ROG G74sx Owners' Lounge

[Atrain]

Time to discuss what an awesome laptop the g74 is.

Mines on the way, spec'd with:

Xotic Gear: No Xotic PC Gear
- Warranty: 2 Year ASUS GLOBAL Warranty 24/7 Support / 1 Year North America (N.A.) Accidental Coverage (Accidental Requires Registration)
- Software Bundle (Not Installed): No Software Bundle
- Microsoft Office Software: No Office Software
- System Recovery Backup Disks: No thanks, do not create backup recovery DVD's
- Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Pre-Installed + Drivers & Utilities Disk
- XOTIC PC Redline Boost™ Extreme Performance: No Thanks, Please do not Overclock my system
- Notebook Cooler: No Notebook Cooler
- Mouse / Keyboard Accessories: Asus G Series Gaming Mouse
- Fingerprint Reader: No Fingerprint Reader
- Port Replicator / Dock / Adapters: No Dock/Hub/Adapter
- Spare AC Adapter: None Standard*
- Car Adapter: No Car Adapter
- Battery: Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- Case: Asus G Series Matching Backpack made by Targus
- Sound Card: Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- TV Tuner: No TV Tuner
- Camera: Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- Wireless Network Accessories: No Network Accessory
- Wireless Network: Intel® Ultimate-N 6300 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module (Includes 3rd Antenna)
- Bluetooth: None Standard (Included in Wireless Card Section)
- Back Up Software: No Back Up Software
- Memory Card Reader: Internal 8-in-1 Card Reader: MMC/SD/Mini-SD/XD/Memory Stick/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo
- Floppy Drive: No Floppy Drive
- External USB Optical Drive: NO External USB Optical Drive
- External Hard Drive (Back Up): No Back Up Hard Drive
- Thermal Compound: Stock OEM Thermal Compound ( IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU Provided FREE with Processor Upgrade!)
- Optical Drive Bay Hard Drive Caddy: No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
- Optical Drive Bay: 4X Blu-Ray Reader / 8X DVDRW/CDRW Super Multi Combo Drive- Default
- Second Hard Drive: - 750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s) - Default
- Primary Hard Drive: - 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS Sandforce Solid State Drive (Up to Sequential Read 550MB/s - Write 500MB/s SSD Serial-ATA III)
- XOTICFX Backlit W-A-S-D Key Color Options: Standard Matching Color WASD Keys
- XOTICFX Backlit Keyboard: Standard White Backlit Keyboard
- XOTICFX ASUS G Series LCD Light Bar: No Light Bar - Default
- ASUS G Series Afterburner™ FX: No Afterburner Light Package (Afterburner light package will add 2-5 business days to production time)
- Exterior Finish: Standard Finish
- Ram: 16,384MB (16GB) DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (4GBx4)-
- External Display Video Adapters: No Video Adapter
- Graphics Video Card: nVidia GeForce GTX 560M 3,072MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11
- Processor: 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM, 2.2-3.3GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache)
- Dead Pixel Warranty: ASUS Zero Bright Dot (ZBD) 30 Day Pixel Guarantee - (Included on ASUS Standard NON-Upgraded Displays)
- Display: 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen (1920x1080)-
- Current Promotion: FREE!! UPS GROUND SHIPPING (Use Coupon Code FREESHIP in Checkout - US Only, Not Available to Alaska and Hawaii)\

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Anywho, what I'd like to know is what is a good amount of OC to use with the G74; Naturally, it'll have quite a bit of headroom, but I want a nice, modest overclock, that way I can squeeze a bit more FPS out of games like BFBC2, and Crysis 2. Nothing too crazy, but if I could play crysis 2 on hardcore with like 4 more frames a second, that'd be plenty.

I've seen vids with the g74's GPU clocked at 940, 1880, and 1500, but will the laptop still run cool under those levels of stress?

Mine's probably shipping this week, so I might make myself a guinea pig.



Anybody else have anything to add?

[tripinva]

So I've got one of these and the machine is basically perfect except for one problem. The Num Pad keys are not Num Pad keys. The "Num Pad" keys provide the exact same key codes as the top row of number keys on the keyboard, meaning if you try to remap the Num Pad keys, the top row keys remap as well.

I'm considering sending mine back, as I really need those keys to be separately configurable. I've never seen a defect like this before. I would wonder if this is something that could be fixed with a BIOS update.

- Trip

[Atrain]

that's probably because notebook keyboards don't usually come with a numpad by default. Depending on whether or not they are hardwired, it could probably be fixed in a software update.

[jason_cauman]

Anyone who owns a G74sx-A1? Just want to know info on your rig. thanks!

[DavidHarrison]

I have a G74SX-A1 from XoticPC, what would you like to know?

[nrs2420]

Anyone having problems with the spacebar not working a lot of the time?

[Maverick494]

Anyone having problems with the spacebar not working a lot of the time?

I am going to guess the G74 suffers from the same problem my G73 did, either its dropping keystrokes (all the G73 series did that) or the spacebar is just a stiff PITA that doesn't like to work.

[nrs2420]

The spacebar only works if you hit it in the middle. If you go to the left or right it doesn't work. I'm starting to think I'm going to return this. This is a lot of money to spend for a computer and I can't even type on it.

[Panda]

My boot takes 2-3 minutes after 2 months of usage, only 250gbs on this harddrive and only using msconfig. I want to RMA this thing so bad and exchange it for another.. Asus G74sx-Xr1 btw

[Neuman]

Have you installed a ton of programs?
Have you checked that your hard drive isn't full?
Have you got a good anti-virus running all the time?
Does the computer run normally once Windows has started?
If you have 2 HDD, try swapping the boot order in the bios and do a clean install of windows on the other drive (SmogHog has posted some excellent links to the legit Windows 7 ISOs as well as instructions on how to do a clean install on these forums). Realistically if you do this, you should physically remove your current C drive - which is not difficult at all.

[Ghost Warrior]

I just really wish asus did not use a potato instead of a gtx 580m in a gaming notebook. That's the only reason keeping me from pulling the trigger.

[chicoandrei]

okyyyyyyyyyy...sooon i'l be in the club .
just placed my order on the.... PAM...PAM ...PAMMMMM !!!!
ASUS G74SX-XR1
- FREE!! UPS GROUND SHIPPING (Use Coupon Code "FREESHIP" in Checkout - U.S. Only, Not Available to Alaska and Hawaii)
- Automatically Qualified for a Chance to Win 1 of 5 FREE Xbox 360s with any Laptop Purchase! (no purchase necessary to qualify)
- 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Glare Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Glossy Screen (1920x1080) (SKU - X1R502)
- NO Professional Monitor Color Calibration
- ASUS Zero Bright Dot (ZBD) 30 Day Pixel Guarantee - (Included on ASUS Standard NON-Upgraded Displays)
- 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM, 2.2-3.1GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache) - Special! (SKU - X2N164)
- Stock OEM Thermal Compound ( IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU Provided FREE with Processor Upgrade!)
- nVidia GeForce GTX 560M 3,072MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 (SKU - X3R602)
- No Video Adapter
- 16GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory (4x4GB SODIMMS) (SKU - X4N382)
- Standard Finish
- No Afterburner Light Package (Afterburner light package will add 2-5 business days to production time)
- Standard White Backlit Keyboard
- 120GB OCZ Vertex 3 Sandforce Solid State Drive (Up to Sequential Read 550MB/s - Write 500MB/s SSD Serial-ATA III) (SKU - X5R002)
- 750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s) (SKU - X5R304)
- Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software (SKU - X7R451)
- No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
- No Back Up Hard Drive
- NO External USB Optical Drive
- No Floppy Drive
- Internal 8-in-1 Card Reader: MMC/SD/Mini-SD/XD/Memory Stick/MS Pro/MS Duo/MS Pro Duo
- No Back Up Software
- Bluetooth Included (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
- Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1102 (2x2) (SKU - X8R051)
- No Network Accessory
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- No TV Tuner
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- No Carrying Case
- Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- No Car Adapter
- No Spare AC Adapter
- No Dock/Hub/Adapter
- No Fingerprint Reader
- No Headset
- No External Keyboard or Mouse
- No Notebook Cooler
- No Thanks, Please do not Overclock my system
- No Operating System Redline Boost
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit Pre-Installed + Drivers & Utilities Disk
- Keep factory installed operating system
- No thanks, do not create backup recovery DVD's
- No Office Software
- No Software Bundle
- 1 Year ASUS GLOBAL OEM Warranty 24/7 Support / 1 Year North America (N.A.) Accidental Coverage (Accidental Requires Registration) (SKU - A9R101)
- No Xotic PC Gear

[Covfam]

sweet machine chico your gonna have lots of fun with that!

[Skarn]

So I've got one of these and the machine is basically perfect except for one problem. The Num Pad keys are not Num Pad keys. The "Num Pad" keys provide the exact same key codes as the top row of number keys on the keyboard, meaning if you try to remap the Num Pad keys, the top row keys remap as well.

I'm considering sending mine back, as I really need those keys to be separately configurable. I've never seen a defect like this before. I would wonder if this is something that could be fixed with a BIOS update.

If you haven't seen it yet, BIOS rev 202 & 203 convert the keypad into a true numeric keypad. NumLock is always on, but the 'Fn' key will act to shift out to cursor movement keys. According to an ASUS rep on NBR, they're looking into a future BIOS rev turning the Calculater key back into a true NumLock.