ASUS G75VW Review: The Best Mainstream Gaming Notebook Gets Better Discussion

[Charles P. Jefferies]

This facelifted ASUS G-series gaming notebook features a new backlit keyboard and the latest technology including an Intel Core i7-3610QM processor and 2GB Nvidia GTX 660M graphics card. Is the new G75VW a worthwhile upgrade for those players with aging Tgaming notebooks? Keep reading to find out more.

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[arr4ws]

great review. I own a g55vw and love it. Very good upgrade from my g51j

[JOSEA]

Excellent Review, Also found that RAID is doable, Asus G55VW, G75VW get RAID Support | Best Gaming Laptop .... about time

[Jerry Jackson]

I do have to say that I think the new ASUS G75VW looks better than the updated Alienware M17x R4 ... but Alienware (or Dell) does a pretty good job keeping the M17x price low.

Too bad about the less-than-impressive speakers on the G75VW. I'm sort of lusting after this notebook.

[Charles P. Jefferies]

I think ASUS improved the G-series in all the right areas and this is by far the best one yet. I would like to see a GTX 675M offered (or HD 7970M) but other than that, this is such an easy notebook to recommend.

[famwka]

Just out of curiosity, why would you give this an Editor's Choice when no reviews have been done on competitor Ivy Bridge offerings (ex Samsung Series 7 Gamer)? I understand it's an excellent machine, but isn't it a bit early in the game?

[TokamakH3]

660M is pretty weak for a notebook this size with this good of cooling. Let's get a 7970M in there!

[seeratlas]

660M is pretty weak for a notebook this size with this good of cooling. Let's get a 7970M in there!

I'm in agreement here, why stop the game for the Editor's Choice before the other players even take the field? Seems a bit pre mature.....

Second, you proclaim this as the winner for the gamer yet its pretty much the weakest one out there- c'mon, a 660m? Er, uh, what gamer willing to pay in the vicinity of 2000.00 US is going to want a 660m? 2600 3dmark11s vs. close to 7000 on an easily overclocked Clevo/Sager/Alienware/MSI/ with a 7970? And the clevo/sager can be had from a number of sources for around 200.00 less? and that's WITH the 7970!!!

No offense, but this is the kind of *stuff* I recall from the *bad old days* where the reviewer seemed to always end up with the tested unit...gratis...or quid pro quo- choose your own latin.

In any event, I hope an aspiring young gamer with his/her parents' money in hand holds on for a couple of weeks so he can look at the 7970 and GTX680 machines just around the corner, especially the clevo 170em variants which you can have customized from a whole flock of reputable builders, for a lot less money.

Seer

[Charles P. Jefferies]

We do not get to keep review units. They are on loan to us for a short period of time.

FYI I'm a little taken back by some of the comments in here. I have been reviewing notebooks since 2005 and during that time I've reviewed more gaming notebooks than anyone else I can name, including people at other publications. So needless to say I know a good quality unit when I see and test one. This is a top-shelf laptop and I found nothing that would prevent me from giving it a full recommendation. The G75VW qualifies for an Editor's Choice award since it has an abundance of "good" things about it, more than we would usually see; not simply because it's x times better than competing systems. We will be testing other systems soon.

[DietSushi]

I played around with one of these at best buy. They improved a ton of things with the laptop. I love the new keyboard and touchpad buttons, plus the L-shaped power cord plug was a great idea. Four usb 3.0 spots and the ethernet located near the power cord is great too. Makes me want to sell my g73jh so I can get snag one of these babies. God I hate technology, it changes so fast.