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Gaming laptop... eww. I tryed that once and vowed never to go that route again.

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Originally Posted by Zaroth

Gaming laptop... eww. I tryed that once and vowed never to go that route again.

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maybe that was the case 10+ years ago. it's not that way any more. everything i game in is above 1080p resolution; and i have no problems. i'd have even higher performance if i had gotten a 17" w/ dual gpu.

if you can stomach gaming on an xbox/ps3, a gaming laptop is actually a STEP UP from that. seriously.

My laptop is nothing too elaborate..

Dell XPS 1645
Quad Core i7 1.60Ghz
500 Gig HDD
4 Gig RAM
Running Windows 7 Ultimate w/XP mode

Business Class
15.6'' 1600x900 matte
i5 520
2gb ram
windows xp
320gb hd
Nvidia Quadro FX 880M w/ 1gb ram
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3/3/3 warranty
http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploa...-Angle_low.jpg

4 node mineral oil cluster.

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-a...29_6062652.jpg

I need to find the rest of my pictures of my old mini super computers.

reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/shooter83#p/u/58/68_z80yZ2w8

evan is the MAN!

HTPC - Phenom II X3 720 & EVGA 8800GT
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...C/DSC04234.jpg

Gaming PC - Q9550 & EVGA GTX295
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...C/LightOFF.png
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../FrontOPEN.png

Hahaha pez that first pc is unique man.

Thanks :D

I took an old $25 case and stickerbombed it, then cut a hole in the side and added the trim and plexi. Came out great I think.

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Originally Posted by inperfectdarkness

maybe that was the case 10+ years ago. it's not that way any more. everything i game in is above 1080p resolution; and i have no problems. i'd have even higher performance if i had gotten a 17" w/ dual gpu.

if you can stomach gaming on an xbox/ps3, a gaming laptop is actually a STEP UP from that. seriously.

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For the price/performance value of an Xbox is really outstanding. When it was released it would have been impossible to build a comparable computer for 1/3rd the price. Besides the RROD of course lol. I think my xbox only lasted about 6months, but I really only play computer games so I never even bothered to send it in for the free fix.

Laptops are nice if you travel a lot and want to play games I guess, but you have to sacrifice paying premium for a computer that will have a smaller than ideal screen, minimal upgrade-ability and an underpowered version of a popular gpu. You can counter some of those points with a more expensive customizable Sager or ASUS laptop, but the price/performance just isn't there with laptops. On top of that they are generally prone to overheating and for gaming have to be plugged in. A 2000 would get you a pretty decent laptop, but a 2000 desktop would destroy everything it touched.