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ASUS G53SW 3D Gaming Notebook Review

By on March 8, 2011
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A stealthy beast.

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Good: Stealth design, Rear exhaust vents are quite and effective, Sandy Bridge CPU is powerful, Nvidia GPU runs all games smoothly, Bluray & 3D playback are amazing, Backlit keyboard is nice & bright, 120Hz LCD
Bad: LCD resolution only 1366x768, Bloatware pre-installed, Matt finish on cover attracts a lot of dust and fingerprints
Specs: Click here to see a full list of specs
Price: AED 6,999
* The price is the Suggested Retail Price at the time of review. Please call a retailer to confirm the latest price for this product.

Processor Intel® Core™ i7 2630QM
Intel® Core™ i5 2410M
Intel® Core™ i3 2310M
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate
Genuine Windows® 7 Professional
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
Chipset Intel® HM65 Express Chipset
Memory DDR3 1333 MHz SDRAM,4 x SO-DIMM socket for expansion up to 16 G SDRAM Quad Core,2 x SO-DIMM socket for expansion up to 8 G SDRAM Dual Core
Display 15.6″ 16:9 HD (1366×768)/HD 3D (1366×768 120Hz)/Full HD (1920×1080) LED backlit
Graphic NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460M 1.5GB GDDR5 VRAM
Storage 2.5″ 9.5mm SATA
750GB 7200rpm
640GB 5400rpm
500GB 5400rpm/7200rpm
500GB 7200rpm SSH
Dual HDD Support*1
Optical Drive Blu-Ray DVD Combo
Super-Multi DVD
Blu-ray Writer
Card Reader 5 -in-1 card reader ( SDXC/ MS/ MS Pro/ MS Duo/ MMC)
Camera 2.0 Mega Pixel Fixed web camera
Networking Integrated802.11 b/g/n
Built-in Bluetooth™ V2.1+EDR (Optional)
10/100/1000 Base T
Interface 1 x Microphone-in jack
1 x Headphone-out jack
1 x USB 3.0 port(s)
3 x USB 2.0 port(s)
1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert
1 x HDMI
Audio Built-in Speakers And
EAX Advanced HD 5.0
THX TruStudio
Battery 8Cells : 5200 mAh 74 Whrs
Power Adaptor Output : 19 V DC, 6.3 A, 150 W (Quad Core) /120 W (Dual Core)
Input : 100 -240 V AC, 50/60 Hz universal
Dimensions 39.1 x 2.7 x 2.0 ~5.0 cm (WxDxH)
Weight 3.78 kg (with 8 cell battery)
Security Kensington lock
Manufacturer Warranty 2-year limited global hardware warranty. *different by country
1-year battery pack warranty
On-line problem resolution through web interface (BIOS, Driver update)
OS (Windows 7 ) install/uninstall consultation
Bundled software install/uninstall consultation
ASUS software supporting
Note *1 : dual HDD support up to 1.5TB / Solid State Hybrid drive up to 1TB

This PC is preloaded with reduced-functionality versions of Word and Excel that include advertising. Purchase an Office 2010 Product Key to activate full-featured Office software on this PC.

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From auditing to editing, I now test and analyze the latest gadgets and games instead of the latest financial statements. Both jobs are equally intense and rewarding. When I'm not burning up hardware in the name of science, you'll find me nuking in DOTA 2 or engineering in TF2.

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  • an interested user

    Hey,
    can you say a little bit to the battery? How long does it run in idle or on a stress test until you need to go back to AC?

    • http://twitter.com/taimoorh Taimoor Hafeez

      I didn’t post any battery life numbers because they were quite low; typical for a desktop replacement notebook of course.

      On the power saving “Battery Mode”, and keeping the screen brightness under 50% while just surfing the net, I got just around 3 and a half hours. On “High Performance” mode, at 50% screen brightness I got over 2 and a half hours while surfing the net and Youtubing a bit. Playing Crysis 2 on “High Performance” gave me an hour and a half before I had to plug in the power cord.

      Like I said, these numbers are nothing to write home about, but are standard for such a powerful notebook.

      • an interested user

        It seems the G53SW does not support the new technology OPTIMUS … or can you tell us sth. different?
        What kind of batterie(i.e. 6Cell or 5200mah) is placed in the book?
        TIA!

        • http://twitter.com/taimoorh Taimoor Hafeez

          If you check out the Specs page, you’ll see that the G53SW doesn’t contain Optimus.

          The battery is 8Cells : 5200 mAh 74 Whrs.

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  • Joelam27952498

    is it the G53sw – 3D version? is there any review of G53sw -A1?

    • http://twitter.com/taimoorh Taimoor Hafeez

      The version we got was the 3D 120Hz panel. You can still check out our benchmarks above to check out the performance as they were done in normal “2D/non-3D” format.

  • Adam951

    you say that ‘we received the 1366×768 120Hz 3D panel for our review machine’ but do you know if it will be available as a 1080p full HD 3D model with 120hz screen?

    • http://twitter.com/taimoorh Taimoor Hafeez

      The 1080p screen doesn’t come with 120Hz panel. You can check it out in the Specifications.

  • http://www.laptopbatteriesinc.com/apple/apple-macbook-pro-15-inch-battery Xiongdi77

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  • zack

    can this laptop support CRYSIS 2 High Perfomance settings?

    • http://twitter.com/n3tninja Brandon Fernandes

      YES IT CAN !

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  • Glenn673

    hello i would like to ask the complete model number of the machine?

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