ASUS Republic of Gamers G73JH-A2 17-Inch Gaming Laptop
- 1.6GHz Intel i7-720QM Quad-Core Processor
- 8GB DDR3 1066MHz; 4 SODIMM Sockets; up to 8GB
- 1TB (500G 7200RPM x2) HDD; Super-Multi DVD Drive; 802.11 b/g/n
- 17.3-Inch Full HD LED Display; ATI 5870 Graphics with 1G GDDR5; 2.0M Webcam
- Windows Home Premium 64-bit Operating System; Gaming Backpack and Mouse Included
Product Description
Take a giant leap ahead of the competition with the ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) G73JH gaming notebook. The G73JH takes the latest games to the next level of realism with Full HD graphics at a blistering fast framerate. Featuring an Intel Core i7 quad-core processor, graphics powered by an extremely powerful DirectX 11-enabled ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 graphics processor with 1GB GDDR5 VRAM, and 8GB DDR3 of system memory, the G73Jh-A2 unleashes its hypersonic performance to render today’s and tomorrow’s most demanding games with ease.The G73Jh-A2 boasts 1TB of 7200RPM hard disk space (500GB x 2), high-speed wireless N (802.11 b/g/n @2.4GHz), ASUS CPU Level Up performance boost, Bluetooth v2.1, HDMI conne… More >>
ASUS Republic of Gamers G73JH-A2 17-Inch Gaming Laptop
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I was so excited about all the versions of this machine that i almost bought one before they even released them in the U.S, well now i’m glad i didnt. Asus to me now it a joke, i’ve had about 3 different machines all with about the same crashing, freezing, blue screen, bad wireless issues. Well this one is no exception with more problems than the others. The ATI 5870 is a joke, it barely runs Crysis on Medium settings without extreme lag, i also ran a benchmark test on Resident Evil 5 and got around 40fps, and drops down to 21!! Come on, this can’t be right, also under the Windows Ratings Index for graphics it scored a 5.4, that can’t be correct being that the GTX 260 scores a 6.7. Even when i upgraded the drivers it did the same thing, so something is seriously wrong with the hardware configuration in this machine. Also the rubbery finish seems nice until you use it for a while, then it starts to peel off, you can start to feel little rubber pieces brushing off underneath your palms!!! I have an Emachines i got for 298$, its flawless, no its not a powerhouse gaming machines, but it is fast, silent, sturdy, NEVER freezes, wireless pops up as fast as you can bring it out of sleep mode, and guess what, no such thing as the blue screen of death on it. So Asus has let me and a lot of other folks down, do yourself a favor and don’t get this bomb of a laptop. Also i should mention the screen is just awful, not even LED back lit for 1199$, if it is i must have missed it. Save money, get a desktop, fix it up and game on it, they are still superb for powerhouse computing.
This is for the Best Buy Version, its the same computer with less hard drive space, lower resolution and less RAM and no blu-ray, still the same machine though.
Rating: 1 / 5
I Purchased this laptop as an upgrade from my Previous Asus, I was so excited, I ran my games and my software like a charm… but after two days DISASTER CAME!!!
Windows became incredibly slow and did not respond from time to time, so I decided to move back my data to a portable hard disk and reinstall… guess what? THE DISK WAS DEFECTIVE!!!.
I ran Check Disk at 10:17 am of May 3 until now (4:59 am – may 4) just 10% of the disk was checked, I’m expecting the worst for my data.
Why don’t you just check the disk BEFORE selling this product?
I lost valuable data and most of it TIME trying to do things that you are supposed to do on a very old and dying laptop.
Is very sad that this my first review on Amazon has to be a bad one.
Hope this helps to other byers that are planing to buy this “Time Bomb”.
Update: I Have the new computer from the store and is working (+/-), have frozen once.
Rating: 1 / 5
Reading everyone’s review I was very disappointed after owning this laptop for a week for the following reasons:
1- Very cheap workmanship with plastic pieces falling apart.
2- Lack of ESata connection which my 400$ laptop has.
3- HDMI was useless with 3 ou tof 5 monitors I tried. It just cant detect them so the resolution is all wrong.
4- Contrary to what the ADs say, it runs very hot even at idle (50+C). not sure what happens if I overclock as they suggest.
5- Sound crackling which is an epedimic with many of these ASUS (google crackling and ASUS). This is the worst part since muting does not stop it and it is so loud. It happened in public freaking everyone out.
6- Technical support claims to respond within 48 hours otherwise the request gets escalated as ” first priority “. It has been a week.
When it is working it runs games quite fast for a laptop I will say that but the other problems are too much to give it more than 1 star. Waste of money if you ask me.
Rating: 1 / 5
I’ve had my eye on this Gaming laptop for six know in the U.K .Can’t believe this price in AMERICA is under 1700 Dollar’s.Over here it will cost me more than 2000 Dollar’s
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Rating: 5 / 5
It works with every game we have tried – my boyfriend is computer expert and he says is has everything you need to play all the new games on!!! The screen is nice and big – I love it!
Rating: 5 / 5