asus g50v-a2 vs metabox M860TU 9800 GT

Brapuss · 26th August 2008, 6:01 PM

hi all,

i have been looking for a few weeks now and have come to the conclusion that these 2 laptops are my final 2.
i am looking for a decent gaming laptop, for around 3k.

asus link http://www.p4laptops.com.au/order-g501.htm
metabox link http://www.p4laptops.com.au/order-m860gt.htm

My needs were 7200rpm drive (asus has 2 in raid0) and a decent video card (metabox beats asus by quite a margin)

the asus is about $2900 fully configured and the metabox is $3300 fully configured

asus has blueray,raid 0,9700m gt going for it where as the metabox has the 9800m gt.

is the $400 for the 9800m gt really worth it as i also loose the blueray playback (i have a ps3 so i own bluerays)

thanks all for your input.

kruza · 26th August 2008, 8:54 PM

hey there, i have actually been look at both these notebooks, with a bit of searching i came across:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/index.php
the metabox is just a rebranded Clevo M860TU, but yeh look around those forums especially in the Asus and Sager/Clevo subforums and there is ton of information, reviews, and benchmarks for both and many more notebooks.

Brapuss · 26th August 2008, 9:53 PM

cheers, thanks for the tip

26th August 2008, 6:01 PM	#1
Brapuss Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Kalgoorlie WA Posts: 65	asus g50v-a2 vs metabox M860TU 9800 GT hi all, i have been looking for a few weeks now and have come to the conclusion that these 2 laptops are my final 2. i am looking for a decent gaming laptop, for around 3k. asus link http://www.p4laptops.com.au/order-g501.htm metabox link http://www.p4laptops.com.au/order-m860gt.htm My needs were 7200rpm drive (asus has 2 in raid0) and a decent video card (metabox beats asus by quite a margin) the asus is about $2900 fully configured and the metabox is $3300 fully configured asus has blueray,raid 0,9700m gt going for it where as the metabox has the 9800m gt. is the $400 for the 9800m gt really worth it as i also loose the blueray playback (i have a ps3 so i own bluerays) thanks all for your input. __________________ Coolermaster Cosmos 1000\|GA-EX38-DQ6\|Intel E8600 EO+Noctua NH-U12P(4.5Ghz 10x450Mhz@1.25v Load=45Deg)\|4GB Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400@900mhz+2GB Kingston Hyper-X PC2-9600@900mhz\|Gigabyte 9800GTX+Thermalright HR-03GT+Noctua120mmFan Ghetto Mod 820/2065/1124\|Windows 7 64\|1x 60Gb OCZ Vertex SSD\|1x 150 VelociraptoRaptor\|1x 500GB WD\|Antec True Power 1000W\|

26th August 2008, 9:53 PM	#3
Brapuss Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Kalgoorlie WA Posts: 65	cheers, thanks for the tip __________________ Coolermaster Cosmos 1000\|GA-EX38-DQ6\|Intel E8600 EO+Noctua NH-U12P(4.5Ghz 10x450Mhz@1.25v Load=45Deg)\|4GB Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400@900mhz+2GB Kingston Hyper-X PC2-9600@900mhz\|Gigabyte 9800GTX+Thermalright HR-03GT+Noctua120mmFan Ghetto Mod 820/2065/1124\|Windows 7 64\|1x 60Gb OCZ Vertex SSD\|1x 150 VelociraptoRaptor\|1x 500GB WD\|Antec True Power 1000W\|

26th August 2008, 8:54 PM	#2
kruza Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3	hey there, i have actually been look at both these notebooks, with a bit of searching i came across: http://forum.notebookreview.com/index.php the metabox is just a rebranded Clevo M860TU, but yeh look around those forums especially in the Asus and Sager/Clevo subforums and there is ton of information, reviews, and benchmarks for both and many more notebooks.