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post #1 of 17
1/21/08 at 7:09pm
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New to laptops and all what would you guys consider the best laptop out there for gaming?
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post #2 of 17
1/22/08 at 1:10am
You'll probably get several replies to this one. Either the Sager or Alienware. The Alienware M15X and M17X are new and come with the 8800M GTX video card. They are 15.4" or 17" sizes. The Sager also has the 8800M GTX too.

I've been buying Dell laptops. Now that the 8800M GTX's are available elsewhere, my money would probably follow the 8800 cards.
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post #3 of 17
1/22/08 at 4:05am
The best gaming laptop that you can buy right now is the Sager 9262. Quad-core, up to three harddrives, and two 8800 in SLI. Out of the box with a single 8800 and Q6600 processor they are hitting over 10K on 3DMark06. Granted this is a synthetic benchmark, but it is useful for a quick performance check.

They are shipping them with only one video card with the second one in mid to late Feb once they have a stable driver.

Alienware's m17x will probably be along the same lines, but prettier. And more expensive. It should be available in Feb, probably after they get a stable driver for the SLI.

As for Dell.... who knows. They are keeping mum on what laptop they will offer with the 8800.
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post #4 of 17
1/22/08 at 1:44pm
One note about the Sager, it uses a desktop processor where as the Alienware's use laptop processors. There have been many complaints in the past about laptops with desktop processors generating too much heat and having shorter than normal life spans. Research posts about Alienware's 7700 series to see what I mean. Caveat emptor . . .
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post #5 of 17
1/23/08 at 3:51pm
The Sager 9262 on www.PCTorque.com is the best gaming notebook that we offer. If you are looking for a real gaming notebook I would reccomend purchasing the 9262 with dual 8800 GTX grpahic cards and the exteme X6800 processor that was built for gaming. As far as the heat issue is concerned the new 9262 has 4 fans a thermal coumpound that comes standard. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at 1-800-346-6986 or Steven@PCTorque.com.
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post #6 of 17
1/23/08 at 5:08pm
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Originally Posted by Airwickwizard View Post
New to laptops and all what would you guys consider the best laptop out there for gaming?
take note of what I am going to do here....

what games do you play?
what size of notebook do you prefer?
what resolution do you prefer?
what is your max budget?

now after these questions are answered, legit and worthwhile reccomendations can be made to answer the OP.
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post #7 of 17
1/28/08 at 10:53pm
At $1200-1350 the Gateway P-6831FX is pretty tough to beat.
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post #8 of 17
1/31/08 at 11:40pm
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At $1200-1350 the Gateway P-6831FX is pretty tough to beat.
The only bad part is that it isnt in a sli config
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post #9 of 17
2/3/08 at 6:16pm
Is it worth to get Solid state drives in a Laptop yet ?
& how many making Intel® Core™2 Quad
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post #10 of 17
2/3/08 at 7:20pm
It is not worth getting a SSD since they have less capacity, more expensive, and will die after a maxium number of transfers... also i dont know how many r making quad core but i would advise you to stay away from all of the desktop processors
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post #11 of 17
2/3/08 at 10:15pm
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It is not worth getting a SSD since they have less capacity, more expensive, and will die after a maxium number of transfers... also i dont know how many r making quad core but i would advise you to stay away from all of the desktop processors
QFT. Solid state is too expensive and small to be practical thus far. And as stated the life expectancy isn't great.
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post #12 of 17
2/6/08 at 10:18am
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Originally Posted by sid_c View Post
It is not worth getting a SSD since they have less capacity, more expensive, and will die after a maxium number of transfers... also i dont know how many r making quad core but i would advise you to stay away from all of the desktop processors
I didn't know they had a much shorter life than normal hds
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post #13 of 17
2/6/08 at 12:54pm
So which will be the best Gaming Laptop
Which could be Upgradble & last me atlest 3yrs
Cos the Graphic card life span seeems to last just a year now days
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post #14 of 17
2/6/08 at 1:23pm
How about the Dell Vostro 1500 w/ the Nvidia 8600M GT? I've got the Dell site up now and can have this beast, with a 2.2ghz Core 2 Duo, Bluetooth, webcam, 2GB of DDR2, and 2 years of support for $1067!

http://www.dell.com/content/products...=04&l=en&s=bsd
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post #15 of 17
3/6/08 at 5:59am
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Originally Posted by Airwickwizard View Post
New to laptops and all what would you guys consider the best laptop out there for gaming?
A good game for your laptop is COD4. This game is so good that I have been playing this game eversince I installed it on my pc.
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post #16 of 17
3/8/08 at 6:17am
8800SLI, price, warranty ===>>> M1730.
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post #17 of 17
3/8/08 at 7:52am
Is it better to wait till Oct to by a laptop Or
get the Alienware m17x when its ready ?
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