$5K - Which Laptop?

[Geoff]

As part of my $5,000 gift certificate to Newegg, I want to get a decent gaming laptop. Nothing too fancy, but something that will play games such as CSS, TF2, DoDS, CoD2, etc. Please read over the specs and the price, don't just vote for the one with best specs!!



Acer Aspire - $950:
C2D T7500 (2.2GHz / 800MHz Bus / 4MB Cache)
512MB nVidia 9500M GS
3GB DDR2 667
250GB 5400RPM HD
16" LCD @ 1366x768
8-Cell Battery

Asus M51 - $1,020:
C2D T5750 (2.0GHz / 667MHz Bus / 2MB Cache)
512MB nVidia 9500M GS
3GB DDR2 667
250GB 5400RPM HD
15.4" LCD @ 1280x800
6-Cell Battery

Asus M50 - $1,200:
C2D P8400 (2.26GHz / 1066MHz Bus / 3MB Cache)
512MB nVidia 9600M GS
4GB DDR2 667
250GB 5400RPM HD
15.4" LCD @ 1280x800
6-Cell Battery

Toshiba Satellite - $1,400:
C2D T5750 (2.0GHz / 667MHz Bus / 2MB Cache)
512MB nVidia 8700M GT
3GB DDR2 667
320GB 5400RPM HD
17" LCD @ 1440x900
6000mAh (I Believe around a 6-Cell)

Asus M70 - $1,600:
C2D T9400 (2.53GHz / 1066MHz Bus / 6MB Cache)
512MB nVidia 9600M GS
4GB DDR2 667
320GB 5400RPM HD
17" LCD @ 1920x1200
8-Cell Battery

 

[Kesava]

i voted for the M70. its decently better then the Toshiba above it, and for not much more. nice res and 4 gb ram. should be very decent

 

[just a noob]

i voted the toshiba because im cheap, but if you wanna spend the extra money to get it, get the asus m70

 

[ghost]

Come on Geoff, its practically free... M70 FTW!

 

[Kill Bill]

You have 5000$ Get this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834117746 if not I voted m70

 

[Geoff]

You have 5000$ Get this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834117746 if not I voted m70

No fricken way, that only has an 8600M GT!!

As for the other comments, the thing I liked about the Toshiba was the 8700M GT. However I was planning on getting the M70 as it has a superior processor to the rest of the laptops, high res screen, and a long lasting 8-cell battery.

Thanks for the suggestions so far!

 

[Sir Travis D]

The toshiba has the best graphics card I THINK. Isn't the 9600 just a better version of the 8600? If so, the 8700 should be better than the 9600, and I have the 8700 on my laptop, and would say it is great.

 

[`PaWz]

What about this one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147750

It is about the same price as the m70, but it has an 8800m GTS 512 and a T8100 CPU (2.1GHz)

 

[cohen]

M70 looks like a good one.

 

[ducis]

where did you get a 5k gift certificate from?!?!?!?!
edit:: i think you should get something more portable that you'll actually want to haul around

 

[Geoff]

The toshiba has the best graphics card I THINK. Isn't the 9600 just a better version of the 8600? If so, the 8700 should be better than the 9600, and I have the 8700 on my laptop, and would say it is great.

Yes, the 9500M GS is a tad better then the 8600M GT, and the 9600M GS is just a tad better then the 9500M GS. So yes, the 8700M GT is better.

What about this one?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834147750

It is about the same price as the m70, but it has an 8800m GTS 512 and a T8100 CPU (2.1GHz)

I saw that, but thats way too large. It's not really portable either, it's like carrying around a 20" LCD everywhere you go!

where did you get a 5k gift certificate from?!?!?!?!
edit:: i think you should get something more portable that you'll actually want to haul around

I guess you didn't see the thread about me, I won a $5K gift certificate for being the 1,000,000th reviewer.

 

[cohen]

where did you get a 5k gift certificate from?!?!?!?!
edit:: i think you should get something more portable that you'll actually want to haul around

I guess you didn't see the thread about me, I won a $5K gift certificate for being the 1,000,000th reviewer.

Here we go

OMEGA​

 

[mep916]

Due to the screen size, processor speed and battery life (not to mention the decent GPU), I voted for the M70.

 

[g4m3rof1337]

My Toshiba was $1,500 and has Dual 8600's and amazing speakers/sub.

 

[Geoff]

Here we go

OMEGA​

Due to the screen size, processor speed and battery life (not to mention the decent GPU), I voted for the M70.

Thank you, someone who took other factors into consideration before saying what one is better.

I looked at the cheaper, 15" Asus' and those all had the 6-Cell, which from reviews got at most 2 hours, whereas the 8-Cell in the M70 gets at least 3 hours.

My Toshiba was $1,500 and has Dual 8600's and amazing speakers/sub.

I saw that one on Newegg, which was selling for $1,900. It looks like a nice laptop, but the 6-Cell battery on an SLI notebook must be horrible for battery life, what do you get with it?

 

[mep916]

I looked at the cheaper, 15" Asus' and those all had the 6-Cell, which from reviews got at most 2 hours, whereas the 8-Cell in the M70 gets at least 3 hours.

For a notebook, that's a big difference.

 

[g4m3rof1337]

Battery is a bit weak atm, but I am usually plugged in.

But I may buy a better battery, if needed.




Its great for games and playing music and stuff, like I said about the speakers, I'll see if I can make a video to show how good the speakers are.

 

[Sir Travis D]

Yea, I'd change my vote to the asus m70, the asus' card isn't that bad compared to the toshiba, and it has a bigger resolution and more ram.

 

[mkjaekmi]

I'd say asus m70, its only a little more then the toshiba

 

[Geoff]

The m70 is what I was looking at before as well, and was my first choice. I didn't want to say anything though as some people might of voted differently.