The installed Sandy Bridge quad core CPU, together with the Nvidia Geforce GT 540M, provides an incredible performance increase, which boosts the Asus N53SV to the top of its class. It is already hunting in the grounds of older entry level gaming notebooks.
The balancing act between excellent performance reserves and nevertheless acceptable emissions combined with an adequate battery life is accomplished with Nvidia's Optimus. We find it regrettable that cutbacks have apparently been made in the display. A higher contrast and wider color spectrum would have been the icing on the attractive bundle.
The price with which the notebook will be launched onto the market will ultimately be the decisive aspect. If it remains within the range of 1000 euro, the N53SV could turn out to be a much desired all-round laptop.