ASUS G71Gx-A2 17-Inch Black Gaming Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium)

by Asus

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.4 x 12 x 2.2 inches ; 8.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 19.9 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002P3KMS0
• Item model number: G71Gx-A2
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,117 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 18, 2009

Product Description

More than just a high definition entertainment notebook, the ASUS G71Gx packs the muscle to propel users into a world of immersive gaming and emerge victorious at the end of every encounter. Powered by an Intel Quad Core processor, the ASUS G71Gx is highly capable of delivering maximum entertainment enjoyment while out and about. The G71Gx is also the world's first notebook to feature the NVidia GTX 260M Graphics Engine. With a mind-blowing 3DMark (2006) score of up to 10,000, further complimented by NVIDIA PhysX, as well as CUDA, the NVidia GTX 260M provides users with an unprecedented visual extravaganza. Equipped with a 17-inch WUXGA display with a resolution of 1920 x 1200, and supported by ASUS Splendid Video Intelligence Technology, which provides users with 6 pre-set settings which enhances images, videos and in-game graphics, the G71Gx is the perfect choice for those who want to be ready for any game anytime. The G71Gx also comes with the ASUS 360 service program with a 2 year global warranty, one month zero bright dot guaranty, free two-way standard overnight shipping and twenty-four hour tech support seven days a week. In addition,a One Year Accidental Damage Warranty is included, protecting your notebook from drops, fire, spills and surges. The package contains 2 year warranty card, notebook, gaming backpack, and gaming mouse.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Asus G1Gx-A2, November 1, 2009

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Robert M. Swanson (McHenry, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ASUS G71Gx-A2 17-Inch Black Gaming Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

This laptop is incredibly good. Just from turning it on and viewing the 1080 High Definition LCD screen will make any gamer drool. It runs Aion on literally the highest settings without any flaws. The only time the laptop experienced difficulty with the game was after 6 hours of straight play due to it heating up fairly well. It is uncomparable to other laptops because it trumps them. Try building the Alienware M17x with the specs of 620GB Hard Drive, 6GB of RAM, nVidia GeForce GTX 260M Video Card with 1 GB of dedicated memory, and an Intel Duo Quad Core 2.0GHz processor and it will run you over $2400. This laptop was and still amazes me. Plus it comes with a Razor Copperhead Gaming Mouse and an Asus Laptop Backpack. If you put the $1800 into this machine you will love it's power and portability. The only dislike I have about this machine is the sheer power of it is it's double edged sword. Since it is so powerful, it drains the battery rather quickly. (Aion on full settings usually drains the battery in an hour and fifteen minutes.) Another minor annoyance that I don't mind but other people mind is that when the laptop is charging there are LEDs on the left and right side portion of the screen that blink. Family members complain, but you won't even see them while you're destroying the souls of your enemies on whatever game is blessed enough to run on this machine. If you buy this, enjoy it. If not, keep on wishing you did/could because you won't regret the purchase.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good laptop, October 31, 2009

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Computer Guru (Panhandle, FL) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: ASUS G71Gx-A2 17-Inch Black Gaming Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

I had been wanting to get a laptop with blu-ray, and at least a 1080P resolution screen, and this one met all thee requirements. This screen has a great max resoltion going all the way to 1920x1200. The video card in this is top notch and will handle just about anything you throw at it. This laptop could easily be compared to an Alienware with similiar specs... but the only difference is the Alienware will cost a good deal more.

Unfortunately, the speakers on here are not as good sounding as I had hoped. Several months ago, I purched a cheaper ASUS laptop (model UX50V-RX05) from Best Buy. That one is only 600 bucks and has great specs for the money, except for the fact that it has only a solo core processor. However, the speakers on that one pretty much sound better than this one! Its big enough and has enough in it, to act as a desktop replacement, so if it's on a desk and you have decent computer speakers, I'd recommend plugging them into it.

Another issue I've had is with the WinDVD blu-ray player software that comes with the system. You have to install it with the disc provided, but when I went to play a blu-ray movie, I got this popup saying the "AACS key is expired and needs updating". So I followed all the prompts to do this, and the program and webpage to update it seems to hang every time. It says this key is needed to play some blu-ray movies. I'm sure it's not an issue with ASUS, but more with the WinDVD program, but still a hastle. I'm happy to say however, that I skipped updating that code, and my blu-ray movie still played anyhow. It would have been nice if this laptop had an illuminated keyboard too (like my UX50V-RX05), but it does not.

And one other thing too is apparently, this laptop has DDR2 RAM in it. DDR3 has been out for a while, and many other laptop manufacturers are installing DDR3 type memory in their notebooks. I really wish ASUS would have put DDR3 RAM in this!

So all in all, this is a very good laptop. I've had a couple small issues as mentioned above, but I still would recommend this system for gaming or just an all around good multi-media system. The backpack and gaming mouse included are nice too!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sweet laptop BUT..................., January 15, 2011

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J. Berryman (22801) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ASUS G71Gx-A2 17-Inch Black Gaming Laptop (Windows 7 Home Premium) (Personal Computers)

Well I have had mine now for about 18 months and here is the poop on this machine. This thing is a beast and has no problems with games that kill frame rates. It's awesome quick on everything you ask it to do. Yes the price tag was a great deal for all you get in this rig. Now here it comes..................... I had mine for about 3 months and it started white screening on me. This is a well known problem with these machines and ASUS knows it. Well I sent it back and it took over two months and lots of emails asking about where my laptop was an why it was taking so long. ASUS was nice about it but not truthful because they told me it was a hardware problem and they were waiting for a part to fix it. Well two months and I get it back and 2 weeks later here comes the same problem and it just got worse from there. Today I sent it back again and will hope they have a real fix for the problem now. I will let you all know what happens so wish me luck. I really do love this laptop when it works. They don't sell this unit anymore and have replaced it with a newer version and I hope they got the bugs out.

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UPDATE HERE: 11-11-11 OK here is the scoop.......I sent the laptop in at the end of the warranty the 3rd time and Asus said that they would have to wait on parts to fix it. So they offered me a replacement the G73-JW. Well the replacement was a great upgrade from what I had and I am well pleased with it. Asus was slow and not wanting to give in to a replacement but now I have a smoking laptop now. What a sweet upgrade. Works for me and hope it keeps on working. G73-JW NICE !