<p>Which laptop's the best for gaming? Which model?</p>
<p>The site says that the Intel video chipset is highly rated.</p>
<p>NEVER EVER EVER allow one of those things into a "gaming" rig. EVER.</p>
<p>Does it get better than this? <a href="http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Area-51_m7700/area-51_m7700_specs.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AREA51-M-7700&SubCode=SKU-EXTREME%5B/url%5D">http://www.alienware.com/product_detail_pages/Area-51_m7700/area-51_m7700_specs.aspx?SysCode=PC-LT-AREA51-M-7700&SubCode=SKU-EXTREME</a></p>
<p>Yes, since Alienware is incredibly overpriced and you can make your own computer with the same specs at sites like newegg.com, but 70% of the cost.</p>
<p>I think it would be difficult to build a laptop yourself, but you can try.</p>
<p>you can't build a laptop by yourself, not feasible. the best performance and priced gaming laptops are from WidowPC. It might be more economical to biuld a desktop for gaming and buy a cheap laptop. Gaming laptops are big, expensive, and can't come close to competing with a lot of desktops built for a lot (lot, lot) cheaper.</p>
<p>I already posted this before, but:</p>
<p>A gaming "laptop" is essentially a desktop with a handle. Poor battery life, large and unwieldy, gaming laptops are largely useless, especially in college. Are you planning on gaming in class? At the library? Invest in a good laptop and an actual gaming system (PlayStation, Xbox, GameCube). You'll be better off.</p>
<p>I disagree. Though the reputation gaming laptops have earned in the past is accurate, the performance gap is closing. Pentium Ms and new battery technology as well as power optimizers can give even serious gaming notebooks hours of battery life.</p>
<p>Well, my expertise is with ultraportable laptops, but almost all gaming laptops are desktop replacements and most actually get mediocre battery life, around 2-3 hours at best even with a Pentium M. Are you craving for the fastest performance you can get or a budget gaming laptop? Because a good budget gaming laptop is the HP DV4000 with a ATI Radeon X700.</p>
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Invest in a good laptop and an actual gaming system (PlayStation, Xbox, GameCube).
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<p>What if I don't play console games? :(</p>
<p>Read these:
<a href="http://www.powernotebooks.com/articles/index.php?action=fullnews&id=17%5B/url%5D">http://www.powernotebooks.com/articles/index.php?action=fullnews&id=17</a>
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/global/2001/0402/024.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.forbes.com/global/2001/0402/024.html</a></p>
<p>A lot questions and answers are here, try to read every page of thread:
<a href="http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=1696166%5B/url%5D">http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=1696166</a></p>
<p>They sell gaming laptops:
<a href="http://www.pctorque.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.pctorque.com/</a>
<a href="http://www.powernotebooks.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.powernotebooks.com/</a></p>
<p>I bought a desktop replacement laptop simply because I don't have the money to buy a gaming desktop and an ultraportable laptop. Our dept. requires a laptop, so I figured I'd kill 2 birds with one stone and get a good, powerful notebook.</p>
<p>no matter what, if u wanna game, go pc
probably the best gaming laptop for its price on the market right now is the dell xps gaming laptop, but it still costs nearly 3k if u wanna get the top version (6600ultra, dual core processor)
with that price, you could get a good laptop and build your own monster gaming pc, no joke (the pc would also be twice as powerful as the laptop)</p>
<p>getting a gaming laptop is truly pointless, if ur gonna lan with somebody, you could just bring ur tower over anyway, its not THAT big of a hassle</p>
<p>Alienware, always.
(Not most cost-efficient, but albeit, the best.)</p>
<p>rahul, I'm mostly looking for the fastest performing laptop, and my budget's $3000. I havnt heard of the Pentium M Processor. How good is the 2.26 GHZ processor on the Dell XPS M170 compared to a Pentium 4? Coz the Alienware Area-51 m7700's got a clock speed of 3.6GHz, and comes for roughly the same price.</p>
<p>What? You haven't even heard of the Pentium M!? Its been out for over two years!</p>
<p>First of all, don't even think about the Pentium 4, its dead, its old, its outdated. The Pentium M is an EXTREMELY fast processor, don't be mislead just because its clock speed is lower.
A 2.26 ghz Pentium M will be at least as fast or faster than a 3.8-4 ghz Pentium 4 and plus will get battery life, and create less fan noise and heat. Just forget about the Pentium 4, it doesn't even belong in laptops anymore. Its only benefit is that its cheaper than the Pentium M but you said both the Alienware and Dell you're looking at cost around the same so just get the Pentiuum M.
The 2.26 ghz Pentium M will definately be faster than the 3.6 ghz Pentium 4 for sure.</p>
<p>If you don't beleive me, just go to <a href="http://www.notebookreview.com%5B/url%5D">www.notebookreview.com</a>, theres an excellent forum there to ask questions, I'm a user there myself.
The Dell XPS M170 is one of the best gaming laptops you can get right now, I'd get it over the Alienware.</p>
<p>Lol with 3000 bucks you can get a kick ass desktop AND a thin and light laptop.</p>
<p>Yeah, if I had that sort of money, I'd buy a gaming desktop and a very portable notebook to get the best of both worlds.</p>
<p>^agreed you can get a cheap laptop for 800 or under (you won't be gaming on that anyways) and spend the rest on a l33t desktop. why would you settle for a "gaming laptop" when you can get a much better system for much cheaper in a desktop?</p>
<p>oh and pentium is releasing a new dual core processor for laptops very soon, so if you wait a while the prices for pentium M will go down.</p>