ASUS ROG G73jh launches with Core i7, Radeon HD 5870, bragging rights

Power hungry, are you? ASUS has just the rig for you, as it just launched its newest Republic of Gamers laptop here at a CES press event. The G73jh is doing its darnedest to make every other gaming lappie out there look downright weak, with this one boasting a Core i7-720QM CPU, up to 8GB of DDR3 RAM, 8-channel HD audio, up to 1TB of HDD space and DirectX 11 compatibility thanks to the internal ATI Radeon HD 5870. You'll also get a spacious 17.3-inch display, a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, Blu-ray / DVD combo drive, 8-cell battery, a 2 megapixel webcam, 802.11b/g WiFi, gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.1, an 8-in-1 card reader and a mini-VGA connector. Naturally, Windows 7 Home Premium will be running the show, and this thing is far from being slim and sexy. There's no word yet on a price and release, but we'll keep you posted.

Update: We nabbed a quick hands-on, check it out!

ASUS ROG G73jh launches with Core i7, Radeon HD 5870, bragging rights

ASUS ROG G73jh CES hands-on

[n8equalsd Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:03PM]

The laptop I've been looking for. Now I just gotta get a job to buy it.

[CJisohsocool Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:12PM]

@n8equalsd

More like 2

[bolezhinkov Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:45PM]

@n8equalsd

its got a bit of a booty!

[egghead Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:02PM]

@n8equalsd
Got the job, got the money, got the wife...got told, not until we know what Uncle Sam will return to us.

[GoogleCEO Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:10PM]

@n8equalsd
lol actually its cheap for high end gaming laptops!

[s2upid Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:13PM]

@GoogleCEO
wooord, i'm just waiting for more sites to offer this baby. WHO WANTS MAH MONEYY

[NeOnLaZeR Posted Jan 5th 2010 8:03PM]

This laptop only has Wireless B/G?..NO N?!? Come on Asus, other than that this seems like a killer laptop!

[ninagosaimas Posted Jan 8th 2010 1:43PM]

@(Unverified) The Asus ROG G73Jh runs on Intel Core i7 processor, DirectX 11 capable ATI Radeon HD5870 graphics, up to 8GB of DDR3 system memory, 8-channel HD audio with EAX 4.0 compatibility, on-the-fly overclocking, ambient lighting, and 1TB of storage space for incredible gaming and multitasking performance. Gamers laptop indeed: http://bit.ly/asus-rog-g73jh-details

[yulebellow Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:04PM]

*Actual Stealth Jet Not Included, Stealth Jet Like Awesomeness Remains

[DougieBear Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:31PM]

@yulebellow

Agreed.

It's even got a better graphics card than my desktop computer, but costs five times as much.

[M C Posted Jan 6th 2010 4:02AM]

look at the vents in the back

*actual stealth jet engines remain

[Oflife Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:04PM]

Now that is one sexy manly tasty ever so lovely piece of hardware. Typing this on a latest generation MacBook Pro and do wish Apple would do the black all over thing again like this ASUS feast. It's almost worth switching to Windows for. Almost... ;)

[Schmitty Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:12PM]

@Oflife

Your choice of vocabulary is annoying...sorry.

[ndrwme Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:38PM]

@Oflife I'm an Apple hater but.. this thing is not one bit pretty.

[gerrrg Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:49PM]

@Oflife

Just call it what it is...the Droid's best friend.

[s2upid Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:39PM]

@ndrwme
ya the ass is going to get a bit of work to get used to.. the hands on pictures shows off the big ass on it. Worth it if it's going to keep this beast cool.

[syobwoc Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:05PM]

how can this thing not have 802.11n?

[Jeff Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:06PM]

@syobwoc

Has to be a typo

[syobwoc Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:07PM]

@Jeff I sure hope so. It's too badass of a lappie to not have it.

[s2upid Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:31PM]

@syobwoc
xoticpc.com has it speced Built-in 802.11 Wireless A/B/G/N upgradable for $33 to Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 5300 802.11 a/g/n

http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-g73jha1-p-2731.html?wconfigure=yes

[Seven Posted Jan 5th 2010 7:14PM]

@syobwoc

it says 802.11N in the technical specs page in the gallery

[s2upid Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:07PM]

wow this is exactly what i was looking for. i've been holding off an i7 laptop because i didn't like the idea of grilling my palms when i type.

WANT

[WhatHappened Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:10PM]

Is there any site where I can get stats on battery life for specific notebooks? I'd imagine an 8-cell battery for this would last a lot shorter than it would doing the equivalent activity on an 8-cell battery on say, an EEE 1001

[s2upid Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:11PM]

@WhatHappened
any laptop reviewing website will have stats for battery life. most of the time if you just google the laptop your interested in the review will compare it to other laptops in the same catagory as to performance/battery life. give it a quick search!

[KAL326 Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:15PM]

@WhatHappened Anything with this much hardware is not going to have a long battery. In generally gaming laptop and long battery life a pretty mutually exclusive.

[Matt04WJ Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:13PM]

http://www.xoticpc.com/asus-g73jha1-order-p-2731.html

Starting at 1650 - not a bad price for that hardware

[KAL326 Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:23PM]

@Matt04WJ True and the only option I could see adding is the Intel WLan for $33. Upgrading the CPU is a bit ridiculous at close to $500 and $1000 for the 820 and 920 respectively. Give it a year or so and pick one up cheaper and swap it yourself. That's what I have been doing with my notebooks to get a bit more life out of them. Also interesting to see its got 4 Ram sockets, too bad they don't have a 4GBx2 option so you could go to 12 or 16GB down the road a lot easier.

[s2upid Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:09PM]

@Matt04WJ
how come the pictures in the gallery don't look like anything in the press release in this article?

[Solidstate89 Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:15PM]

Ho. Lee. Shit.
That is fucking incredible. It has to be a typo in regards to the 802.11b/g. How can this thing not have Wireless N? Even so, those specs are fucking incredible, and it doesn't even look that thick either, which is just remarkable for a laptop of that size.

Someone hand me a napkin, I just had a nerd-gasm.

[MrBridge Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:23PM]

@Solidstate89

It's probably a typo homeskillet.

[rturius Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:16PM]

I know where they're getting the inspiration from, but the design is just dam ugly! Now their NX90Jq on the other hand is a different story.

[Tekky Posted Jan 21st 2010 3:57AM]

@rturius

A beast is not for good looks.

[DrDr Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:20PM]

I need to take a shower now.

[jafoman Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:22PM]

@DrDr Same here!

[samw Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:22PM]

Cool to see the retired F-117 in the background... Nothing like showing old aircraft.

[Ortant Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:27PM]

An SSD would have been much better.

[brothaa Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:33PM]

i wish these gaming laptops came in smaller sizes, like 13.1

such as the new Vaio Z...

[Junzhi Posted Feb 11th 2010 5:28PM]

@(Unverified)

they can't because it's difficult to design a laptop with a graphics card that will fit into a smaller screen. Not to mention they're going to have to deal with cooling and such as well. I believe right now the smallest you can go for a gaming notebook is 15.4" where both Alienware and Clevo/Sager have offerings.

Of course, you can still play games on laptops with 13" screens, but the graphics card probably can't handle high res or high fps for graphically intensive games.

I also think that it's kind of strange playing games on such a small screen, unless you're just going to play occasionally in which case there's no need to waste that much on a gaming laptop since a desktop is so much cheaper

[octoberasian Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:54PM]

Wait, a desktop 5870 or a mobile Radeon 5870? O.o

I highly doubt a desktop variant would be able to be cooled sufficiently in a laptop space.

[egghead Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:00PM]

@octoberasian
ATI Mobility Radeon 5870 1GB GDDR5

[Oli D Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:56PM]

Is there really a lot of point in wasting space with a battery?

[egghead Posted Jan 5th 2010 5:59PM]

Oh, how I wish I could do my taxes sooner. I pine for this laptop and am being forced, by my wife, to wait in agony until we know how much our tax return will be. Hurry up with those W2s, move it! I just hope these aren't sold out when she lets me pull the trigger, oh how distraught I'd be...

[idaknowman Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:03PM]

The 2 megapixel camera kills it :-) Even cellphones have a better camera!

[AlaskanHandyman Posted Jan 5th 2010 8:03PM]

@idaknowman most web cams are .3 to 1.3 megapixels so 2 is an improvement.

[ddbEntertainment Posted Jan 5th 2010 6:40PM]

Sweet! Now add dual touch pads and a 1080P HD web cam! Then my money may go your way...

-ddb

[k2001 Posted Jan 5th 2010 7:23PM]

Dell Adamo Fat.

[UnixSystemsEngineer Posted Jan 5th 2010 7:25PM]

So did it give you an HJ?

[AlaskanHandyman Posted Jan 5th 2010 8:01PM]

Guess I will not be getting that G51J-A1 when the come back into stock at Newegg after all...

I can totally see this thing taking its place, although I would replace the OS with something slightly better.

[MrGreen Posted Jan 5th 2010 8:55PM]

I'm not sure why, but I really need one of these.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 5th 2010 11:26PM]

If you have to ask how much it is.....you cannot afford it.