Review: Olli3's - Asus Z71V User Review - Page 5

Hmm Toshiba M40 uses nVidia GO 6600, it yield 2052 on their 3D mark 2005...
http://notebookforums.com/showthread.php?t=73668


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Do you really think you'll need 2gb of ram? A couple of days isn't too long. I would just wait if it were me, but you may have different needs.

The Toshiba m40 probably use the Discrete version of the 6600 go with better memory on the board while the asus z71v use the On-chip 128MB DDR version provided by Nvidia.

Cward
Have a very simple answer for you. I do remember you by the way. Not here to tell you if your reseller has it in our out of stock. These modules are widely available. For us a stick of 1gb costs 40$ less then 2 sticks of 512mb. Yes our markup for the 1gb is enormous but its another issue. Keep in mind that you need 2 sticks to enable dual channel. 512mb mb ddr2 sticks are stocked everywhere for the most part

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If this person is is reffering to the z71v then they have not seen too many laptops. I think what he/she means is that there are darker spots on the screen in certain light at certain angles. This is very common to alot of screens made by different manufacturers. I cant say its anything but a defect which is very equivalent to the dead pixel scenario. A small percentage of people may find this very annoying and would get very irritated. These are the same types of people (no discrimation intended to anyone who returned a laptop becuase it had a single or even 2 dead pixel) who return a laptop becuase it had a dead pixel or 2. If anyone has seen a laptop with a dead pixel especially a hi res laptop like this one with a dead pixel you should know that its the equivalent if a quater inch long scratch on your brand new bumber. In other wordsYou can only see it if you look for it. Also the poster never bothered to load a picture on, watch a movie or play a game. This anomaly goes away. Not all of them have this. I ve seen a few. My advice is if you dont like it and cant deal with it DO NOT USE A.L.S. (AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR). Infact you have to disable the device. Had the poster tried this a return could have avoided a return. Guess i just dropped the bomb.

The more I read these forums the more I understand that some (certainly note all) respondents probably work for companies who sell these products. Yes, my screen may be unique in that it has this defect, but:
1. Nothing software driven works to correct this, not even what you are are referring to (ambient light sensor). it's a joke.
2. I have tried all backgrounds available in winxp. You can see it on all backgrounds except black. mostly on green. there is no need to load a movie. any internet/email/wordprocessing etc is done on white backgrounds. I got a headache after looking at it for 20 mins.
3. This is like having 2/3rds of the screen covered in dead or inactive pixels.
4. I have seen many laptops on this category in similar widescreen resolutions. No probs there.
5. It is not returned yet. Still in intensive testing trying to adjust the screen.

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you're killing my eyes, B, cut that out.

As for the Z71V screen, mine is excellent, flawless, and I'm very happy with it. I don't use an all-green screen and very rarely see an all white background, and I don't have any grainy or sparkle effect.

S0rry

Can't d0 anyth1ng...

Not everyone here sells products. Most people on any public forum are consumers and fans. I am not here as a seller. If i were here to advertise you would see a link. There is no link in my profile and no link in my posts. The people who know me here know me from past threads they were involved in. I post here on my own behalf. My personal oppinion of this laptop as a gaming/performance machine is excellent. If you want to use in with word and excell its still excellent for the money you pay for it. I think once people get these units delivered they will see what i mean. So far we have delivered quite of few of these. I ve had no complains. This means either people didnt open it or this is perfectly acceptable by majority of users. I guess if i had posted in the forums "oh by the way this laptop got some weird spot issue which causes headaches and blindness" would have been politaclly neutral....but can you imagine what kind of responce would be by the hundreds of people that preordered this and read these forums. This applies to everyone. If the majority of people find this to be anything more then "temporary surprise...[ye i know i just made that up]" i would personally call my dealer and work something out. If enough people complain about any product the manufacturers usually raise their eye brows.

Same here. I went through about half a dozen since yesturday most have what is described except the grainy screen. I have not seen that. The dark spots here are better described as some sort of "prizm" effect in certain conditions which are not there when the backlight is full throttle like when playing a game or on any color other then very light/white 2d.

did you just reply to your own post?

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Oh, gocha. Thanks! On a side note, I'm impressed by your inventiveness in typing withough using several keyes. Rep 4 you!

i dont know if this has been adressed yet, but how is the battery life of the Asus? like, how long with just a main, and how much with the modular bay as well (if you happen to have it )

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