Best Gaming Laptop!

[Chris Sabb]

In my last question, I explained I was a teenager who travels around a lot; So no "Just buy a desktop." posts.

Anyway, Originally I was going to get the ASUS ROG GL551JW-DS74, however I deemed it to expensive, So I pulled up it's little brother; the GL551JM-DH71 on newegg.com and found out that it was $300 (usd) cheaper.

The difference between these two laptops are theGL551JW has a GTX 960m in it while the GL551JM has the GTX 860m in it. For the price on newegg ($899 usd) I thought it was a pretty good deal. However after looking at the price tag a little more, I realized there was the Acer Aspire V15 Nitro that has the GTX 960m for the same price.

So I can't decide what laptop to get; that's the main point of this post. So please help me with this. Thank you.

Links to the Laptops mentioned...

http://store.asus.com/us/item/201503AM110000029/A23718 (ASUS GL551JW)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232361&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Gaming+Laptops-_-N82E16834232361&gclid=Cj0KEQjw-tSrBRCk8bzDiO__gbwBEiQAk-D31VXN2Acb_q01n-4FZR7V0eP5teR-2dGVOzG9UfjOl_EaAt1H8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds (ASUS GL551JM)

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-Edition-VN7-591G-70RT-15-6-Inch/dp/B00WJSQRNK/ref=cm_cr_pr_sims_t/185-3170669-8488562 (ACER Aspire)

 

[Eldy]

I would recommend getting the ASUS laptop. It not only looks amazing, but will preform well and handle everything you can throw at it

 

[C12Friedman]

I'm in agreement with Eldy, the Asus with the GTX860M should perform nicely. Although Acer seems to have the best prices for the hardware installed, there is a reason for that... I've personally given up on them. The Asus GL551JM-DH71 looks to be a nice laptop for the price.

 

[Shadowcalen1]

My suggestion is to shop around alot more and look at different brands. I would be looking at MSI or Asus, though I have owned acers (low end) in the past and was reasonably happy with them. Note, look into the series and see what they offer. As they generally feature the same Mobo, going with a lower end and adding your own SSD and upgrading the ram can be cost effective. That said, if you dont feel comfortable getting into the guts of a laptop, and dont have time to wait for something to go on sale, I would recommend http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232122

 

[Chris Sabb]

Do any of you think the ASUS will be able to run Arkham Knight on medium settings?

 

[C12Friedman]

I'm gong to venture that it will not, although almost all hardware meets minimum specs, the graphics card does not. The minimum mobile GPU is the GTX 880M (the GTX 970M and GTX 980M are slightly better) so the GTX 860M comes up short

 

[KmKnD]

IF you're buying a gaming laptop in 2015 and have the budget, go for the 970M at least