ASUS G74SX-XA1 Republic of Gamers 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop - Black Customer Reviews
ASUS G74SX-XA1 Republic of Gamers 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop - Black Customer Reviews
I actually purchased this machine as a development box, not as a gaming box, mainly because I wanted a SILENT and powerful machine. The machine is a bit heavy, but for people my size, (6'3", 230lbs), 9lbs more or less does not really matter.The machine has met all my expectations, delivering a fast machine, lots of RAM, great screen, and it is S I L E N T (for a PC Laptop), and the keyboard and palm rest makes it very comfortable when one is coding for 12 hours straigh.HOWEVER, I cannot belive the utter piece of garbage touchpad they included in this. I am not sure what the manufacturer of this touchpad has to black mail ASUS upper management with, but it has to be something juicy.The touchpad starts off ok, but after a few hours, it goes "wonky", i.e. the pointer studders, it moves in random directiosn when just pulling your finger in a straigh line. I tried updating both BIOS and touchpad drivers to the latest avaialble on ASUS's website, to no avail. When it goes wonky, the only way to fix it, is to do a complete shutdown.The only solution to making this semi usable, is to DISABLE the driver software,and just have Windows see it as a PS/2 compatible mouse. Its still annoyingly over sensitive, but at least it is working. If it was not for the piece of garbage touchpad I would have given this a 5 star rating.
This thing is a beast. I've been using it as a desktop replacement for about 2 months now and absolutely love it! I immediatelly added another 4GB stick of ram (16 total) and use it for hosting a Windows/Linux test Virtual Network with 8 running VMs. The only thing I'm not a fan of is the touch-pad software and the size of the screen bezel.
Intel Core i7-2630QM (2.8GHz with Turbo Boost);12GB DDR3 1333MHz , 4 SODIMM Sockets, up to 16GB
After looking over the previous reviews, I waited until about 2 weeks of continued use before leaving this review. Overall, the computer performance is superb. I played all my games: SC2, Borderlands, Black Ops on all max settings and gameplay was very smooth. What seems to bother most people is the responsiveness of the keyboard. I have to say that it's impossible to type anything when the touchpad is on. Not a big deal, because I never use the touchpad. When touchpad is off, the keyboard responds with no noticeable quirks. I would like to upgrade the harddrive as it is a component that noticeably lowers the performance of the computer. with a new solid state drive, this laptop will provide endless entertainment and take on any newly released game for at least 5-7 years on high settings.
ASUS G74SX-XA1 Republic of Gamers 17.3-Inch Gaming Laptop - Black Reviews By Customer
System will not transfer the OS to the new hard drive no matter what it is.when there is a secondary hard drive windows boots up and says that it is configuring windows then reboots and repeats(enless loop).The System is slower that the core Duo that it was meant to replace.