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Asus 18.4" Full HD Gaming Notebook with TV Tuner COTD Only $1299!

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Asus 18.4" Full HD Gaming Notebook with TV Tuner COTD Only $1299!
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sickleb2002 on 11/09/2012 - 14:36 catchoftheday.com.au (546 clicks)
Last edited 11/09/2012 - 14:39

Catch Of The Day has an Asus 18.4" Full HD Gaming laptop with TV Tuner for only $1299.
Specs:

ASUS K95VM 18.4" Notebook
18.4" Full HD LCD LED Display (1920 x 1080)
Bonus TV tuner makes this a great second TV alternative
3rd Gen Intel® Core i7-3610QM 2.3Ghz (Turbo 3.3G)/6M
Powerful sound by ASUS SonicMaster Lite Technology
8GB DDR3-1600 RAM (2 DIMM Max 16GB)
Full-size keyboard with numpad
Instant on for two second start up
1GB NVIDIA® GeForce GT630M
1TB 7200rpm HDD
802.11 b/g/n wireless functionality
USB 3.0 for ultra-fast transfer speeds
Bluetooth 4.0
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
Dimensions (cm): 44 x 29.5 x 3.55 ~ 4.82
Weight: 4.1kg
12 month warranty

Not the best video card but would play modern games on medium settings. Seems like a bargain to me.

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  • zigpy_siva on 11/09/2012 - 14:40

    only 1 GB on GPU…

    • Trance N Dance on 11/09/2012 - 14:43
      +2

      So? GPU memory isn't that important, it's more so of what model GPU you have and at 1920*1080 1GB should be sufficient. I'm more concerned about the fact it's a 630M.

      • Trojan on 11/09/2012 - 15:04
        +1

        And its expensive for GT630M. You can get laptops with much better graphics for less than that (check last 2 weeks of ozbargain)

    • viper8548 on 11/09/2012 - 14:44
      +5

      you mean only 630M, it doesnt matter if it has 4GB its still a POS for games

    • krisspy on 11/09/2012 - 16:00

      Vram obviously make things fast at small resolutions right?

      • scrimshaw on 11/09/2012 - 16:07
        +3

        Lol, no. You either have enough VRAM, or you don't have enough. Having an excess of Video memory unused does not improve performance. 1GB of VRAM is generally OK even for games @ 1080p res.

        edit: Were you being sarcastic? My sarcasm meter is broken today.

        • krisspy on 11/09/2012 - 16:37
          +1

          appears your meter is indeed broken

    • Wildesy on 11/09/2012 - 16:26

      Agreed, this few memories will really hamper the speed of the graphics.

  • scrimshaw on 11/09/2012 - 14:47
    +1

    the 630m is barely enough to run Battlefield 3 at 1080p resolution. At most you can expect 35fps framerate at Low graphical settings @720p, which is just playable.

    Other games should run fine though, so long as you keep the settings at DX10.

  • fchis on 11/09/2012 - 14:58
    +1

    given the weight, i might as well just buy a desktop for similar specs at cheaper price.

  • rentony on 11/09/2012 - 15:01

    Will consider it if half price

  • Ebany on 11/09/2012 - 15:18

    It's not bad but, unless my tired eyes deceive me, I notice it doesn't have Blu-Ray. It also has nothing about HDMI out in the Specs.

    • sickleb2002 on 11/09/2012 - 16:27
      -1

      Has a HDMI port and Bluray Combo drive.

  • BobTheDragon on 11/09/2012 - 15:19

    Dell 17 inch is cheaper when on special with 650 video card.

  • urzu on 11/09/2012 - 15:57

    630m is rubbish. Anything below a 640m can't really be considered to run games, especially not in 1080p

    • Rodgort on 11/09/2012 - 16:03
      +2

      You're kind of discounting older(and still VERY capable) cards.

      This honestly isn't a bargain at this price. If it was maybe one to two hundred dollars cheaper it might be an okay deal.

  • Centurion19871 on 11/09/2012 - 16:23
    +1

    Its just not worth the money since you could get a clevo or dell with the similar specs for much less. The gt 630m is just a rebadged gt 540m.
    1GB or 2GB of data wont matter because the card's gpu wont be sufficent to run games with playable fps on the screen's default resolution.

  • plmko on 11/09/2012 - 16:32

    Why does everything have to "gaming", a laptop shouldn't be for 'gaming' if it ain't got at least a GTX X60 series card or the ATI equivalent.

    But with that said, clearly with the 18.4 inch screen this would be good for multimedia or graphics design, as the GPU would be sufficient for that.

    • sickleb2002 on 11/09/2012 - 18:59
      -2

      Everything isn't gaming. Its hard to find a 18.4" 1080p laptop with GTX560 for $1299

  • homersyd on 11/09/2012 - 16:42

    I wish I saw this earlier…already bought XPS17 (with FHD screen & only 3GB Nvidia 555)… :(

    • BlueMaxima on 11/09/2012 - 16:54
      +2

      Don't worry, the 555 is better than the 630.

  • Posts on 11/09/2012 - 17:34
    +1

    Doesn't catch of the day do refurbished goods?

  • XmaGe on 11/09/2012 - 20:06

    wouldn't even play minecraft smoothly..

  • Jatzz on 11/09/2012 - 23:08

    Full HD gaming playback via youtube maybe? Their Acer deal for ~$600 or whatever with the 2GB GT640m was more suited for gaming. Classic false advertising from COTD.

  • Ace on 12/09/2012 - 03:56

    Might as well just use the money to buy a custom built PC with better specs since this thing isn't very portable.

    • sickleb2002 on 12/09/2012 - 23:31

      Its a desktop replacement therefore not meant to be very portable.

      • Ace on 15/09/2012 - 19:48

        That was my point… You might as well build a better pc system for cheaper.

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