Best gaming laptop?

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teddyzaper

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Hey guys!

Im new here, and also new to laptops and hardware in general. I know a decent amount about software and i know components in the hardware, but i dont really know what does what.

Anyways my question is what is THE best gaming laptop for under $3k? I've personaly narrowed it down to 2 laptops, although im open to all suggestions. I have reasons that it needs to be a laptop, and i understand that they dont compete with desktops, but i just want something that can run all the games i play smoothly on medium/high graphics. I play League of Legends, Starcraft 2, Guild wars (2 when it comes out), Star Wars the Old Republic, Just Cause 2, and plan to start World of Warcraft soon.

The two laptops ive looked at are http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/Battalion_101_P170HM_Gaming_Laptop and http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-m18x/pd

So, Which one is better, obviously the Battalion is cheaper, but is it significantly worse than the alienware? any other suggestions?

THANKS GUYS!
 
Specs for the battalion:

1 x Case ( Battalion 101 P170HM 17.3" Full HD 1920x1080 Widescreen LCD TFT Laptop w/HDMI Port, eSATA port, fingerprint Reader, Li-Ion Battery, Universal AC Power Adapter - Original Metallic Black )
1 x Processor ( Intel® Core™ i7-2760QM Mobile Processor (4x 2.40GHz/6MB L3 Cache) )
1 x Memory ( 8GB [4GB x 2] 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM [Laptop Memory] - Corsair or Major Brand )
1 x Video Card ( AMD Radeon HD 6990M 2GB GDDR5 Video [P170HM] )
1 x Free Stuff ( [Free Game Download] - Deus Ex - Free with purchase of AMD FX processor / Radeon HD 6850 or higher video card )
1 x Free Stuff ( [Free Game Download] - Total War: Shogun 2 - Free with purchase of AMD FX CPU + Radeon HD 6000 or higher video card )
1 x Free Stuff ( [Free] Thermaltake SHOCK Spin Gaming Headset - Free with purchase of any laptop )
1 x Primary Hard Drive ( 1 TB 5400rpm Serial-ATA Super Slim Laptop Hard Drive )
1 x Data Hard Drive ( 60 GB ADATA S511 SSD - Single Drive )
1 x Optical Drive ( 8x Dual Format DVD±R/±RW + 16x CD-R/RW Combo Drive [P170HM] )
1 x Flash Media Reader / Writer ( Built-in 9-in-1 Media Card Reader/Writer [Laptop] )
1 x Sound Card ( 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard )
1 x Network Card ( Built-in 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN [Laptop] )
1 x Internal Wireless Network Adapter ( 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Combo )
1 x Operating System ( Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium + Office Starter 2010 (Includes basic versions of Word and Excel) - 64-Bit )
1 x Mouse ( Razer Lachesis 5600dpi 3.5G Laser Gaming Mouse )
1 x USB Ports ( Built-in 2x USB 2.0 Ports + 2x USB 3.0 Port [Laptop] )
1 x Carrying Case ( Free Deluxe Carrying Case )
1 x Video Camera ( Built-in 2.0 Mega Pixels Digital Web Video Camera )
1 x Warranty ( Standard Warranty Service - Standard One(1) Year Limited Warranty + Lifetime Technical Support )
1 x Rush Service ( Rush Service Fee (not shipping fee) - No Rush Service, Estimate Ship Out in 5~10 Business Days )
 
Specs for the Alienware:




Software & Services
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 2670QM 2.2GHz (3.1GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit edit
MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz (4DIMMS) edit
VIDEO CARD Dual 1.5GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M – NVIDIA SLI Enabled edit
HARD DRIVE 1TB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive edit
WIRELESS + BLUETOOTH Intel® Advanced-N 6200 a/g/n 2x2 MIMO Technology and Bluetooth 3.0 edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW) edit
SOUND OPTIONS Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio edit
My Software & Accessories
SYSTEM COLOR Nebula Red Anodized Aluminum edit
PERSONALIZED PLATE Personalized Plate (William Reed) edit
ALIENFX COLOR Nova Yellow edit
WALLPAPER Alienhead Glow edit
GAMING MICE Razer USA RAZER MAMBA 2012 ELITE-WLS GAMING MSE edit
My Accessories
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1 Year Advanced Plan edit
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Anti-Virus Software Selected edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
LCD PANEL 18.4-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 WLED
NAMEPLATE Thank you for Purchasing Alienware
POWER ADAPTERS Alienware M18x 330W A/C Adapter

Adobe Reader Acrobat SW

Adobe Acrobat X Reader
 
6990m kills 560m,m and i think it kills 56m sli too, since it's 2 6970m cores and rivals a 590 which has 2 570 or 580 cores, which beat the 560 cores, so basically i'm guess the ibuypower
 
so you are saying that the battalion is better? I know that the video card is far supperior in the battalion but what about the rest?
 
What if i upgraded the video card in the alienware to the radion? They also have a more expensive one but it only has 580m... What is "580m" mean?

Here is specs with that card:

Software & Services
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 2670QM 2.2GHz (3.1GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit edit
MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz (4DIMMS) edit
VIDEO CARD Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6990M AMD CrossFireX edit
HARD DRIVE 1TB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive edit
WIRELESS + BLUETOOTH Intel® Advanced-N 6200 a/g/n 2x2 MIMO Technology and Bluetooth 3.0 edit
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW) edit
SOUND OPTIONS Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio edit
My Software & Accessories
SYSTEM COLOR Nebula Red Anodized Aluminum edit
PERSONALIZED PLATE Personalized Plate (William Reed) edit
ALIENFX COLOR Astral Aqua edit
PRE-INSTALLED SOFTWARE Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed edit
GAMING MICE Razer USA RAZER MAMBA 2012 ELITE-WLS GAMING MSE edit
My Accessories
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1 Year Basic Plan edit
Dell Recommends
Upgrade now to a 2 Year Basic In-Home Service Plan. In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis: for issues covered by Limited Hardware Warranty, technician and/or part will be dispatched, if necessary, usually in 1 or 2 business days following Remote Diagnosis. During Remote Diagnosis, you may be asked to access the inside of your system (where safe to do so) or to participate in troubleshooting until a cause can be isolated. *Important Info
Upgrade to 2 Year Basic Plan [Add $199.00 or $6.00/month1]
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Anti-Virus Software Selected edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
LCD PANEL 18.4-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 WLED
NAMEPLATE Thank you for Purchasing Alienware
POWER ADAPTERS Alienware M18x 330W A/C Adapter
Adobe Reader Acrobat SW Adobe Acrobat X Reader
ESSENTIAL ADD-ONS
 
well it also has a ssd, which if they have and corsair gt's or ocz agility 3's then go with those, they're faster, and i believe a faster cpu, so ibuypower is my bet. and a 580m should be bellow a 6990m, the 6990m should go against the 590m. but really, unless you ablolutely need a laptop then you would be wayyy better off spending 1500 on a desktop and 1500 on a laptop, then you could do some gaming on the lappy and have a desktop that would max every game out for another year or 2
 
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Yeah i know about the desktops/laptop thing, but it is absolutely necessary for me to get a laptop and not a desktop sadly. Thanks for the imput bro!
 
jonnyp11 said:
6990m kills 560m,m and i think it kills 56m sli too, since it's 2 6970m cores and rivals a 590 which has 2 570 or 580 cores, which beat the 560 cores, so basically i'm guess the ibuypower
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not true jonny, at least on the mobile end. The 6990m only has a 160 core advantage on the 6970m.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-6990M.57308.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-6970M.43077.0.html

here is the 560 for reference.
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-560M.48313.0.html
 
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