ASUS G73Jh DX11 Gaming Notebook Review – ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870

ASUS G73Jh Specifications

ASUS G73Jh Specs:

• Processor: Intel Core i7 720QM
• OS: Windows 7 Home Premium/Ultimate
• Chipset: Mobile Intel HM55 Express
• Memory: 8 GB DDR3 667MHz SODIMM
• Display: 17.3″ Full HD (1920×1080) Color-Shine (Glare-type)
• Video Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870, 1G GDDR5 VRAM
• HDD: 500 GB
• Card Reader: 8-in-1
• Video Camera: 2.0 Mega Pixel web camera
• Communications:

• RJ-45 LAN
• 802.11b/g/n Wireless
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Interface:

• 1 x Microphone-in jack
• 1 x Headphone-out jack
• 4 x USB 2.0 ports
• 1 x HDMI
• 1 x VGA
• Audio:

• Built-in 2.1 stereo speakers with EAX Advanced HD 4.0
• Battery Pack: 8 cells/5200 mAh
• Dimension & Weight:

• 42cm x 31cm x 1.89~5.68cm (W x D x H)
• 8.49 lbs (3.85 kg with 8-cell battery)

Here we see the Windows 7 Windows Experience Index. We see that the Primary hard disk score received the lowest score of 5.9 and is deemed by Windows as the bottleneck of this notebook, but all the scores seem in line with what we would expect. Seeing a 7.0 or higher on all the other components means this notebook is nothing to scoff at when it comes to horsepower.

ASUS G73Jh Pricing

For our testing, we put the ASUS G73Jh up against the following systems: