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post #141 of 315
2/7/10 at 2:07am
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Cool

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I was told my order will be part of the February 17th shipment coming in. I should have one of the first A1 models. People are getting the A2 model right now.
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post #142 of 315
2/7/10 at 6:00am
There is no difference between A1 and A2 models other than the stock Blu-Ray optical drive. A1 has it, and A2 no (can be upgraded though). They are exact the same machine, apart from that.

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post #143 of 315
2/7/10 at 10:31am
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I would order it if it was an option, no doubt. When your spending $4-$5K on a laptop your wanting the best options
I would too in a heart beat
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post #144 of 315
2/7/10 at 12:07pm
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There is no difference between A1 and A2 models other than the stock Blu-Ray optical drive. A1 has it, and A2 no (can be upgraded though). They are exact the same machine, apart from that.

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Well that means two different stickers also.
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post #145 of 315
2/7/10 at 12:24pm
"Stickers"? Part numbers?

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post #146 of 315
2/7/10 at 6:07pm
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Don't forget the blue-ray sticker.
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post #147 of 315
2/7/10 at 6:39pm
Oh that ... excuse me

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post #148 of 315
2/8/10 at 11:30am
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I was told my order will be part of the February 17th shipment coming in. I should have one of the first A1 models. People are getting the A2 model right now.

This the ASUS your referring to here ?
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post #149 of 315
2/8/10 at 11:34am
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The mobile 3DMark06 is nice and all but to be frank this system is crap. It's a 50/50 chance every time I reboot that my system will actually come back up. Over clocking is limited because the CPU starts throttling back. They added over-volting in the bios but it's totally useless because the system is unstable if you try it.

My pre-order for the Asus G73 is back on and I have a replacement M17xR2 on the way. I will send both of my AW systems back if the problem exists with the replacement.


Seems the issues are limited to the 920 CPU

Still looks like a lack of power, but geez carrying a 300 watt brick around lol
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post #150 of 315
2/8/10 at 12:03pm
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This the ASUS your referring to here ?
Yes.

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Seems the issues are limited to the 920 CPU

Still looks like a lack of power, but geez carrying a 300 watt brick around lol
I'm not 100% sure. It could also be an issue with the system board, gpu or another piece of hardware (like the accelerometer). I'll know more when I get my replacement.
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post #151 of 315
2/8/10 at 12:13pm
When is your replacement expected NW?
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post #152 of 315
2/8/10 at 1:13pm
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Supposed to come next week.
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post #153 of 315
2/9/10 at 2:09am
Would be interesting if they ever offer this system with dual 280's or 285's just to see if it is more or less prone to power shortfalls. Of course that is down the road, but right now we have limited points of comparison.
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post #154 of 315
2/9/10 at 4:41pm
I was not sure the R2 system board supported SLI ?
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post #155 of 315
2/9/10 at 5:00pm
I doubt that it would, considering it is being seen as a revised (fixed) model from many.

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post #156 of 315
2/9/10 at 5:11pm
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If they gave me the "option" to get 280s I would immediately return it.
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post #157 of 315
2/9/10 at 5:34pm
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If they gave me the "option" to get 280s I would immediately return it.
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post #158 of 315
2/10/10 at 4:20am
Well SLI on the X58 chipsets (meaning high end desktop, much like the PM55 is high end mobile) is on nearly all mobos. So it's certainly "possible". I'll add to that weight just what a fool Nvidia would look like if they were to wager single GPU's as their highest mobile performance, while AMD touted CF 5870's. DX11 issues notwithstanding it wouldn't even be a fair fight. It's not that single cards aren't nice in some ways, but when it comes to top performance, don't bring a knife to a gun fight
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post #159 of 315
2/10/10 at 4:22am
May I add that while only single gpu equipped, the M6500 seems to be having none of these issues, and it is based on much the same chipset, Intel made mobo, and a Nvidia gpu. Of course there is a price difference, but it's curious nonetheless.
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post #160 of 315
2/10/10 at 6:46am
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I do not have any issues with the system when crossfire is off.
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