I was going to jump in and blow a good part of my savings on an Alienware 18 with Dual SLI 880m GPUs, but then I decided to go with either of these two less costly gaming laptops:
ASUS ROG G750JZ-DS71 17.3" $2499
Windows 8.1 64-bit
Core i7 4700HQ (2.4GHz) Turbo Boost Speed Up to 3.4GHz
Smart...