G75? Can we "upgrade"?

[AdelaisAer]

I bought my G74SX last month, but then G75 is coming out in April. :S Makes me wish I waited for the G75. Is there a possibility of "upgrading" to the G75 for 25~50% off, or should I just wait until I can afford to buy a G75?

And I am thinking this only because of some of the issues with the G74 that I *HOPE* are fixed in G75.

[fostert]

I highly doubt ASUS has any trade-in policy to upgrade to the next ROG notebook (I've never heard of such a thing except with leasing cars!): best thing to do is to get your G74 up on ebay for sale, and try to get as much as you can for it in prep for the G75.

Not that the G75 will be all that different from the G74: a notch up the graphics card ladder (is it the 570M they're going to use?), and a newer processor (Ivy bridge?), but otherwise the same design. In fact, you could a) overclock your GTX560M in your G74 and b) drop in a faster core i7 mobile cpu (e.g. the 2860QM) and you'd probably have the G75, for <<$!

Which issues with your G74 haven't been resolved?

[BrodyBoy]

Based on the experience of the G73, the G74 isn't likely to be discontinued or placed on clearance anywhere. Asus always seems to have literally dozens of models/configurations available at any given time, so they could all "co-exist," .....but I would suspect the G73 to be retired before the G74.

In any event, they aren't going to tell us any of this ahead of time. 😞

[AdelaisAer]

The classic "My usb mouse is plugged in but my touchpad is still working too even though it's supposed to turn off", as well as a few missed keystrokes and whatnot, the former being the really big issue for me, especially when I try to play Fullscreen games. 😕

Also, I have not the slightest idea on how to overclock or "drop a new mobile cpu in."

[fostert]

OC of the GPU is done with software like MSI Afterburner. I've gotten my 560M to 900/1800 and the memory clock to 1600 MHz which has upped both my WEI graphics scores to 7.4 (from 7.2), which is probably thesame as the 570M stock performance.

As for the cpu, yeah, its an involved process requiring disassembly of your G74...not for the faint of heart (I haven't even attempted it yet...still under warranty). I plan to keep my G74 for a few years (bought in october 2011), and maybe next year grab a 2960XM (the current fastest mobile processor) when they're alot cheaper and install it, just to stave off the inevitable climb towards obsolescence.

[AdelaisAer]

So should I not even bother looking at the G75? :S Also, where can I find guides on how to overclock my GTX560M without worrying about its limitations?

[Vaneriuz]

fostert wrote:
OC of the GPU is done with software like MSI Afterburner. I've gotten my 560M to 900/1800 and the memory clock to 1600 MHz which has upped both my WEI graphics scores to 7.4 (from 7.2), which is probably thesame as the 570M stock performance.

As for the cpu, yeah, its an involved process requiring disassembly of your G74...not for the faint of heart (I haven't even attempted it yet...still under warranty). I plan to keep my G74 for a few years (bought in october 2011), and maybe next year grab a 2960XM (the current fastest mobile processor) when they're alot cheaper and install it, just to stave off the inevitable climb towards obsolescence.

Well, you'll come close to the 570m. But you seem to forget that you can overclock the 570m as well 😉

Anyways, for the G75 i'm hoping they'll for starters switch out the horrible wifi card (that most people seem to change themselves anyway), and also ofc, fix the damn Throttling bug -_-

Other than that i'm just as eager as anyone. I still haven't lost hope since sending my G53SX back (love the design and feel of the G-series, and the cooling ofc!). So i'm gonna hold on to my money and wait and see 🙂

[gilbert]

fostert wrote:
OC of the GPU is done with software like MSI Afterburner. I've gotten my 560M to 900/1800 and the memory clock to 1600 MHz which has upped both my WEI graphics scores to 7.4 (from 7.2), which is probably thesame as the 570M stock performance.

As for the cpu, yeah, its an involved process requiring disassembly of your G74...not for the faint of heart (I haven't even attempted it yet...still under warranty). I plan to keep my G74 for a few years (bought in october 2011), and maybe next year grab a 2960XM (the current fastest mobile processor) when they're alot cheaper and install it, just to stave off the inevitable climb towards obsolescence.

ok so let me get this straight ,we can actually upgrade the CPU in our g74's ? i am very interested in this, if u ever replace yours Foster please please do a video/picture guide for us , I am not a gamer so i care less for the GPU but replacing the CPU is something i would really like to attempt ......

[octiceps]

To the OP who was wondering about the new G75, you may want to take a look at this thread that's been developing on the Notebook Review ASUS gaming notebook forum for some time now.

On the eve of the GTX 670M release, all signs point to it being a rebrand of the existing GTX 570M, which is only one step up from you GTX 560M and only 10%-15% faster. You could easily overclock your 560M to the same level of performance as this "new" 670M. I don't know about how the Ivy Bridge processor that is supposed to be in the G75 is going to perform, or even if it is going to be in there at all considering the recent news of Ivy Bridge production delays, but from a purely gaming perspective, it looks like the G75 will still fit in the same performance category as the G73/G74.

[Boosted_R]

octiceps wrote:
To the OP who was wondering about the new G75, you may want to take a look at this thread that's been developing on the Notebook Review ASUS gaming notebook forum for some time now.

On the eve of the GTX 670M release, all signs point to it being a rebrand of the existing GTX 570M, which is only one step up from you GTX 560M and only 10%-15% faster. You could easily overclock your 560M to the same level of performance as this "new" 670M. I don't know about how the Ivy Bridge processor that is supposed to be in the G75 is going to perform, or even if it is going to be in there at all considering the recent news of Ivy Bridge production delays, but from a purely gaming perspective, it looks like the G75 will still fit in the same performance category as the G73/G74.

wow they basically renamed the GPU's........ guess you have to treat ASUS like a used car salesman lol