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GAMING PCS GET BETTER — AS THE INDIAN GAME DEVELOPING SCENE GROWS

The new Asus G752 is a good example of a professional gaming platform and shows where all the money goes, to set it apart from standard laptops of this size.

In essence, it is a 17.3 inch full HD ( 1920 by 1080 pixels) back- lit LED laptop running on Windows 10 ( 64 bit). The storage, however, is terabyte class: 1407 GB of hard disk plus 128 GB of solid state drive. The hefty 16 GB RAM is expandable to 64 GB. This is — at 4.4 kg— a heavyweight performer and I can’t see any self- respecting gamer, daring to play with it, balanced on one’s lap. For one thing he or she, will get a solid blast of hot air from the menacing, toothy, orange- coloured heat vents at the back.

The keys are backlit and come with an anti- ghosting feature, which means even if you accidentally hit multiple keys, only the first will register, an important consideration when every millisecond matters, in competitive gaming.

The 6th generation Intel Core i7 main processor clocking 2.6 GHz is complemented by Nvidia’s GTX 980m graphical processor unit, which ensures zero screen lag and jitter by syncing PC display with the graphics card .

There are a few other things which set this gaming platform apart from the standard laptop: a set of 5

programmable keys in the top left hand of the keyboard for gamers who want to create their own custom shortcuts. Another is the ASUS game centre which monitors CPU and GPU frequencies from second to second. When I played Call of Duty, I could see the GPU temperature going up from 47oC to 52oC as the action on

the screen quickened up. The Asus 3D Vapor Chamber provides increased cooling performance.

Asus has provided a graphical user interface called Steam to manage the games on the machine. The G 752 costs ` 79,990.