![]() However, the Asus G751JY gets by well enough with the existing GTX 980M, using a similar, but cut-down 28nm processor. ASUS G751JT REVIEWS BLUETOOTHWireless: WLAN 802.11ac, Bluetooth 4.1Īs tested earlier this week, a full-fat GTX 980 is soon to be a fixture for the absolute high-end in the gaming notebook space.Battery: 6000 MaH (eight-cell) 230W power brick.Ports: 4x USB 3.0, Thunderbolt, HDMI 1.4a, VGA, Ethernet, microphone/headset jacks, Toslink SPDIF, SD card reader.Storage: 500GB SSD (1GB/s read, 800MB/s write) and 1TB HDD.Graphics Chipset: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M.At a considerable £2000 price-tag, you'd expect everything plus the garden shed thrown into its chassis, and the specs don't disappoint. Our spec in review is the G751JY, giving us a GTX 980M (appearing as a GTX 970 in the £1500 model), a 32GB surplus in desktop RAM, and an i7 processor. ASUS G751JT REVIEWS 1080PBearing in mind the laptop sports an Intel Core i7 4870HQ processor, 32GB of RAM, plus Nvidia's GTX 980M GPU (with its own reserve of 4GB GDDR5), we can expect some serious gaming performance from this machine - and a native 1080p is a reasonable goal for most games that doesn't overstretch its specs.Ī solid performer even next to desktop-grade parts, Asus' laptop comes in several configurations. At a resolution of 1920x1080, we have a pixel count that's well judged for its intended purpose too, aligned well with the onboard GPU. While its maximum brightness is slightly wanting in broad daylight, the panel is still a very strong, vibrant performer indoors. Prising it open, a 17.3-inch IPS screen is revealed. The rest is strictly utilitarian connectivity including Thunderbolt, HDMI, VGA and four USB 3.0 ports, plus an SD card reader and Blu-ray drive. It's not gaudy, as can be the case with so many 'elite gaming' products its red back vents and colour backlit keyboard are the only real extravagances here. It's a seriously hefty, but also reassuringly rugged piece of hardware - weighing in at 4.8kg, with an exterior built from hard matte plastics, and a brushed aluminium plate down its centre. But at a minimum price of £1,500, and close to £2,000 in this build, just how good is the Asus for high-end gameplay?įirst off, let's talk about what you get for the price. ![]() MSI and Gigabyte are also set to include G-Sync panels in their own top-end gaming laptops. It's a pivotal evolution for gaming notebooks, with the screen giving players the flexibility to target a frame-rate, and have it dynamically matched by the panel's refresh (in this case up to 75Hz). One of a new breed of gaming laptops, Asus' G751JY doesn't exactly roll off the tongue - but its G-Sync compatible screen certainly gives it a big talking point. ![]()
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