G50VT-X2 Review and Benchmarks

[Tenspeed33]

If there are two harddrive slots, and the drives are same size/speed, RAID0 is possible. Well, it is in every other version of the G50 series, so I don't see why not!

[David]

Yup, RAID-0 is possible, but you'll loose your express gate feature (unless Asus found a fix with a bios update)

[KingDude]

Just received mine

[Tenspeed33]

Why will expressgate be non accessable while in RAID0? There has been a BIOS update i think, so hopefully this is fixed.

[illway]

I posted in the X1 review post before realizing this was here ><

I plan to head off to college, but not until next year. Will this laptop last pretty long as a gaming pc? I only plan to do light-gaming: World of Warcraft, Source/Steam games, and Diablo III in the future. This will be my first laptop as well.

Will size me an issue? Once again, I've never owned a laptop, so I don't know how bad this one will be compared to others.

Lastly, I'm a bit skeptical about buying it now. Sure, I need an upgrade (my desktop: AMD Athlon XP 2800, 1 gig ram, 6800GT) but I could always wait until during the summer, when I leave for college, to get a laptop. I guess it's that natural mentality of wanting it now >_< So should I just go for the plunge and get it now with Newegg's deal (and in regards to that deal...how long does it last for?)

thanks!

[E.B.E.]

If you do light gaming this laptop should suffice. I am not sure about the Diablo 3 requirements.

Size is an issue with the G50 I believe... it is rather bulky (although people say it's not heavy). But, you can't have portability and mid-high-range game performance in the same notebook. You need to make a choice. If you care about portability more than gaming, look for a smaller notebook (Personally, I think 13.3" is close to the ideal compromise between portability and usability as a general-purpose computer).

PS: I deleted your message on the X1 thread.

[illway]

If you do light gaming this laptop should suffice. I am not sure about the Diablo 3 requirements.

Size is an issue with the G50 I believe... it is rather bulky (although people say it's not heavy). But, you can't have portability and mid-high-range game performance in the same notebook. You need to make a choice. If you care about portability more than gaming, look for a smaller notebook (Personally, I think 13.3" is close to the ideal compromise between portability and usability as a general-purpose computer).

PS: I deleted your message on the X1 thread.

Alright, thanks EBE.

Well, I'm going to check to see if Best Buy has a model of the X1 sometime soon, to see in person how big the thing is.

But...is now a good time to get this laptop, considering the price and specs? Sure, I'm no aficionado, but I do know computer hardware is constantly evolving...and I'm just hoping I get some good bang for my buck.

[SCE_Sobek]

best bang for the buck was the x1 at $1099 =)

still pretty good bang..but might as well go for an x2 or something for a hundred or 2 more

[illway]

Man..I'm till hesitant to buy this, simply because I think it will be too large. As I stated before, I need a laptop for college, but also a gaming laptop. Is this laptop good for its size-to-"power" ratio?

I'm fine with lugging it around in a backpack, I just don't want it to be HUGE on the desks ><

[SCE_Sobek]

its not huge, its not small but its not huge...

it fits in most 15.4 inch backpacks i have tried but for some is just a bit too large...

the best thing for you to do is go to bestbuy and look at the x1, other than that.. you wont find a decent notebook for gaming with this kind of GPU smaller than 15.4

but the x1 at 15.6 is not that much bigger if you put them side by side so..

just take a look at it