October 29th, 2008 | by Nick Mokey
...the Asus G50Vt delivers many times over in sheer speed and performance.
Highs: Screaming performance; reasonable price; lots of inputs/outputs
Lows: Poor battery life; very large and heavy; loud styling; mediocre sound
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Asus’ G50Vt rolls an impressive array of hardware into a bulky-but-inexpensive package, with a heavy-handed dose of flair smeared on top. While the style might not be for everyone, and battery life makes its wall adapter an essential umbilical cord for use, it offers a very reasonably priced and playable system for those who want to game on the go without dropping thousands on pricy boutique systems.
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by Chris on November 13, 2008:
“I have just purchased this laptop after returning one hp dv-1175nr which is a nice laptop it has a bluray drive and on runs on centrino 2 duo t5800 2.0 ghz and 320gb harddrive at 5400rpm. A 17 inch screen and a 9600m gts card. It was nice i had it for a week...” More...
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by Rico on January 1, 2009:
“As a gamer, there are very specific things I look for in a laptop without nuking my wallet. I got the ASUS G50VT-X1 at about $1400 and I must say I am very pleased at what I got for my money. The GeForce 9800 gs runs like a dream. I recently bought Fallout...” More...