Asus G73jh Laptop Packs Core i7, Radeon HD 5870
Asus revealed a meaty gaming laptop packed with Intel's Core i7 CPU and ATI's Radeon HD 5870.
Engadget reports from CES with news that Asus is sporting a smoking hot laptop branded with its infamous Republic of Gamers title. The Asus G73hj is apparently out to shame other wannabe gamer laptops by sporting Intel's Core i7-720QM CPU and ATI's Radeon HD 5870. That means gamers can bask in DirectX 11 goodness no matter where they go... or at least until the battery needs to be recharged.
In addition to the CPU and GPU, the portable gaming rig allows up to 8 GB or DDR3 RAM, up to 1 TB of HDD space (what, no SSD?), and 8-channel HD audio. To complete this armpit portable theater, the 17.3-inch display has a native resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels. There's also a Blu-ray / DVD combo drive and a mini-VGA connector.
Other bells and whistles featured in the Asus G73hj include an 8-cell battery, a 2-megapixel webcam, an 8-in-1 card reader, Bluetooth 2.1, gigabit Ethernet, 802.1b/g Wi-Fi, and more. Windows 7 Home Premium is also the operating system of choice, rounding out a rather meaty laptop.
Currently the price hasn't been announced. Stay tuned as more is revealed that the show.
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Maybe finally we'll have good enough mobile parts. We have to admit that if it's a gamer laptop than we're not concerned about battery life. It's not by getting 15mins more juice that i'm buying it.
Depending on price this could be the first laptop I'd actually consider over a new desktop.
How about weight and battery life?
This could be really good - after all, everyone knows the 5870 uses little power at idle in the desktop version. I imagine the mobile version will be even better.
So... long battery life working, then gaming once back home again. Do I still need a desktop ??
Will keep an eye on this one!
thats one powerful alienware oppressor...
Battery Life: 30min.
Weight: 15lbs