Asus G50V 9700M GT Review, Benchmark and games

[Silverio]

Hi, Can anyone explain if there is a huge difference between the 9600 GT and the 9700 GT?

For me its down to getting the G50 with the 9700 or an HP with the 9600 ^^

[freestyler]

Hey kids!

New to the forum and new to asus. I just got my G50 today!

Now to the fun part: How the heck do you install Raid. I changed the bios and created the raid using that control+I bit mentioned (PS: Awesome review). I'm reformatting with an XP pro disc and when I hit F6 to install the third party drivers I have a problem; I don't have a floppy and have no idea on what the next step is, given what asus sent me and with this G50. Is there something I'm missing? I'm hoping someone has tried this already.

As if that wasn't confusing enough for this newb; why was the 9700 GT is labelled a 9700 GS in the device manager?

Cheers!

[greyreap]

Here's what you need:

http://www.winfuture-forum.de/index....owtopic=126900

Worked like a charm for me.

[GenTechPC]

Hey kids!

New to the forum and new to asus. I just got my G50 today!

Now to the fun part: How the heck do you install Raid. I changed the bios and created the raid using that control+I bit mentioned (PS: Awesome review). I'm reformatting with an XP pro disc and when I hit F6 to install the third party drivers I have a problem; I don't have a floppy and have no idea on what the next step is, given what asus sent me and with this G50. Is there something I'm missing? I'm hoping someone has tried this already.

As if that wasn't confusing enough for this newb; why was the 9700 GT is labelled a 9700 GS in the device manager?

Cheers!

For XP with RAID configuration you must use nLite to slipstream the RAID controller driver otherwise it'll never work.

Here is the XP driver for integration:
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/1675...6flpy32_85.zip

Unzip into a folder and use nLite to slipstream, choose install single driver and select iaStor.inf, don't choose iaAHCI.inf because it's not gonna work.

XP Drivers
Below is the drivers you can findfrom drivers DVD:

Intel Chipset: Always install chipset first.
D:\Software\INFupdate\Setup.exe

D:\DRIVER\ATK0100\VISTA32\2KSETUP.EXE
D:\DRIVER\KB_FILTER\Vista32\2KSETUP.EXE

D:\SOFTWARE\ATKHOTKEY\SETUP.EXE
D:\SOFTWARE\ATKMEDIA\SETUP.EXE
D:\SOFTWARE\ATKOSD2\SETUP.EXE

D:\SOFTWARE\RICOH\SETUP.EXE (Card Reader)
D:\Software\BLUETOOTH\WIN32\BRCM\DPINST.EXE
D:\SOFTWARE\EXPRESSGATE\SETUP.EXE
D:\SOFTWARE\TOUCHPAD\Setup.exe
D:\SOFTWARE\WCONSOLE\SETUP.EXE
MODEM: There is no modem in G50V!

Drivers you need to download:


nVidia GeForce Driver:
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/...howtopic=18823
1: Download driver from the driver link
2: Extract driver into a folder
3: download Modded INF
4: Copy and paste INF file into the extracted driver folder before run setup.exe
5: Run Setup.exe


Intel WiFi Link 5100:
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/1661..._X_Drivers.zip
unzip and click dpinst32.exe to install.



Realtek Audio Driver:
Link 1: ftp://202.65.194.212/pc/audio/WDM_R199.exe
Link 2: ftp://202.65.194.211/pc/audio/WDM_R199.exe
Link 3: ftp://66.104.77.130/pc/audio/WDM_R199.exe

nVidia HDMI Audio Driver:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/158097

Realtek Lan Driver (use update driver from Device Manger to install):
ftp://61.56.86.122/cn/nic/Driver_5694_XP_0619.zip

Power4Gear:
http://downloadmirror.intel.com/1089...16_Generic.zip

[adyingwren]

Hi, Can anyone explain if there is a huge difference between the 9600 GT and the 9700 GT?

For me its down to getting the G50 with the 9700 or an HP with the 9600 ^^

20~30% difference. Which is not insignificant. This laptop is definitely a better buy than the HP dv5t if you're in the price range.

[parksah07]

hey guys, just finished reading all 20 pages! i was looking at an xps1730 but realized it was way too expensive once you upgraded everything (to the 8800m GTX in SLI) etc, but i am wondering for $2399 is it worth getting the xps1730 with the 8700m GT in SLI or just get the asus G50V?

i really plan on playing games like warhammer online, WoW the new expansion pack..

figured to ask the experts before wasting money

thanks!

[adyingwren]

Go check out the Sager forums. Specifically the Sager np8660. It's $2k for a decent configuration and beats the living **** out of the xps 1730 (with the 8700m GT SLI). Plus, it's 15".

[error121]

Hi, Can anyone explain if there is a huge difference between the 9600 GT and the 9700 GT?

For me its down to getting the G50 with the 9700 or an HP with the 9600 ^^

Also take a look at the HP warrantee, every HP Laptop i have owned has died in less than a year, but somehow always just after the warrantee ended. I know the Asus comes with a pretty good warrantee, standard.

[parksah07]

hmm for the sager i live in canada and personally i have never heard of any place selling them

[adyingwren]

hmm for the sager i live in canada and personally i have never heard of any place selling them

Quite a few american retailers like xoticpc.com will ship to Canada. Check the clevo guide.