ASUS ROG G752VY-T7049T

Snograt · 3 Mar 2016 at 13:05

Done it again. I've got a history of totally random impulse buys, and I'm deeply in the doghouse with the missus.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...tx980m-8gb-gddr5-gaming-laptop-lt-231-as.html

Your valued opinion please, chaps - is it a worthy lappy or have I bought a pooch?

...I really must stop doing this

(Due to arrive tomorrow (I think) - just looking for some brotherly spirit-raising before it arrives.)

clockwork.satan · 3 Mar 2016 at 14:57

Haha! I've yet to fully admit to my other half how much my new gaming laptop cost me. I bought the Asus G751JT which is the model down from yours in the older range, and love it to bits. You've definitely not bought a pooch!

MOOGLEYS · 3 Mar 2016 at 20:42

I just sold mine.

Great machine plenty of power and G-Sync is fantastic. A couple of issues is popping audio and the headphone socket area gets ruddy hot for no real reason.

Enjoy...

Snograt · 3 Mar 2016 at 21:29

Well, thanks for the confidence boost fellas!

Why did you sell, oh great googly Moogleys?

MOOGLEYS · 3 Mar 2016 at 21:31

It was overkill for my needs tbh. I rarely play PC games and when I do its usually strategy games. I sold it and grabbed a Dell with a 960m.

Jae-So · 4 Mar 2016 at 05:20

clockwork.satan said:
Haha! I've yet to fully admit to my other half how much my new gaming laptop cost me. I bought the Asus G751JT which is the model down from yours in the older range, and love it to bits. You've definitely not bought a pooch!

Have the same one. I told my Mrs the price though. Not bad as was discounted to £1,100. Quick question- does your HDMI port work correctly? Have issues with mine.

clockwork.satan · 4 Mar 2016 at 12:54

Jae-So said:
Have the same one. I told my Mrs the price though. Not bad as was discounted to £1,100. Quick question- does your HDMI port work correctly? Have issues with mine.

I have to admit, I've not even tried my HDMi port so have no idea if it works or not.

MOOGLEYS · 4 Mar 2016 at 12:59

I had no issues with the HDMI port on mine....

What problem are you having ?

Snograt · 4 Mar 2016 at 16:42

Arrived this afternoon, half an hour before I had to leave for work.

The free rucksack went down well with the missus as our youngest needs one for school, so thanks for that!

I look forward to getting home tonight so I can get cracking with bloatware deletion, then re-downloading my steam essentials.

Oh, I see it comes with Windows 10 home - any advantage upgrading to pro? My OS upgrade chain means I've always had the ultimate/pro versions since XP

MOOGLEYS · 4 Mar 2016 at 16:46

Home is fine for gaming and general use. Pro has tools for Remote Desktop, bit locker and a few other things you will most likely never use...

Jae-So · 4 Mar 2016 at 18:17

MOOGLEYS said:
I had no issues with the HDMI port on mine....

What problem are you having ?

10m cable doesn't work with it and I've tried a 2m one - screen shows in to but it keeps flashing and cutting out. Both cables are fine as they work with my PSTV

MOOGLEYS · 4 Mar 2016 at 18:47

I have about 5M I use and it works fine. If you have tried other cables it could be a fault with the laptop.

Snograt · 4 Mar 2016 at 23:02

Ok, one final, stupid question.

How the heck do you turn on the illuminated keyboard?

(edit)OK, so it's Fn+F4. Problem is, only the left half lights up - q-t, a-g, z-n.

Bum.

MOOGLEYS · 4 Mar 2016 at 23:12

It should be the function key & F4 I believe.

MOOGLEYS · 4 Mar 2016 at 23:15

Snograt said:
Ok, one final, stupid question.

How the heck do you turn on the illuminated keyboard?

(edit)OK, so it's Fn+F4. Problem is, only the left half lights up - q-t, a-g, z-n.

Bum.

Push the RoG button there are more options in there. Something about hot setting only lights half the keyboard from what I can remember...

Snograt · 4 Mar 2016 at 23:49

Moogleys, you are an absolute star!

Holy poop, what a load of bloatware, though :/

Jae-So · 9 Mar 2016 at 21:01

MOOGLEYS said:
I have about 5M I use and it works fine. If you have tried other cables it could be a fault with the laptop.

I feel like such an idiot. After weeks of wondering what was wrong I realised it wasn't working simply because the laptop was forcing 4K res at 60Hz when my TV only supports HDMI 1.4. Facepalm