ASUS G73SW Owners' Lounge

[myx]

I doubt you can find something as powerful as a G73 at stock config. An r3 configured to same specs as a G73 comes out at over 300-400usd difference (when I last checked).

I just ordered mine. The SB CPU comes with Intel HD Graphics. With an Intel wifi card, I was hoping that Widi will work. However, G73SW does not support Nvidia Optimus, which leads to the possibility that the SB integrated graphic function might be disabled by Asus. Can anyone confirm that if Intel HD Graphics is functioning? Thanks!

WiDi requirement:
Intel Wireless Display

As mentioned in the earlier pages, there is no optimus on g73 nor will widi work without the intel gpu.

[FF-FANATIC]

I just bought ASUS G73SW-A1 from Amazon and I’m planning to upgrade the OS to 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate but I was wondering if there’s any “safe” update that is advisable to make afterwards (like BIOS for example)?

[NaterGator]

I just bought ASUS G73SW-A1 from Amazon and I’m planning to upgrade the OS to 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate but I was wondering if there’s any “safe” update that is advisable to make afterwards (like BIOS for example)?

The OS is 64 bit by default as the laptop comes with 8GB of ram which is only addressable from a 64 bit OS.

Personally I went through the backup DVD procedure and then wiped the OS and reinstalled with a fresh copy of Win 7 Ultimate to get rid of all traces of the ASUS bloatware. Very happy I went that route, and it was very painless. Though Win7SP1 has come out since then, so I'd consider slipstreaming it onto your installation media beforehand for cleanliness.

[FF-FANATIC]

Personally I went through the backup DVD procedure and then wiped the OS and reinstalled with a fresh copy of Win 7 Ultimate to get rid of all traces of the ASUS bloatware. Very happy I went that route, and it was very painless. Though Win7SP1 has come out since then, so I'd consider slipstreaming it onto your installation media beforehand for cleanliness.

So none of ASUS preinstalled programs and features are good? And what about BIOS and other similar updates that I may need to install?

[myx]

There is a thread somewhere explaining exactly what each preinstalled program does. Might want to look that up to see what you can reinstall and what not.

[Aristan]

Just picked up a G73SW Saturday at Bestbuy. So far so good. I don't like to rev my machines very often so hopefully this one will be with me for a while, though there are some pretty scary reviews out there for dealing with ASUS support.

The machine for now performs as billed. I played FalloutNV last night for about four hours with graphics setting set at ultra across the board and the thing barely got warm. Played Civ5 for a bit as well and I'm not sure the fans ever really turned on. So far I'm very happy.

There is no RAID support for this model, though this is something I'm very unlikely to do. This set up also has the 1GB Nvidia (not the 1.5GB). Now I'm not a powergamer, though I like to play some on occasion. This for now seems like a good combination of power at what I consider a reasonable price, though I consider anything around $1300 to be pretty reasonable for a computer (my first real PC was a desktop 486-66 that cost ~$2000 when the highest processor at the time was a P90. Before that I had an Atari400, 800 and then 1040ST). All computers these days are cheap in my book.

Are there other things I should be aware of? I did delete some of the Bloatware, though not much for now.

I also saw a request for shots from new owners. Anything of particular interest?

[myx]

@Aristan: do you mind posting a screen shot as described in this post please?
ASUS G73SW Owners' Lounge

[ljc0810]

I just ordered mine from tigerdirect. It shipped the same day (yesterday) so I recommend the tigerdirect if you can't wait like me. It's the XT1 but I ordered a SSD with mine so I would have been wasting a HDD if I ordered the XA1.

@Jease550 - I'm thinking of of ordering one also from Tigerdirect ... were they able to assure you that this is a the new one with the revised motherboard to fix the SB recall ?

[Flanker4741]

Just picked up a G73SW Saturday at Bestbuy. So far so good. I don't like to rev my machines very often so hopefully this one will be with me for a while, though there are some pretty scary reviews out there for dealing with ASUS support.

The machine for now performs as billed. I played FalloutNV last night for about four hours with graphics setting set at ultra across the board and the thing barely got warm. Played Civ5 for a bit as well and I'm not sure the fans ever really turned on. So far I'm very happy.

There is no RAID support for this model, though this is something I'm very unlikely to do. This set up also has the 1GB Nvidia (not the 1.5GB). Now I'm not a powergamer, though I like to play some on occasion. This for now seems like a good combination of power at what I consider a reasonable price, though I consider anything around $1300 to be pretty reasonable for a computer (my first real PC was a desktop 486-66 that cost ~$2000 when the highest processor at the time was a P90. Before that I had an Atari400, 800 and then 1040ST). All computers these days are cheap in my book.

Are there other things I should be aware of? I did delete some of the Bloatware, though not much for now.

I also saw a request for shots from new owners. Anything of particular interest?

I bought the G73JH in December it has been really good, so I just bought a G73SW and so far it also has been running good.
I do not feel you have anything to really worry about with your new G73SW.

[deeplyblue]

Yeah, I couldn't find it either on the website, but it is in two different stores that I went in.

As for which model to get, I haven't decided that either. I'd get the one on Amazon no brainer, but I need a new laptop right now really bad so I may end up getting the Best Buy one.

Hi, i did not understand what you meant in that part in bold , I also need to buy a laptop next week and I want to find the best, hopefully they put soon the model mentioned in the bestbuy website, do you like the model from bestbuy?, do you recommend it?, do you remember the model name?.

I hope you find the best laptop for you. greetings.

byusinger84 meant that the amazon machine is the obvious choice - one that requires no thought - in fact no brain (a very obvious choice) - to make it, so it's a "no brainer".

Except, of course, that it's not available now. Which makes it a matter requiring thought for someone who also needs to get the machine in a very limited timeframe.

That's the trouble with "no brainers" - they've usually got something going for them for somebody, even if that isn't obvious to anybody else.