Help on Gaming laptops

[Upendra09]

Hey guys I'm new here. I found Tom's Hardware recently and I really liked the info available here so I decided to post a question on here.

I want to get a new laptop and i was wondering if you guys could give me some tips on some good gaming laptops. Preferably under $2000. I'm just looking for some good brands, so far i just know about the major ones(HP,Sony, Toshiba, Alienware,Velocity Micro and a few others) and which tech is good for gaming.Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[frozenlead]

Welcome to the forums!

You can fill out Maziar's sticky for a more complete response, but for your budget, I suggest you look at Sager notebooks.

www.sagernotebook.com

 

[2Hytec]

U could also check www.newegg.com for the MSI GT725 or GT627 priced at under US$ 2000;
http/www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2034940032+50001312&Configurator=&Subcategory=32&description=&Ntk=&SpeTabStoreType=&srchInDesc=

www.xoticpc.com, www.amazon.com also have these laptops.

Of course www.sagernotebook.com is excellent for the Clevo machines, but the pricing is kinda extreme for your budget (U get top quality hardware with Software though.)

Finally, the Asus G Series notebooks and N Series are good (check www.newegg.com ), but the MSI price would be the lowest either way for the gpu, cpu, ram & HDD combination U get.

Hope it helps.

 

[Maziar]

As frozenlead said,if u fill the FAQ we can asnwer better.
Also i agree about sager notebooks however order it from www.xoticpc.com because its cheaper

 

[shiftstealth]

you beat me to it 2hytec i was going to post the msi's with the 4850's beast laptops for cheap with that card in it with a cpu @ 2.53ghz.

 

[Upendra09]

Thanks a lot guys. It really helped. I looked at the MSI and it looks good. I also wanted to know how reliable these laptops are. I have heard of Msi and I think they are pretty reliable. and where is Mazier's sticky? Is it on this site or a different one?

 

[Maziar]

here is the FAQ
http/www.tomshardware.com/forum/50797-35-read-buying-laptop

 

[Upendra09]

1_What is your budget? $1500-$2000

2_What is the size of the notebook that you are considering? any size above 15.4

3_What screen resolution do you want? high, anything high

4_Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop? gaming laptop

5_How much battery life do you need? atleast three hours

6_Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)? medium gaming

7_What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo / Video editing, surfing the web, playing music, watching movies, Etc.) music playing,burning,web surfing, some movies

8_How much storage (H.D.D Capacity) do you need? 120GB/not much

9_If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post the links to them.

10_How long do you want to keep your laptop? atleast 4-5 yrs

11_If you would like to mention some other things about purchasing your ideal laptop, post them.

12_Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons. HP,Toshiba,MSI
not like:sony(overrated, expensive for less), gateway(don't trust/bad experience)
13_What country do you live in? United States

One more thing, I am looking for a laptop with an Intel processor over 2.5 Ghz.
i also had questions about the quality of ATI. I know it is from AMD but i don't know how it is compared to Nvidia.

here u go guys, thanks

 

[Maziar]

http/www.xoticpc.com/sager-np8660-built-clevo-m860tu-p-2411.html

Excellent specs with a very good price.

 

[Upendra09]

Maziar, it looks good, Thanks.

Sorry guys but i forgot to mention another thing, I am looking to get a 64 bit laptop. I am looking forward to upgrading the machine in the future for future OSs and games. And also I want to get a processor speed of over 2.5Ghz (Intel).

One more thing, how good is ATI compared to Nvidia? And AMD to Intel?

 

[Maziar]

For mobile CPU go for Intel,but for VGA it depends,within that budget your best bet is 9800MGTS.

 

[Upendra09]

Thanks
one more question, what's with the Centrino 2 and centrino duo tech. how does that help?

 

[Maziar]

What do u mean ? what helps ?

 

[Upendra09]

Does it help in performance, speed,etc.?

 

[Maziar]

Yup Core2Duo is faster than CoreDuo and uses less power too.

 

[Upendra09]

What is "Centrino" technology? I see it a lot in brochures for laptops and stuff.

 

[Maziar]

Its the technology that intel first used in Intel CoreDuo(Intel Centrino)and then used in Core2Duo(Centrino 2 )

 

[Upendra09]

oh, thanks

 

[Maziar]

No problems mate glad i could help u