07-22-2013 12:47 AM - last edited on 03-06-2024 08:24 PM by ROGBot
07-22-2013 01:21 AM
Monsta wrote:
After just over 3 weeks of waiting, my G750JW finally arrived on Friday, so I thought I'd share some of my first experiences and impressions of the unit after having played around with it for a few days.
The first thing that stood out is that it didn't have the specs I ordered. This could be due to Asus, but it's more likely to be a mistake from the local computer shop that I ordered it though, as there are no official asus retailers that I'm aware of in the country. What I thought I was getting was 12gb RAM, one 750GB HDD @7200rpm, and a dvd player. What I got was 16gb of RAM, two 750GB HDD's @5400rpm, and a blue ray player (at least it says it's a blue ray player on it, though I haven't actually tried any blue rays yet as they don't sell them here). I'm not complaining, I basically got more than I thought I was getting and without any extra charge, so it was a pleasant surprise.
I also really like the bag it came with, which seems to be good quality and a perfect fit. Sadly the nice looking mouse it came with is unusable for left handed people such as myself, but I guess it will make a nice gift for someone.
The computer came well packaged, and everything seemed to work fine straight out of the box with no headaches or issues (at least initially). I like the way it looks (despite having seen some reviews declaring it to be ugly), and the spacing and overall layout of everything feels nice and natural. The metal bit where the handrest goes is a bit pathetic, just because it's so thin that it flexes like cheap plastic, which makes it kind of a waste. If the metal were a milimeter or two thicker, I think the whole keyboard would have a much more solid feel to it.
I spent the weekend playing some fairly demanding games, and found overall performance to be great. Temps were low, fps was high, overall exactly what I was hoping for.
By Sunday, the screen flickering problem that others have reported here started to appear. I first noticed it on the background of the Steam games launch page (which has a gray gradient by default), and it now seems to be happening whenever the screen is displaying anything dark. I live in Cambodia so RMA isn't a realistic option, which means I'm very disappointed and left in a situation where I just paid over $1.5k for a brand new laptop with a broken screen. I'm not going to go off on a rude rant here, but I do hope that someone from asus is reading this and understands what I'm saying. It's not cool. I've wanted a good gaming laptop for ages, I saved up the money, waited for weeks in anticipation of it being delivered, and now I'm left with an issue that seems to be so common that it's hard to understand how Asus missed it in the first place.
It's the only problem with an otherwise perfect machine, but it is a big problem, and one that I'm quite upset about. It seems my only option is to save up even more money so I can order another screen, then another long wait for it to arrive, and then I'll have to open up my brand new laptop to fix it myself, which I'm utterly unqualified to do.
If someone could point me in the direction of a company that sells appropriate screens and delivers them internationally I'd appreciate it. I really like the screen it came with until the horizontal lines started appearing, so if I can just find a way to buy a working one of those it would be great. I could also really do with some sort of an explanation of how to do it. I just play games, I don't make laptops, that's why I thought I was going to just buy one that didn't need this stuff doing to it.
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07-22-2013 08:01 PM
Myk SilentShadow wrote:
Do me a quick favor please and check what the refresh rate is set at for your screen, some users have been changing their refresh rates and their problems have been disappearing.
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