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Averages verified benchmark scores per laptop to find the best performing laptop for each game or synthetic benchmark utility. Note - for users with benchmark logs, if more then 1 benchmark is submitted under different settings, the best score of all settings is used for averaging.
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Asus G73JG,G73JH-A1,G73JH-A2
Average: 17,191
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Asus W90,W90Vp-A1
Average: 17,142
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Alienware M17x
Average: 16,937.40
4:
Sager NP9280
Average: 14,889.50
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Alienware m17
Average: 13,860.75
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Alienware M17x
Average: 5.90
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Asus G51Vx
Average: 5.70
3:
Sager NP8662
Average: 5.60
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5:
Asus G50Vt
Average: 5.50
1:
Alienware M17x
Average: 12,426
2:
Asus W90,W90Vp-A1
Average: 10,677
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4:
Dell XPS M1730
Average: 8,297.75
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Sager NP8690
Average: 7,222
1:
Sager NP8690
Average: 262.80
2:
Sager NP8662
Average: 256.10
3:
Alienware M17x
Average: 188.17
4:
Sager NP9280
Average: 90.70
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Alienware Area-51 m17x
Average: 75.10
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Sager NP9280
Average: 0m, 23s
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Dell XPS M1730
Average: 0m, 37s
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Alienware m17
Average: 0m, 38s
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Alienware M17x
Average: 0m, 39s
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Gateway P-6831FX
Average: 0m, 39s

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CeBit 2010
News start to leak out in regards as to what the manufacturers will be introducing at 2010 CeBit in Hannover. - NVIDIA to announce their ION2, but now named as ION 2010. This chipset works with the newer Atom Pinetrail. - ASUS will introduce its series of AMD 890GX+SB850 boards at the show. - Bi ...

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Alienware M11X Review
Intro The reason I got this is that I wanted a laptop that would be more portable than my MALX and this looked like it would meet those expectations, placed my order and got a est delivery of March 3rd, I surprised to see it updated with a 18th delivery date. It arrived on schedule doulbe b ...

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Blue Label Laptop Line at Best Buy
As promised, electronics retailer Best Buy has added to their Blue LabelTM family of laptops by adding three top brand units to their line up. The Dell Studio s15z-2249CPN, Sony Vail VPCS111FM/S and Toshiba Satellite® E205-S1904 have joined Blue Label to round out their trio of laptops that have ...
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Acer Ferrari FO200-15
Acer Japan to launch updated Ferrari One Netbook! . 500GB/5400rpm up from 360GB . 11.6" WXGA (HD) 1366 x 768, . up to 4GB of DDR2 SDRAM, . AMD Athlon 64 X2 L310 (1.2GHz ), . ATi Radeon HD 3200 graphics, . IEEE802.11b/g/n, . Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. It will be available as of March 19 in Jap ...

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ASUS Cine5 PC Speaker
True 5.1 sound for game enthusiasts and others ... Quote: The Cine5 delivers realistic and dynamic surround sound to satisfy consummate gamers and personal entertainment users. To deliver exceptionally full sound from a compact form factor, ASUS drew on its expertise in hig ...

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OCZ Onyx Series SATA II
Just days after CeBit OCZ announced the arrival of its latest Onyx Series SATA II 2.5" SSD. Pricing is to be competitive at $100. * Available in 32GB capacities * 64MB Onboard Cache * TRIM Support * Seek Time: * Slim 2.5" Design * 99.8 x 69.63 x 9.3mm * Lightw ...

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Dell M4500 Work Station
"The Dell Precision M4500 establishes new heights for performance and mobility for a workstation," said Greg Weir, senior manager, Dell Precision workstations. "This system provides the freedom to discover, create and imagine on your terms, wherever creativity takes you. Top that off with the assura ...

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Alienware M17x Review
Intro Introducing the Alienware M17x! Not to be confused with the Alienware Area-51 m17x. Yes Alienware dropped the "Area-51" off the official title of the notebook and changed the "M" from lowercase to uppercase for reasons we don't really know. Maybe they just wanted an easier way to determin ...

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MSI MS-1013 Blue Media
MSI MS-1013 Blue Media A MSI business portable notebook that has been a true traveling partner over the years, amd one of the small footprint barebone system that MSI offered. It can be found under different models (S260-S270) and is the basic for other brands such as Tchibo, Medion, Averatec, ...

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HP Pavilion DV6-2190US
Review of the HP DV6-2190US First impressions The DV6 is the most powerful laptop I have ever owned and used. The laptop will definitely work well for the type of computer activities that I do: buring DVD's, programming, video converison, picture editing, etc. Specs: Intel Core i7-720QM ...

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Alienware M11X Review
Intro The reason I got this is that I wanted a laptop that would be more portable than my MALX and this looked like it would meet those expectations, placed my order and got a est delivery of March 3rd, I surprised to see it updated with a 18th delivery date. It arrived on schedule doulbe b ...

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Asus G73JH-A2 Review
Asus G73JH-A2: NightHawk Stealth Intro I have been using an Asus G1 since end of 2006. Asus service was great when I had GPU problems, their two way free overnight shipping and fastest industry turn around for repairs made me a loyal customer. The Nvidia GPU burning itself out twice made me a v ...

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ATI Catalyst Drivers 10.2
Quote: # New Features * ATI Catalyst™ application profiles for ATI CrossFireX™ supported configurations This release of ATI Catalyst™ delivers support for the latest ATI CrossFireX™ profiles in a separate executable file, ensuring users have access to the absolute latest s ...

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ATI Catalyst Drivers 10.1
Quote: # Performance Improvements The following performance gains are noticed with this release of ATI Catalyst™ 10.1: * Left 4 Dead 2 – Overall performance improves as much as 3% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series products and ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series products * Crysis – Pe ...

NVIDIA Forceware 196.21 WHQL
NVIDIA Forceware 196.21 WHQL Quote: * Adds SLI and multi-GPU support for many top new gaming titles including Avatar Demo, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, City Bus Simulator, Dirt 2, Ferrari Virtual Race, GREED: Black Border, Mass Effect 2, Mortal Online, Ninja Blade, Operation F ...

nVidia Forceware 195.94 Released (XP 32bit)
195.94 Drivers for Windows XP 32-bit only! ForceWare 195.94 for Windows XP 32-bit4 @ LaptopVideo2Go Quote: Latest drivers out: Operating System: Windows XP 32bit Driver Version: 195.94 Driver Date: 2009-12-18 (YYYY-MM-DD) Downl ...

NVIDIA ForceWare 195.62 WHQL Released (All OS)
ForceWare 195.62 for Windows XP (32/64-Bit) / Windows Vista (32/64-Bit) / Windows 7 (32/64-Bit) @ LaptopVideo2Go Quote: Latest drivers out: Operating System: Windows XP (32/64-Bit) / Windows Vista (32/64-Bit) / Windows 7 (32/64-Bit) Driver Version: 195.62 ...

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3DMark06
Gateway M-6864 FX
3,589 3DMarks
by jlamar92
2:
3DMark06
Asus G73JH-X1
17,191 3DMarks
by NWGuru
3:
3DMark06
Sager NP9262
12,063 3DMarks
by johnksss
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3DMark Vantage
Asus G73JH-A2
9,026 3dmarks
by ziddy123
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HD Tune
Lenovo IdeaPad S10e
55.20 MB/sec
by kafkacell
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3DMark06
Alienware M17x
20,385 3DMarks
by NWGuru
Microsoft's Windows 8 Due in 2012
or "In a recent presentation at the Los Angeles Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky revealed two interesting slides that CNET News believes confirms the next major release from the Redmond-based firm is pegged for 2012." Article in full! cheers ...

Google Chrome OS Annouced! What about Gaming?
It was just a matter of time before something like this was going to happen. I am excited for the initial product. Quote: t's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chro ...

Windows 7 Pricing Announced
Vista and XP users$119.99 Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade $199.99 Windows 7 Home Professional Upgrade $219.99 Windows 7 Home Ultimate full retail disc$199.99 Windows 7 Home Premium $299.99 Windows 7 Home Professional $319.99 Windows 7 Home Ultimate pre-order upgrades at much cheaper prices - ...

3DMark Record Broken Again
Well it wasn't Team Finland again breaking the 3Dmark06 world record, but Kevin Wu from Lord Americas. This news is a bit old, but I love reporting whenever the bar gets raised in terms of benchmarking. It means technology is continuing to get better. Kevin is running a Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU W3540, ...

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MacBook Pro 17" 2.33 C2D/4GB/320 + extras
This MacBook Pro has a Zagg InvisibleShield Full Body Armor installed. It was installed, literally, the day I received the Mac. This is what you see on the palm wrests, lid, touch pad, mouse button, and bottom. The battery does not have the shield on as it was recently replaced with a new one. T ...

FS: (NY) Acer 5739g w/ extras
I'm looking to sell my Acer 5739g which i bought from newegg at price of 699.99. They are currently selling for 649.99 but out of stock. The model i received came with the Nvidia 240m GPU instead of the advertised 130M. Laptop has been used for 2 months and in excellent condition. no dead pixels. ...

XPS m1730 8800 GTX SLI
Well my M1730 does have video card problems 8800m GTX SLI, which should be noted, I've baked it and it's working but that's also why I'm selling the laptop at 750, probably 800 shipped (I'll work with the buyer on shipping) which I think is fair. It comes with a Physics Card and a Backpack and 2 AC ...

WTB: Inspiron 8600 Compatible LCD
Title says it. I need a 15.4" LCD. They were in a lot of Dell, Samsung, and Compaq notebooks. Part number LTN154W1-L01 If you have one laying about, hit me up. Thanks

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Dell M1710 w/T7600G 7900GTX
I am looking at selling my current rig in order to help finance a new project. I have had this notebook for a few years now and have been totally satisfied by its performance. I've made a few upgrades in that time. Here is the original service tag from Dell. 7Q72W91 System Specifications Bran ...

FS: G73JH-X1 Radeon 5870 Gaming Laptop LIKE NEW!
IVe had this about 3weeks. IN Perfect Condition comes with ORginal Box and CD/Manual 2yr warranty with accidental damage warranty. has not been regisiter. Ipaid $1600 on newegg for this I am selling because lost my job. and need cash to pay bill and feed my kids! HEre is the NEWEGG link where Ib ...

WTB 1710 graphics card
I am looking for an inexpensive GPU for a friends 1710. I sold him a laptop and less than 2 months the 7900GTX died. He doesnt game or overclock so I am eating this one. WHat cards will fit? Also a basic 3D accelerator will do as I upgraded the CPU and ram and HDD for the guy free. I just need a GPU ...

FS: HP Pavillion dv3510nr 13" Light Gaming Notebook
I am selling a hp pavillion 3510nr laptop that is 13" and has a 9300 nvidia card. It can do light gaming. You will be receiving only the laptop itself, battery and the charger. The only thing that has been upgraded is the hard drive which is a scorpio blue 500gb. Will post some stats and p ...


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How to change your Alienware M17x processor
I attached a quick information for those who feel like upgrading their processor. If anyone has any questions just post it here. There is an attached Word file at the end of the post should anyone want to download. . Required tools, Compressed air for cleaning, 1 philips and 1 flathead screw driv ...

How To Choose a Linux Distribution
Project Time.... Since this is something that comes up often, there was a recent article floating around the internet that breaks down one person's viewpoint of distributions for people to look at for different purposes, that may be useful reading for any newcomers looking at Linux. For those ...

Overclock D600 1.6G to 2.13G (hardware modification with photos)
I knew there is a soft way to do so, but I really like to find out another way Now come with me, I'd like to share my experience with all you guys. This is hardware modification! You play this on your own risk! The most headache is that the position of PLL IC is different from most others( ...

Power jack modification. Works for Satellite L300, L305, L350, L355.
If you have one of the following laptops: Toshiba Satellite/Satelite Pro L300, L305/L305D, L350, L355/L355D you have a really good chance that your power jack will get broken soon. The problem is that the base assembly might get broken too. Instead of replacing the base assembly and power jack h ...


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