Which laptop is best for gaming use?
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I agree that you won't find anything that can game for under $1000, let alone game well.  If you are playing older games you can probably get away with it, but anything new and you'll be forced to play on low settings with a very bad resolution, if you can even get the game to play at all.\n\nThese are the bare minimum graphics cards you should look for to be able to game on ok settings, you won't be able to max everything out, but everything will play well. In order of performance, lowest to highest.\nNvidia GeForce Go6400\nATI Mobility Radeon X600\nNvidia GeForce Go7400\nATI Mobility Radeon X1400 \nIf you want better performance, where you can turn the settings on high, listed lowest to highest\nNvidia GeForce Go6600\nATI Mobility Radeon X700\nNvidia GeForce Go7600\nATI Mobility Radeon X1600\nNvidia GeForce Go7700\nNvidia GeForce Go7600GT \n\nand now for the best of the best, monsters, you won't find these in anything that is close to mobile though.  These are only in desktop replacement notebooks that need constant power because they are so power hungry.\nIn order lowest to highest\nNvidia GeForce Go7800\nATI Mobility Radeon X1800\nNvidia GeForce Go7900GS\nNvidia GeForce Go7800GTX\nATI Mobility Radeon X1800XT\nNvidia GeForce Go7900GTX\nNvidia GeForce Go7950GTX \nThe next gen of mobile graphic is just around the corner though,  with the latest direct X 10, and support for everything in vista.  You'll just have to wait a few months for these.\nA better budget for a mobile gaming system is more around $1500 on the very low end.  It's very much worth it to save up, instead of dropping a grand on something that doesn't do what you want it to.
120588
Well the best one is that which has top components. Take a look at what alienware has to offer, or toshiba satellite series. These are the best.
917204
Well for gaming, the Inspiron will be bad, and the other one will be horrible, hence I guess the Dell would be the Best Buy.  If you are planning on doing gaming, you really should stick to desktops, or be prepared to invest a good amount of money into a laptop.
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This depends on what you plan on doing with the computer, and what your budget is.\n\nMacBooks are great- they are powerful, have a solid OS, and are stylish.  However, they are also pricey and Macs have a reputation for not being the best gaming computers.\n\nThere are too many Windows laptops manufacturers to detail- since most people use their laptops for the same general purposes (internet, gaming, home office, school) it really depends upon your preference for a particular brand and if you have any specialized needs.
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The answer will change depending on who you ask. Sony laptops do look the nicest but they are also the most expensive (which doesn't always mean its the best). The Best laptop for price is probably Toshiba but a good BenQ laptop is also very good value. Try and stay away from dell and gateway
290416
Go with the GeForce 7800.  I never buy the latest greatest product as it's usually too expensive.
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Alien Ware has sweet laptops that has high performance, and can play music games and all kind of stuff. they have won so many awards.  U can get a small one for $700. The big one cost like $4000. this is on circuit city.com. u got shop around.
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Depends on your needs, if your a gamer and/or need high power graphics and processors while sacrificing mobility; your best choice is a desktop computer.  If on the other hand you are a very mobile/active person like me.  That needs access to files an be able to work on materials anywhere, while sacrificing some power for mobility, a laptop is for you.
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That is what I am using right now.  I bought it about a month ago, maybe a little less.  So far I love it is very fast, the widescreen is wonderful and easy to read.  What are you going to be using it for.  If you want to use it for gaming, the video card isnt bad but it only has 64mb of shared memory so you may want to find something with a slightly better video card.  For everything else this computer is awsome.  I am very happy with it, the battery holds a charge for 4 hours and 30 minutes and I think it can actually last longer if I lower the brightness on the screen.  If you buy it from bestbuy or circuit city dont bother with the customization to your laptop they make it sound like it is essential to make your computer run well but it is a waste of money.  Also I would avoid their service plans they are also a ripoff, the manufacterer warrenty for one year is included and that should be sufficient, since the best buy service plan actually doesnt cover much of anything.  Anyways happy computer shopping
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Anything with an Athlon 64 3000+ or better, make sure it has at least 512MB of memory as well, either of these would be perfect, http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/catOid/-12963/N/20012961+20012963+212/link/ref/rpem/ccd/categorylist.do and as far as laptops are concerned FSB really isn't that important because you aren't going to be playing games on these laptops.  If you want to get a laptop that will play games, well, 3D games then you're going to have to spend slightly more than that.\n\nOkay, correction, FSB isn't that important provided the laptop you are purchasing isn't (in this case can't) going to play the latest games.
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If you are a gamer then you will be best served by a desktop as they offer more flexibility in terms of upgrading.  Being a gamer myself, you will be putting something new in your system about every six months or so.  If you are truly a dedicated gamer then you will be best off building your own system (you can use mine as a guide or not):\n\nAMD Athlon 64x2 3800+\n2GB PC3200 Memory\ndual 7600GS graphics cards (SLi)\nCreative X-Fi Sound card\ndual DVDRW drives\n560W SLi certified power supply\nAsus A8N32-SLI Deluxe motherboard (gaming edition)\nLogitech X-530 (5.1 Channel) speakers\n17" Samsung 173P (DVI) LCD\n\nBut of course it comes down to what games you like.  If you meant those silly little online games then you don't need something quite that powerful.  If you mean games like HL2, GRAW, FEAR... then yeah... you will need something that powerful and while you can get laptops that powerful they are two to three times the price of a desktop and you can't upgrade them to nearly the extent you can a desktop.\n\nI'll probably be looking to get one of the new AM2 motherboards so I can get one, a better processor and two, support for DDR2 memory but that will be in a year or so.  Plus I'm all out of PCI slots and PCIe slots as I am using every single one of them.
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well, before buying a laptop, ask ur self a small questions:\n1- What is purpose of using a laptop?? ( portability - graphics - games - document writing ...etc)\n2- what is ur budget?\n3- the size of the laptop ( 12" - 14" - 15" - 17" )\n\nIMO the best laptops that can meet anyone use is Dell, they have all the types that can be used by anyone in the world, and also the website is well organized & categorized.\nwww.dell.com
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i would say it depends simply on your budget. i would suggest to look at the following notebooks (order is from cheapest to most expensive)\n- Dell Inspiron B130\n- Apple MacBook\n- Dell Inspiron E1505 (with the graphics card ATI X1400 it's also possible to play games)\n- Apple MacBook Pro
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Dell has some great gaming PC's for that price range.  If all you want it for is gaming you can pare down on some of the other bells and whistles and just amp up your RAM, Video card, and CPU.
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Hmm... I myself have been having a dilemma in choosing a company who can make a power house for gamers like myself who enjoy playing WC3, BF 2, and the likes. One company I have been meticulously considering is AlienWare. I have been told they make some of the worlds most powerful computer, although those people may be wrong. Either way I'm still looking into AlienWare. Their computer with just about everything (i.e. additional drives with hardware at their optimum) costs 7K+; very expensive. Just check them out and see if they offer what you need.
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depends on your needs baby..\nfor high performance laptop.. i suggest sony vaio..\nsony vaio completed with the high performance graphic cards, big DDR memory, high performance processor too.. these is one of the good spesifications, dunno whether is it available on your country or not.. just check these out baby..\nVaio VGN-SZ120P :\nCore Duo T2400, 1GB DDR2, 100GB HDD, DVD±RW, 56K Modem, GbE NIC, WiFi, Bluetooth, VGA Nvidia GeForce Go 7400 128MB, 13.3" WXGA, Win XP Pro
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I think it all depends on the specification of the notebooks. If you are going for the game... I suggest Alienware notebook, XPS for Dell, and for me I thought Toshiba was pretty good overall.