Tested: ASUS G74SX 3D and N73SV - 17-inch powerplants - Page 3 of 4

Configurations - the equipment of the machines we visited

ASUS N73SV:

TFT: 17,3 ″ HD + 1600 × 900 LCD
CPU: Core i7-2630QM
RAM: 2 x 2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz dual-channel
VGA: Intel IGP 3000+ NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 2048 MB
HDD: 2 pieces of 640 GB Seagate Momentus 2,5 ″
ODD: 4 × Blu-ray burner

ASUS G74SX 3D:

TFT: 17,3 ″ Full HD 3D 1920 × 1080 120 Hz LED
CPU: Core i7-2630QM
RAM: 4 x 4 GB DDR3 1333 MHz dual-channel
VGA: Intel IGP 3000+ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M 3072 MB
HDD: Seagate Momentus 2,5 ″ 750 GB + 500 GB
ODD: 4 × Blu-ray burner

Settings, test results

The Sandy Bridge-based Core i7-2630QM, which works in notebooks, of course supports Turbo Boost technology, which is exponentially more important and useful in a portable computer than in a desktop computer. On the machines, we also got a jawy gadget on the desktop, which continuously, in real time, showed the current load and clock signal of the processor. It was interesting to note that the frequency is almost constantly changing, at such a very small scale, so the Turbo Boost works very well. By default, a 2.0 GHz CPU can achieve a 2.9 GHz clock, but we also often encounter 2,2-2,6-2,8 GHz values. In the unloaded state, however, it only ticks at 800 MHz, which also has a good effect on consumption.