Asus G51J - Intel Core i7

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

2
Average:

2
Bad:

0

Pros:

Stylish design, Vivid full HD screen, Strong gaming performance, Good value, Gaming mouse and backpack included
Good productivity performance; high-resolution display; two-year warranty

Cons:

Short battery life, No Blu-ray drive, Mediocre Wi-Fi range
Mediocre gaming performance for a gaming-oriented machine; noisy cooling fan; very short battery life

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Last revision on August 24, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Stylish design, Vivid full HD screen, Strong gaming performance, Good value, Gaming mouse and backpack included
Good productivity performance; high-resolution display; two-year warranty

Reviewers Didn't Like

Short battery life, No Blu-ray drive, Mediocre Wi-Fi range
Mediocre gaming performance for a gaming-oriented machine; noisy cooling fan; very short battery life

Expert reviews and ratings

If there are two words that I would definitely like to see in the same sentence more often, they would be "gaming" and "notebook". Seeing as we are not flying cars George Jetson-style or living in biodomes yet, I think the least we should be demanding...

By Stuff NZ on February 26, 2010

It's not easy to find a cheap gaming notebook - performance comes at a premium. Asus generally make some pretty good quality components, but how does their gaming notebook range stack up? We take a look at one example in their...

By GamePlanet on February 25, 2010

This Core i7 gaming notebook gives you a lot of power and a full HD screen for a good...

By LaptopMag on November 20, 2009

Offering more portability than its desktop-replacement brethren, the Asus G51J-A1 delivers good productivity performance, but its gaming performance is subpar....

By Computer Shopper on November 01, 2009

So what impression did this ROG laptop leave on this skeptical reviewer ? My overall impression is really good. It has the looks of an exclusive high end laptop. The listed specs are amazing, but don't always perform as such, to extract more...

By MadShrimps on June 10, 2010

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By Tech2 on April 22, 2010

For your reference, here are some hard drive test results for the Asus G51J. These were not included in the body of the article because of the lack of comparative samples, and the questionable practicality of comparing the G51J spindle drive vs. the...

By PCPer on February 02, 2010

ASUS has been making laptops for quite some time; our first review of ASUS laptops was circa 2002, and I got my first hands-on experience three years ago. While there have been many interesting laptops from the company over the years, few have managed...

By AnandTech on December 15, 2009

Can upper-mainstream gaming and true mobility coexist? We’ve seen many attempts (perhaps hundreds?) by vendors during the last several years to pack desktop gaming horsepower in a portable package. But performance lagged and did not live up to the...

By Tom's Hardware on November 20, 2009

By Tom's Hardware UK on November 20, 2009

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