CPU | Intel Core i7-2630QM |
Operating System | Windows 7 Ultimate |
Chipset | Intel HM65 Express Chipset |
Memory | DDR3 1333 MHz, 4 x SODIMM, 16 GByte |
Display | 17.3'' Full HD 3D 120Hz, 1920 x 1080 |
Graphics card | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M, 3 GByte GDDR5 |
Hard drive | 2 x 500 GByte (2.5'') |
Video Camera | HD Web Camera |
Connectors | 1 x Microphone-in jack 1 x Headphone-out jack 1 x USB 3.0 3 x USB 2.0 1 x RJ45 LAN jack 1 x HDMI |
Audio | Built-in Speakers and
Microphone EAX Advanced HD 5.0 THX TruStudio |
Battery | 5200 mAh, 74 Whrs, 8 cell |
Dimensions | 325 x 420 x 62 mm (W x D x H) |
Weight | 4.28 kg |
Like its predecessor, the G73, the G74 also comes with a rubber coated
surface. Paired up with its destinctive shape and black color the design itself
reminds of a stealth bomber. Therefore ASUS decided to stick to their design
theme. Generally the design left a very good impression and even for LAN party
gamers it should be tough enough.
Centered, below the keyboard you can find the touchpad. Fortunately this has
not been integrated into the material of this case and offers a left and a right
key. The touchpad also offers scrolling functionality but this doesn't work very
properly. In on situation it reacts too quickly and in another it doesn't show
any responsiveness at all. Nevertheless the material is very good and even if
you tend to have sweaty fingers it is comfortable to use.
Futuremark PCMark 7 | Punkte |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 3'015 |
ASUS G74SX | 2'500 |
Video playback and transcoding / Video playback | fps |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 23.11 |
ASUS G74SX | 23.04 |
Video playback and transcoding / Video transcoding - downscaling | KByte/s |
ASUS G74SX | 5'251.03 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 4'922.64 |
System storage - gaming / System storage - gaming | MByte/s |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 7.93 MByte/s |
ASUS G74SX | 4.34 MByte/s |
Graphics - DirectX 9 / Graphics - DirectX 9 | fps |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 47.51 |
ASUS G74SX | 48.96 |
Image manipulation / Image manipulation | Mpx/s |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 8.86 |
ASUS G74SX | 8.80 |
System storage - importing pictures / System storage - importing pictures | MByte/s |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 11.08 |
ASUS G74SX | 6.30 |
Web browsing and decrypting / Web browsing | Pages/s |
ASUS G74SX | 10.66 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 9.8 |
Web browsing and decrypting / Data decryption | MByte/s |
ASUS G74SX | 55.94 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 47.63 |
System storage - Windows Defender / System storage - Windows Defender | MByte/s |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 3.29 |
ASUS G74SX | 1.4 |
3DMark 11 Total | Punkte |
ASUS G74SX | 1'980 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 1'781 |
3DMark 11 GPU | Punkte |
ASUS G74SX | 1'773 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 1'593 |
3DMark 11 Physics | Punkte |
ASUS G74SX | 6'208 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 5'941 |
3DMark Vantage Total | Punkte |
ASUS G74SX | 9'029 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 8'134 |
3DMark Vantage GPU | Punkte |
ASUS G74SX | 7'770 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 6'904 |
3DMark Vantage CPU | Punkte |
ASUS G74SX | 17'575 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 17'473 |
Unigine Heaven Benchmark | fps |
ASUS G74SX | 10.0 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 9.0 |
Resident Evil 5 | fps |
ASUS G74SX | 51.0 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 44.4 |
Far Cry 2 | fps |
ASUS G74SX | 39.07 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 34.48 |
Battery Eater Classic | min |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 2 h 16 min 11 sec |
ASUS G74SX | 1 h 31 min 41 sec |
Power Consumption Load | Watt |
ASUS G74SX | 145 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 128 |
Power Consumption Idle | Watt |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 37 |
ASUS G74SX | 42 |
Power Consumption while power off | Watt |
ASUS G74SX | 9.3 |
ASUS Lamborghini VX7 | 9.1 |
General | + | - | |
Generally the ASUS G74SX leaves a good impression and it is a solid gaming notebook. We especially liked the big display with the very good colors as well as brightness. Additionally you get a well built keyboard. Impressive is the cooling system. Although the G74SX draws more than 140 Watts out of the wall the notbook isn't noisy at all. ASUS really did its homework very well. | - Display -Cooling |
- Batter
life - Weight |
|
Display / Input devices | + | - | |
ASUS
equipped the G74SX with a very good 17.3 inch display. The colors and
contrast ratio as well as the brightness were able to convince us.
Thanks to the NVIDIA shutter glasses which are included in the delivery
you can even enjoy 3D with the 120 Hz capable display. Altoghter it is
simply perfect for a gaming notebook. The keyobard which includes a number pad as well as separate arrow keys also leave as very good impression. Therefore build quality and responsiveness are very accurate. The only weakness concerns the touchpad. Especially the scrolling functionality could have been better. |
- Display size - Readability - Colors - 3D |
- Touchpad scroll functionality | |
Performance | + | - | |
Equipped with a Core i7-2630QM quad core CPU that features eitght threads clocked at 2.0 GHz there is plenty of performance slumbering. Ufortunately in PCMark 7 it wasn't able to outperform the ASUS Lamorghini VX7 which remains on the top. As soon as you start the gaming benchmarks you see where this thing has its roots. Therefore the GTX 560M is more than ten percent faster than its predecessor which can be found in the Lamborghini notebook. | - Gaming Performance | ||
Recommendation | + | - | |
If you should be looking for a gaming notebook that comes with a big display and is able to display 3D then the G74SX will definitely be a good choice | -
Gaming Notebook - DesktopReplacement |
- Mobile Computing | |
Rating | |||
With the G74SX Gaming Notebook ASUS has a convincing product in its portfolio. Because of the touchpad which could have been better we give it four out of five stars. |