Disclosure: I have a G51J-A1 and understand why gaming notebook isn't as stupid as a lot think.
1) of course performance is worse, lappys don't have 400W to play with, either as power in or heat out. My lappy crams the equivalent of a 9800GTX and a 2/3rd-speed i7 920 into 120W and 1 inch thick. 2) of course price is worse, it's all minaturised and developed as a unit rather than separate components with common specifications (added bonus is warranty applies to the unit as a whole) 3) portability and flexibility... not everyone wants to stuff around with transferring files between a home PC, work PC, tablet, smartphone... plus I can go anywhere with this if I want (for an hour or so)
Firstly DX11 or not isn't an issue, these cards are midrange in performance anyway and don't have tesselation capabilities anyway.
Plus they don't have the grunt to drive a 3D display (which requires 2x the fps) at any higher a res. The GTX260M in my laptop - which is in between the two cards in those two lappys - struggles with some modern games at medium settings, still can't do some old games on top settings (e.g. Far Cry 2 @ Ultra)
I would advise anyone considering them to hoster their cash and wait to see what the G53 variants and GTX 460M brings. At least the older models may drop in price a bit :)
yes every you said before can be true but this machine i mean G51JX-3D runs great, all games full graphics and the game goes smother.. eventually can elevate the temperature but nothing to alarm, for the rest i will be my last laptop....
The 3D experience was incredible i never going to play a game whit out 3d vision again....
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Spivonious - Thursday, August 5, 2010 - link
Gaming notebook will forever be an oxymoron in my mind.bennyg - Monday, August 9, 2010 - link
Disclosure: I have a G51J-A1 and understand why gaming notebook isn't as stupid as a lot think.1) of course performance is worse, lappys don't have 400W to play with, either as power in or heat out. My lappy crams the equivalent of a 9800GTX and a 2/3rd-speed i7 920 into 120W and 1 inch thick.
2) of course price is worse, it's all minaturised and developed as a unit rather than separate components with common specifications (added bonus is warranty applies to the unit as a whole)
3) portability and flexibility... not everyone wants to stuff around with transferring files between a home PC, work PC, tablet, smartphone... plus I can go anywhere with this if I want (for an hour or so)
bennyg - Monday, August 9, 2010 - link
Firstly DX11 or not isn't an issue, these cards are midrange in performance anyway and don't have tesselation capabilities anyway.Plus they don't have the grunt to drive a 3D display (which requires 2x the fps) at any higher a res. The GTX260M in my laptop - which is in between the two cards in those two lappys - struggles with some modern games at medium settings, still can't do some old games on top settings (e.g. Far Cry 2 @ Ultra)
I would advise anyone considering them to hoster their cash and wait to see what the G53 variants and GTX 460M brings. At least the older models may drop in price a bit :)
pegasso84 - Sunday, August 15, 2010 - link
yes every you said before can be true but this machine i mean G51JX-3D runs great, all games full graphics and the game goes smother..eventually can elevate the temperature but nothing to alarm, for the rest i will be my last laptop....
The 3D experience was incredible i never going to play a game whit out 3d vision again....