ASUS' 17-inch G70 gaming laptop on sale now in UK

This certainly won't be the first time ASUS has shipped an in-demand item elsewhere in the world while USers ponder the thought of importing, but apparently the outfit's potent G70 is now on sale in the UK. For those who missed it, this monstrosity features a 17-inch WUXGA / WXGA+ panel, an optional Core 2 Extreme processor, twin GeForce 8700M GT graphics cards, 1GB of RAM, an optional Blu-ray writer, gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth / WiFi and oodles of LED accents. Word on the street has it going for around £1,999 ($3,948) well equipped, but those blokes across the pond aren't too worried about a US release date.

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Jun 22nd 2008 8:58AM]

For 2 grand i expect twin 8800m gt's rather than twin 8700m's.

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Jun 22nd 2008 11:06AM]

Above asus for £1749.97. 4gb of ram and 1GB of turbo ram. 1GB of vram.

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Asus_G70S_SLI_Gaming_Laptop_G70S-7T025G/version.asp

or

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Asus_G70S_SLI_Gaming_Laptop_G70S-7S018C/version.asp

for some reason cheaper at 1535.97 but with similar specs.

[Maestro @ Jun 22nd 2008 11:12AM]

I think the hefty price tag includes the bluray writer. Drop that option and you can save a bit of coin.

[Kurian @ Jun 22nd 2008 11:59AM]

I expect two GTX280Ms no less.

[Bernhard @ Jun 22nd 2008 9:07AM]

Only 1 GB of RAM?

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Jun 22nd 2008 9:19AM]

Probably 4GB and just a typing error. A standard cheap notebook has a minimum of 2GB.

[Richard @ Jun 22nd 2008 10:05AM]

1GB total of dedicated graphics ram?

[Lediur @ Jun 22nd 2008 9:22AM]

All the components in this laptop are probably going to be bottlenecked by the atrociously low amount of memory.

[GenBanks @ Jun 22nd 2008 9:29AM]

He might have been referring to the graphics memory... I believe the 8700m has 512mb of gddr.

[Lediur @ Jun 22nd 2008 9:32AM]

I would think that they would say "with 1 GB of RAM" instead of having a comma. That would just make it seem like the main system has only a gig.

[Conor Maher @ Jun 22nd 2008 9:45AM]

ahahahahah Dual 8700s for £2000?

You can get cheaper XPS machines with Dual 8800ms for similar money and a single 8800m will kick the crap out of Dual 8700s in everything but 3dmark......

[JImmyDolit @ Jun 22nd 2008 9:48AM]

The ASUS is a fine machine. Capable of giving Alienware a run for its money!

Is your ISP watching you?

[Skyride @ Jun 22nd 2008 10:34AM]

Well lucky me in the UK. :D

But im happy with my brand new Dell Vostro 1400. It has a 2GHz C2D, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD and 8400GS. All for £410.

I dont know why people spend all this cash on asus laptops. Its not that much better. My laptop sure isnt a gaming laptop but how can you justify more than twice the price just because it has better graphics cards.

[bolezhinkov @ Jun 22nd 2008 11:00AM]

because you want a gaming laptop. you dont buy a picture frame if you want a tv.

[bobmundo123 @ Jun 22nd 2008 10:38AM]

. 1 GIG? WHATTT!!!??? blue ray writer = God.. those things are expensive... + being able to fit one on a laptop.... look like a beast.. but with the beast comes the beast price.. that need to drop a little..

[slipperywhenwet @ Jun 22nd 2008 11:40AM]

I love ASUS, I have had a couple of their laptops and I think that they are extremely well built and either good value for money, or they are better equipped than the competition.

But twin 8700GT cards doesn't cut it, especially when companies like PC MicroWorks are putting dual 9800gtx cards in their units. More so, at almost $4000, this laptop certainly isn't good value for money.

Sorry ASUS, but when it comes to DTRs, you just aren't cutting it.

[BIlly G @ Jun 23rd 2008 6:31AM]

Yeah. A dual 8700M setup is pretty outdated... mighta been good back before the 8800M's came out. A single 8800M GTX outperforms 8700M SLI, and probably consumes less power doing so.

[livefire @ Jun 22nd 2008 7:47PM]

not alot of good games are for apples OS X

[Charles Han @ Jun 22nd 2008 7:54PM]

wait wut? all the games are ported out to pc exclusively and some on mac. I have no idea wut you are talking about. I guess its the nonsensical ramblings of apple fanboy

[aj @ Jun 22nd 2008 9:22PM]

am looking for a gaming laptop but $3,948 for a laptop with this specs that's a joke .. its not worth it!

i would better wait for toshiba X305 when it comes out in mid july with DDR3 rams and geforce 9800 GTX, which will be from $2000 to $3500 still cheaper than this laptop

http://explore.toshiba.com/laptops/qosmio/X305

[Information Central @ Jun 23rd 2008 1:16AM]

"features a 17-inch WUXGA / WXGA+ panel"

WTF is that supposed to mean? How about telling us the resolution, instead of clinging to this early-'90s nomenclature that most of us left behind, well, in the early '90s.

[chansthename @ Jun 23rd 2008 2:20AM]

wuxga means that it has a native resolution of 1920X1200

[Pete @ Jun 27th 2008 3:37PM]

The hefty price tag is directly attributed to the Extreme series of processors, which are outlandishly expensive.