Thread: What multimedia/gaming laptop should I buy?

Quote: Originally Posted by spybenj Im going to try and get some sleep again, if you have any more questions feel free to PM me. In the morning some other people will come on(like usual) who know more than me, they may respond to this thread if its still "hot". Again, any more questions PM me, if I cant convince one of my best friends not go get a alienware I may aswell convince you! Gotcha. Thanks, man, will do. I'm going to...

I mean One of my close friends that I've known for many years is about to get a alienware just for the name. If I can't convince him not to get it, I may aswell try to convince you

In regards to GPU, you may have noticed that even the same model may use different types and amounts of ram. Most of the high-end laptops suggested probably are using 1024MB with DDR3 rather than DDR2, so there should be no problems there. Another thing to keep in mind is the graphic card drivers. If you don't have a good driver for your card, you may not get optimal performance. ATI make some great cards that can compete on even footing...

Quote: Originally Posted by kusogaki Yeah, I like the specs on that 8650, but it's a little cheaper than I was willing to spend...hehe that sounds totally stupid, huh. For some reason I want to spend this $3000 to buy whatever the best option is right now. I don't expect to upgrade anything on this other than perhaps ram or a ssd drive (when they get cheaper.) Anyway, I was wondering what you'd recommend for the cpu on it. It...

Wow! What a coincidence! You posted this at exactly the same time I was posting mine. It'll be interesting to see the difference in recommendations given that I was aiming for slightly less wrt gaming. But in retrospect, Kusogaki, the best games at 60FPS does sound like a thing of beauty! It looks like I have come to pretty much the same conclusions as you have. We may well be forking out for the AW unless the folks here know of something...