New laptop

I want a new laptop. I want to be able to play crysis high settings at least and be able to play empire total war, cod4 and modern warfare 2, and titan quest. my budget is 2000-2200

1. budget2000-2200$
2. 17 inch
3. Don’t care, will plug in 24 inch desktop screen when gaming at home
4. Yes a portable desktop repalcement
5. 1 hour gaming at least
6. Yes, crysis high or higher, empire total war high or higher, cod4 maxed out, cod6 maxed out, titan quest maxed out, pretty much anything at decent settings
7. Surfing web, Microsoft office ( I know neither of these are demanding)
8. 300 gb +
9. No
10. 2 years
11. No
12. I do not like cyberpower, alienware and digital storm look nice and so does xotic pc.
13. United S

looks good but would this one be any better http://www.xoticpc.com/sager-np985 [...] -2586.html

Yes, the dual GTX-280s would provide a better gaming experience. I didn't recommend that one since it has an 18.4'' screen and when you bump it up to 4gb of RAM and upgrade the HDD it's over your budget by over $200.

Also see this :
ASUS G71GX
it is available with Core 2 Duo T9600 (2.8 Ghz 6Mb) and Core 2 Quad Q9000 (2.0 Ghz 6Mb)
with a GTX 260 (1024 Mb GDDR3) you won't have trouble even with Crysis
of course none of these CPUs can beat i7 920

yeah that is pretty good

The GTX280's should be pretty far above the GTX 260's. What system are you looking at that has the 260's?

Meh. I would choose the Sager over Alienware, but I guess I'm a bit biased. When I configure the Alienware to compare to the Sager, it's (the Alienware) way overpriced. Something like $400.

Compared to what?

If the sole purpose is for gaming, then no not necessarily. Most games are dependent on GPU power, not so much the CPU. So as long as he gets a decent CPU and 4gb of RAM, he shouldn't have any issue with anything else. Even the base i7 in the laptop I suggested will handle games just fine and the GTX 280M is a decent step up.

It depends more on the resolution, not the screen size. If you are running a game at a low resolution (say 1280x1024) then the two cards are going to be pretty close in performance since that res is more CPU dependent. But as you start to increase the resolution and detail, the GTX 280 which has more shader processors is going to start to pull away. Based on notebookcheck.net's benchmarks, I'd say the GTX 280 can pull an additional 10-15 FPS over the GTX 260 on high detail. In a game like Crysis, that could mean the difference between smooth gameplay and choppy/not playable.