GTX 460m vs. 470m vs. 560m (vs. 6970m)

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Hello everyone, I'm thinking which one is best here: 460m, 560m or 470m. Planning to get Battlefield 3 when out. But for that I need to know which video card is the best. I'm planning to spend no more than, let's say, $1700, but for a quality laptop. I know that AMD is best for gaming, but still, PhysX won't let me go... And I like nVidia more. So, for a great and wonderful (and cheap) gaming laptop, I'm thinking somewhere like this:
Intel Core i7 2630 2 GHz
8 GB
GTX 470 (looks best for my case, though don't know the system requirements for BF3 yet (I don't think that even demo/beta will be out any time soon...) but it should hold at least 30 fps on 1920x1080, I think...)

By the way, what's the cheapest system builder? I mean, is it Sager, Cyberpower, Eurocom or any other?
 
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Radeon HD 6970M laptop graphics card is roughly equal to a HD 5770 desktop graphics card.

Almost any boutique laptop company will offer it's version of the Sager NP8170/8150. Most of them will price match any similar equipped competitors machine.

miha2

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To both:

you both say that 6970 is better, and at the same time, trying to push me a laptop with 460/560. I'm not against it, as far as it can handle Battlefield 3 with no problems with all settings on.
 

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noone is trying to "push" you anything...
people are tying to help you make an informed decision, where you seem to be ignoring the information and expecting someone to make a decision for you on which machine to purchase ...
 

miha2

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You said Asus might have a laptop with 6970, I said I couldn't find it. All Asus laptops I could find are 460m/560m (I think there were 560m laptops). That's why I said you're trying to push me a laptop with 460m/560m.