Want a cool gaming laptop

Rawlaw

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I'm looking at the ibuypower though theirs a lot of stuff they don't say. How much does it weigh, warranty, etc. Hows this build, if it is not adequate for good gaming on let's say crysis feel tell me i am way below my budget.
 

kookooshortman55

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If you have the money to spend a laptop that can handle Crysis you can definitely make one. I was going through a website a couple days ago for the fun of it. I made a laptop with a Cire 17 975 processor with 2 GTX 280's. Of course it was valued at $4000, but you shouldn't really be restricted to what you can build simply because of the fact that it's a laptop. You get what you pay for. Check out the CyberPower PC website, it has more in-depth specs on their computers. If you plan on playing Crysis will good frames I would look into getting of the 260M builds. A 9600M build would be a great gaming computer for most games, but you might need something a bit more powerful to run Crysis.
 

Washrag

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You can find some pretty decent laptops on Newegg for gaming. Especially MSI. I'd stay away from ibuypower and cyberpower due to past experiences with their desktops. Alienware is pretty overpriced and not something I'd recommend, but if it's what you want, go for it.
 

g4m3rof1337

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I do not recommend Alienware at all. Look around at Newegg, and some other places posted above. I got my laptop around this time last year, and technically, the cards are "outdated", but the new 9 series is practically the 8 series, so it's still the name, just different on paper.


If you find some that catch your eye, post them here and we'll check em out.
 
I do not recommend Alienware at all. Look around at Newegg, and some other places posted above. I got my laptop around this time last year, and technically, the cards are "outdated", but the new 9 series is practically the 8 series, so it's still the name, just different on paper.


If you find some that catch your eye, post them here and we'll check em out.

For $2,000, with Alienware, you can get a GTX 200 series card, beats any 9 series non sli config.
 

bomberboysk

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I do not recommend Alienware at all. Look around at Newegg, and some other places posted above. I got my laptop around this time last year, and technically, the cards are "outdated", but the new 9 series is practically the 8 series, so it's still the name, just different on paper.


If you find some that catch your eye, post them here and we'll check em out.
+1, You can get an asus notebook with a mobile 4870x2 for $2200ish on newegg.
 

kookooshortman55

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They all look good, the first three are all based off the same model and have similar cases, but they have different video cards and hard drive sizes. As far as I can tell, the customizations carried through the link.
 

Rawlaw

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I don't think they carried on, I made some changes like making the proccesser 2.9 ghz. Which one should I get? I want good gaming on crysis and halo 2 also I work for school on it and I want fast internet. Feel free to post a totaly different one.also we're leaving on vacation on july 8 so if its possible I would rather get it before then.
 

Rawlaw

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I upgraded the proccesser to a 3.0 ghz and the hardrve to a 320 gb hardrive and landed at 2 grand. Do u think I really need that fast of a proccesser for my needs?
 

bomberboysk

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I upgraded the proccesser to a 3.0 ghz and the hardrve to a 320 gb hardrive and landed at 2 grand. Do u think I really need that fast of a proccesser for my needs?
On the sager? Id go for a 2.8Ghz P9600, upgrade memory to 4gb and upgrade to a 500gb or 320gb 7200rpm hard drive.
 

kookooshortman55

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You honestly don't really need the 280M if you're trying to stick to a budget. You can run a tweaked version of Crysis on high settings with a 9600M. The 260M would be a huge upgrade already. The only reason I would consider 280M in a laptop is if you plan on completely maxing out most of every game (and personally anything above 4xAA is not necessary), and by the time you get there, you might as well build a desktop.
 

bomberboysk

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Do u think that's the absolute best choice for my needs?
I would say so, yes.
You honestly don't really need the 280M if you're trying to stick to a budget. You can run a tweaked version of Crysis on high settings with a 9600M. The 260M would be a huge upgrade already. The only reason I would consider 280M in a laptop is if you plan on completely maxing out most of every game (and personally anything above 4xAA is not necessary), and by the time you get there, you might as well build a desktop.
Personally, i prefer getting the best gpu you can in a notebook, as on most notebooks it is very tough or impossible to upgrade the gpu, while the cpu, memory, and hard drive can be pretty easily upgraded down the road. Plus at 1920x1200, the GTX280M is almost necessary(well, then again a lower end notebook would not have a 1920x1200 display).
 

Rawlaw

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So i should get the one u recommended with the 2.8 ghz speed, 320 gb 7200 rpm, 4 gb ddr3 ram? It dosen't specify stuff like how long the battery lasts or how big of a screen it has.
 
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