already updated the BIOS, updated the video, and made sure that all of the Windows updates are installed (WHICH could be the real problem). So, I am stuck with this thing. Will have to wait to replace it, but probs not with another ASUS.
:-\

tkx,