Pros: *Screen Brightness *Flawless Design *Easy to use

Cons: *3 GPU failures within days of purchasing *1 Replacement of whole notebook and 1 replacement of motherboard. *Machine has downgraded in price from 1299 to 999 in less than 1 month

Overall Review: Regarding my post on newegg.com review, I had called ASUS around the 30th of January after I got my 2nd GL771JM machine, which is currently being sold at 169.00 dollars less than I bought it no more than a month ago. After I got my 2nd machine on January 26th 6-7 days later started displaying the same graphic issues, image distortion and screen flickering at random moments. I called ASUS and they referred me to a local warranty service provider which found out there was a GPU issue and order a full replacement of the motherboard. My new ticket number with ASUS is N150215326 I am writing this because after 3 weeks without the notebook (again), first 1/8/15->1/26/15 and then 2/11/15->2/27/15. As you can see since the day I bought my laptop on January 7th I had had it on my hands 15 days total. The rest of the time it had been in service. After a few hours of gaming with the machine today (2/27/15) the screen started flickering again... software issue or hardware? After looking at the RoG community forums, I am not the only one with this problem, and the fact that the machine has been bumped more than 300 dollars in 2 months says that it had had a lot of backslash with problems otherwise it would still be at the original price, not as discounted. Now you say that the issue is fixed by updating manually the Windows Updates, can you please provide some instructions?

Pros: Everything seems legit on this laptop except for one huge issue.

Cons: I have had the same issue as so many others. The graphics card is complete trash. I have tried this with numerous games and when I get to the main menu the screen starts flashing off and on. Seeing as how this is mainly a gaming laptop it pretty much makes it useless. I was on the phone with ASUS for 8 hours on and off today troubleshooting. Nothing worked. I have had this computer 2 days and it has not worked with any games at all. Now I am forced to do an RMA and I will be without a computer for 3 weeks. It's my fault for taking a chance on a laptop so many have had problems with. I wanted to save money and it cost me. This will be my last ASUS I ever purchase.

Pros: Nice laptop overall Very slim compared to other gaming rigs Not a terrible price for what I bought it for.

Cons: There was a hardware issue with mine that ended up in a return to Newegg. The screen starts to have refresh lines during random events. Even things as simple as changing a setting in Windows. This issue is known to be an issue with this model. If you are considering this laptop, know that this is an issue. Not all of the laptops have this problem but beware. I love ASUS though and plan on getting a higher end model.

Pros: Amazing design, handles workloads well

Cons: Apparently everyone has been having this issue... But like the rest, when I attempt to play games, the screen flickers. I've tried re-installing (cleanly) the nvidia drivers, DirectX, etc. Gotta RMA it now as well. If this is a consistent issue, why has it not been fixed yet? ASUS, how does something like this get through rigorous testing multiple times?

Overall Review: Love the laptop, dislike the issues.

Pros: This thing is huge. The matte screen is nice, The black brushed aluminum is very professional-looking, and will do wonders to dissipate heat, hopefully. The keys are all backlit with a red LED that looks incredibly sharp, and the ASUS ROG logo on the lid of the laptop lights up in the dark as well. All in all it's incredibly sleek. This laptop has double the ram of most standard commercial laptops, a humongous 1TB hard drive, and an optical drive for those of us who are required to work with optical media still.This is something that annoys me about other performance laptops is that more of them are ditching optical drives entirely. Not that you can't just purchase an external USB optical drive, but I consider it a nice-to-have feature in this laptop. It's also nice to know that the laptop comes with a 1-year warranty from ASUS and that includes an accident warranty. Very nice; bigger laptop brands don't normally including the accidental damage warranty. The Processor and the GTX 860m are remarkably powerful for the purpose this laptop will serve (see other thoughts)

Cons: This thing _is_ huge. a bit over 5 lbs. and while you may think that isn't much, for a laptop, it certainly is. I bought this laptop knowing this already, so I can't really deduct anything for it; I knew what I was getting in to. Since it's a performance laptop, you won't be getting great battery life out of it; the battery (thankfully replaceable, unlike other, more expensive aluminum laptops I can think of) is 100% replaceable, but bear in mind it's only a 6-cell L-ION battery. Again, I knew what I was getting in to and can't really deduct eggs for it.

Overall Review: This laptop was meant as a replacement for my wife's rapidly aging dual-core laptop with 3gbs of ram in Total. she does play video games, and she does a lot of work with optical media and would appreciate a system with a massive hard drive. SSD would have been nice, but there's no way you're cramming an SSD, 1TB hdd and an optical drive into a single laptop without it being even bigger and heavier. The bottom line is that I wanted to give her something with reasonable gaming performance, at a reasonable price. ASUS has never failed me in the past, so I found it to be the only logical choice, considering it had everything we were looking for. This laptop is sleek, the screen is nice and huge, and somehow we got it on sale for close to 1k out the door. BIG UPS to ASUS for making the ROG series sexy, multi-purpose powerhouses.

Pros: The computer overall is excellent.

Cons: The only issue I have was with the graphics card which is faulty. I switched it over to the intel graphics, and it ran perfectly with video games. But with the nvidia, wheneverI open up a video game, the screen starts to flicker, and I tried everything I could think of to fix, but nothing.

Pros: Big screen

Cons: Takes forever to start up. Had to be plugged in at all times after about a year of use or it would just shut off. This morning I'm getting a black screen and nothing will fix it. Everything is on that laptop, I'm starting a business and was needing to use this until I could get a business laptop. Now that it's fried I am screwed. Don't. Waste. Your. Money. I bought this less than 2 years ago and knew I should have stuck to a brand I trust instead. I am so pissed.

Pros: None

Cons: Every time I open a game or a process that requires more than 25% of the available ram, the screen flickers, making it completely unusable. Completely defective. Why should I spent so much money on a product that does not perform the basic functions it is advertised to do.

Overall Review: Do not buy. ASUS will not help you with this issue, as they have not helped me at all.