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ASUS G51Vx-A1 gamer laptop is one of the newest laptop from the Republic of Gaming (ROG) laptop series. With dedicated NVIDIA GeForce GTX260M graphic card and GPU NVIDIA’s PhysX technology, ASUS G51Vx-A1 offers users an entirely new class of physical gaming interaction for realistic and dynamic. NVIDIA GeForce GTX260M come with 1GB of GDDR3 VRAM, which plays much better than standard DDR2 video memory.

ASUS G51Vx-A1 supports 3D surround sound in the form of games EAX Advanced HD 4.0 audio technology. This technology detects in-game environment, and appropriate measures for 3D sound effects. Next up to 64 sounds from sound effects libraries, production of ultra-realistic physical effects in more than 300 games support. Equipped with a clear Chiclet keyboard ASUS G51Vx-A1 allows players to control the brightness of the keyboard to meet their needs. This provides the player with the extra edge over their opponents, and enables them to continue to dominate, even in the dark, like a LAN party environment.

ASUS G51Vx-A1 Specifications

• Operating System: Genuine Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
• Display: 15.6 inches Full HD 1920×1080 Color-Shine LED-backlit Display (Glossy)
• Intel Platform: Intel Core2 Quad Q9000 Processor (2.00GHz)
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M with Dedicated 1GB GDDR3
• Wireless: 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN + Built-in Bluetooth V2.1+EDR
• LAN: 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
• Memory: 4GB DDR2-800 (2x SO-DIMM Slots)
• Hard Drive: 640GB HDD @ 7,200rpm (2x 320GB HDD)
• Optical Disk Drive: Super Multi DVD Burner
• Camera: 2.0M Pixels Web Camera
• Audio: Supports Dolby Home Theater, Altec Lansing co-brand speakers
• Microphone: Noise-Cancelling Digital Array Microphones
• Card Reader: 8 in 1 card reader, SD,MMC,MS,MS-Pro,xD,mini SD w/ adapter,MS-Duo,MS-Pro Duo via adapter
• Input/Output: 1 x E-SATA, 1 x Microphone-in jack, 2 x Headphone-out jack (1 with S/PDIF), 4 x USB 2.0 ports, 1 x IEEE 1394 port, 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN
• Video Output: 1 x HDMI, 1 x VGA port/Mini D-sub 15-pin
• Security: BIOS Booting / HDD User Password Protection and Kensington security lock
• Battery: 6 cells (4800mAh. Approx. 2~2.5 hours of battery life, depending on user scenarios)
• Power Supply: Output: 19 V DC, 6.32 A, 120 W / Input: 100-240 V AC, 50/60 Hz universal
• Dimensions: 14.76 (W) x 10.43 (D) x 1.35~1.60 (H) inches
• Weight: 7.28 lbs (with 6 cell battery pack and 1x HDD)

Gamer Laptop become more powerful as laptop technology offers new platforms and increasing performance. In the past days when a serious PC gamer would laugh at the idea of using a laptop for gaming. While gaming PCs still hold a slight advantage over gamer laptop (mainly when it comes to upgrade), gamer laptop now offer a alternative, even for hardcore PC gamers. If your next computer purchase is a laptop you should consider or these five major factors or components to get the best gamer laptop. These five features are: Graphics Card, Processor, RAM, Hard Drive and Display.

Graphics Card for Gamer Laptop

The major part of a gamer laptop is the Graphics Card. You want a high-end Graphics card with dedicated RAM to take care all the latest video games. Integrating graphics simply won’t be able to process all the complex features of modern 3-D games. Most top branded or high-end gamer laptop now have two or more Graphics Cards working together in CrossFire or SLI (Scalable Link Interface) to give premium handling power. You should also check to see if your new gaming system has at least 256MB of video memory as this will help with the smooth running of your games.

Most Gamer Laptop use the latest NVIDIA or ATI GPUs

Graphics Chipset which are highly rated by gamer are ATI Mobility Radeon 9700, ATI’s Mobility FireGL V3200 or NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX.

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 is a high quality Graphics Card or VPU (Visual Processing Unit) present in next generation gamer laptop. This will give you higher performance at a lower power level, which save battery power. It also makes your gamer laptop capable of many functions such as 3D games, wide-screen HDTV, dynamic presentations, mobile video editing studio and graphic processor.

For NVIDIA gamer laptop graphics card, NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2 would be best the choice with new dual-GPU card that support 1GB of graphics processing power. This 1GB GPU is the same as putting two 512MB cards together through SLI technology.

Many gamer laptop now come with integrated graphics, where components interact and are sometimes shared, especially memory. If you want a gamer laptop for 3D games, you should check the amount of video RAM, which is the memory that is dedicated to graphic or video applications. Other common graphic chipset for gamer laptop are STMicro, 3D Labs, Matrox, Trident S3 and SIS.