Preview: Asus G74SX 3D Gaming Notebook under Review
J. Simon Leitner (translated by Martina Osztovits), 06/28/2011
The empire strikes back. Asus' G-series attracted many mobile gamers in recent years. Now, we are reviewing the newest release of the " Republic of Gamers", the G74S with Nvidia Geforce GTX 560M graphics and Intel i7-2630QM CPU. Our first results would like to give you a taste of the detailed review coming soon.
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Information Gossen Mavo-Monitor Maximum: 393 cd/m²Average: 352.3 cd/m² Brightness Distribution: 78 % Center on Battery: 393 cd/m² Black: 0.57 cd/m² Contrast: 689:1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 3DMark 11 in comparison | |
| Acer Aspire One 722-C52kk (min)
C-50, Radeon HD 6250 | 186 |
| ... | |
| Dell Precision M4700 3720QM, Quadro K2000M | 2031 |
| MSI GT780R 2630QM, GeForce GTX 560M | 2031 |
| Asus G74SX-3DE 2630QM, GeForce GTX 560M | 2040 |
| Asus G74SX-3DE
2630QM, GeForce GTX 560M | 2040 |
| Asus G74SX-91079V 2630QM, GeForce GTX 560M | 2044 |
| HP Pavilion g7-2051sg A10-4600M, Radeon HD 7660G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics | 2047 |
| HP Pavilion m6-1050sg A10-4600M, Radeon HD 7660G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics | 2065 |
| ... | |
| Alienware M18x R2 (max)
3920XM, Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire | 10382 |
Gaming Performance
| low | med. | high | ultra | ||
| Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005) | 228.52 | fps | |||
| World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007) | 32 | fps | |||
| Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007) | 62.2 | 14.9 | fps | ||
| Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007) | 43.3 | fps | |||
| Sims 3 (2009) | 78 | fps | |||
| Anno 1404 (2009) | 52 | fps | |||
| Colin McRae: DIRT 2 (2009) | 47 | fps | |||
| Resident Evil 5 (2009) | 143.5 | 56.6 | fps | ||
| Risen (2009) | 31 | fps | |||
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2010) | 66 | 35 | fps | ||
| StarCraft 2 (2010) | 35 | fps | |||
| Mafia 2 (2010) | 49 | fps | |||
| Fifa 11 (2010) | 149 | fps | |||
| Dirt 3 (2011) | 186.6 | 118.9 | 82.3 | 22.57 | fps |
Emissions
Noise Level
| Idle |
   35.4 / 35.4 / 35.4 dB(A)     | ||||
| HDD |
36.4 dB(A) | ||||
| DVD |
38.6 / dB(A) | ||||
| Load |
37.5 / 39.5 dB(A) | ||||
    
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| 30 dB silent |
40 dB audible |
50 dB loud |
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Temperature Rise
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| Maximum: 34 °C Average: 30.2 °C | Maximum: 40 °C Average: 32 °C | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Battery Life
Battery runtime
| Idle (without WLAN, min brightness) | | 3h 29min |
| Surfing with WLAN | | 2h 05min |
| Load (maximum brightness) | | 1h 00min |
Current consumption
| Off / Standby | 0.4 / 1.0 Watt |
| Idle | 29.8 / 37.8 / 41.3 Watt |
| Load |
120.3 / 137.1 Watt |
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