too much has changed.. Acer is doing pretty good now.. Asus seems to be struggling, HP is doing as usual. Others? no comments..

There are better gaming laptops around.. Sager, MSI. Just that they are not widely available in Malaysia, you have to order them online.

since you believe Asus has done their job there is nothing we can do to convince you already?

Not yet.. haha.. probably tonight. having slight fever so took a nap earlier. haha..

The backpanel can access the fan directly.

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Added on August 26, 2011, 7:22 pmdoes it have optimus?

Im not too sure eh.. But it has HD3000 with it.. I dont know which is on at what time..

This post has been edited by Batusai: Aug 26 2011, 07:22 PM

doesnt show HD3000 but shows Intel® HD Graphics Family.

but it feels like GT555m is on all the time.

yup. Nvidia icon is on system tray with the Intel HD Graphics also.. lol

Yeah graphics is same score as gaming 6.9..

under display tab, its Intel HD graphics.. haha.. normal browsing only at the moment.

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Added on August 26, 2011, 7:36 pmwell the other forum, a user reports with optimus.

and right clicking program allows me to choose to run in integrated or high performance Graphics.

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Added on August 26, 2011, 7:37 pmthe person also had 4.7 for graphics for WEI and stated HD3000. lol

This post has been edited by Batusai: Aug 26 2011, 07:37 PM

Just changed my HDD to 7200rpm..

well.. I must say, Im quite impressed with the acess of the backpanel, I could see the CPU and the chipset of the motherboard as well.

the Heatpipes are quite long as well.. But the heatvent is made of aluminum. If its made of copper, it would be much nicer.

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Added on August 27, 2011, 12:07 amnot quite happy with the HDD being left 'naked' with the 'green' parts exposed.. they should probably make some kind of foil to cover it or something.

This post has been edited by Batusai: Aug 27 2011, 12:07 AM

yea. but temperature wise, Im more worried with the GPU instead.. haha..

are those heatpipes long? compared to other 16 inches?

or is it just me that I havent been playing with 16 inch laptop for quite sometime.

lol.. dust will be pouring in if I open up and blow directly.. though I really love to do so

did not see the ram slots when opening up.. lol. didnt think of upgrading..

from pic it looks like 2 ram slots only.. not sure max supported thou.

Im using CM U2

yeah.. was with u2 93 degrees peaked.

my U2 is placed in the general area along the heat pipes but its covered with backpanel with hole vents covering the heat pipes.

Yours is HD5650 right?

lol.. HD4670 was good performance graphics back then.. haha.. I guess AMD always run cooler than Nvidia..

Im not surprised it reaches 90C. lol

yeah.. I think stil can turn on with the backside opened up.. but I rather not do so le..

I do have a mini vacuum to clean the dusts.. but opening up the backpanel would just risk it.. so I rather not do so.

Why not you guys try it on your laptops?



This post has been edited by Batusai: Aug 27 2011, 12:11 PM

to be able to play Witcher 2 at med setting is quite good edi eh..

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Added on August 27, 2011, 6:57 pmboot time is now 35secs using WD Black with some program blocked at startup.

This post has been edited by Batusai: Aug 27 2011, 06:57 PM

Driver would sometimes be a pain but the thing its time consuming to install them one by one..

What I did was doing 'msconfig' disable some startup programs that I do not need..

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Added on August 27, 2011, 10:44 pmgot my first bluescreen.. wooot.. Not happy with it..

This post has been edited by Batusai: Aug 27 2011, 10:44 PM

GPU failure it seems.. No luck in reproducing the BSOD..