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There aren't any other options unless I step up to the 580m or SLI the 560m or 580m. The 580's aren't worth the price to performance and SLI seems to be a huge hassle for minimal gain in a laptop. Besides I was able to pull up this test of BF3. Which these settings and frame rates are just...

Thank you WR2 and Aeir, together you guys have helped me reach a conclusion on what I should be looking for!

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Declivever thanks for the great information! There seems to be a ton of issues with the Nvidia 5m series and BF3, lots of stuttering as the GPU heats up and it throttles back performance. For that reason alone I am leaning towards the 6990m. It has comparable performance, is cheaper and draws...

So I am doing this for a friend...he is pretty clueless at stuff like this and I've never built a laptop for gaming. He just gave me some more info. I guess he is going to wait til the end of the month for his next check before he buys it and his new cap is $2200. He wants to be able to play BF3...

I am in the USAF and about to be deployed and need some help picking out a laptop to play games on during my down time! 1. What is your budget? Under $2200 including tax and shipping. 2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? 17 inch. 3. What screen resolution do you want...