Very Nice

By D. Flaws (Southern CA)

This review is for: ASUS Republic of Gamers G51JX-A1 Gaming Laptop

I did a little research and this laptop seemed pretty much looks from those expected to buy and also by the few who have already received about them. I also saw that it seemed most of the original broadcast came with 1333MHz DDR3 RAM instead of 1066. I opened mine and it has 1333. A supply problem, I think. Very nice test, it is a $ 150 + Upgrade on some websites.

I installed Borderlands and it seemed like a dog at first, then I realized I had not plugged the power supply, it is automatically a low-power mode when on battery only (of course), and it makes a big difference. Once I plugged in all settings to High except for anti-aliasing at 4 instead of 16 and native resolution at 1920x1080, it ran a little slow. Frame rate was usually around 30 Fine for most games but not a FPS. was at 1280x720 frame rate in the 50's. I played about an hour and it was running very hot, so I stopped for a while. I bought this notebook an older Dell laptop I had to replace because I burned out the VID card on the Dell, so I was a bit concerned, perhaps unnecessarily.

The keyboard is good, but the buttons are really slippery, could use a kind of texture or concave shape. They are illuminated, the very useful (hit Fn + F4 when you first get it were me off).

Could you use a USB in the back (I like to use a cooling pad), but it has two on each side near the front, which is nice.

Lights on the lid are annoying. The side off in battery mode, then I look for in a setting to turn it off all the time. The logo of light in the center of the cover never goes out.

I like the physical switch for WLAN and Bluetooth.

No dead pixels, I'll close us for 30 days, but I hope not have to RMA. Nice guarantees on this thing, definitely a plus. Watch out, if you buy an ASUS from Best Buy - they do not try to honor all standard ASUS warranty, I think the accident. Since Best Buy, you will sell their own insurance for $ 179

The thing I do not like most about this laptop is the screen size. Not the resolution, but the actual physical size. It is about 4:03 inch panel on the sides and bottom, and almost a quarter inch at the top. The notebook also makes visually less attractive as it is bulky and thick. The large top bezel is likely because of the webcam, which I will never use. The screen could easily be 16 + inches, the lots with the high resolution would help. At 1920x1080 on a laptop, you need all the size, you can get. Text at 100% tiny, but I will be delivered to 125%, so that each smart on their part. I use it primarily for painting in Photoshop and Painter including a high resolution is great. The attempt to have someone show text on the screen is difficult, if not they can read, unless they are very close.

Another thing I did not like was 40 + GB pre-installed software. Why all this crap would someone want is beyond me. I wanted to wipe and reinstall, but it is the Quick-Start-OS, which I need to look and see if that will wipe and install it if any new problems. I have pretty much wiped always plan a new computer, but most people would not so that is a factor. All in all very satisfied with it!