Gaming Laptops

[Kabutos]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 650 Euros around 850 USD?

You could build a beast of a desktop for that money, rather than an overpriced Alienware.

Also,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115984

If you can get that extra £50 then I'd definitely go for this one. Although you might want to get other opinions just to make sure it'd be suitable. I think I might have gone a little overboard on the 3GHz processor in my first post.

...That laptop has an integrated GPU.

EDIT: And 2Ghz is fine for gaming. Clock speed isn't everything.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 650 Euros around 850 USD?

You could build a beast of a desktop for that money, rather than an overpriced Alienware.

Also,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115984

If you can get that extra £50 then I'd definitely go for this one. Although you might want to get other opinions just to make sure it'd be suitable. I think I might have gone a little overboard on the 3GHz processor in my first post.

...That laptop has an integrated GPU.

Read the OP. I'm not looking for a desktop because there's simply no room for it and I need the laptop for college. Also, the Alienware was just something I stumbled upon. I can't say I know all the ins and outs of computer hardware so that's why the thread was started, so that I could get opinions and suggestions for different models.

By the way, what's the problem with integrated GPU?

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 650 Euros around 850 USD?

You could build a beast of a desktop for that money, rather than an overpriced Alienware.

Also,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115984

If you can get that extra £50 then I'd definitely go for this one. Although you might want to get other opinions just to make sure it'd be suitable. I think I might have gone a little overboard on the 3GHz processor in my first post.

...That laptop has an integrated GPU.

In which case it's a poor choice. Cheers for pointing it out, it will be gone in minutes.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

Well I posted a link to a custom Alienwar M11x. Processor is only 1.3GHz though.

The Core 2 duos are supposed to be pretty good but 1.3Ghz won't cut it for most games. Besides that the screen is only 11.6 (1366x768). I've got one that size and it is an awfully small screen, especially for gaming.

From that I'm assuming that $600 is your budget. This one is $50 more but has an i5 2.66Ghz 3MB cache with 4GB DDR3 Ram. Hard drive is 500GB and the screen is 15.6 (1366x768) and uses Windows Home Premium (64-bit). It should be able to run almost every game released to this point. Should, I'd get a second opinion on it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115984

If you can get that extra £50 then I'd definitely go for this one. Although you might want to get other opinions just to make sure it'd be suitable. I think I might have gone a little overboard on the 3GHz processor in my first post.

Thanks for that. I'll keep an eye on that Acer Aspire.

 

[Isla]

Whatever you do with regards to a gaming laptop you should consider three things
RAM
Processor
And a graphics card.

I have a decent laptop with a 2.4 ghz processor 4gb ram built to 8gb and a 1gb graphics card.
I did a lot of searching however to find this laptop and it works well for me.

I looked into MSI's but I wasn't keen on them. You should do your best to read reviews on the laptops you're considering as well because although they may be great at gaming they could have technical defects that'll end up annoying you. CNET are a great source of simple laptop reviews.
That's how I found mind.

 

[Kabutos]

Read the OP. I'm not looking for a desktop because there's simply no room for it and I need the laptop for college. Also, the Alienware was just something I stumbled upon. I can't say I know all the ins and outs of computer hardware so that's why the thread was started, so that I could get opinions and suggestions for different models.

By the way, what's the problem with integrated GPU?

Then drop down to around 650 USD which would still get you a pretty good desktop, and spend the rest on a netbook if you really need the portability.

Laptop gaming isn't viable right now.

And integrated GPU's are crap.

 

[AnAngryMoose]

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Read the OP. I'm not looking for a desktop because there's simply no room for it and I need the laptop for college. Also, the Alienware was just something I stumbled upon. I can't say I know all the ins and outs of computer hardware so that's why the thread was started, so that I could get opinions and suggestions for different models.

By the way, what's the problem with integrated GPU?

Then drop down to around 650 USD which would still get you a pretty good desktop, and spend the rest on a netbook if you really need the portability.

Laptop gaming isn't viable right now.

And integrated GPU's are crap.

Like I said: I have no room for a desktop.

And I gathered that integrated GPUs were crap, but a little more elaboration would be nice.

 

[Kabutos]

Like I said: I have no room for a desktop.

And I gathered that integrated GPUs were crap, but a little more elaboration would be nice.

Do you have a desk? Then you have enough room for a desktop; just put it on the floor near a wall socket and you'll be fine.

Integrated GPU's offer nowhere near the power of a dedicated card, however they cut back on power consumption, making them more common on laptops.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

By the way, what's the problem with integrated GPU?

They're not made for gaming, they're made for multimedia playback and general purpose graphics and as a result have slower, less capable processors, far less memory and missing several features that are highly desirable for gaming.

 

[Kabutos]

Not entirely true. Yes integrated gpus are crap that's why you get dedicated and they have become rather good recently.
You may have to sacrifice high resolution but they will still at the monitors native res, assuming its not 1920 X 1080

And dedicated cards hike up the price while decreasing the battery life.

And they're still not comparable to their desktop counterparts (with few exeptions like the ASUS G73)

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

Thanks for that. I'll keep an eye on that Acer Aspire.

I wouldn't bother. Like Kabutos said it's got integrated memory, which is bad. If you want an explanation for why it's bad just use this Wikipedia article [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_card].

A better one would be this ASUS.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220796

What currency are you using by the way? The first one you linked was in Euros but the Alienware was Dollars. If you're using Euros then that ASUS should be around 550.

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What do you think Kabutos? Would this laptop be fitting for him or not?

 

[Kabutos]

What do you think Kabutos? Would this laptop be fitting for him or not?

The 360M is an okay card as far as laptops go.

However, it's 750 USD.

You could get a Phenom II X4 955 and a GTX470 for that money.

And you're going to have to keep it plugged in if you plan to game for any extended period of time on it, essentially rendering the portability useless.

 

[Kabutos]

That's why you plug it in while gaming/
And yeah of course there not comparable but it doesn't mean there absolute crap, the lower resolutions on laptops tend to balance it out.

Having to plug it in defeats the purpose of the whole 'portable gaming' idea. You might as well just have a desktop.

And for the cost, the desktop cards completely blow laptop cards out of the water. Then again, you aren't going to get much quality on 1366x768.

 

[Arnoxthe1]

OK, I'm surprised nobody has said anything about Alienware.

The first thing you need to know about Alienware is that they sell custom-built PC's. They're all about quality. I'm not sure though if an Alienware PC would really be in your budget however. They are usually pretty expensive. Very nice though.

As to just getting a laptop for college, why do you need a gaming laptop if you aren't going to play games on it? o_0

 

[Kabutos]

They're all about quality. I'm not sure though if an Alienware PC would really be in your budget though. They are usually pretty expensive. Very nice though.

Yeah, uh

No.





Well I guess you're right about the expensive part.

 

[The Unworthy Gentleman]

What do you think Kabutos? Would this laptop be fitting for him or not?

The 360M is an okay card as far as laptops go.

However, it's 750 USD.

You could get a Phenom II X4 955 and a GTX470 for that money.

And you're going to have to keep it plugged in if you plan to game for any extended period of time on it, essentially rendering the portability useless.

Well if you plan on gaming with it then I would hope you would have it plugged in anyway. Got any specific cards that you'd advise for a laptop?

 

[barash]

Have had an Asus G73 for a year now (for portable gaming, movies while cooking etc. cba to lug my desktop around for LANs and the like), if you somehow can find the extra cash I recommend it heartily.

Also, I'd stay away from alienware - usually Alot higher price for less/worse hardware.

 

[Kabutos]

Why he said that its going to also be for collage so I assumed he will be using it in class and I doubt he will gaming then :/

Eh, as long as the game is playable who cares about prettiness.

Which is why he should just build a PC and buy a netbook for class with the leftover money.

And it's not just about prettiness, but also whether it can actually run it. I have a laptop with integrated graphics and it has a seizure trying to play Deus Ex.

EDIT:

Well if you plan on gaming with it then I would hope you would have it plugged in anyway. Got any specific cards that you'd advise for a laptop?

Not really, because the more powerful the card, the more expensive and power consuming it is.

 

[MaxP779]

So, I'm planning on getting a laptop that will be primarily used for games, but something that I'd also be using for college. I know that there are a lot of PC gamers on the Escapist so what better place to ask? Currently, I have two in mind:

Asus X5DIJ [http://www.custompc.ie/asus-x5dij-sx516v-156-t3300-2gb-500gb-windows-7-home-premium-47585-p.asp]

Or

MSI CR62-486UK [http://www.custompc.ie/msi-cr620-486uk-156-p6100-4gb-500gb-windows-7-home-premium-47594-p.asp]

I'm not too sure on which would be the better choice. If anyone has any other suggestions feel free to make them. I have a budget of ?650.

P.S: If you're here to tell me that Gaming Desktops are better then leave the thread [http://www.noobstore.com/prodimages/tshirt-m-gtfo-Green-art-280.gif]

EDIT: I'm not necessarily sticking to those two. They're just ones I saw within my price range without too much searching.

Sorry man but you need to spend significantly more to get a gaming laptop. Those both have the intel integrated GMA4500 which is a POS, it has i think 10 stream processors, just for comparison my current radeon 5850 has 1440 and its not even that high end anymore, nvidia cards have between 300-512, its apples to oranges really as theyre all different architectures but you get the idea that integrated graphics sucks and dosent have the horsepower to run anything modern.

If you want to run things from 2007-2008 on lowest settings it may be possible dependant on the game, pre 2006 stuff may run on medium-high but it really depends on the game.

The alienware you linked is better than anything thats been mentioned so far for gaming:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-335M.24060.0.html

"The 3D performance of the GT335M is on a level with the Mobility Radeon HD 5650 in the middle class. Therefore, the GPU is fast enough for all games in 2010. Demanding games like Metro 2033, Battlefield BC2 or Crysis run only in low-medium details fluently. Less demanding games like Call of Duty MW2 or Sims 3 can be played in high detail "

But it is 11" which is tiny, the CPU is adequate for the GT335M.

 

[MaxP779]

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