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Gaming Notebooks: Gateway FX vs. Asus?
I want to buy a laptop for college and I was just at Best Buy, and one of the guys that works there showed me a new Asus gaming notebook that they just got today. I didn't memorize the model number, but the back of the laptop was white and said something like "world confederation of gamers". I really wanted the Gateway FX, which Best Buy still has on their website, but it has been discontinued in their stores. They don't have the new Asus laptop on their website yet, but the Asus that is on www.bestbuy.com has a lot of reviews that talk about how the wifi is unreliable. Does anyone know the model number for the new white Asus laptop that is at Best Buy? And is Asus really a good, reliable brand? I play games like CounterStrike: Source and I want a powerful laptop with a decent price. The FX had really good specs and it had a 17" display; the Asus at Best Buy is only 15.6" and I think the CPU isn't as good. Does anyone have good/bad stories about Asus brands? I am very unfamiliar with the company. Also, if I have problems or something breaks, I want to make sure I will be able to buy replacement parts or get live help fairly easily. I believe the Asus at Best Buy is the G51.
Public Comments
- They are ASUS G51 &G71.
They will release 28th of June at bestbuy.
G51 is 15.6"
I'm not sure about G51. But C2D p7350 with 6GB DDR2 memory and 320GB HDD for 999$
G71 is 17"
Model G71GX-RBBD09 will have the C2Q Q9000 with 6GB DDR2 Memory and 500GB HDD for $1399.99
Model G71GX-RX05 will have the C2D P8700 with 6GB DDR2 Memory and 500GB HDD for $1149.99
Model G71V-X2 will have the C2D P8400 with 4GB DDR3 memory and 320GB HDD for $1499.99.
All of these models come with Nvidia GTX 260m 1GB ddr3. It means they are much better spec compared to Gateway fx, which is 9800m gts.
with gtx 260m you can play crysis at nearly maximum settings. So don't worry about performance.
From my experience ASUS very is reliable "ROCK SOLID HEART TOUCHING". ASUS known for it good motherboard.
Also build quality is good compared to gateway.
For the last question
You can buy every part of this laptop from asus's estore.
- I guess it's
ASUS G50Vt-B1 Intel Core 2 Duo 15.4" WSXGA+ NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
