Need help on picking a descent gaming notebook?

[fantastic_b]

Hey guys, I've been thinking about buying a robust portable gaming laptop and I have narrowed my choices down to these two :
MSI GX640
Asus G51JX-X3

so which one to pick in your opinion?

 

[Maziar]

Hello and welcome to the forums
The MSI one has a far better VGA on it(5850 performs better than a GT 360M)where as the ASUS model has a better display,i would go for the MSI one because it performs better in games

 

[fantastic_b]

thanks for the enlightenment Maziar!
The G51 is off the table now. and while I'm seriously considering the GX640, I'm inclining towards the asus G73JH. why? I'm a diehard fan of asus and their republic of gamers product family.
The only compromise I see me giving up here is portability. I never owned a 17'' laptop before. would this be really a pain in the butt to carry around?

 

[Maziar]

G73 has better CPU,Graphic card,LCD and cooling than the MSI one but its not as portable.
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=5571&review=asus+g73+g73jh
Weight: 8.5 pounds
Its not as heavy as laptops like Sager NP8120 but it mostly depends on yourself that you can carry a 8.5 pound notebook easily or not.

 

[kslghost]

For what its worth, the 5850 barely outperforms the 360M... But it is certainly much newer tech and DX11.

 

[Maziar]

Can you post the benchmarks of 5850M outperforming a GT 360M "barely" ?