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Is the G72GX-A1 going to be Choking at 1920x1080??

post #1 of 8
12/30/09 at 8:43pm
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I was really considering on getting the G72GX-A1... I like the full HD resolution of 1920x1080.. But i have a few concerns about the ability of the GTX 260m, being able to run newer games at that resolution level without useing GDDDR5 like the GTS 250m in the Toshiba Qosimo X505-Q850 does.. As i have seen reports of the G72GX choking on "some" newer games at high detail setting and not being able to play at ultra resolutions, and thats with a 1600x900 screen and a Q9000!

I think having GDDR5 for a larger screen will matter, just check out this youtube video of a Qosimo X505 with the GTS 250m clocked up to factory Nvidia specs.. It's easily puts up 10,691 on 3DMark06.. That's very impressive for that card.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFu8B2cmg5Y

I am also worried that that the Q9000 quad chip in the G72GX models is locked by Asus and cannot be clocked up liked the P8700 models.. Is that true?

Anyways.. Should i be worried about trying to game at 1920x1080 with the G72GX-A1? Is the GTX 260m GDDR3 near the end of its life span as more higher full HD resolution notebooks hit the market.. I have a 1080p samsung HDTV that i use for gaming, it sure would have been nice to play games at its native resolution.
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post #2 of 8
12/31/09 at 11:11am
I can't answer all your questions but on the question of the two GPU's. If you take the G51 with the same CPU as the Qosimo your vid shows Qosimo at 1280x800 3DMark06 10691. This shows 260m at 1280x1024 3DMark06 10000. I think if Asus was run at lower resolution it would gain the ground back. So no I do not think the 250m GDDR5 has advantage, And as long as you are digging on that spec consider the 260m has 256bit memory bus 250m has 128bit memory bus.

As you were told at NBR setfsb should be able to OC your CPU also likely you can OC GPU also. Now if you are comparing the Qosimo to the G72 I must say that i7 is better than Q9000.



At 1920x1080

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post #3 of 8
1/1/10 at 3:39am
OK no more worry Asus has the G73JH-A1, i7 CPU HD5870m GPU 8GB RAM 2x500GB @7200 HDD's so that is the current King until Clevo decides to one up them. Link, under $1700, sick!
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post #4 of 8
1/1/10 at 6:33am
That is sicko indeed But that is good new for all high performance system enthusiasts.

cheers ...
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post #5 of 8
1/1/10 at 7:58am
OK after further reading unclear if 6GB RAM or 8GB RAM Xotic lists both? But the good news is at $1595.65 it has BR drive or you can cancel that and for $1519 get the system.

This has raised the bar (performance) or lowered bar (cost) depending on perspective.

From some reading I have done with out any benchmarks of the actual card but reading it's desktop version which I need to read more but ATI does use mobile versions of the same chip as desktop Nvidia does not (?). But the 5870 hangs close to dual GPU GTX 295 and actually beats soundly in other gaming benchmarks. That means my guess is the single 5870 should overall beat 280 SLI convincingly.

But we will have to wait and see. This is Killer news. I only hopes this means the others get there butt's in gear and flood the market so we all get performance for cheaper even if not at this level. This just dropped the value of many Asus other notebooks and the FX and Alienware and even the Sager/Clevo's. I love competition and picking up the pieces after price/performance wars. Go Asus Go ATI!
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post #6 of 8
1/1/10 at 1:48pm
Either that or they are getting ready for some killing machines at killing prices to get some quick big sales Like 3D Bluray, 3D screen ...

cheers ...
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post #7 of 8
1/30/10 at 5:12pm
Why not wait two more weeks and get the G73JH-A1 17.3" FHD/ATI HD5870 GDDR5/i7-720QM/8GB DDR3/1TB 7200rpm/Blu-Ray/W7HP64? Toshiba biggest problem is outside the one yr warrantee they won't help at all. They never told me my extended warrantee which I bought and pd for was from another party, Service Net. If there is ever a problem, they will never replace not matter how much you spend on their systems which btw I think are packed with great technology/w/options for the price. I pre-order the Asus model above. I hope I'm buying right, not sure at all either. MarkGee
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post #8 of 8
1/30/10 at 6:46pm
My plain G72GX scores over 11k in 3DM06 and I have no problems at highest resolution the lcd can do (1600x900) most options on at all. My last Laptop had an 8800GTS in it and it was a 1080p screen and never had a choke issue with it...

The Q9000 however is a bottleneck of sorts if you game does not support multiple cores so... =)
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