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It’s seems that you’re having issues Asus G73jh laptop, as an owner of the same laptop here are some thoughts. In performance the laptop is still has high end performance for being a 2 year laptop and sure the CPU is clocked @ 1.60 GHz but that can be overclocked (and yes in a laptop), also with precautions. As of Memory (ram) normally laptop comes out of box 8gbs of ram (depends which model you have purchased) but it can upgraded to 12gbs.

Here are my suggestions for making the laptop better:

1. Upgrade of computer memory

2. Buy a new hard drive (Seriously as an owner of the same laptop, I bet you witness many problems like computer freeze or even BSOD. This caused by the stock hard drive that came inside the laptop, I really don’t know why but many users of the laptop have this problem)

3. Wipe and reinstall the operating system (always 64bit) without bloatware that came with the laptop.

4. After reinstalling your OS, install all necessary drivers.

5. Install the AMD control center (Graphics card drivers), Now there been weird been an issue called vertical lines all around the screen some g73jh users called it VSOD or vertical lines of death , it happens when there error in the video card bios (I have experience this when playing crysis 2 and super mario galaxy 2) go here for more info:

http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?519-G73Jh-GSOD-Vbios-Update&country=&status=

6. When playing games on dolphin some are smooth play and some are not. My settings where usually default but with framelimit off and Disable audio throttle.

Overclocking, it’s not for everyone and can harm your computer but if you want to do it take some caution when doing this process.

1. You might want to open up your laptop to put some new thermal paste and do not use cheap the stuff. (I used Tuniq TX4 thermal paste which has thick constancy which is great for oc) I also heard that you can get laptop repaste if you’re laptop still has warranty on your laptop by a professional that is certified by ASUS company.

2. Make sure your fan vents are clean because this laptop suck a lot of air and a lot dust can go in and the temps can go up.

3.Now overclocking the CPU is quite easy, there a program called throttle stop. It is use to unlock the clock speed of the cpu which were are talking about a g73jh laptop is around 900mhz. The laptop was clocked @ 1.60 GHz for a reason and the reason is battery life. ASUS G73JH can be called a laptop but it’s actually a desktop replacement.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?227689-ThrottleStop-Performance-Adjustment-Tool-for-Core-2-Core-i-CPUs

For drivers go here : http://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?1150-G73-74-53-Series-Driver-and-Application-Reference&country=&status=

I hope these suggestions could help you on getting all performance out the laptop.