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Asus GL502VS buy or not

decade5d
Level 7
Hi guys i was about to buy the GL502VS but then i checked the forum for the laptop, and most of it seems to have negative experience with it (mostly battery discharging while plugged in), should i still buy this laptop or just buy the alternative ? thank you very much for the help.
This was going to be my first asus laptop cause the 1070 GTX interest me and the infamous asus cooling that's not going to heat up as bad as MSI laptop as far as i know.
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User33
Level 7
I own 2 asus laptops, the gl553ve and the gl502vt.
I personally game on the 553 as the 7th gen i7 and 16gb of ram is perfect for what i play. The cooling is beautiful but of course the battery life is ****! What im trying to say is, there are a handful of laptops out there that feature this kind of power with good battery life.


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User33 wrote:
I personally game on the 553 as the 7th gen i7 and 16gb of ram is perfect for what i play. The cooling is beautiful


Oh yes ( °͜ ʖ °)

Stepper
Level 7
decade5d wrote:
Hi guys i was about to buy the GL502VS but then i checked the forum for the laptop, and most of it seems to have negative experience with it (mostly battery discharging while plugged in), should i still buy this laptop or just buy the alternative ? thank you very much for the help.
This was going to be my first asus laptop cause the 1070 GTX interest me and the infamous asus cooling that's not going to heat up as bad as MSI laptop as far as i know.


I got the GL502VSK and can only complain about the battery life being absolutely horrendous. Everything else is great, especially with the 1070.

Stepper wrote:
I got the GL502VSK and can only complain about the battery life being absolutely horrendous. Everything else is great, especially with the 1070.


Yeah battery life is probably the only thing you will have a problem with. But thats something you can expect with a 1070


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User33 wrote:
Yeah battery life is probably the only thing you will have a problem with. But thats something you can expect with a 1070


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My GL02VS with a 1070 doesn’t have this issue, IMO not shipping the GL502 with a strong enough AC adapter is a huge fail on Asus’s part. (i am assuming the problem is that simple) *

JustinThyme
Level 13
You cant have your cake and eat it too.
When you calculate battery run time Vs watts used they are all in the same ball park.
The battery discharges on ALL high power laptops when under heavy load. When you look at the fact that you have a 65 watts CPU, and a 200+ watt GPU with a 180 Watt brick, something has to make up the extra power....Its the battery. Some complain the brick isnt big enough in one breath but will complain a 300 Watt brick is too heavy in another. Its common ground. Look at similar size machines and their bricks, 60-100 watts.
All Gaming laptops have decreased performance on battery as well.
If you want high performance without having to worry about the battery I suggest looking into a desk top.
If you want a laptop and long battery run time, look at core M machines with CPU graphics.
You can get fairly less than short battery time if you dont game or run heavy loads while not plugged in.

Its all about purpose. I have a G752VY that I take with me on road trips when Im going to be out of town for a bit that is my portable desk top. I expect it to not have a long battery run time and I never run it hard without it being plugged in either. Its a Desk top replacement.
I also pack a Surface Pro IV for tasks that I dont need power for but want a decent battery time, also have a few massive battery pack but none of them have enough bawlz to run a high powered laptop or even recharge the battery for that matter. They do however pack enough that I can go probably 120 hours on my Surface.

Personally Im a bit appalled at the thin is in market segment for high powered machines. Commons sense tell me its a poor idea but.....This is all consumer driven and the consumer is a stupid animal. Thin is great for low power office applications and media but thats where that practicality ends.



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JustinThyme wrote:
When you look at the fact that you have a 65 watts CPU, and a 200+ watt GPU with a 180 Watt brick, something has to make up the extra power....Its the battery.


Isn't it 150W GPU + 45W CPU=195W? Than 230W power adapter seems okay.

JustinThyme wrote:
The battery discharges on ALL high power laptops when under heavy load


I first wanted to argue with JustinThyme and insist that in same situation Dell replaced power adapters for free, but it seems that I was mistaken - people report that discharging continues even with 240W power adapter. One repoted that MSI confirmed using hybrid power plan for gtx 1070/gtx1080 notebooks (see post #8). However, I can google no complains by MSI users, but it googles for recent acer predator

For the topicstarter: may be you'll find this post useful. One there got Asus G752VS instead of GL502VS and seems to be pleased. He also didn't complain at discharging. As for me, I think I won't ever buy any gaming laptop thinner that 30cm and GPU greater that gtx 1060 to avoid both overheating and maintain affordable weight.