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We were very impressed with the Asus G73 Republic Of Gamers laptop because it combines a high level of quality components throughout while utilising a very unusual and appealing chassis design. It is the ‘Stealth Fighter' of the gaming performance laptop world.
While ours arrived in a bad state of array we would like to assume that if you bought one online then the packaging would be substantial and Windows 7 would be running without too much crapware preinstalled. We can't unfortunately confirm or deny this, as we had no way of returning the machine to a default retail shipping state. We also wonder why Asus haven't opted to use the two drives in a Raid 0 partitioned configuration, for ultimate performance. A machine like this needs a Raid 0 configuration, or a small Solid State drive set as the boot drive for that matter … as standard.
We were pleasantly surprised to see this machine with our high end configuration retailing for only £1,644.96 inc vat. We had initially expected it to cost in the region of £2,000 and we feel it is quite a bargain considering the excellent chassis design, high performance levels and overall build quality.
On the gaming front, the G73 certainly lives up to its ‘Republic Of Gamers' mantle, because it can power through all the modern day engines with relative ease. It does so without generating an extortionate amount of heat, or noise either. This is great to see.
Kitguru says: As a gaming tour de force then the G73 is a machine to be reckoned with.
Thats a good specification for the price. Seems it arrived in quite a state mind you.
good article, covers a lot of areas which is useful. That cpu seems really good, quite impressed with it.
That is an interesting looking machine. I dont think I really like the appearance from the back, but it look good in the normal, typing position
i really like it, 8gb of DDR3 as standard is pretty over the top ! shame the HDD side is poorly set up.
I love this machine. I really do. makes my dell looks positively pedestrian
Wow this is much better than I thought it would be, they haven’t compromised on anything. although I agree. either Raid 0 the 500GBs or remove one and put in a 40-60GB SSD, put the price up a tiny bit.
The lack of SSD in such a killer machine is a huge oversight. the price is good, but they have dropped the ball with the configuration of the drives. I cant believe one wasnt formatted either.!
Pretty much my perfect laptop. although id prefer a 1200 res screen at this size. gives a bit more deskspace.
Really brilliant, but i prefer a smaller machine with better battery life.
Styling rocks. performance rocks. battery life doesn’t. id change the HD’s out too. 120gb for boot (SSD) and a 1TB for storage. or even two 128 GB SSDS in raid 0. I think this machine might feel a lot slower than it is with the current setup. how did it act in speed Zardon? slow to boot?
needs an SSD, id never use a laptop now without one.
Hi Ted – performance was good, but you always feel a mechanical drive now as slightly sluggish when an OS disk, even for overall responsiveness. It wasn’t slow, but moving from a laptop with one in it, it can feel slow at times. I agree with your points but adding in an SSD would increase the price. unless they went for a 40GB unit as a boot drive.
I also like Asus G73./ It is a good laptop.
I have one, its awesome. Not really a portable laptop though, its too big and the battery life is not enough (just over an hour internet surfing). It is a great desktop replacement if you lack space, which is one of the reasons i went for it. The design is lovely. I liked the angles and exhausts vents before i bought it and its even better in real life. I imported mine from the states and saved about £500, even with the duty paid.