ASUS G51Vx 15" Gaming Notebook

[Rob Williams]

To purchase a quality gaming notebook just a few years ago would have set you back at least $2,000. But the situation is far better today, and it's proven with the help of ASUS' G51Vx, coming in at $999. It comes complete with NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 260M graphics card, a great feature-set and plays most of today's games at their max detail settings with ease.

You can read our full review here and discuss it here!

 

[gibbersome]

That's an absolute incredible deal at $999! The processor, as you've mentioned, is underpowered but the overall deal is great, especially considering the GPU.

What did you think of the build quality?

 

[Rob Williams]

What did you think of the build quality?

"The G51Vx might be what some would consider to be a "value" gamer's notebook, but ASUS spared nothing with the build quality. As a whole, I found the notebook to be very well-built, and not at all flimsy or cheap."

 

[gibbersome]

"The G51Vx might be what some would consider to be a "value" gamer's notebook, but ASUS spared nothing with the build quality. As a whole, I found the notebook to be very well-built, and not at all flimsy or cheap."

Thanks, somehow missed that.

I've purchased a much more expensive Toshiba X205 notebook and I found its build quality to be lacking. Even the newer Qosmios are very flimsy esp on the back of the screen so I'm glad Asus hasn't done the same.

 

[Knirb]

GPU temps

How do you find the internal heat of the GPU? I own a G51vx-rx05 and my GPU gets up to 100-104c under-load (HW monitor).

Thanks

 

[Rob Williams]

100C+ seems a little excessive. I could believe it happening, given it's a mobile PC, but even then, that's the same reason it scares me. You could give GPU-Z a go, and see if it detects the temperatures:

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

You might want to reboot before running it though, to make sure it's not going to grab the same temperature due to HW Monitor getting in the way.

 

[Knirb]

100C+ seems a little excessive. I could believe it happening, given it's a mobile PC, but even then, that's the same reason it scares me. You could give GPU-Z a go, and see if it detects the temperatures:

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/

You might want to reboot before running it though, to make sure it's not going to grab the same temperature due to HW Monitor getting in the way.

Looks a little better now, highest I"m seeing is 96/97C.
Maybe I should get all the thermal paste redone just to be safe.

Thanks for the tip.