Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Shows Up in Asus G73JH-A1 Laptop

jmke · 3rd January 2010, 13:30

Dubbed G73JH-A1, the G series machine in question weights about 3.85kg and, in addition to the 1GB Mobility Radeon HD 5870, features a 17.3-inch (1920x1080) display, a Core i7 (1.6 GHz i7-720QM, 1.73 GHz 820QM or 2.0 GHz 920XM) processor, 8GB of RAM, two SSDs or HDDs (or an SSD/HDD mix) for up to 1.28TB of storage, plus a DVD or Blu-ray drive.

The laptop includes the Express Gate instant-on OS, boasts four Altec Lansing speakers, an ExpressCard 34/54 slot, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, a 2.0 megapixel webcam, an 8-in-1 card reader, an 8-cell battery, and is loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Available here (for pre-order) with a starting price of $1,645, the Asus G73JH-A1 is said to start shipping late this month.

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jmke · 3rd January 2010, 13:30

$1645 for a complete desktop replacement and awesome LAN machine... we're getting there

3rd January 2010, 15:51

Given that almost all mobile hardware is half the hardware of it's desktop version, or even rebadged last-gen hardware like GTX 280M, I think they have a ways to go still.

jmke · 3rd January 2010, 16:34

even if HD 5870 mobility offers 75% of performance of the desktop part, it will run all current games at full detail at the screen native resolution, that's quite a feat

4th January 2010, 19:35

I'd be surprised if it offered >50%.

thorgal · 4th January 2010, 20:36

And we're talking "starting at" $1645. Don't even says you get the 5870 for that price.

3rd January 2010, 13:30	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Shows Up in Asus G73JH-A1 Laptop Dubbed G73JH-A1, the G series machine in question weights about 3.85kg and, in addition to the 1GB Mobility Radeon HD 5870, features a 17.3-inch (1920x1080) display, a Core i7 (1.6 GHz i7-720QM, 1.73 GHz 820QM or 2.0 GHz 920XM) processor, 8GB of RAM, two SSDs or HDDs (or an SSD/HDD mix) for up to 1.28TB of storage, plus a DVD or Blu-ray drive. The laptop includes the Express Gate instant-on OS, boasts four Altec Lansing speakers, an ExpressCard 34/54 slot, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, a 2.0 megapixel webcam, an 8-in-1 card reader, an 8-cell battery, and is loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. Available here (for pre-order) with a starting price of $1,645, the Asus G73JH-A1 is said to start shipping late this month. http://www.tcmagazine.com/comments.php?id=31771&catid=2 __________________

3rd January 2010, 13:30	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	$1645 for a complete desktop replacement and awesome LAN machine... we're getting there __________________

3rd January 2010, 16:34	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,022	even if HD 5870 mobility offers 75% of performance of the desktop part, it will run all current games at full detail at the screen native resolution, that's quite a feat __________________

4th January 2010, 20:36	#6
thorgal [M] Reviewer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,887	And we're talking "starting at" $1645. Don't even says you get the 5870 for that price. __________________

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3rd January 2010, 15:51	#3
Kougar Posts: n/a	Given that almost all mobile hardware is half the hardware of it's desktop version, or even rebadged last-gen hardware like GTX 280M, I think they have a ways to go still.

4th January 2010, 19:35	#5
Kougar Posts: n/a	I'd be surprised if it offered >50%.