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rlnvillamor   09-17-2009 at 06:06:23 AM

what is the best gaming laptop around today for a hardcore gamer like me? im still thinking which is the best to buy, is it laptop or desktop?

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jimishtar   09-17-2009 at 10:27:19 AM

"gaming laptop" is a myth. u are just trowing your money away.

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blazer666_uk   09-17-2009 at 12:17:56 PM

Ha

You obviously have not seen a Dell XPS M1730 with dual 9800 GTX graphics cards or the new alien ware laptop with dual Gforce 280's My 1730 will play any game on the market,its got blu ray recorder and 6 gigs of ram 2 256gig solid state drives and I bet will beat the pants off most desktops (not my core i7 desktop!) :kaola:

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jimishtar   09-17-2009 at 01:31:01 PM

blazer666_uk wrote :

Ha

You obviously have not seen a Dell XPS M1730 with dual 9800 GTX graphics cards or the new alien ware laptop with dual Gforce 280's My 1730 will play any game on the market,its got blu ray recorder and 6 gigs of ram 2 256gig solid state drives and I bet will beat the pants off most desktops (not my core i7 desktop!) :kaola:



and how much do they cost? i guess for the same money u can buy 2 or 3 systems like your i7 desktop, right?

the purpose of laptop is not gaming.

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strangestranger   09-17-2009 at 05:46:25 PM

Of course the 280M is basically a 9800 anyway.

I tried a gaming laptop a few years back and it ain't worth it, battery life, heat and the fact that it is unupgradable and always behind the desktop variants make it useless.

Buy a laptop for taking with you places or as a space saving measure, not for anything intensive.

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OvrClkr   09-22-2009 at 06:25:41 PM

I agree with jimishtar, I have a Dell XPS 1530 with a 280 and IMO the laptop just can't give me what I need as far as gaming goes....... Yea you can play Crysis with some decent frames but a Laptop in my book is really not for gaming.... maybe for on the go gaming, airport, in class, etc... but at home, if you have a desktop there is no point...

I use my laptop to view blue ray movies on the-go, at friends house, presentations, etc... If I want game I use my desktop....

For the price of a gaming laptop you can build an amazing machine....

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adil-r   09-22-2009 at 08:37:15 PM

You can just play light games on you laptop

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justinheir   09-24-2009 at 09:51:27 AM

If you focus on the tag line "best gaming" laptop you could be duped by some brand manufacturers.... do your own research about the game requirements of top level games and make your list.... from there see reviews of each to decide if they suits up your preferences.

I saw an example of such "overly" advertised laptop (ever heard of MAINGEAR) it is almost a 3000 USD laptop but instead of that you could purchase Alienware by Dell. BUt to tell you honestly, you can still find the best gaming laptop on your own. It isn't the "best laptop" but the "best gamer" that matters anyway.

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licktoren   09-27-2009 at 04:21:08 AM

Well the reason i am looking for "the best gaming laptop" is because i deploy next year and can't take a full desk top. so i for me a gaming laptop is all i can have. granted yes a desk top will beat out any laptop for power and price. but for some you need to take what you can get

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Krysyf20   09-30-2009 at 03:52:06 PM

Gaming Laptop is a relative term. If you have the room, a desktop is MUCH better for gaming than a laptop. Yes there are desktop replacement laptops out there and yes the price tag is steep. For someone in my case, My husband is a contractor and we are constantly moving from one place to another and we live in an rv so the laptop is better. We tried desktops and they space they occupy is just too valuable. So the alienware m17x laptop is best suited to my needs. Also I like being able to go and play in bed if I want too. =)


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obsidian86   09-30-2009 at 06:23:18 PM

screw the xps m1730 the asus w90 packs a 4870x2

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Krysyf20   10-01-2009 at 06:09:09 PM

ha ha!! I think he was talking about the specs for the price. If not I agree with you. There are a lot better gaming laptops out there. Laptops now come with the i7 core and dual video cards for whatever your fancy may be radeon or nvidia and your budget. They can run up to and over 6k for a gaming laptop.

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Krysyf20   10-01-2009 at 06:09:26 PM

BTW to whom is deploying and started the thread, everyone has different wants in there laptop some like to have a fast processor and only one graphics card or they DL a lot of movies and there fore need more hard drive space. The best way to find the best gaming laptop for you is do the research. If you are looking for gaming I wouldn't go below a intel 9000 series processor or it's equivalent, (this includes duo and quad core) no less then 4gigs ram, at least 6 would be preferred, and nothing below a 260gtx nvidia graphics card or it's equivalent. Depending on what your playing would depend on how powerful it would need it be. Alienware has extremely nice gaming laptops but unless you want to pay for name brand you should look elsewhere.

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justinheir   10-12-2009 at 09:54:21 AM

Krysyf20 wrote :

BTW to whom is deploying and started the thread, everyone has different wants in there laptop some like to have a fast processor and only one graphics card or they DL a lot of movies and there fore need more hard drive space. The best way to find the best gaming laptop for you is do the research. If you are looking for gaming I wouldn't go below a intel 9000 series processor or it's equivalent, (this includes duo and quad core) no less then 4gigs ram, at least 6 would be preferred, and nothing below a 260gtx nvidia graphics card or it's equivalent. Depending on what your playing would depend on how powerful it would need it be. Alienware has extremely nice gaming laptops but unless you want to pay for name brand you should look elsewhere.



I agree, well you can't really tell the BEST gaming laptop for you unless YOU are the one who's going to use it. Manufacturers have pretty exploited this term for their own advantage. As a user if you're satisfied with it, then it should be the best laptop in the world.

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