Good laptop for gaming?

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  1. compact

    compact Regular member

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    Can anyone advise on a good laptop for playing games on, or at least what to look for in a laptop graphics card.

    As I travel alot I am looking for a good laptop, maybe 17inch, 1gb, 80gb etc.
    I want it for usual office work, watching, burning dvds and playing games.

    I know sony look good, but are expensive, has anyone come across a decent, not too heavy (i know with my specs it will be) laptop?

    cheers

     
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    what kind of games & what is your budget
     
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    I would say look at the what the included video is for gaming. Both ATI and nVidia make laptop video. I believe the current best is the ATI x800 Mobility or the nVidia 6800 To Go, with ATI probably winning based on the specs. Damn that was hard to say since I am a nVidia fan.

    A friend just got one of the Alienware models and has had nothing but praise for it's gaming performance but you may need to take out a 2nd mortgage to afford one.
     
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    Read: http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2356

    I'm waiting on my Alienware Area-51m 7700 and the nVidia cards are shipping out clocked at 450core/600memory.
     
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    Ya know that is an interesting thought. My wife had her tubes tied (they actually don't tie them anymore, they burn em' shut) ... but she was keeps telling me I have to use it on my lap since it's a "lap"top.
     
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    about £1500 depending on what i can get
    and games, well usual 3d quake things most likely

    and there was me thinking it was your nads instead.. of well i quite like keeping them toasty on a cold winters night by tucking my external hd down there..


    cheers for all the info guys, relavant and not so...
     
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  10. amr12391

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    im guessing u want to play games on a laptop...don't ge wireless internet for online games..it sucks..
    FOR A GOOD LAPTOP FOR GAMES
    1.GEFORCE 2
    2.512 MBRAM
    3.HIGH WATTAGE POWER SUPPLY
    4.60-80 gb> HD
    5.2.0 GHZ OR OVER PROCCESSER
    6.AMD ATHLON MOBILE
     
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