- Gaming Laptop Recommendations
- Posted by Joel Konkle-Parker on August 13th, 2003
I'm looking for a desktop-replacement gaming-worthy laptop for less than
an arm and a leg. My current fave is the Alienware Area-51m
<http://alienware.com>, although a nicely decked out model is starting
to push the budget. Mainly, I want something that's not afraid to
include a decent video chip. Does anyone here any have suggestions?
An interesting sidenote: the upcoming Area-51m model advertises an
upgradable video chip <http://alienware.com/pcg>. Is there anything out
there now that has this feature?
- Joel
- Posted by Dennis Savatski on August 13th, 2003
TOshiba satellite 52XX
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Dennis Savatski
"Joel Konkle-Parker" <jjk3@msstate.edu> wrote in message
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- Posted by Joel Konkle-Parker on August 13th, 2003
Thanks for the suggestions. Looks like the latter is a web hosting site,
though. Am I missing something?
- Joel
- Posted by Hans Kamp on August 13th, 2003
"Joel Konkle-Parker" <jjk3@msstate.edu> schreef in bericht
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I have a laptop with a GeForce4 440. That graphics card seems to be as
powerful as a similar card in my desktop PC.
Don't underestimate heat generation. Although I have no real problems, my
laptop gets a bit warmer when I play a game, while it doesn't when I just
surf on the Internet or work with Excel or Word...
My laptop is a Paradigit Voyager.
Hans Kamp.
- Posted by Musashi on August 14th, 2003
I got a DELL 8500 with 64MB video. SUXGA screen, 40gig 5400rpm HDD,
2.2ghz, DVD/CD-RW, 512RAM.
I play Unreal II, R6 Raven Shield, America's Army and many other high
end games on it.
Took it to a LAN and played Diablo 2 for 11 hours straight with no
problems.
Mine was $1750 after the $450 online rebate, in April. You can now get
it for about $1650 after the current $300 rebate.
The only thing I wish it had was a 7200rpm drive as the HDD is the
bottleneck these days when it comes to high end gaming.
One other thing to keep in mind is that if you play using just the
battery the notebook cuts the ghz used and brightness of the screen.
Musashi
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:07:20 GMT, Joel Konkle-Parker
<jjk3@msstate.edu> wrote:
- Posted by scott on August 14th, 2003
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:53:17 GMT, Joel Konkle-Parker
<jjk3@msstate.edu> wrote:
Sager's are great!
Ask here about the right one for you:
http://www.sagerforums.com
- Posted by adias angel on August 15th, 2003
Another vote for the sager line (for gaming). Discount laptops is
where I got mine from and they are great!
- Posted by nemo on August 15th, 2003
"Musashi" <drunk@home.com> wrote in message
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You can adjust that in bios , you can turn brightness to max and disable
speed step
- Posted by Musashi on August 15th, 2003
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:55:41 +0200, "nemo" <crotv_remove_@crotv.net>
wrote:
Haven't messed with the "speed step" however I have turned the
brightness to max and then as I let it boot up it reverts back to dim.
- Posted by John Yuen on August 16th, 2003
Check TechTV recent review of gaming laptop including the soon to be
released Alienware-51M and Voodoo.
Regards
John Yuen
Joel Konkle-Parker wrote:
- Posted by scott on August 16th, 2003
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 17:07:42 -0400, Musashi <drunk@home.com> wrote:
Once booted, what happens when you push the Fn+ [up arrow] keys? On
my 8200 you can adjust the brightness that way. I assume the 8500 is
similar.
