A Glance at Asus G73SW’s Features and its Performance

Asus G73SW

A glance at Asus G73SW gives an impression of it as an inspiration from the Stealth Bomber fight airplanes. It has a lusterless-black finish on all angles. It contains a Quad core Intel i7 2630QM processor that has a base clock frequency of 2GHz. However, it can push up to 2.93GHz in the Turbo boost mode. However, if you opt for 8GB of fast DDR3-1333 RAM along with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M discrete GPU and a dedicated 1.5 GB frame buffer, you can have excellent gaming device right in front of you. The device has 17.3-inch LED backlit LCD that offers 1920 x 1080 pixel HD resolution.

Asus G73SW

The Asus G73SW comprises of Blu-ray drive and a pair of Seagate 7200-rpm, 500GB hard drive and costs around $1500 to $2200. It is a lightweight laptop and does not strain your shoulders or your back while carrying it. This laptop weighs around 8 pounds and 11 ounces without the 150W power block, which is not bad for a laptop of this class. The 150W power supply adds a full 2 pounds to the weight. The battery life is good but average for such a classy laptop with the time of 3.5 to 4 hours. However, if you plan for long gaming sessions, ensure to keep the power supply block handy.
The over gaming performance would be a surprise package. Many worry that the GTX 460M would remain underpowered; instead the system will produce high quality graphics for the games that require high graphics unit. This enables a smooth gaming and no lagging of games reaching over 56 fps (frames per second). This is what majority of the gamers require in their systems for an effective and smooth gaming spree. Some of the games such as car racing games require 65 to 70 fps and this graphic processor provides it with ease.
The Asus G73SW is a masterpiece, as the Asus team accomplished a great job building it with good ventilation spaces to keep the unit cool without the creation of disturbing sounds. The cooling fan does spin with some sound with a heavy game load, but the noise is negligible. The spaces between the keys are appropriate and the overall impression of the laptop looks impressive and attractive. The storage configuration of Asus G73SW – A1 includes a pair of Seagate 7200 rpm and 500 GB hard drives. Asus G73SW offers better and enhanced performance at a reasonable price as compared to other models.
As with the last version, the all-new Asus G73SW comprises of a high-quality Hannstar HSD173PUW1 display and the screen has a low black level of 0.29cd/m², which is noteworthy and impressive. It also produces a very good contrast ratio of 738:1. It also provides Hyper-threading technology. By simulating four added cores, the Core i7-2630QM processes up to eight threads in tandem. Other features include 995 million transistors, a 6 MB L3 cache and an integrated “HD Graphics 3000” chip. The energy consumption is negligible.