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i want to buy a nice gaming laptop to play games like supreme commander or maybe halo 2 as well as for performance hungry apps like cad. i was wondering what you people think would be the best for around 1500 dollars (tight budget) ive been looking around myself and i had my eyes set on any one of 3 asus laptops . wondering if anyone had experience with their products also
i want to buy a nice gaming laptop to play games like supreme commander or maybe halo 2 as well as for performance hungry apps like cad. i was wondering what you people think would be the best for around 1500 dollars (tight budget) ive been looking around myself and i had my eyes set on any one of 3 asus laptops . wondering if anyone had experience with their products also
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well i dont know ... about any of u ppls answers power book costs crazy to much
dell and alienware do too. i think u guys should look at the asus f3 and tell me what u think as well as the asus a8
Answer
While Alienware may have been the gaming choice in past years, I would have to disagree these days. They haven't shown the ability to keep their cost down with the improving technology gamers crave. Their Aurora m9700 (starting at $1599) has only a Geforce 7900 utilizing only up to 512 mb video memory.
HP, on the other hand, has made great strides in improving their entertainment technology while continuing to keep the cost to the customer down. Check out the HP Pavilion Model dv9535nr (at Best Buy for $1399.99). It features the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS graphics with 256MB dedicated video memory and up to 1GB total video memory. You would be very hard pressed to find better mobile graphics technology than that, particularly for under $2k.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1180743304855&type=product&skuId=8404247
No matter which computer you prefer, as a gamer, I would recommend staying far, far away from anything with ATI video. Learn from my horrible experience and stay as far away from ATI as possible. I'm very pleased that HP figured it out and dropped ATI.
Toshiba used to be good for gaming, but they've fallen behind in the past few years, particularly when it comes to graphics. I take issue with Sony as a company - their customer support is lacking at best.
Acer is catching up as far as specs go, but I've had problems with them in the past and when I asked the guy at Best Buy today how their reliability has been he sounded just like I did years ago when I had one. They always claim it's a software problem. Odd how Acer computers seem to be the only ones with this "software" problem.
As for the Dell XPS, compare their specs with the HP I mentioned and then compare the price. Even their $2299 model only offers the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 with a measly 256MB video memory. Seriously, anybody who forks over that kind of money for something so subpar as far as gaming goes hasn't done their homework.
I haven't had personal experience with Asus laptops, but I believe even their top model is using only the Geforce 7700 with shared video ram (dedicated ram is better for graphics intense games). Asus tends to use ATI in many of their models and ATI simply does not favor gaming nearly as well as NVIDIA.
Stick with NVIDIA graphics and as much video ram as you can get. Go with a dual core processor (if you go with intell, I would recommend the 5250 or better). At about $1400, that HP I mentioned is the hottest thing in the price range.
Edit: The Sager 2090 is comparable to the HP I already mentioned except it has half the hard drive space, only a 15" monitor (active matrix - not HiDef), and still does not feature up to a full gig of video memory. It does feature the higher processor for the price range.
While Alienware may have been the gaming choice in past years, I would have to disagree these days. They haven't shown the ability to keep their cost down with the improving technology gamers crave. Their Aurora m9700 (starting at $1599) has only a Geforce 7900 utilizing only up to 512 mb video memory.
HP, on the other hand, has made great strides in improving their entertainment technology while continuing to keep the cost to the customer down. Check out the HP Pavilion Model dv9535nr (at Best Buy for $1399.99). It features the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS graphics with 256MB dedicated video memory and up to 1GB total video memory. You would be very hard pressed to find better mobile graphics technology than that, particularly for under $2k.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1180743304855&type=product&skuId=8404247
No matter which computer you prefer, as a gamer, I would recommend staying far, far away from anything with ATI video. Learn from my horrible experience and stay as far away from ATI as possible. I'm very pleased that HP figured it out and dropped ATI.
Toshiba used to be good for gaming, but they've fallen behind in the past few years, particularly when it comes to graphics. I take issue with Sony as a company - their customer support is lacking at best.
Acer is catching up as far as specs go, but I've had problems with them in the past and when I asked the guy at Best Buy today how their reliability has been he sounded just like I did years ago when I had one. They always claim it's a software problem. Odd how Acer computers seem to be the only ones with this "software" problem.
As for the Dell XPS, compare their specs with the HP I mentioned and then compare the price. Even their $2299 model only offers the NVIDIA GeForce 7900 with a measly 256MB video memory. Seriously, anybody who forks over that kind of money for something so subpar as far as gaming goes hasn't done their homework.
I haven't had personal experience with Asus laptops, but I believe even their top model is using only the Geforce 7700 with shared video ram (dedicated ram is better for graphics intense games). Asus tends to use ATI in many of their models and ATI simply does not favor gaming nearly as well as NVIDIA.
Stick with NVIDIA graphics and as much video ram as you can get. Go with a dual core processor (if you go with intell, I would recommend the 5250 or better). At about $1400, that HP I mentioned is the hottest thing in the price range.
Edit: The Sager 2090 is comparable to the HP I already mentioned except it has half the hard drive space, only a 15" monitor (active matrix - not HiDef), and still does not feature up to a full gig of video memory. It does feature the higher processor for the price range.
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between the laptops from sony, hp, and dell, which has the best notebook computers and which model is best? preferably under $1500
Answer
if u re looking for a gaming laptop, then it's definitely dell among the 3
do take note that most gaming laptops are not cheap, the price tag is usually more than ur budget
for those that re below that, it won't take u quite far if u play games with it
and also consider that gaming laptops are ususlly bulky and heavy, thus defeating the major purpose of a laptop, which is mobility
however, if u re still keen on looking for a gaming laptop within ur budget, i can suggest the following:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7000 series
RAM: 2GB, especially if u run Vista
Graphic: settle for no less than an nVidia GeForce 8400M GT, anything below that is crap for gaming
Monitor: 14.1"
other parts re up to u...
perhaps u would be interested with the spec of my laptop
if u re looking for a gaming laptop, then it's definitely dell among the 3
do take note that most gaming laptops are not cheap, the price tag is usually more than ur budget
for those that re below that, it won't take u quite far if u play games with it
and also consider that gaming laptops are ususlly bulky and heavy, thus defeating the major purpose of a laptop, which is mobility
however, if u re still keen on looking for a gaming laptop within ur budget, i can suggest the following:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7000 series
RAM: 2GB, especially if u run Vista
Graphic: settle for no less than an nVidia GeForce 8400M GT, anything below that is crap for gaming
Monitor: 14.1"
other parts re up to u...
perhaps u would be interested with the spec of my laptop
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