listed doesn't mean it's out there selling already..

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Added on March 4, 2011, 11:47 amIt's Dual Core i5-2410M and Quad Core i7-2630QM... GPU is between GT550M n GT540M

This post has been edited by eugenechiuu: Mar 4 2011, 11:47 AM

oh.
so how far is the level of performance between these two?
if the difference is not much then i may opt for n53sv.
but if the difference is huge then i will go for n53sn.

GPU u can Overclock 540M to 550M, not a prob I guess...

But processor wise, quad core is actually a lot stronger in many ways than dual core...

Well depending on ur usage, dual core might be well enough for you...

guys gt 550m and 540m have basically no difference only gt 540m is 672 for the core and gt 550 is 725 i plan to import n73sv because asus has intl wrty 2 yrs and there is a user here who can help me import asus

i really like dell xps 17 as it has gt 555m with 144 sps

any user here who can help import dell from US?

Let's see the difference between the two. Saying you can overclock one to match the speeds of the other doesn't make it a valid argument in this case since the 550 can also be overclocked. This means that the 550 will always outperform.

The advantages are 70 Mhz difference on core speed and almost 140 Mhz difference on shader speed. Everything else remains the same. I figure that could equate to maybe 5 FPS difference on average.

notebookcheck has the differences.

I agree w/ the i7 > i5 even for gaming because Tom's hardware did a comparison w/ the desktop versions of these processors and didn't see any performance boost from an i5 from an i7 in gaming, much less a detriment. So your gaming will increase due to the GFX card being faster, it can be even better if you overclock which ever card you get. Your multitasking will be faster with the i7.

The choice seems pretty clear.

gaming got ntg to do with cores
even u play games with quad or dual it wont do much diff

quad core is good when u do multi tasking
if gaming dual core will do
since u r not using all 4 cores when u gaming why nid it at the 1st place
just buy the 1 u nid

Guys do you know if its possible to change the proc in the N53SV to the i7-2630QM or the i7-2720QM(like the US version)and how much would it cost, cause i feel that GT550M in the SN is like overkil for me and waste of money as im in hardcore gaming(not always at the most higest setting) and doing graphics design

Regarding the GPU, they are both the same thing except the clockspeed. With the same architecture, I doubt 550M can be overclocked much higher than 540M.. In the end it wouldn't really make that much of a difference..

Changing CPU, mostly is DIY job and need to find the CPU first...

can Asus customize for me???

no

gt540, gt550 basically both similar chip but actually there's different between two same chip.

higher quality chip capable of running at higher speed will be binned as gt550 while other binned gt540 or lower. headroom for overclocking will be different.

Nope...

can if you order from \xoticpc or mucro or gentecpc

The GT550M does have 2GB VRAM compared to 1GB of GT540M. Not much effect on gaming with that resolution but it does affect some applications. The quality is also unknown, can it be as simple as an overclocked version of GT540M? Only NVIDIA knows.

The SN version also comes with 5200mAH battery compared to 4400mAH of SV, so you'll get longer battery life.

And yea, that quad core vs dual core.

If you notice, laptops with the specs level of N53SN are around the same price level, so definitely Asus isn't charging you for things that aren't worth the price.

By the way, lingloong's prices for both laptops are the lowest I've seen in LYN atm... with N53SN @ RM3349 and N53SV @ RM2679

This post has been edited by JustForFun: Mar 5 2011, 08:33 AM

Hmm.. Are you sure the batteries are different? Both have the exact same design/look, how can the battery be different though? Is it a printing error on brochures or something?

I referred to usa.asus.com and cross-checked with the brochures of the different sellers in LYN, all of them stating the SN version comes with 5200mAh.

And it's just the mAh not the number of cells, it's not gonna affect the size.

looks like i can see myself buying N53SN in the near future then...

hurry reserve it fast..many said its so limited

limited?
really?