Finding a real gaming laptop on the mobile market is not as easy as it seems, because most manufacturers do not know what the customer really wants. For the future owner, the main criteria are affordable cost, high performance and ergonomics. In the price category of up to 100,000 rubles, only one device meets these requirements - the Asus G750JX. This article is dedicated to this laptop, in which the reader will get acquainted with the technical characteristics of mobile technology, see a review and will be pleasantly surprised by the positive feedback from the owners about the best gaming laptop in the world.
Republic of Players
Better to start with the fact that this laptop is included in the well-known series of gaming devices Asus ROG (Republic of Gamers). It is this factor that gives hope to all potential buyers that the manufacturer will be able to attract them to a novelty in the mobile technology market. Among fans of resource-intensive dynamic games, there is a tacit standard that allows you to quickly navigate the computer market.
For example, the HyperX mark on solid-state drives hints at the customer's performance, which has been repeatedly tested in the laboratory. But the Asus ROG G750JX laptop makes it clear that the potential buyer is a real game monster that can cope with any task.
First meeting
Many buyers believe that the appearance of a mobile device is not as important as its cost and performance. However, one can talk about other laptops produced by other brands. The high-tech Asus ROG G750JX is an exception. The most interesting thing is that each potential buyer who sees the gadget with their own eyes or in the photo has their own associations associated with the appearance of the laptop. For some, it’s the control panel of a foreign ship, while other users associate the device with a sports car.
In any case, it is worth paying tribute to Asus designers who managed to create something exclusive and attract the attention of customers who, despite the price (after all, 100 thousand rubles), are ready to purchase such a beautiful laptop with an unusual shape.
Build quality
The manufacturer didn’t economize on plastic, at least the 5-pound gadget has a sufficiently strong body that hypothetically will not crash when dropped or hit by foreign objects. However, it is not worth checking the strength of the Asus G750JX laptop, since the manufacturer has not officially announced protection of the case.
No need to expect users and extraneous squeaks from a mobile device during operation. Reinforced hinges, a powerful screen cover and a durable bottom simply will not allow plastic to bend under external physical stress. It is worth noting that the entire body has a special coating made in the form of a texture (we are talking about soft touch). Thanks to this, the laptop can be transported in hands, holding it on the weight with just two fingers.
But the build quality, judging by the reviews of the owners, raises many questions for the manufacturer. The plastic at the joints of the case has small gaps, and many users get the impression that they are facing some kind of fake that is about to fall apart (this is especially noticeable on laptops that have a gray color).
Most important component
No, it’s not about the processor or the display. In a gaming laptop, the first place in importance is occupied by the cooling system. Radiators and coolers are given the entire rear panel of the mobile device, which is even visually separated from the display cover. Do not forget that the laptop is a 17-inch, which means that inside the case there is a lot of space for a decent blowing of the processor, video card, memory modules and wireless interfaces, which can be heated in the first place.
As for the service, here the Asus G750JX laptop also showed itself on the good side. Cleaning coolers is quite simple, you just need to apply a powerful stream of air to the radiator grilles installed on the rear end of the mobile device. Yes, such actions will not remove dust by 100%, however, the cooling system will still be cleaned. Experts recommend that all buyers at least once a year disassemble and clean the radiator and fans from dust more thoroughly, since it is not always possible to get rid of debris with a vacuum cleaner.
Real monitor
Yes, the 17-inch display with a 16:10 aspect ratio looks great, it's even hard to argue with that. Confuses only the low-quality matrix of such an expensive device. TN + Film technology has long been obsolete, and the manufacturer simply had to equip its product with a decent IPS display. To top it all off, the Asus ROG G750JX gaming device is equipped with a LCD screen that supports a maximum resolution of FullHD (1920 × 1080 dpi). In their reviews, many users were unsatisfied with the screen as a whole.
The only merit that praises users is the matte finish of the display. Neither in sunlight, nor in bright daylight, the matrix of the laptop does not create glare. Working and playing with such a device is convenient everywhere and at any time of the day.
Built-in acoustics
Conducting a review on the Asus G750JX laptop, it is worth noting that the manufacturer paid attention to the sound subsystem. The mobile device has two powerful speakers and one subwoofer. The result was something like acoustics 2.1. The manufacturer also worried about the communication capabilities of the laptop, equipping it with two directional microphones.
If we talk about the quality of sound, then not everything is as good as it looks from the outside. Firstly, the sound card is integrated, which means it consumes the resources of the entire system and directly depends on the processor. The second negative factor is, oddly enough, the subwoofer. Embedding a subwoofer in the plastic case of a laptop is stupid. At least, this is the opinion of many experts who are familiar with acoustics, and any car enthusiast will confirm that a low-frequency speaker even at a low volume makes the car body vibrate, not to mention the plastic case of the laptop.
Remote Control
When you first get acquainted with the keyboard of the Asus G750JX T4116H laptop, it creates a strange feeling that the mobile device is defective. Yes, the gaming laptop does not have additional buttons. This is not about multimedia, but about specially customizable buttons that come with all gaming keyboards.
As for the button block, here the opinions of users were divided into two camps. Conservatives assure that the keyboard is quite convenient, the buttons are large and have a sensitive feedback to the finger. Even the control arrows and the numeric keypad are slightly distant from ordinary keys and look like a separate unit. There are also many positive emotions in the media regarding the keyboard backlight in the dark.
But lovers of dynamic games did not like the laptop keyboard. It looks somehow poor and has poor functionality. In their reviews, players recommend that potential buyers immediately purchase an external Defender or A4Tech keyboard for their mobile device, which is equipped with additional customizable control buttons.
Touch pad
It is unlikely that a real player will manage to do without a manipulator. Perhaps the mouse will become for many users the salvation that will allow you to perform additional functionality using programmable buttons. But still I would like to pay attention to the touch pad, which is provided with the Asus G750JX laptop. The reviews of the owners claim that the touchpad is the best built-in element that a mobile device has:
- Sizes. The touch pad is huge and fully supports multi-touch and gestures.
- Convenience. The matte finish of the touchpad allows you to comfortably work with any application and carry out the necessary actions with just one touch.
The touch pad is very good, which is confirmed by any owner. The manufacturer paid attention even to the control buttons - they are mechanical, sensitive and very comfortable. Such a touchpad is more suited for creativity, rather than for games. At least that's what most users think, judging by their reviews.
Sweet piece of cake
Yes, the Asus G750JX 17-inch laptop has a rather large and spacious case, which means it is very capacious and able to incorporate many useful interfaces, connectors and additional devices. Better to start with the fact that the manufacturer took care of users who prefer to run their favorite toys, lying in bed. Therefore, it is not surprising that the rear and front of the case are completely devoid of any ports and interfaces.
On the left side of the laptop, the owner will find two USB 3.0 ports, a memory card receiver and a DVD writer. On the other side of the device are a couple of USB 3.0 interfaces, an audio panel, mini DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA and an Ethernet port. This is a good set of interfaces for such an interesting gaming device.
However, there were users who saw one negative factor. Notebook Asus G750JX is not equipped with a USB 2.0 interface. And this means that the owner will not be able to start the system from a bootable USB flash drive or install Windows from a USB drive (there is an optical drive, of course).
Specifications
The heart of the laptop is the 4-core Intel Core i7 4700HQ processor. The fourth-generation crystal is interesting in that it has low heat dissipation and high potential in Turbo Boost mode. As practice shows, without user intervention in the load, 4 cores can independently accelerate from 2400 to 3600 MHz. We must not forget that each core has two threads (8 virtual cores in total) and is equipped with a large cache volume.
We must not forget about the gaming graphics accelerator, which is equipped with a laptop Asus G750JX. A professional-grade cooling system is just useful here, because a real game monster Nvidia Gefirce GTX 770M is installed in the mobile device (GDDR5, 3 GB RAM, 192 bits bandwidth).
Modern DDR3L RAM complements such an interesting symbiosis of high-performance components. In the factory version, the laptop is equipped with 8 GB of memory, but no one bothers the user to increase the volume to 64 gigabytes, because the device has 4 DDR3 slots.
Platform weak link
A magnetic hard drive is able to slow down the entire system. This is a fact that has already been proven by many experts in the computer market. However, Asus does not know about it, as the well-known manufacturer tried to create its own vision of a productive device - it installed two identical 750 GB drives and provided the laptop with a RAID controller.
As practice shows, the solution is stupid and defies logic. Any SSD-drive in terms of speed will surpass even an array made on ultra-fast magnetic disks. There is only one conclusion - to run resource-intensive games you need to install a solid-state hard drive.
By the way, touching upon the operation of the RAID controller, I would like to note the impossibility of combining disks from different manufacturers using laptop tools. But outside interference can disrupt the firmware of the Asus G750JX mobile device. It is impossible to restore the BIOS on its own, since the laptop does not have a backup memory element. So it is better not to interfere with the operation of the RAID at all or to get an SSD drive.
Feedback
Almost all users in their reviews note that the appearance of the device is still better to choose taking into account the color. So the Asus G750JX black laptop looks much nicer than the gray one. Any buyer can be convinced of this by looking at the photo of the mobile device. And speaking of ergonomics in general, it is difficult to call a laptop portable - after all, 5 kilogram weight and overall dimensions make themselves felt.
Game lovers noticed a strange feature in the operation of the video adapter, which when running on battery power significantly reduces its own performance (the graphics core and memory modules work at lower frequencies). Therefore, for maximum efficiency of the platform, the owner is simply obliged to connect a charger to the laptop.
Russian-speaking citizens will not like the lack of Cyrillic lighting on the keyboard unit. Somehow, the manufacturer distributed a system of LEDs, which in the dark display only Latin letters of the alphabet.
Finally
In general, the Asus G750JX laptop impressions are positive. The mobile device is convenient, powerful and pretty pretty. Special attention is given to the cooling system, which draws attention to the laptop of potential buyers. If we talk about powerful gaming solutions in the segment of up to 100,000 rubles, then this mobile device can be safely called the best choice for fans of resource-intensive dynamic games.
Also, the laptop will be of interest to people of creativity, who daily have to work with 3D-modeling, processing graphics or video. Indeed, in addition to gaming features, a mobile device copes with complex mathematical calculations, which are extremely important for many professional editors, designers and programmers.