Asus G51VX

performance, price, usability, design, image quality

portability, durability, screen

95% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Great build quality (not keyboard) ; Solid gaming performance ; Good looking design

Short battery life

Great mobile gaming on the cheap; less cumbersome than larger gaming rigs

Relatively wimpy CPU; battery drained in 92 minutes; speakers aren't great

Does the G51Vx-RX05 make compromises? Yes. But in doing so, it delivers on its mission to provide top-notch gaming at an unbeatable price. And for that, this notebook deserves high marks.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M ; HDMI, FireWire and eSATA ports ; Very attractive design, good build quality ; Backlit chiclet keyboard is fantastic ; Incredible value at $1049

Less than admirable battery life ; Too heavy and bulky for some users ; No multitouch trackpad ; Power4Gear only allows up to 150MHz overclocking

The G51Vx will never be confused for an ultra-portable. Tipping the scales at over seven pounds and measuring 14.6 x 10.3 x 1.6 inches, it’s clearly not the smallest of the bunch, but this is par for the course when it comes to most gaming notebooks....

Great design and aesthetics ; Solid CPU performance, awesome GPU performance ; Peripheral connectivty is top-rate (4x USB, HDMI) ; Chiclet-style keyboard is easy to type on ; Touchpad is one of the best I've used ; Price ($999) ; Free Windows 7 upgrade

If only the resolution was a wee bit higher ; Display looks best when looked at straight-on ; Software bloat (even if it's understandable from a pricing perspective) ; Battery-life is a little weak (the graphics card could be mostly to blame)

The G51Vx is the kind of notebook that depresses me. When I purchased a $3,000 Dell notebook almost five years ago, it barely played any of the games that were on the market at the time. But here, we have a $1,000 notebook of the same size that plays...

Excellent value ; GeForce GTX 260M Graphics ; Great Looking LCD ; 4GB of memory

Short Battery Life ; Very Basic User's Manual

The Asus G51VX notebook turned in excellent scores throughout our testing. In Futuremark's PCMark Vantage benchmark, it beat out MSI's more expensive GT627 gaming notebook (3821 vs 3753) which sports a faster CPU. In addition, the G51VX performed...

vysoký výkon a výbava při zachování rozumné hmotnosti + při kancelářské práci není hlučný + integrovaný numerický blok

nejistý stisk kláves - slabý kontrast popisek klávesnice - nízké rozlišení displeje

Nemá cenu nějak rozebírat, pro koho je tento notebook určen, když je to na něm přímo napsané. Jeho výkon je velmi dobrý, a pokud se zachová příznivá cena i na našem trhu, je to bezpochyby velmi zajímavá volba pro náruživé hráče, kteří se nechtějí vzdát...