How's Asus Z71V Doing For You?!!!

[smilepak]

Yo Yo Yo!

Express your thoughts, your experiences, and your praise about the Asus Z71V!!!

As for me here are my comments to it...

Asus Z71V is a very nice well built system which offers the best bang for the buck. It is full customizable vs others such as Acer 8100 series. It has pretty good fast performance and remarkably quiet compared with other laptop I have seen recently.

One postive note most people agree with is not only is it quiet, but palm rest area and laptop overall is pretty cool and doesn't create high amount of heat!

LCD screen is sharp offer high resolution of 1680 x 1050.

See my reviews and other people if you want further analysis....

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Current List Of Review:
Olli3 Review: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=73563
Smilepak's Review: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=74609
Djembe_Rob Review: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=74877
Djembe Official NotebookReview: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2346
1cent Review: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=79443
B_Nietsnie Review: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=76560
Bahama Llama Review: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=79616
CMYK Review: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=78968
TurboWagon Review: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=77223
BBQmyNutz Review: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=76544
Scoob's Review: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=76597
Olli3 Z71v Pictures: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=73438
Spax's Chembook 2371v Pictures: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=82625
Jabronie505 Pictures: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=79913
B_Nietsnie Pictures: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=76561

Asus Z71V Unofficial Support Thread: http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=72349

Where To Buy:

• Discount Laptops - Asus Z71V
  
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• GamePC - Asus Z71V
  
• ABS PC - Asus Z71V Version
  
• G2P - Asus Z71V

NOTE: Red Signify Recommended Vendor(s). Mention my name if you buy from them. I don't get any commission, but I just chitchat with them ever now and then, so they know me..heheheeh
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-- SPK

[farmersckn]

I played a DVD and had a hard time adjusting the color settings through the NVidia control panel to make it so I could see details within "black/shadowy" areas. The trouble was that adjusting the contrast/gamma/brightness beyond certain levels made the colors look washed out and they seemed to "bleed" into one another. I finally had to settle at a midpoint between washed/out and "can't see details in shadowy areas". Perhaps this wouldn't be a problem if I were using my 17" VGA LCD instead of the notebook screen.

Haven't tried any games yet, will try some tonight... you're right tho smile... very very little heat, virtually no fan noise.

I unfortunately have one of the "sparkly screens". It is somewhat irritating but not a 100% dealbreaker. I'm not sure yet what to make of it. Perhaps a nushield would nuke the sparkle?

[black_medic]

Originally Posted by farmersckn

I unfortunately have one of the "sparkly screens". It is somewhat irritating but not a 100% dealbreaker. I'm not sure yet what to make of it. Perhaps a nushield would nuke the sparkle?

No, I put a NuShield on mine, and it still sparkles. The sparkling is a dealbreaker for me, as most of the work I do is either in Word or in an IDE like Visual Studio or Eclipse, all of which are black on white windows with lots of whitespace for the sparkles to annoy me. This could be a dealbreaker for me, but I haven't decided what to do yet.

[B Nietsnie]

I unfortunately have one of the "sparkly screens". It is somewhat irritating but not a 100% dealbreaker. I'm not sure yet what to make of it. Perhaps a nushield would nuke the sparkle?

All the screens are "sparkly screens" just some people don't notice the sparkly effec.

I voted the top vote btw...

[smilepak]

Originally Posted by B Nietsnie

All the screens are "sparkly screens" just some people don't notice the sparkly effec.

I voted the top vote btw...

Funny thing if anyone noticed, the sparkle only exist at 1680 x 1050 resolution? It doesn't seems to show up at lower resolution ehehehh

[B Nietsnie]

I just realized this poll isnt going to show anything... all those people who are bitter that they didn't buy the Z71 but something else are going to vote its a piece of junk to make themselves feel better

[olli3]

Was considering bying a Dell 9300, thank god I opted for the Z71V. Very well built, great performance and nice looks. A very quiet and cool performing laptop which seems to never get too hot. The screen is wonderfully sharp and crisp, photos look sooo good their is no point to print them out

[Edwin]

I love it so far. My framerate in World of Warcraft is a rock solid 70 FPS. Sacred looks damn good, as does SWAT 4. I have yet to fully drain out a battery.

[CoffeeShark]

pretty perfect so far. I can see the 'sparkles' if I really try, but it doesn't bother me in the least. great to type on, very cool (heatwise), great graphics, great screen. no problems.

[smilepak]

What is the GPU clock ya'll have it set it? I am at 300/500 now...

[B Nietsnie]

Same, just because thats what your at and its running fine. I don't want to blow the card...

[smilepak]

Originally Posted by B Nietsnie

Same, just because thats what your at and its running fine. I don't want to blow the card...

LoL! I am going try to get some more tweaking on it tonight or this weekend. I was thinking of tweaking up to 350/500 or 300/600.

Also, the new Omega Driver should be out tomorrow, which should enhance performance a bit.

[Despotes]

Any of you guys have any light leakage problems with your Z71V's?

Thanks---

[smilepak]

Originally Posted by Despotes

Any of you guys have any light leakage problems with your Z71V's?

Thanks---

I could confirm, nope. I tend to use it in total darkness a lot, as my wife sleep next to me. No leakage found.

[B Nietsnie]

LoL! I am going try to get some more tweaking on it tonight or this weekend. I was thinking of tweaking up to 350/500 or 300/600.

Also, the new Omega Driver should be out tomorrow, which should enhance performance a bit.

Tell us how it goes, I would love to add more advanced settings in Splinter Cell