The ASUS G71 Quad Core Gaming Notebook is extremely powerful and contains, yes, four core-processors. Featuring the new Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme processor QX9300, gamers will be gaming for a long freaking time, without having to upgrade for a long freaking time.

If you're into gaming-on-the-go, you know how tough it is to purchase a laptop/notebook that can play the latest games without moving like it's always in bullet-time. The problem is that portable computers just don't have the under-the-hood power they need to play games that release six month after the purchase of the notebook. And if they do happen to have a lot of processing muscle, the darn things probably cost two arms and two legs, leaving you financially maimed. But with ASUS G71, the tide could be turning for portable gaming and upgrading could be as frequent as buying a new console.

The G71 features some kick-butt tools that allow gamers to adjust the clock speed and processing output for the maximization of your gaming experience. Utilizing the Direct Console 2.0, gamers can effectively choose from three processor speed settings that is optimized for various modes of use. Built-in lights on the notebook's chasis can also be adjusted to suit in-game events, and single-touch hotkeys can also be configured to launch games at the press of a button. Now that's what I call convenient.

There's also the inclusion of the Direct Messenger, which sports gamers with an Xbox Live-esque feature that allows gamers to easily, and effectively, communicate, check system stats, and receive notifications of battery reserves all while playing a game. Sweet.

You can check out the complete specifications of the ASUS G71 below, or visit the Official ASUS Website for further details. And be sure to stay tuned in with Blend Games for more news and updates on the latest gaming news.

ASUS G71 Specs:

Intel Core2 Quad Processor QX9300 (2.53GHz, 6MB Cache, 1333MHz FSB)
Mobile Intel PM45 Express Chipset +ICH9M-E
Intel WiMAX/ WiFi Link 5100
Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate
4GB DDR2 1333MHz SDRAM (2 x 2GB)
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT with 512MB GDDR3 VRAM
Intel Turbo Memory Technology with 2GB NANDFlash(optional)
17" WUXGA, High Brightness, Color Shine
Dual hard disk drives; 500 GB (250 GB x 2) 5,400 rpm
Blu-ray Combo
2-megapixel swivel web camera
Built-in Bluetooth V2.1+EDR

Games don't even take advantage of two cores very well: four is redundant and consumes a lot of power. Even if the games were CPU limited (which they certainly aren't), the 2.53GHz core speed means that a 2.66GHz-3.06GHz laptop Intel dual-core would beat the quad-core in most cases.

But it's all pointless since the bottleneck will be the 9700M GT.

Yeah..the article is stretching a bit...that thing really won't be running modern games in 5 years because of the GPU. Laptops just aren't meant for gaming unless you don't mind shelling out huge sums of cash constantly, and this thing is no exception.

And honestly most of the features they mentioned exist on just about every laptop I've ever owned....specifically controls for tuning performance for various modes/needs, and the hotkeys are pretty standard these days for most laptops...and even if you don't have them you can rig some up in any OS worth using.

It's a nice laptop, but it's hardly the future proof gaming bargain the article makes it out to be...especially not at $2,000....

Processing-wise, it will last looong. Graphic-wise, not so much.

im guessing this thing runs 15 mins on battery?