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Looking for relatively cheap gaming laptop. Thanks.

1_What is your budget?
$1000-1500

2_What is the size of the notebook
15-18 in

3_What screen resolution do you want?
Nothing specific

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
desktop replacement

5_How much battery life do you need?
1-2 hours

6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
Fallout 3, Far cry 2, Crysis, Oblivion, Morrowind, Dragon age origins. Medium-high

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.)
Nope

8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need?
200+

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.
I am open

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop?
1-2 years

11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them.

12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
Hp, Asus, Acer, Cyberpower, Ibuypower, Sager.

13_What country do you live in?
USA

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This would be my personal top choice: http://www.sagernotebook.com/produ [...] =customize

Only the Asus G51 comes close to it in specs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6834220576

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
Reply to lostandwandering

+1^ ASUS G51 and SAGER NP8662 are great options

Reply to Maziar

Asus G51 looks very good indeed, even though the Gtx 260 is actually a desktop 9800 gtx+

Reply to Ehsan W

Ehsan W wrote :

Asus G51 looks very good indeed, even though the Gtx 260 is actually a desktop 9800 gtx+



Yep, the power and thermal requirements for the GT200 core are a little high for mobile platforms. The 9800GTX is a solid performer though.

------------------------------ LAPTOP: Sager NP5760|T7200|2gb DDR2-667| 100gb 7200rpm HDD| 512mb 7950GTX|17'' WUXGA

Desktop: Core2 E7200 | Corsair 2gb DDR2-800 | Gigabyte EP35-DS3L | 250gb Seagate Barracuda | MSI GTX260 (192 SP) | Corsair VX550 | Antec 300 case
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