ok la well worth the wait if the GC is something
GTX 260m > GTX 460m isnt exactly too much of a big leap anyway

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M large(rank 15)
High-end DirectX 11 graphics card based on the GF106 chip using GDDR5 graphics memory (1.5 GB).
675 MHz, 192 - unified, DX11 | Memory Icon 1250 MHz, 192 Bit

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M large (rank 25)
Core Icon 550 MHz, 112 - unified, DX10 | Memory Icon 950 MHz, 256 Bit

from direct x 10 to direct x 11 oh.....quite a big improvement

im expecting something along the line of a desktop 5870
am now using a desktop 5770, not too amused of it
so the 260m can still do some light gaming lah no prob

the main thing is dx 11 support, both cards can run dx9 games (iirc the 260m should be better at dx9 games) but the 460m is more future proof.

Update: I'm still feeling very happy with my G53JW-A1. Sandy Bridge not.

y bother to go to SB?
the main prob should b the gphx card i tot?

no, there's the higher core clock, lower power consumption and most importantly (to me) lower temperatures.

@looking4room, what's your idle/load i7 temperatures?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ASUS-G73JH-RBBX05-i7-7...b#ht_2828wt_905

is tat only 3 months US warranty @@ ??
so mean no warranty for us??

To be honest I have never checked that.
How do I check it out? I'll report back to you.

you can use programs like HWmonitor, Speedfan... erm... can't think of any else, i currently use hwmonitor...

Oh I do use HWMonitor but I don't know when do we go from idle to load.. do we have to use another program to make our computer go from idle to load?

load, just play games
idle, well, just leave it do nothing...

Right now it's bout 59, 60, 61, 64 degree Celsius for core 0, 1, 2, 3.. im not using anything just steam (dling mass effect 2), media player classic playing a video, and firefox ofc. and some other programs.. haha.

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Added on December 29, 2010, 1:22 amWill play games later.. then i report the temp.

This post has been edited by lookig4room: Dec 29 2010, 01:22 AM

Broadcom are mostly used by Dell. So it should be good enough. You didn't try to find intel around? maybe in Singapore?

62, 64, 62, 65.. around there playing dota now.

Yeah dont think it has international warranty since its refurbished

It's refurbished model. I dont think it's worth it unless you know how to fix your laptop and where to get parts.

tsk, that's slightly lower than mine... maybe when i send to service centre as them to check...

=\ but i dun want them touch my Vera....

Good luck with that bro..

Any seller or shop in malaysia selling G53 series laptop?