While we are on the screen: the opening angle of 130° is not very accommodating. Two hands can bend the display significantly. The top and bottom of the laptop only bend under significant pressure, and the display cover can be pushed inwards modestly.
Let us take a look at the sturdiness, which was a strong point of the G74 and G73. We can provide detailed comparisons once we get our hands on the finished product. Overall, we believe that the buyer can expect quality similar to the G74. Our review sample is a hand-finished pre-production model and as such we can not comment on the workmanship of the final product. The palm rests, which use slightly rougher rubber than the top of the laptop, are also dark-grey. More differences are found on the right and left side of the test model: instead of keeping a dark tone on the entire case, Asus has used a nice silver-grey streak to freshen up the look of the case.Īsus has given the G75 an amazing design which jumps at the eye as soon as the laptop is opened: the sides of the notebook as well as the speakers and the keyboard base are a stylish silver (aluminum). The manufacturer has moved the cooling vent (placed near the middle in the G74) outwards once again (see G73). The first significant difference is found on the back of the laptop.
The dark-grey surfaces of the top of the notebook are made of resistant rubber which can only be dirtied by greasy fingers. The G75 resembles its predecessor quite a lot on the outside. In the coming weeks, the configurations available in Europe (and most importantly Germany) will be announced.
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The operating system is Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.
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The notebook lives up to its premium standard and offers a Blu-ray burner and a 256 GB solid-state drive plus 750 GB hard drive. The secret highlight of the G75V is the 3D-ready 120 Hz display (includes Nvidia 3D Vision 2). The installed 16 GB DDR3 RAM (4x4GB) is an indication of the machine's high performance target. The Ivy-based Core i7-3720QM is one of the fastest mobile processors in the world (2.6 GHz/3.6 GHz max turbo). The G74SX employed a member of the Sandy Bridge family (like the Core i7-2630QM), whereas the G75V uses a new Ivy Bridge CPU. According to our sources, there will be models with the slower (but Kepler-based) GeForce GTX 660M. This high-end graphics card does not use Nvidia's new Kepler architecture, but the performance increase is still significant. Let's start with the graphics card: instead of the GeForce GTX 560M, the G75 uses the much faster GeForce GTX 670M. In comparison to the old G74, the new model has seen significant external and internal updates. Of course, it's always possible that the manufacturer will change a few details before the release (fan control, software, etc) - but that shouldn't have a major impact on our review. Our test system is a hand-finished pre-production model and should closely resemble the shipping product. We take a look at the hottest new gaming laptop, the 17 inch Asus G75V, weeks before the official launch of the highly anticipated Ivy Bridge generation.