New Laptop

[CommanderCrazy]

OK! Im looking at the Alienware M17x.

What do you think guys?

[Fonger]

Conventional reply is based on the brand of the notey you are looking into.

 

"My that costs alot"

 

so . . . consider alternte sources

 

would this be of use (and around a grand less) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16834220704

 

or these for around $1100 less

http://www.buyxg.com/system/XG_Action_8000_Notebook/ and

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Xplorer_X7_7700_Notebook/

[CommanderCrazy]

I has the money, & the links you posted dont have alot rolling for serious games.

The only standout thing is that they all have Core i7's.

 

Ill stay with Alienware until summit stands out.

[Vagrant0]

Alienware has gone to crap ever since it partnered with Dell. The name alone generates 70% of business from people who just don't know any better... No offense.

 

That said, there's no such thing as a good gaming laptop. If they don't have heat issues, they have power and reliability issues. If you're wanting to get something you can play games on, aim for something less overpriced which is still good enough to run some of your older single player games. There are several reasonably priced laptops which can run Oblivion and even FO3 rather nicely as long as you aren't too attached to having all those visual mods. Anything more than that, and you're either paying 4x as much for a name, or 3x as much for equivalent hardware that can integrated into a desktop system.

 

For the price of the m17x, you could buy a smaller, still capable laptop as well as a good desktop system (just the case and everything inside).

[LHammonds]

:stupid:

[Dark0ne]

Laptops tend to be affected by a lot of variables. My laptop, an Asus G1S recently broke from a known manufacturer fault that breaks the screen after 20 - 24 months. I'd had mine for 36 months so I guess I was somewhat lucky!

 

My criteria are simple:

 

- Must be able to play modern games (excluding Cyrsis/Far Cry cause they're just dumb to benchmark on a laptop) at medium settings with FPS > 30

- Must be no larger than 15.6'' for easier transportation

- No epileptic inducing light shows on the keyboard/chasis as though every gamer is a wh*%# for LEDs (this is the hardest criteria to fill!)

- Ctrl key must be in the right place. No stupid function keys where CTRL should be.

 

That's about it really. Overheating isn't really such an issue as if I do want to be playing games it will be on a table where I can make use of good ventilation and stuff. I'm not going to be playing games on-the-move, I just want the option so I don't have to cart my PC around places whenever a new gaming addiction pops up.

 

As it stands laptops seem to be at a bit of a crossroads as the new GFX lines have just come out along with the mobile Core i3, i5 and i7s so I'm just holding out for a little while for the technology to catch up. I'd really like to get an ATi 5750 - 5850 laptop as ATi are running away with the GFX cards at the moment and the only thing NVidia can do to combat it is change their naming policy to make their cards seem more powerful than they really are.

[LegoManIAm94]

I wouldn't think of using a Laptop for gaming. I will use a good fast desktop. And if you have a TV near I would hook it up for a bigger screen. :thumbsup:

[CommanderCrazy]

105 inch projector as of yesty!

[Fonger]

105 inch projector as of yesty!

Then

 

By ALL means

 

get a SUPER desk top gaming rig.

[CommanderCrazy]

Yeah, but I want portability.

 

But, if you say so.............

 

 

Can a mod close this please?