Gaming Laptop.

[WokSz]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to Tom's Hardware but found this website and its wealth of information extremely helpful. I'm looking to buy a new laptop for gaming purposes. I know that I would be better off building an actual PC but as I have to commute a lot between University and home during holidays, this option doesn't seem suitable at this point. So, my question is if you guys have a good recommendation for a gaming laptop? I'm not a huge gamer, but I do like to occasionally play WoW. I'm currently on a 2009 MacBook Pro (2.2 GHz).

I'd appreciate your help!

 

[redguard117]

Have you checked out CyberPowerPC, IBuyPowerPC, ASUS or Sager Notebooks? They have some good gaming laptops available, which you can configure to your price range. Also, xoticpc.com gives you a wealth of options.

If the most you're looking at is WOW, you can probably get away with a Geforce GT 540M, which is a midrange card from Nvidia.

A good website for checking Laptop GPUs is notebookcheck.com, they let you compare with other gpus and have various charts with benchmarks. For example, for the 540m http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-540M.41715.0.html

 

[WokSz]

Have you checked out CyberPowerPC, IBuyPowerPC, ASUS or Sager Notebooks? They have some good gaming laptops available, which you can configure to your price range. Also, xoticpc.com gives you a wealth of options.

If the most you're looking at is WOW, you can probably get away with a Geforce GT 540M, which is a midrange card from Nvidia.

A good website for checking Laptop GPUs is notebookcheck.com, they let you compare with other gpus and have various charts with benchmarks. For example, for the 540m http/www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GT-540M.41715.0.html

Thanks a lot for this! These deals look amazing and if this is the case, I may just end up buying a new PC. Do you know if there is an equivalent website based in the UK?

 

[WokSz]

What's your price range? How do u think about this Lenovo IdeaPad 14.0" Core i7 Notebook $849.00?
http/www.dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?type=id&q=d258648&ru=28906083
Looks cool stuff. It might worth u a peek. Hope u find the best bet. GOOD LUCK.

Price range is £600 or just under $1000. From what I've seen, I could get quite a good PC with this money. Is this true? If so, I may just look into that.

 

[dwright]

Price range is £600 or just under $1000. From what I've seen, I could get quite a good PC with this money. Is this true? If so, I may just look into that.

Yep, gaming laptops are quite a bit more expensive than a desktop. It is just a matter of what is more important to you. I like the portibility and was willing to pay for it. There are some really nice laptops out there though that can easily run the programs you are talking about.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I'd grab a Clevo 150 HM or 170 HM or the equivalent Asus model if gaming is the primary goal. If battery life is the prime goal and gaming a secondary consideration, the Optimus based laptops are a good bet such as the 170HR and 150HR. If WoW is the "main game", pick one w/ an nVidia GPU.

Never heard of Clevo ? Well anyone you have ever heard of most likely doesn't make the laptop, someone else did. The vast majority of laptops on the market are manufactured by a small handful of Original Design Manufacturers (ODM's). Major relationships include:

Quanta sells to (among others) HP/Compaq, Dell, Toshiba, Sony, Fujitsu, Acer, NEC, Gateway and Lenovo/IBM
Compal sells to Toshiba, HP/Compaq, Acer, and Dell.
Positivo Informatica sells to Samsung, Sony, Siragon, Toshiba, HP
Wistron (former manufacturing & design division of Acer) sells to HP/Compaq, Dell, IBM, NEC, Acer, and Lenovo/IBM.
Flextronics (former Arima Computer Corporation notebook division) sells to HP/Compaq, NEC, and Dell.
Itautec sells to Siragon, LG, Samsung, Sony
ECS sells to IBM, Fujitsu, and Dell.
Asus sells to Apple (iBook), Sony, and Samsung.
Inventec sells to HP/Compaq, Toshiba, and BenQ.
Lanix sells to Sony, Compaq, Toshiba, Siragon, Itautec
Uniwill sells to Lenovo/IBM and Fujitsu & PC World UK own brand Advent.
Clevo sells to Sager, WidowPC, Falcolnnorthwest, and other boutique brands.'


http/forum.notebookreview.com/sager-clevo/91510-clevo-guide-v2-0-faq-reseller-info.html

The above link provided a history of Clevo, a description of what they make and list of major resllers in each region of the world.