G751JY Does Not Have Optimus

[Nyceis]

Hi,

I received my G751JY today and while I like it but there are two problems:

1) It does not support Optimus which has a negative effect on the battery life. This is a bigger problem for me as I'm away from the wall pretty regularly.

2) While on battery, there seems to be no way to turn off the auto-dim or auto-contrast. I've tried the adaptive brightness settings in power options, uninstalling Splendid, disabling Sensor services.

Any thoughts?

N

[hmscott]

Nyceis wrote:
Hi,

I received my G751JY today and while I like it but there are two problems:

1) It does not support Optimus which has a negative effect on the battery life. This is a bigger problem for me as I'm away from the wall pretty regularly.

2) While on battery, there seems to be no way to turn off the auto-dim or auto-contrast. I've tried the adaptive brightness settings in power options, uninstalling Splendid, disabling Sensor services.

Any thoughts?

N

Nyceis, you know it's strange, I didn't want to read too much into it, but none of the official Asus releases or G751 product descriptions mention Optimus.

Not having Optimus is a blessing.

The G750's with Optimus have shown just how little battery benefit Optimus provides, the inconvenience for many, and for some the absolute unsuitability due to their main applications not being Optimus aware - only running on Intel, made many wish for no Optimus at all, and to restore the direct connection of the screen/HDMI/DisplayPort to the Nvidia GPU.

Do you see a menu something akin to this when right clicking on an app in an Desktop Explorer window?



Introducing the Optimus routing layer
http://techreport.com/review/18443/nvidia-brings-optimus-switchable-graphics-to-notebooks/2

Please double check 🙂

Is the G751 battery removable?

Thanks for the heads up on Optimus!

[OldTimez]

As far as I'm aware the battery is integrated so.... your not gonna be able to pack 2 batteries or so ^.

[hmscott]

OldTimez wrote:
As far as I'm aware the battery is integrated so.... your not gonna be able to pack 2 batteries or so ^.

Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 review - the 5th photo in the gallery
http://www.digitaltrends.com/laptop-reviews/asus-rog-g751jy-dh71-review/#/5



Hard to tell from this shot...

[OldTimez]

I was reading the forums over at notebookcheck someone with a G751 said the battery wasn't removable.

[OldTimez]

These are pictures of the G750 dude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akjzKO4HfQQ

[hmscott]

OldTimez wrote:
These are pictures of the G750 dude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akjzKO4HfQQ

OldTimez, fixed the post, the correct photo and source reference are there now, and here for your reference.

Asus ROG G751JY-DH71 review - the 5th photo in the gallery
http://www.digitaltrends.com/laptop-reviews/asus-rog-g751jy-dh71-review/#/5

Can you please tell me at what time point in that video you see the bottom, and no battery?

[hmscott]

OldTimez wrote:
These are pictures of the G750 dude. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akjzKO4HfQQ

OldTimez, fixed the post, found a G751JY-DH71 bottom shot. It's hard to tell from that photo if the battery is removable.

I am watching the video, but can't find them saying there is no removable battery, and there is a comment asking about a removable battery.

Tomasz Jasiński
2 hours ago
Thanks for the review. Can battery be detached?

What time point in the video did you see the "no removable battery" image / mention?

The closest they get is starting at 12:30, they show the bottom, but don't mention whether the battery is removable or not.

Can someone with a G751 please let us know if there is a removable battery? 🙂

[Nyceis]

No, the battery is not easily removable (it is held in by covered screws).

There is no intel graphics menu and no application power settings in the menus. I'm 100% Optimus is not on this one.

Does anybody have any links to anything showing Optimus' battery difference?

N

[hmscott]

Nyceis wrote:
No, the battery is not easily removable (it is held in by covered screws).
There is no intel graphics menu and no application power settings in the menus. I'm 100% Optimus is not on this one.
Does anybody have any links to anything showing Optimus' battery difference?
N

Nyceis, I get 3 hours and 20 minutes on my G750JH, and a G750JZ user did the same test and got 3 hours and 50 minutes. It's more, and to you it might matter, but to me - it doesn't. Sorry, I don't have the link handy.

That is too bad that the battery isn't easily removable. I guess it won't matter to me either, but it doesn't look like it should have been a problem to make it removable. Have you tried to pull the back panel to see if when it is off the battery is easily replaceable?

Apple only does it due to packaging issues in their sardine can design, but the Asus case clearly seems designed to make it removable.

Maybe Asus wasn't selling enough removable batteries?

Nyceis, the ROG laptop has never been a mobile device, so to speak, it has been at most a portable device, with battery power for those few times you need it.

Maybe the lower power 970m/980m will get longer life than an 880m/780m?

These days I use a 6.4" phone for mobile use, and occasionally have tried a large tablet, but still keep going back to the large phone for mobile use. I only crack open the laptop for support use on 4G, and that isn't the ROG laptop - too heavy to lug around for work use.

You might consider pairing up one of the new 2 in 1 laptop/tablet convertibles - the new Core M one's just starting to ship. I am eyeing one for mobile Windows/Linux use.

Gaming on the G750 with Optimus was just as bad as gaming on the non-Optimus - the Intel GPU just isn't strong enough to run the games that need the full Nvidia GPU to run well.

I wish someone would come out with an external battery product with 2-3x the G750 capacity - then we could just plug that in when we are mobile with the G750/G751 🙂