Asus G51JX i7-720QM GTX260M 15.6in

ASUS G51J 3D gaming notebook

The ASUS G51J is a pricey 3D notebook that's aimed at gamers. It has a powerful CPU, lots of RAM and a fast hard drive, but it needs more graphics grunt to compete against conventional gaming notebooks. Consider this model only if you want to be an early adopter of 3D technology and want a more immersive notebook gaming experience, but don't expect all of your older games to look good in 3D. That said, when you do run a good 3D game or watch a well-shot 3D movie, the experience is a very pleasant one. The ASUS G51J 3D gaming notebook bears an illuminated ASUS Republic of Gamers badge on its lid, so you know from the outset that it's not designed for pedestrian computing activities. It's one of the few gaming notebooks currently on the market that has a 3D-capable screen, and it's NVIDIA 3D Vision–ready. This means it ships with a pair of NVIDIA active shutter glasses and a receiver so that you can take advantage of the 3D screen. Not only can you play new (and existing) games with greater 3D depth (some games look better than others), you can also watch movies that have been recorded in the stereoscopic 3D format, and the notebook comes with a Blu-ray drive. However, it's not a completely cutting-edge notebook — it could use a faster a graphics adapter — and it is expensive.