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help me choose my gaming laptop
Nyking754:
i want it to be really high end
willing to pay up to 3000 usd for it but try to keep it at or below 2000 and dont just tell me to buy an alienware
i want it to be able to play guild wars 2 and final fantasy 14 on max settings and of course watch lots of anime
cpu- intel i7
gpu- described when i listed that i want to be able to play guild wars 2 and final fantasy 14 on max settings
harddrive- hdd+ssd boot drive with an overall space of 500GB or more and 64GB or more on the ssd
size- prefer durability, better cooling, and larger screen size over size and weight (also i want the case to be easy to clean)
screen- the larger the better and at 1080 res or higher also i like it when its bright
memory- at least 8GB
also really good cooling
i will also be buying a laptop cooling pad, speaker (preferably bose), gaming controller, external hard drive (2TB), and a gaming mouse (thinking about the razor death adder) so finding a bundle/combo deal that would help me save some money on those would help
overall- i want a laptop that would rival the specs of a gaming desktop at the cost of size, weight, and my money lol :) while maintaining some portability since it will sit at home most of the time except at a LAN party
kitamesume:
gaming laptop... bah other than alienware your hope would be searching through other brands like asus.
tbh you dont really need to spend more than 1000$ to get a pretty sleak gaming laptop, depending on what resolution and settings you'd want to play on tho.
@ 1360x768 - high settings you only need an i5 + GT650m kit.
(click to show/hide)why a laptop tho... kinda a waste of money if you'd end up using it as a stationary rig.
btw, gaming @ insane settings + portability =! entirely possible, unless you'd want to shell out like 5000$ for tweaks tho.
problems are:
heat
battery capacity(aka duration of power-on while on batteries)
price
thiefs
Saras:
American I take it?
If so, go with Sager. They seem to be getting a lot of praise.
http://www.sagernotebook.com/
You could get the 15.6 inch one, the NP9150 with 1080 glossy, Ati 7970m, i7-3720, 12gigs of ram, and an extra 80gig SSD for 2 grand USD.
Wish I got them here, the best gaming laptop in the ~1500 USD range I can get is the XPS 17
As for general gaming laptops go take a look at xoticpc.com you'll find something in your price range.
Nyking754:
--- Quote from: kitamesume on May 21, 2012, 04:59:33 AM ---gaming laptop... bah other than alienware your hope would be searching through other brands like asus.
tbh you dont really need to spend more than 1000$ to get a pretty sleak gaming laptop, depending on what resolution and settings you'd want to play on tho.
@ 1360x768 - high settings you only need an i5 + GT650m kit.
(click to show/hide)why a laptop tho... kinda a waste of money if you'd end up using it as a stationary rig.
btw, gaming @ insane settings + portability =! entirely possible, unless you'd want to shell out like 5000$ for tweaks tho.
problems are:
heat
battery capacity(aka duration of power-on while on batteries)
price
thiefs
--- End quote ---
i move around pretty often and i like the portability for things like playing games on my bed and going to the bathroom with it :)
btw im not really looking for gaming at insane setting, just really good specs for a laptop. i just want to play those two games (doesnt really have to be max settings) and maybe any new games that come out in a year or two
kitamesume:
^ going by desktop standards, and since laptop screens hardly goes bigger than 16" then running the game at 1360x768 res which is pretty much the native of desktop 16" screens wont lose you much details.
checking desktop vid cards that works well @ 720p res would be GTX550ti and HD6670, their equals would be GTX660m and HD7770m.
as for the processors, the i3-2100 paired up with either of the previously mentioned vid cards can play games @ 720p high settings flawlessly, looking at it's equivalent would be the i5-2520m.
now onto products with the listed specs or near them:
http://www.asus.com/Notebooks/Gaming_Powerhouse/G55VW/#specifications
http://originpc.com/eon15-s-gaming-laptop-features.asp
http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4177#sp
now all you need to do is find out how to buy them =P
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