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Offline fohfoh

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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #40 on: January 29, 2012, 12:49:26 AM »
Just a note, ALWAYS upgrade the HDD to SSD. Use external HDDs for storage. Even a laptop with an i7 will feel like an ancient C2D if the HDD bottle necks it. I have a work laptop like this right now. You can easily do this manually.
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #41 on: February 07, 2012, 03:35:55 AM »
as awesome as an AlienWare Laptop Gaming (especially high end gaming Cod,BF,TF,Crysis2, and etc) should be a home thing :D ill most likely get a gaming laptop for Emulators PSX and what not :)
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #42 on: February 07, 2012, 03:45:11 AM »
Quote from: SmokeBotKid on February 07, 2012, 03:35:55 AM
as awesometerrible as an AlienWare Laptop Gaming (especially high end gaming Cod,BF,TF,Crysis2, and etc) should be a home thing :D ill most likely get a gaming laptop for Emulators PSX and what not :)

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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #43 on: February 07, 2012, 03:46:44 AM »
Quote from: metro. on February 07, 2012, 03:45:11 AM
Quote from: SmokeBotKid on February 07, 2012, 03:35:55 AM
as awesometerrible as an AlienWare Laptop Gaming (especially high end gaming Cod,BF,TF,Crysis2, and etc) should be a home thing :D ill most likely get a gaming laptop for Emulators PSX and what not :)

I'm going to cry.

why :'(?
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #44 on: February 07, 2012, 03:49:12 AM »
Quote from: SmokeBotKid on February 07, 2012, 03:46:44 AM
Quote from: metro. on February 07, 2012, 03:45:11 AM
Quote from: SmokeBotKid on February 07, 2012, 03:35:55 AM
as awesometerrible as an AlienWare Laptop Gaming (especially high end gaming Cod,BF,TF,Crysis2, and etc) should be a home thing :D ill most likely get a gaming laptop for Emulators PSX and what not :)

I'm going to cry.

why :'(?

Gaming, laptop and awesome do not belong together.

It just makes me :(

Unless you're going to use it as a LAN machine, but there's better boxes you can get if you're really into that.
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #45 on: February 07, 2012, 03:54:50 AM »
aww see so it does have its uses but it will suck if you live in an area where LAN is more like WAH :C......like me :c
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #46 on: February 07, 2012, 04:12:07 AM »
Quote from: SmokeBotKid on February 07, 2012, 03:54:50 AM
aww see so it does have its uses but it will suck if you live in an area where LAN is more like WAH :C......like me :c

O.o

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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #47 on: February 07, 2012, 04:23:14 AM »
Quote from: TMRNetShark on February 07, 2012, 04:12:07 AM
Quote from: SmokeBotKid on February 07, 2012, 03:54:50 AM
aww see so it does have its uses but it will suck if you live in an area where LAN is more like WAH :C......like me :c

O.o

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sounds like you enjoy it ;D
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #48 on: February 07, 2012, 05:36:11 AM »
« Last Edit: February 07, 2012, 05:39:03 AM by krumm »
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #49 on: February 07, 2012, 07:41:07 AM »
Maybe your hesitation about desktop mobility is because they are so inconvenient to carry due to their size and limited places where they can be gripped without breaking something.

To make a midtower PC mobile or conveniently "carryable", I use an Antec Lanboard.  It is basically a rectangular platform with wheels underneath it and a separate carrying strap setup with plastic handle by which you pick up the whole thing.  You can also use it without the wheels.

http://www.gamersdailynews.com/article-2587-Antec-Lanboard-Review.html



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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #51 on: February 09, 2012, 06:56:01 AM »
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Still safe enough. I've seen worse.
But fair enough, "gaming" laptops can still be convenient.
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #52 on: February 09, 2012, 08:27:46 PM »
Quote from: vuzedome on February 09, 2012, 06:56:01 AM
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Still safe enough. I've seen worse.
But fair enough, "gaming" laptops can still be convenient.

mainly for lan traveling O:
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Offline NinjaHamster

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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #53 on: February 19, 2012, 10:25:00 PM »
I still wouldn't buy one. I'd rather invest the money in mutual funds at 12% interest and double it in 6 years. Or is my math wrong?
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #54 on: February 20, 2012, 02:43:29 AM »
Quote from: NinjaHamster on February 19, 2012, 10:25:00 PM
I still wouldn't buy one. I'd rather invest the money in mutual funds at 12% interest and double it in 6 years. Or is my math wrong?

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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #55 on: February 20, 2012, 08:13:28 PM »
What?
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #56 on: February 21, 2012, 12:32:14 PM »
Why SSD over HDD (I mean it isn't really such a problem while playing - only when you install/copy/uninstall/cut/paste/delete something - while SSDs are a lot more expenisve than HDDs)?
On topic: Desktop definitely - I have an AMD Phenom x6 1090T, 8GB Ram, 1TB HDD 6Gb/s, ATI HD6790 1GB DDR5 - everything runs perfectly on it (considering the fact that I got it for around 700$ I think it's great) - while if I buy a laptop for gaming - 1)it will be really expensive if I want to be able to have an enjoyable playing experience, 2) it won't be worth it because in 1 year it will be already considered extremely old (if it hasn't melted already).
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #57 on: February 21, 2012, 06:37:31 PM »
I find that my laptop works while I'm away from my desktop for smaller games that I can just mess around on to kill time.

Dungeon Defenders or Super Meat Boy for example.
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #58 on: February 24, 2012, 03:25:32 AM »
Quote from: criver on February 21, 2012, 12:32:14 PM
Why SSD over HDD (I mean it isn't really such a problem while playing - only when you install/copy/uninstall/cut/paste/delete something - while SSDs are a lot more expenisve than HDDs)?
On topic: Desktop definitely - I have an AMD Phenom x6 1090T, 8GB Ram, 1TB HDD 6Gb/s, ATI HD6790 1GB DDR5 - everything runs perfectly on it (considering the fact that I got it for around 700$ I think it's great) - while if I buy a laptop for gaming - 1)it will be really expensive if I want to be able to have an enjoyable playing experience, 2) it won't be worth it because in 1 year it will be already considered extremely old (if it hasn't melted already).
any content that gets loaded from the HDD (new maps in fps games things like instances in wow and such) loads multiple times faster on SDD which can result in huge performance gains in places where you processor and gpu cant help
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Re: Laptop vs. Desktop: Gamers Perspective
« Reply #59 on: March 05, 2012, 04:56:25 PM »
I do most of my gaming on a laptop now, but I do prefer a good desktop computer. A laptop is nice because it is portable and compact, but a full-rig is still more powerful (at the moment) and it's more comfortable to game with.
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