Gaming Laptops
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Mine was pretty much the standard HDX-116t model from HP. The only thing I did was to ass more RAM and switch to a 64 bit OS. Both of these customizations are [in my opinion] worth the moneymALX said:
I also spent a LOT of time comparison shopping before I bought my HP. I would suggest doing a lot of footwork, checking out places like costco [good prices] and deals offered by the manufacturers. I would also check online retailers such as newegg. If you're a student, you can often get 10% off the price of a laptop [paid for express shipping on mine]. The paperwork they make you do is WELL worth the time.
I have no idea whether this Alienware type is better or worse than the M-17x. xD It's the first one I ever bought, the best one I could find for my price range. So I didn't really look at anything else.mALX said:
However, I have played Oblivion on it. It's quite fluid as long as you don't have too much crap piled onto your computer.
Fuijtsu Siemens is actually two companies that merged. Fuijtsu Limited and Siemens AG. Fuijtsu is Japanese while Siemens is German. So there you go - you were only halfly mistaken!mALX said:
Nice-to-know: Their headquarters is actually placed in the Netherlands, not Germany or Japan as you would think.
I actually just built a freaking kickass desktop to replace my laptop because it was not good enough to run fraps at the same time as a game without lagging it to shit. I have a HP pavilliondv9000somethingorother, and it cost about 1k a year or so ago, and it easily plays tf2, l4d, etc. on mediocre settings, l4d plays at a max of 30, min of 15 fps, compared to my sexy new desktop which does not really go below 60 at max settings. my old laptop was bought in 2005 and it plays tf2 just fine, haven't bothered to try out l4d on it, since i now have two better computers than it.
in any case, it's perfectly acceptable and easy to get a laptop that can play games....but if you're gonna shell out 1k, you may as well put something together that kicks ass....trust me.
in any case, it's perfectly acceptable and easy to get a laptop that can play games....but if you're gonna shell out 1k, you may as well put something together that kicks ass....trust me.
I customized it a tad, gave it more memory and a better processor. Other than that, I left everything alone. ...Oh. That, and I didn't put any Microsoft Office products on it.
I have an Acer 5930g, £600 from john lewis in november 08.
2.0GHz p7350 processor
3gb ram
9600m gt graphics with gddr3 memory (20% faster than gddr2 apparently)
HDMI out
32bit vista.
plays fallout 3 smoothly on high
gears on full
grid on full
world at war on full
mass effect on full
l4d etc.
2.0GHz p7350 processor
3gb ram
9600m gt graphics with gddr3 memory (20% faster than gddr2 apparently)
HDMI out
32bit vista.
plays fallout 3 smoothly on high
gears on full
grid on full
world at war on full
mass effect on full
l4d etc.
I had my desktop stoked and it still only plays Oblivion at med graphics, and can't handle Fallout 3. At the time it was the best graphics card on the market, but there are better out there now. I had a better power supply added and bigger fan (HP Pavilion, so it took a lot of modding to get it to play Oblivion, even though it was touted to be a gaming PC, lol). I'm going to up the graphics card on it.annie3.1415926 said:
At the time I bought this PC, I was wanting to sink the money into a gaming laptop then, but needed a new Desktop so badly it couldn't wait, so I sank everything I had into the best PC I could get at the store and customizing it. That was stupid, I should have ordered one from someone that made gaming PC's then, it would have cost the same and I would have had a better PC.
I can do without it maxed, like someone else said on this forum, I don't need to see the grass, lol. But at least half graphics, I don't want it to be stripped down to where there is no enjoyment in playing either, or lagging so you can't play or enjoy the game.Talendra said:
CraazyIvan said:
Your stats are the same as mine except the graphics card on my laptop, that has to be where the difference is coming in on my laptop; HP won't upgrade my graphics card either. They said I have to buy a different laptop to get a better card in there. That is ridiculous, I don't understand why they can't change it out for a better one if I pay for the better card! It's Awesome you can play Fallout 3 smooth on high!
Yeah this'll be the price for most gaming laptops. You can get a dell XPS laptop that has specs similar to this, but a 2.4GHz processor. A friend in college got one for around £700.crimson5pheonix said: