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sksyen
United States359 Posts
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sob3k
United States7572 Posts
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letian
Germany4221 Posts
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Crushgroove
United States793 Posts
On November 02 2010 17:18 sob3k wrote: First you have to tell us a really good reason why you want a gaming laptop. This guy should be listened to. Laptops have poorer performance, a worse performance to dollar ratio, are more expensive, and far less upgradable, than their desktop counterparts. The only question you should ask is: "is mobility absolutely essential to what im doing, so much so that i should sacrifice Performance, life expectancy, and affordability?". If the answer isnt yes, you're not thinking clearly. | ||
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sksyen
United States359 Posts
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sksyen
United States359 Posts
On November 02 2010 18:05 letian wrote: I think, any with dual core > 2.0Gz > 2Gb Ram and pretty solid video like >512 mb Nvidia will be able to run it. But these are the models that you can pick for yourself: ASUS G51J, Toshiba Qosmio X500(can be quite expensive), Dell Studio XPS 1640, Dell Alienware M15x(cocky design) Appreciate the response. | ||
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letian
Germany4221 Posts
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letian
Germany4221 Posts
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writer22816
United States5775 Posts
My opinion? Quit trying to max out modern games on a huge 17" laptop and get a smaller, cheaper, and more portable machine. The advantage of a gaming laptop to me is gaming on the fly. It is not about maxing out games. If you don't travel much, then I would get a nice desktop. But if you really need the portability, learn to live with lower settings. | ||
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D1pstick
United States106 Posts
Good. Gaming. Laptop. Pick 2 of those Although don't get me wrong, gaming laptops exists but don't expect desktop level performance. | ||
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sksyen
United States359 Posts
Heres the specs - can you guy let me know what needs to be fixed? My guess is only the video card.. Dell Vostro 4.1.0 Intel core 2 duo E8400 @ 3.00 ghz 2.99 ghz , 3.25 GB of RAM ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro | ||
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Silentness
United States2821 Posts
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sksyen
United States359 Posts
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yrag89
Malaysia315 Posts
-Intel® Core™ i7-740QM Processor (1.73GHz, 4Core/8Threads, turbo boost up to 2.93Ghz, 6M cache) -1GB DDR3 ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5730 -4GB (2GBx2) 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM I can play on High settings. Ultra will get lower than 25 fps. Medium setting will give u 50+ fps. It suits my moving between home and college hostel. | ||
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Black Gun
Germany4482 Posts
what u should keep in mind is that mobility gpus with a certain name usually are much weaker than their desktop counterparts. for example, my asus g73 contains a mobility radeon 5870, which is comparable to a 5770 desktop gpu. the thing that needs upgrading by far the most is the graphics card. hd2400 wont nearly be enough for sc2 on good settings. | ||
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OutlaW-
Czech Republic5053 Posts
Alienware is the best one on the market but is also the most expensive one(if you remove all the bullshit ones) | ||
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ubersoph
United States56 Posts
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2337507 Should be a pretty solid gaming laptop, if you're looking for actual portability. Better build quality than the acer TimelineX that people are recommending, judging from reviews on notebookcheck and notebookreview. Otherwise just get/build a desktop  | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On November 02 2010 18:14 Crushgroove wrote: This guy should be listened to. Laptops have poorer performance, a worse performance to dollar ratio, are more expensive, and far less upgradable, than their desktop counterparts. The only question you should ask is: "is mobility absolutely essential to what im doing, so much so that i should sacrifice Performance, life expectancy, and affordability?". If the answer isnt yes, you're not thinking clearly. I don't think it matters what you guys think, he wants a laptop so just help him out or don't post at all stop trying to make him change his mind. Personally I have a Y560, Lonovo laptop. Love it, but I'm sure you can get better for 2k, mine was $1500. The new MSI laptop looks sick, 6600 or something like that... Maybe a 666? | ||
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Schickysc
Canada380 Posts
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asdfTT123
United States989 Posts
Core i5 450M 2.4ghz 4GB DDR3-1333 Radeon HD 5850 1GB DDR5 500GB HD 7200RPM 15.6" 1680x1050 WSXGA+ (most laptops at or above this price-range use crappy 1366x768) All for $1099. The chassis is also pretty compact compared to many monstrous gaming laptops. http://www.anandtech.com/show/3766/msi-gx640-speedy-dx11-laptop | ||
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