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Is an Asus G75vw laptop good enough?

Aug 20, 2012 8:33 PM

First up I'd like to say that I'm a complete bunny when it comes to this technical stuff and my head is now hurting a bit.

 

I need to get a new laptop to run CS5.5 on & CS6 later on when I update. Ive been looking at speced HP's from dealers and they're very pricey. My main issue is probably that I need it in super quick due to an unexpected job dropping into my lap.

 

I'm looking at an Asus G75VW. Does anyone out there already run one? Will it do the job? My biggest concern is that the nVidia GTX670M card is not approved. Can it be cracked?

 

We do relatively simple HD edits using a mixture of formats.

 

If you can help, I'd greatly appreciate the advice.

 

Cheers

Jason 

703 Views   5 Replies   Latest reply: Bill Gehrke, Aug 21, 2012 6:38 PM
 
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  • JFPhoton
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    1. JFPhoton,
    Aug 21, 2012 5:58 AM   in reply to My dog Dougie is cool
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    Jason,

    I wrote a post about a sale on that machine for $1399 recently.

    If you get the right model with the 1920x1080 screen and16GB memory,it will be very good.I am working off a two year old G73jw Asus, and it handles 5.03 fine.

    You must install a second hdd....min 7200 rpm....to run PPro.

    You can clone the supplied 750GB HDD onto an SSD to make that your boot drive with only OS and programs on it.

    Then, you can use that 750GB HDD as the media drive .

     
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    2. Bill Gehrke,
    Aug 21, 2012 7:05 AM   in reply to JFPhoton
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    Unfortunately it looks like the sale is over I think this was the one that is back to $1599. 

     

    Give them a call.

     

    Message was edited by: Bill Gehrke

     

    Yes you can add that GPU to the list of "cuda_supported_ cards.txt" file.

     
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    3. JFPhoton,
    Aug 21, 2012 7:51 AM   in reply to Bill Gehrke
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    .....Oh.....the HUMANITY!!!

     
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    4. My dog Dougie is cool,
    Aug 21, 2012 5:08 PM   in reply to JFPhoton
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    Many thanks for the advice. I've also done a little bit more research on the the card fix and will take the plunge!

     

    My head now hurts a great deal less and the blood pressure is lower.

     

    Cheers

    Jason

     
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    5. Bill Gehrke,
    Aug 21, 2012 6:38 PM   in reply to My dog Dougie is cool
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    When you get it up running and tuned run the PPBM5 benchmarks so we can all be jealous of your laptop.

     
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