Asus launches a new gamer laptop oriented, his Asus G60JX-JX087V Intel Calpella platform with Intel Core i7-720QM, 8 GB of RAM and dedicated graphics card Geforce GTS 360M that price appears less than 1500 euros .
Asus G60JX-JX087V has the mini-light system, Express Gate, the facial recognition system via webcam SmartLogon and – logically – the Power4 Gear Hybrid offers the choice among several operating modes including Extreme Turbo which allows performance boost and Battery Saving that ensures greater autonomy than 20% to 25% through an adjustment of the frequency of the processor. A software DVD playback and Blu-Ray is normally present (WinDVD 8 BD).
Asus G60JX-JX087V
It features an original design with its dark blue hull seems to have been scratched by a monster. Inside it is a matte black keyboard and a host chiclet – a priori backlit – and a multi-touch touchpad with vertical scroll zone and two buttons. Most of the connector is present on the left side then found the right optical drive, audio ports and 2 USB. Asus G60JX-JX087V provides equipment / price ratio rather interesting compared to the competition, although in a few spots may put off some.
It boasts a Core i7-720QM performance that reveals its full potential in applications taking advantage of multi-heart, supported by 8 GB of RAM fully operated by the 64-bit system. With its graphics card Geforce GTS 360M of new generation, this laptop is clearly the public and the player claiming it is part of the Republic of Gamer series from Asus. Note however that this is actually a GTS 260M Fame, itself based on the Geforce 8800M. In other words, do not expect a significant performance gain compared to the latter.
The screen resolution is low, the majority of newer games will run in native resolution satisfactorily. Still, no doubt many of you regret that the slab does not benefit from a higher resolution. It is indeed a pity given the presence of a unit Blu-Ray. To take full advantage of high definition media, it will be at once necessary to go through an external display via HDMI. Moreover, the limited resolution will occur predominantly vertical in office and surfing, forcing scroller regularly.
One can always hope that the resolution is higher but in view of similar configurations available in other European countries, we unfortunately can doubt it. Still, for the rest of this notebook offers a proper connection with Firewire and E-SATA storage space and a comfortable. But again, it seems that the hard drive simply operate at 5400 rpm and not at 7200 rpm. Another point that may displease those who intend to invest in a model of this type.
This is full specifications : Screen 16″ (inch) WXGA LED BackLight Colorshine (1366 × 768) ; Processor Intel Core i7-720QM (1.6 GHz) ; RAM Installed (Max) 8 GB DDR3 1066 MHz (8GB max), 2 slots ; Storage space Hard disk SATA 640GB, prior to 5400 rpm ; Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce GTS 360M 1GB GDDR5 dedicated ; Optical Drive Combo drive DVD Blu-Ray ; Audio System 2 Speakers Altec Lansing with Dolby Home Theater ; Webcam 2.0 megapixel ; Wi-Fi b / g / n + Gigabit Ethernet ; Bluetooth Yes ; Card Reader 7 in 1 ; Output (s) HDMI, VGA ; Fingerprint Reader Non ; Input (s) / Output (s) S / PDIF, Headphone, Microphone ; ExpressCard Non ; Firewire Yes ; USB 4 USB 2.0 including 1 e-SATA Combo ; Operating system Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit ; Battery Li-Ion 6 or 8 cells ; Autonomy announced – ; Dimensions (mm) 375 x 265 x 34.3-40.6 ; Weight 3.3 kg ; Warranty 1 year.
Finally, we note that the Asus G60JX-JX087V is a versatile performance laptop whose main strengths in its Quad Core processor, a large amount of RAM and Blu-Ray, the whole being tarnished by poor resolution and a graphics card short of what might be expected given the price charged.
