G73 beats out G75 in performance

[somejoshdude]

A bit discouraging, but it is confirmed that the G73 can get P5408 due to its upgradability. While this is not Asus supported, it is fully possible without thermal issues.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/657920-ati-hd-7970m-asus-g73jh-16.html

[Daylife]

Jsl1ce wrote:
lol, really? i guess youve never repasted a laptop before. i wouldnt consider it risky at all, ive taken apart my g73 several times, also i would think the price of the card irrelevant to the life it adds to your notebook

Good luck with that i guess lol

[kiba]

Daylife wrote:
Good luck with that i guess lol

taking apart these laptops is only slightly more difficult than building your own rig, which ive been doing since i was 6 years old (stepdad used to have me help him build SCSI unix servers in our basement as a kid, i was the only kid i knew w/ a ISDN connection 🙂 , everyone else had 56k, and slower before 56k came out... i used to pwn in quake and cs lolz) these laptops are put together very well and youd be surprised how straightforward it os to take them apart for things like repasting or even replacing the CPU or GPU. i havent taken apart my g75 yet, but the g74 was even easier to take apart than the g73, and i can only imagine that the g75 is as well... seeing as the design is so similar.

If/when i do it, i will def take pics and do a write up for the forum. unless someone beats me to it. i was going to do it to replace the memory on the opposite side of the mobo, but when i got my replacement, micro center preinstalled 4x4gb corsair ram, replaced the hitachi (i beleive?) ram that it came w/, so i didnt have to. but.... im thinking about repasting it, like i did w/ my g74 and g73, so that i can be sure that its done correctly (plus i used high end paste and got a ~7°C-10°C drop on average on both, which aint no small potatoes).

anyways TLDR, there are plenty of good reasons to take apart your laptop, its not hard and these are well-built for it, theres no reason to be scared of doing it, if you can build leggos as a kid, you can definitely repaste a g74sx.

[Zygomorphic]

Jsl1ce wrote:
taking apart these laptops is only slightly more difficult than building your own rig, which ive been doing since i was 6 years old (stepdad used to have me help him build SCSI unix servers in our basement as a kid, i was the only kid i knew w/ a ISDN connection 🙂 , everyone else had 56k, and slower before 56k came out... i used to pwn in quake and cs lolz) these laptops are put together very well and youd be surprised how straightforward it os to take them apart for things like repasting or even replacing the CPU or GPU. i havent taken apart my g75 yet, but the g74 was even easier to take apart than the g73, and i can only imagine that the g75 is as well... seeing as the design is so similar.

If/when i do it, i will def take pics and do a write up for the forum. unless someone beats me to it. i was going to do it to replace the memory on the opposite side of the mobo, but when i got my replacement, micro center preinstalled 4x4gb corsair ram, replaced the hitachi (i beleive?) ram that it came w/, so i didnt have to. but.... im thinking about repasting it, like i did w/ my g74 and g73, so that i can be sure that its done correctly (plus i used high end paste and got a ~7°C-10°C drop on average on both, which aint no small potatoes).

anyways TLDR, there are plenty of good reasons to take apart your laptop, its not hard and these are well-built for it, theres no reason to be scared of doing it, if you can build leggos as a kid, you can definitely repaste a g74sx.

Gloating about that 100 kb/s connection? :cool: Still, SCSI systems are pretty rare. The G74SX was not that bad from what I understand, but the G5X series is quite difficult. They are a mess to disassemble, but with patience and skill, it can be done. You forget that not everyone had ISDN in those days to look up how to build UNIX servers. 😉

[kiba]

my g73 does have the chastity vbios, but as far as i know, its always had audio thru the HDMI

Zygomorphic wrote:
Gloating about that 100 kb/s connection? :cool: Still, SCSI systems are pretty rare. The G74SX was not that bad from what I understand, but the G5X series is quite difficult. They are a mess to disassemble, but with patience and skill, it can be done. You forget that not everyone had ISDN in those days to look up how to build UNIX servers. 😉

haha, back then my stepdad worked for Unisys, and then Sun Microsystems, though i cant remember what exactly he did for them...

[Zygomorphic]

Cool! Must have been a cool place to work, back in the day when comps were tanks...and you could stand on them! 🙂

[ForCeV]

It is a great news for G73JH users. However, I am satisfied with G75 because its performance is well enough to run any of games for me. Plus, it is very thin, and good design, so I keep it up. Anyway, congratulate a mod successfully for G73jh users.

[kiba]

pretty sweet, now im thinking of doing this w/ my g73jh... i already have taken it apart to repast it so i know my way around its guts.

ps ill post a pic later comparing my g75 and g73 but the g73jh is just as thin as the g75... also it has a slightly better cooling design as it intakes air from both the top and bottom rather than just the bottom (g75)

[jorlanm]

I called ASUS about upgrading my G73sw-3DE to a GTX 680m ($500) if I buy an MXM Card. ASUS said they do not recommend it but is possible with slight modification. The MXM card will fit the G73sw since the G73 ASUS MXM cards while bigger board still closely resembles MXM specifications...But he said proceed at your own risk, they do not support it since ASUS makes their own version of MXM and using third party MXM will void warranty (Well Duh)...

Then I asked If I get a G75vw and upgrade to a GTX 680m MXM is it possible...ASUS said no, since the G75VW do ressemble the G73 ... Because of the slighly slimmer form factor the MXM card it uses are more customized version than what the G73 uses so a standard MXM card wont work...The G74 and G55 is out of the question since the GPU is soldered on to the Motherboard.