Best Gaming Laptop?
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Actually, Get a tower.
Gaming laptops are expensive, not that good at gaming, and not portable which eliminates their use as a portable gaming device.
Actually, Get a tower.
Gaming laptops are expensive, not that good at gaming, and not portable which eliminates their use as a portable gaming device.
Gaming? Laptop? There is such a thing?
It's nigh impossible to get a "gaming laptop" for under $1000, if you're looking for the best.
Go with the best Toshiba you can get for your money, and have fun. From what I've seen, they're pretty solid for gaming, but aren't really designated for it.
It's nigh impossible to get a "gaming laptop" for under $1000, if you're looking for the best.
Go with the best Toshiba you can get for your money, and have fun. From what I've seen, they're pretty solid for gaming, but aren't really designated for it.
Then I'd go with the Toshiba. Good, solid laptops, decent for gaming, as long as you aren't hoping to run Total War at max or anything. If you're willing to shell out, a Macbook Pro might work as well.DaMan1500 said:
Alienware do well, but are expensive.
I built a tower when I got to university and it's served me really well these years. Was cheaper to build a gaming tower and get a laptop to do work on than it was to get a decent gaming laptop. Plus with the amount of stuff I own an extra PC makes no difference when it's time to move.
I built a tower when I got to university and it's served me really well these years. Was cheaper to build a gaming tower and get a laptop to do work on than it was to get a decent gaming laptop. Plus with the amount of stuff I own an extra PC makes no difference when it's time to move.
Pshaw.DaMan1500 said:
1) you need a laptop much less than you think.
2) in my opinion, you'll do much better with a laptop that's very portable, has very long battery life, and is very replaceable when it gets stolen. Spend the rest on a tower - it'll be more powerful than a laptop at the price of both. Raise your price point if you're going into areas like graphic design or engineering so you can get a tower that won't twitch at the sign of CAD programs or Adobe.
I know several people with this HP laptop [http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Category&v1=High+performance&series_name=dv6zse_series&jumpid=in_R329_prodexp/hhoslp/psg/notebooks/High_performance/dv6zse_series], and most of them were more serious gamers than I am. I regularly played L4D2 and Borderlands with two others on this computer, and it works fine, although I always hosted because I have good internet and they... don't. I will say that that computer overheats very easily, though that's going to be an issue with any gaming laptop just because.Plumerou said:well since the OP already created this thread, what about a laptop that can run decently (that means, even if it is in low settings but solid framerate) games like L4D2 and TF2? which price range would that be?
There are people in this thread telling you to nab an Alienware. Do not do this. You need an ASUS G73.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ASUS+-+Factory-Refurbished+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i7+Processor+/+17.3%22+Display+/+6GB+Memory+/+640GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/2070069.p;jsessionid=B69BA22338787567870E053402E72270.bbolsp-app03-08?id=1218307909933&skuId=2070069&st=asus%20g73&cp=1&lp=2
This is the thousand dollar model but they have one that runs up to 1500 bucks and packs a 1TB Hard drive. As previously stated, you for for that mobility in terms of price to power, but for some lifestyles it's worth it. I've got the top model one myself and can assure you that nothing you're going to find from Alienware. ASUS makes beastly computers. This here is a laptop that will run Crysis on high, as well as anything else you can throw at it at the highest settings for 1000 bucks. And it's got a 17.3 inch screen. ASUS, in my experience, is untouchable.
As for the kind of specs mine gets, it's hard to say because I haven't really benchmarked it, but I can comfortably tell you that nothing I've thrown at it has given it any problems. Moreoever, those odd little fighter jet style dual fans in the back keep this thing nice and cool (not that I don't run a cooling pad too) and it has never once gotten even a little hot on me. Nice and quiet too.
The myth of laptops not being good for gaming is propagated by people that don't know any better. If mobility is that important to you, and it is for me, then there are great options out there.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ASUS+-+Factory-Refurbished+Laptop+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Core%26%23153%3B+i7+Processor+/+17.3%22+Display+/+6GB+Memory+/+640GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black/2070069.p;jsessionid=B69BA22338787567870E053402E72270.bbolsp-app03-08?id=1218307909933&skuId=2070069&st=asus%20g73&cp=1&lp=2
This is the thousand dollar model but they have one that runs up to 1500 bucks and packs a 1TB Hard drive. As previously stated, you for for that mobility in terms of price to power, but for some lifestyles it's worth it. I've got the top model one myself and can assure you that nothing you're going to find from Alienware. ASUS makes beastly computers. This here is a laptop that will run Crysis on high, as well as anything else you can throw at it at the highest settings for 1000 bucks. And it's got a 17.3 inch screen. ASUS, in my experience, is untouchable.
As for the kind of specs mine gets, it's hard to say because I haven't really benchmarked it, but I can comfortably tell you that nothing I've thrown at it has given it any problems. Moreoever, those odd little fighter jet style dual fans in the back keep this thing nice and cool (not that I don't run a cooling pad too) and it has never once gotten even a little hot on me. Nice and quiet too.
The myth of laptops not being good for gaming is propagated by people that don't know any better. If mobility is that important to you, and it is for me, then there are great options out there.