•  Date Published: 06 Jul 2017
    • Intel Core i7-6700HQ
    • NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M (2GB GDDR5)
    • 17.3”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
    • 256GB SSD + 1000GB HDD
    • 24GB DDR4
    • 4.04 kg (8.9 lbs)

    Review

    ASUS ROG G752VL in-depth review

    ASUS' ROG series has been killing on the gaming notebook market segment but in the last couple of years, more and more alternatives start to pop out beside the hard time the Taiwanese company gets from Alienware. This year even Acer released its premium Predator offering in the high-end gaming class so it will be quite interesting to see if the new ROG G752 has what it takes to take on the competition.Of course, the new ROG flagship doesn't fall behind its competitors in terms of performance since it delivers a choice between Core i7-6700HQ and the overclockable Core i7-6820HK while, on the GPU front, there are configurations with GeForce GTX 965M, 970M, and 980M. However, we are very pleased to see another M.2 PCIe SSD slot in addition to the old one. And, of course, the additiona[...]

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    Pros

    • Refreshing and sleek design
    • Great input devices
    • Slightly thinner than its predecessor
    • Supports two M.2 PCIe NVMe 2280 SSD slots
    • Excellent sound quality
    • No PWM across all brightness levels
    • Effective and relatively silent cooling system
    • Excellent display properties including 75 Hz refresh rate and G-Sync-enabled technology

    Cons

    • Last year's G751 seemed more solid with better choice of materials
    • Mediocre battery life
    • Doesn't support RAID 0 configurations
    • The right side of the machine is a bit overcrowded with ports