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Question conercning Asus G73JH laptop and UltraMode

Back_Blast

By Back_Blast,
Posted on: 2010-04-29 24:34 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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So due to my ASUS G2's LCD and battery connectors finally going out I have decided that it is time to upgrade to a newer model and just relegate my former laptop to "backup desktop" status. The model I am looking at now is the Asus G73JH. At $1600 standard it looks like a pretty nice deal. So what do you all think? Is this a good system for the cost, and will this system be able to handle some oh-so-sexy COX Ultramode?

Display Type: Full HD Display
Screen Size: 17.3"
Maximum Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Memory Type: DDR3
Memory Size: 8 GB
Memory Speed: DDR3 1066
Memory Slots (Total): 4
Memory Slots (Filled): 4
Memory Slots (Available): 0
Maximum Memory Supported: 8GB (Requires 64-bit Operating System)
Capacity: 640GB
Drive Types: Hard Drive
Hard Drive Speed: 7200 RPM
Processor Brand: Intel
Processor Class: Core i7
Processor Type: Quad-Core
Processor Speed: 1.6GHz
Processor Number: i7-720QM
Operating Systems: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Graphics Description: Dedicated Graphics
GPU/VPU: ATI Radeon HD 5870
Video Memory: 1GB DDR5 discrete graphics memory
Optical Drive Type: DVDRW
Audio Description: Integrated Audio
Audio Chipset: EAX 4.0 3D surround

 

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Well mobile GPUs aren't as powerful as their desktop namesakes but I'd expect a mobile 5870 to be able to handle UM without too much trouble. Not sure if you'll be able to run it flat out full but it should still give good results. Looks like a pretty nice laptop. Buy me one too?

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The specs look good, it's better than my workstation class laptop (Nvidia 7950 GPU, 2.2GHz Core2Duo, 4GB RAM) and that machine can handle limited Ultra Mode at 1680 x 1024; you'll certainly be able to run COH with at least some of the UM goodies, how much will depend on what you consider an adequate framerate.

Personally if a machine can't stay above 30fps then I turn things down... as someone who makes his living in video production it really bugs me when framerates drop below 30, and I prefer to keep them above 45. Yes, I can see the difference between 30 and 60, it's an occupational hazard.

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Awesome, thanks guys. Now all I need to do is decide whether I want to wait for the A1 model to become more readily available, or whether the A2 will suffice for me. I think I might just be impatient on this one and go for the more easily gotten A2.

 

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The big trick I found if you want it to run Ultra Mode on a slightly older vid card is to adjust the "Max Particles" slider down. I moved mine down to 17797, and my NVidia G8600 card was enough to handle it after that. Haven't had any problems since.

 

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Just keep an eye on the video memory specs - in this case it looks fine with GDDR5 - but some makers have a bad habit of putting in a nice core like the 58x0 ones but saving a few pence by putting in slow 128bit DDR3 instead crippling performance.