I am about to purchase a new laptop. I want a 17" screen and I want the best laptop out there. I'm selling a couple laptops on ebay right now and will use that cash, plus some other money I have to get it. I'll get about 2000.00 for my 17" Macbook Pro and about 550.00 for my Dell Inspiron 6400. So that's about 2550.00 plus about 2500 to 3000 I can use of my savings for a total of about 5050 to 5550. I have had some great advice from forum members in the past and look forward to hearing your input.

Oh and I have looked at Alienware, VoodooPC, FalconNW and they seem to me to be overpriced for what you actually get. But I am open to all suggestions.

Looking for a true desktop replacement. I want it to be able to handle whatever I throw at it. I would like to play games like Crysis (yeah yeah I know its a hog), bio, WOW, warhammer online (beta test), CS, Guildwars, RTS like C&C, etc.

Sager, Rock Computers (European comp), PC MicroWorks, Hypersonic... All of these companies should be cheaper than the ones you have looked at with Sager being the bigger company out of the others.

PS There is also dell

for the best gaming notebook, you'll want something with the 8800M GTX graphics card. Currently, Dell, Alienware, and Sager sell them. Gateway also sells one with the 8800M GTS, which isn't too far off.

Gateway- probably not the best gaming laptop, although it is cheap
Also PC MicroWorks also has the 8800GTX JFYI

Sager 9262 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Desktop Replacement Gaming Notebook Qty: 1
17" WUXGA Super Clear Glossy w/ Wide Viewing Angle (1920x1200) Qty: 1
Intel® Core 2Quad™ Q6600 | 8MB Cache | 2.40GHz | 1.066MHz FSB Qty: 1
Arctic Silver 5 High Performance Thermal Compound Qty: 1
4GB 800MHz DDR2 Memory (2 Modules) 64bit Vista Req. Qty: 1
2X Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX in SLI mode w/1,024MB Qty: 1
200GB | 7200 RPM | SATA-300 HDD Qty: 1
No 2nd Hard Drive Qty: 1
No 3rd Hard Drive Qty: 1
8X DVD±R/RW/4X +DL MULTI DRIVE W/ SOFTWARE Qty: 1
Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN / 802.11N Qty: 1
Built in 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet / LAN Network Card Qty: 1
Microsoft Windows VISTA Home Premium 32/64-Bit Edition Qty: 1
1.3M Digital Video Camera Qty: 1
Free Notebook Carrying Case Qty: 1
No Office Software Qty: 1
Built-In Bluetooth Module Qty: 1
Sager 1 Year Warranty, Lifetime Tech Support Qty: 1
(No Accidental Protection Policy) Qty: 1

3716.95 from PCTorque


XPS M1730
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Extreme X9000(2.8GHz/800Mhz FSB/6M L2 Cache), Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition

4700 + tax + shipping


Area-51® m17x System

Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8800M GTX – SLI Enabled
Display: 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology – Black
Includes AlienFX® Illuminated Keyboard – Exclusive Design!
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - White
Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme X9000 2.8GHz (6MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
Memory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 2048MB
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Ultimate with Service Pack 1
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 200GB 7,200RPM (16MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
Optical Drives : 2x Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc Burner (BD-R, DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Wireless: Internal Intel® Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mobile Binder
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Personalized Nameplate
Alienware Extras: Owner Identification Card
Alienware Extras: Area-51® m17x Protective Cloth Sleeve
Alienware Extras: Area-51® m17x Keyboard Diagram Overlay
Alienware Extras: Area-51® m17x Smooth Mylar Touchpad
Avatar:
Alienhead 3D
Window Style: Default Window Style
Mouse Pointers: Standard Mouse Pointers
Wallpaper:
Alienhead 3D
Power Plan: Standard Power Plan
Automatic Updates: Automatic Updates On
Sidebar Gadgets: Calendar
RSS Feeds: Alienware News:
Get the latest Alienware news delivered directly to your desktop!

5173.00

Hypersonic

System Platform: Aviator EQ7: Extreme Performance Core 2 "Conroe" Notebook w/ SLI Technology
Case: Aviator EQ7 in Black with Graphite Accents
Color Customization: Do Not Paint
Color: Tactical Green
Processor(s): Intel® Core 2 Quad Q6600 | 8MB L2 Cache | 2.40GHz | 1066MHz FSB
Motherboard: Intel® PM965 Express Chipset + ICH8R System Board for EQ7
Memory 1: 2048MB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 SODIMM
Memory 2: 2048MB PC2-6400 DDR2-800 SODIMM
Video Adapter: (Available March 2008) DUAL Nvidia GeForce Go 8800M GTX PCI-Express 512MB GDDR3 in SL
TV Tuner: Built-in (NTSC/PAL) TV Tuner w/ MCE Remote (Req. Vista Premium/Ultimate) for EQ7
RAID Configuration: RAID (0) Striped Drive Configuration - Best Performance
Mobile Hard Drive 1: 200GB | 7200rpm | SATA 150 | 16MB Hard Drive
Mobile Hard Drive 2: 200GB | 7200rpm | SATA 150 | 16MB Hard Drive
Mobile Hard Drive 3: No Mobile Hard Drive 3 Selection
Optical Drive: 8X DVD ± R/W Drive Dual Layer w/ DVD Recording Software for EQ7
Display: 17" WUXGA 1920x1200 VividView™ Display w/ Super Clear Glossy Surface
Sound Card: Built-in 4-Speaker High Definition Sound System with SRS WOW & Subwoofer
Network Adapter: Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Wireless Networking: Intel PRO/WIRELESS 4965AGN (802.11 a/b/g/n) Wi-Fi Mini PCI-Express
Bluetooth™ Wireless Connectivity: Internal Bluetooth Card V2.0 + EDR for EQ7
Modem: Integrated V.92 56K Fax/Data Modem
Operating System: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 CD & Manual Pre-Installed & Configured
Accidental Damage Protection Warranty: No Accidental Damage Protection Warranty
Warranty: 1 Year Platinum Warranty with 24/7 Toll-Free Tech Support
Cart total ex. Sales Tax $ 4,881.99

just so you know, the Hypersonic EQ7 is the same notebook as the Sager 9262

Attention!!! You Can Save A Bunch Of Money If You Buy Gateway P-6831fx 2.4ghz T7700 With 8800gts 3dmark06 8425 That Is Mine Now Without Overclocking. Comparing With A Laptop 8800gtx You Search Around Its 3dmark06 Around 9200-9800 That's Just Increase 2-3 In Fps.

Hi i from Brazil!!! I looking for the best notebook gaming too!!! I just read that toshiba will come with a new notebook gaming, toshiba qosmio x305 with 8800 GTX 1Gb and a 3.0GHz.

I found some one to buy it to me but i looking for the best notebook that i can afford. And i think is this toshiba qosmio x305 (july 14th) , dell xps m1730, alienware, or gateway

ati is gonna realease ati moobile HD 3870 crossfire x2 expectedly faster than geforce 8800m sli

The Toshiba Qosmio x305 Gaming Notebook Pictured:

http://legitreviews.com/article/737/1/

"...The graphics on the Qosmio x305 will be powered by the yet to be announced NVIDIAGeForce 9800M GTX graphics card, which has 1GB of video memory. For those that still want to game, but save some hard earned dollars we overheard that consumers can customize the notebook with the less expensive GeForce 9700M GT graphics card rather than the GeForce 9800M GTX."


3GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme dual-core Processor
NVIDIA Geforce 9800M GTX graphics with 1GB RAM
Up to 4GB DDR3 RAM (This is a Montevina platform)
Dual 200GB 7200rpm hard drives
17in 1680x1050 resolution (WSXGA+)
HDMI and S/PDIF outputs
4.1-channel Harmon Kardon speakers

Is it the 9700M Gt or the 9700M GTS? From what I've read there's a big difference in performance between the two ....the 9700MGT is really a newer 8700MGt with a faster clock where as the GTS model is more on par with the 8800gts... I've read two articles about the new Qosimo one says 9700 Gt and one says GTS....I'm hoping for a GTS becuase I don't think my budget will quite squeeze to the 1GB 9800gtx.....Can any one else confirm?????

If I had that money I would get an alienware m15x. Get the gaming set up and get 4gb memory. that would keep me happy for 7 years