ASUS shows off G50V / G71V gaming laptops

Wait a second -- you mean ASUS actually had something other than subnotes at Computex? Tucked away in some surely obscure corner were these two gems: the 15.6-inch G50V and 17-inch G71V. The first of the two rigs was packing a 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT graphics card, a WXGA "3D display," Intel's Centrino 2 platform, support for 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a pair of 320GB SATA drives and a sturdy keyboard built for gamers. The larger sibling was said to posses the same GPU and platform, though it was sporting twin 500GB drives and support for DDR3 memory / CPU overclocking. Beyond that, we're left to wonder what on Earth could be hiding behind those somewhat unsightly shells, but hopefully ASUS won't keep us wondering for long.

[Thanks, David]

[jpxdude @ Jun 9th 2008 7:20AM]

How about a good gaming subnotebook?

[David @ Jun 9th 2008 7:22AM]

Tegra is your god

[David @ Jun 9th 2008 7:21AM]

: )
Actually I quite love the shell, but it is a bit bezelicious for my tastes.
9700mgt + 3d display (switchable pl0x) ftw!

[theapple @ Jun 9th 2008 7:27AM]

does it play crisis?

[k @ Jun 9th 2008 7:30AM]

*crysis - get it right

[David @ Jun 9th 2008 7:41AM]

uh.. yes?
It should be able to handle all settings on medium at native, I expect.

[David @ Jun 9th 2008 7:32AM]

Where did all the comments go?!

Well anyway I'll restate myself: I love the case and the 9700m gt (same power as 8800m gts I believe) but I think its a bit bezelicious and would be even moreso with the 15.4" panel, which is a shame.

[David @ Jun 9th 2008 7:33AM]

nm engadget messed me up for 5 mins, should have known this would happen

[Paradox @ Jun 9th 2008 8:14AM]

I have an G2S, but those....they rock!!

[Charles Han @ Jun 9th 2008 8:43AM]

I just hope the price is right if it is just a lil over 2 grand im hitting this machine up

[Silverfrog @ Jun 9th 2008 9:32AM]

If this is a gaming laptop, then why does it have the god-aweful glidepoint? I want to see a detachable wireless optical mouse that clips into the chassis when not in use. Glidepoint is for noobs, not to mention it's a waste of space. I can think of lots of better things to put in that area.

[David @ Jun 9th 2008 9:50AM]

@ Silvefrog:
"I can think of lots of better things to put in that area."

That's what she said!

seriously though you must hate all modern laptops.
it's hard to imagine somehow slotting a mouse into a laptop, but Asus do supply most of their medium - high end notebooks with optical mice, my ma bought a £500 Asus 2 years ago and she got a nice optical mouse with it, worked like a dream!

[daliminator2000 @ Jun 9th 2008 12:46PM]

Who said anything about Glidepoint? ASUS uses Synaptic touchpads on all their models.

If you were using Glidepoint as a generic term for touchpad (a la Xerox, Kleenex), um... most people have never even heard of Glidepoint.

[Silverfrog @ Jun 9th 2008 12:26PM]

Yes, glidepoint is another word for touchpad, which is what I'm talking about.

[xValentine @ Jun 9th 2008 9:56AM]

I don't like that orange theme. :(

The M series is still what I'm aiming for.

[Pfanne @ Jun 9th 2008 9:59AM]

want to see some hybrid stuff with an onboardchip!

[Semeoneor @ Jun 9th 2008 11:07AM]

waiting for true 9800m cards which should be die shrink of 8800 m (GTX)

[Steve A. @ Jun 9th 2008 11:41AM]

Looks like the OLED screen above the top left of the keyboard has at least doubled in size compared to their current offering in the G2s laptop.

[bolezhinkov @ Jun 9th 2008 12:14PM]

it looks awesome except for all the finger prints on it - my inner self is dying to wipe that thing down.

[Titus @ Jun 9th 2008 1:43PM]

Last year ASUS according to their corporate website won
over 2500 awards...

"ASUS won 2,568 awards in 2007, meaning on average, the company received over 7 awards every day last year..."

...must mean something beside having a very big mantelpiece.