http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/ Engadget Comments for Video: ASUS G50Vt gaming laptop gets benchmarked, reviewed http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
I just wish they would have shown more than just Quake Wars. Crysis on medium? (serious question... not a trollish "but can it play Crysis")]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/]]>Feb 12th 2009 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 13th 2009 12:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 13th 2009 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
Viruses aren't a problem if you're a resourceful PC user. I'd like to think that most core gamers (between casual and hardcore) like myself are.]]>Feb 12th 2009 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
My second problem with your statement is not everybody is stupid enough to get a virus. AVG works perfectly for protecting people, against them, and vista isnt horrible, it has come a long way from original RC. If the person doesnt like vista, then simply downgrade to XP or upgrade to Windows 7 which is absolutely amazing, 7 is on par with Leopard with performance and usability.

So get off your high horse and stop acting like a prick, giving us mac users a bad image.]]>Feb 12th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
I'm playing Half Life 2: Episode 2 on my girlfriend's $300 Intel Celeron laptop with 2gb of ram, integrated Intel graphics, and *drumroll* Windows Vista. Not playing it on high or anything, but it's good enough to enjoy until I get a new computer for myself.

Vista may have a larger footprint than XP, but it turns out it isn't that bad. I was scared of it, now I think I'm ok. Anyway, you fail at trolling.]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/]]>Feb 12th 2009 7:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
But, hey wow, a sub $1k gaming laptop. Pretty sweet.]]>Feb 12th 2009 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
Please leave. Your kind (stupid trolls) is not welcome here.]]>Feb 12th 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 13th 2009 3:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
...but it has a cool blue light on the front that fades in and out!!]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 7:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 13th 2009 12:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
But I'd like to pay once and play Far Cry 2 smoothly on high...]]>Feb 12th 2009 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
There are also several G50VT variants on Newegg, with a range of different configs and prices.]]>Feb 12th 2009 9:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
Also, ASUS notebooks have fairly good cooling, and the 9800M GS card is an undervolted, downclocked version of the 9800M GTS. A quick vBIOS flash, and you've got a free GPU upgrade and the GPU temp still stays within reason for a 15" notebook. I am probably getting MX-2 thermal compound though, just for peace of mind.

There is also room for overclocking the CPU beyond the factory option. Some owners have managed to overclock as high as 2.9GHz using setFSB.

The 1366x768 screen resolution sounds low, but is really perfect for a 15" 16:9 screen. Desktop space is more than adequate, and the 9800M will have no problem gaming at native resolution for some time.

One correction on the video, however: the standard hard drive is a 320GB 7200rpm drive, not a 250GB 5400rpm one.]]>Feb 12th 2009 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
This laptop also has excellent thermal management with a robust yet quiet fan. I can game for hours having the laptop sitting flat on the desk without overclocking.

And why would anyone use MacOS on a gaming laptop? It makes no sense. First you violate Apple's EULA, then you get a bulky gaming laptop that cost almost $1000 with MacOS using Mac Games...sorry, i hate mac.]]>Feb 13th 2009 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 28th 2009 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
He even plays crysis with 30+ framerate at all high.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=311122&page=78]]>Feb 12th 2009 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 12th 2009 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 13th 2009 12:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 13th 2009 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 13th 2009 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/Feb 13th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/12/video-asus-g50vt-gaming-laptop-gets-benchmarked-reviewed/
Looks like it'll tip over and would have a serious overbite when it's closed...
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