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07-03-2008 at 08:54:39 AM

I've been looking for the last few days for a good laptop I can take to college. I plan to use it for gaming as well. I've narrowed my options to these two asus laptops:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6834220308

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6834220307

Both are extremely similar, the only differences are the processors, video cards, and price. I was hoping for some reccomendations and analysis of the two laptops. Thanks in advance for your help. And any other suggestions for laptops in this range would also be helpful.

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Maziar
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07-03-2008 at 09:12:47 AM

9500MGS and HD 3650 perform near each other and the difference isn't much.
Also the CPUs perfrom the same too, T9300 is a little more faster than T8300.

So i say go for the second one.

Another recommendation is GATEWAY P6860FX, take a look at it at www.bestbuy.com it has a 8800MGTS which blows way both HD 3650 and 9500MGS


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