ASUS G71V Gaming Laptop @ DH

***craig5320*** · Mar 31, 2009, 09:45 AM

ASUS G71V Review
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Asus are a household name among computer enthusiasts as they manufacturer some of the best equipment available on the market, the most notable products being their large range of motherboards and the famous Eee PC. Their range of portable machines is ever growing and today we are going to look at one of their laptops from the Asus Republic of Gamers line, the G71V, which as you can tell by the brand title puts heavy emphasis on catering for gamers.

BlueMak · Mar 31, 2009, 10:32 AM

Good review.
I am feeling dissapointed that they still ship these machines with 32bit OS.

Mac Daddy · Mar 31, 2009, 01:44 PM

Great review and looking good overall. Read the notes on including a better graphics card and agree with that. Other than that looks solid and the Razer mouse is a nice addition

BlueMak agreed on the 32 bit OS and Nathan did some checking on the last laptop article and seems this is coming ... which is a good thing

comp_ali · Mar 31, 2009, 07:18 PM

Reasonable price , but the GPU is quite disappointing, it would be better if they went sli .

Falstaff · Mar 31, 2009, 11:05 PM

it works for me and is a damn site better than what I expected for the price. Very very good review..
thanx dude...

Customgamer1 · Apr 2, 2009, 01:00 AM

Yeah that was a good read!

I agree about why Asus thinks shipping a 32bit OS is such a good idea...

My laptop from them they also shipped it to me and that was almost a year ago. You think by now they would catch on...

Also has sweet DDR3 ram and a Quad Core CPU. Don't see many of those yet in laptops. If they could have put a video card with 1gb of ram in I bet this system would have been that much better. O well can't ask for everything for the price.

IvanV · Apr 2, 2009, 03:32 AM

A good read, but, unfortunately, the one that reinforces the belief that laptops aren't for gaming. That kind of money would buy a (comparatively) killer gaming desktop and here, we've got the looks that scream gaming, the Razer mouse, a mighty CPU, lots of RAM, overclocking, all the bells and whistles and... GTA IV at 1152x864, everything on low, dragging it's feet at 30fps and sinking as low as 18.

Restyle it completely, maybe even put a weaker graphics card, and, depending on the way they go, they get a good, affordable mobile workstation, or a very capable mobile HTPC (as it's not even noisy). As it is, it's a gaming laptop that couldn't run blockbuster games at it's native resolution the day it was released, which spells failure in my oppinion.

Mar 31, 2009, 09:45 AM	#1
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,282 Rep Power: 428 System Specs	ASUS G71V Gaming Laptop @ DH ASUS G71V Review _______________ Asus are a household name among computer enthusiasts as they manufacturer some of the best equipment available on the market, the most notable products being their large range of motherboards and the famous Eee PC. Their range of portable machines is ever growing and today we are going to look at one of their laptops from the Asus Republic of Gamers line, the G71V, which as you can tell by the brand title puts heavy emphasis on catering for gamers. __________________

Mar 31, 2009, 10:32 AM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,248 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	Re: ASUS G71V Gaming Laptop @ DH Good review. I am feeling dissapointed that they still ship these machines with 32bit OS. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Mar 31, 2009, 01:44 PM	#3
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 78 System Specs	Re: ASUS G71V Gaming Laptop @ DH Great review and looking good overall. Read the notes on including a better graphics card and agree with that. Other than that looks solid and the Razer mouse is a nice addition BlueMak agreed on the 32 bit OS and Nathan did some checking on the last laptop article and seems this is coming ... which is a good thing __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen

Mar 31, 2009, 07:18 PM	#4
comp_ali Sniper Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Egypt Posts: 10,441 Rep Power: 331 System Specs	Re: ASUS G71V Gaming Laptop @ DH Reasonable price , but the GPU is quite disappointing, it would be better if they went sli . __________________

Mar 31, 2009, 11:05 PM	#5
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,047 Rep Power: 206	Re: ASUS G71V Gaming Laptop @ DH it works for me and is a damn site better than what I expected for the price. Very very good review.. thanx dude... __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Apr 2, 2009, 01:00 AM	#6
Customgamer1 Fell off the tech wagon Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,273 Rep Power: 73 System Specs	Re: ASUS G71V Gaming Laptop @ DH Yeah that was a good read! I agree about why Asus thinks shipping a 32bit OS is such a good idea... My laptop from them they also shipped it to me and that was almost a year ago. You think by now they would catch on... Also has sweet DDR3 ram and a Quad Core CPU. Don't see many of those yet in laptops. If they could have put a video card with 1gb of ram in I bet this system would have been that much better. O well can't ask for everything for the price. __________________ Asus Laptop: 2.5 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4gigs DDR 2, Windows 7 64bit! Windows 7 > OSX!

Apr 2, 2009, 03:32 AM	#7
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,653 Rep Power: 280 System Specs	Re: ASUS G71V Gaming Laptop @ DH A good read, but, unfortunately, the one that reinforces the belief that laptops aren't for gaming. That kind of money would buy a (comparatively) killer gaming desktop and here, we've got the looks that scream gaming, the Razer mouse, a mighty CPU, lots of RAM, overclocking, all the bells and whistles and... GTA IV at 1152x864, everything on low, dragging it's feet at 30fps and sinking as low as 18. Restyle it completely, maybe even put a weaker graphics card, and, depending on the way they go, they get a good, affordable mobile workstation, or a very capable mobile HTPC (as it's not even noisy). As it is, it's a gaming laptop that couldn't run blockbuster games at it's native resolution the day it was released, which spells failure in my oppinion. __________________ Our Folding@home stats: