Question:
gaming laptop
General Questions
1) What is your budget?
as cheap as humanly possible w/o being crappy
2) What size notebook would you prefer?
14"-17"
3) What tasks will you be performing with the notebook?
games & internet, email, word processing
4) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places or leaving it on your desk?
taking it around alot (to & from class mainly)
5) Will you be playing games on it; if so, which games?
Definitely: Quake 4, Halflife 2, World of Warcraft, Warcraft 3. Something that will work halfway decently with future games (or at least upgradeable to do so). Don't have to have insanely great graphics, as long as they run bareably
6) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
Nope, as long as it will last a while
7) How many hours of battery life do you need?
doesn't matter
8) Do you mind buying online without seeing the notebook in person?
Nope
9) Please select your country's flag as a post icon and tell us what country are you buying this in?
USA
Screen Specifics
10) Would you prefer standard or widescreen?
doesn't matter but widescreen is nice
11) From the choices below, what screen resolutions would you prefer?
Anything except regular VGA
12) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non-glossy screen?
glossy would be nice but no biggie
Build Quality and Design
13) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?
No
14) When are you buying this laptop and how long do you want this laptop to last?
Next couple months.. as long as possible! Something I can upgrade later would be great
Notebook Components
15) How much hard drive space do you want; 40GB to 120GB?
space isn't as important as speed - want 7200rpm
16) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a DVD-ROM, DVD-CD/RW or DVD-RW drive?
Yes, and not a dongle.. DVD/RW-CD/RW hopefully.. at least DVD-CD/RW
Thanks!!
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you could try the asus s96j. 15.4 inch notebook with ati mr x1600. configure one for yourself at www.powernotebooks.com . it's listed as the "powerpro 2:24" You can get a basic one with 1 gb 667 ram (single module), a core duo t2400, and the other basics you will need for $1350-1450.
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I would surely recommend you the DELL XPS M1710. Its perfect but the only problem is the affordability.
The Satellite P100 is another alternative.
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i looked at the s96j.. that's around what i'm looking for i think, and good price. anything else around that price range? (<$1500). i drooled at the XPS, but alas it is too pricey :/
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and just out of curiosity, what are you guys' opinions as to how i should configure? I'm thinking 2ghz, 2gb ram, 80gb 7200rpm hd, nicer screen.. i know the price would come down considerably if I bring those down a bit, but I don't want game performance to suffer a lot. what would you suggest?
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There isn't much difference in terms of performance between 1.83Ghz and 2Ghz, while 2Gb of RAM are a must for gaming. I also thoroughly concur to a 7200rpm HD.
You can get all this in a 5.4-pound Compal HGL30 from powernotebooks.com It comes slightly under or over $1500.
C.
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you can look into the asus a8jm... that's what i'm hoping to get soon
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well the compal is nice.. however i was stcuk between the compal and the asus z96j...
now you can look at my config at the bottom i ordered that on friday... 7/28
i chose the 512hypermemory because its guarenteed to be faster than a 256dedicated since it is 256dedicated + 256 shared memory... and i always favored ati more than nvidia because ive had an ati 8mb graphics card for 6 years now :D
so its really up to you but look at my config and see if it fits your needs, the price of that was 2109.00 thats with shipping, and i paid by credit card so i didnt get the extra 2.5% off.
now you can lower the upgraded optical (i upgraded it so i can burn dvds and cds) also you can lower the hd to 80gb, and the coreduo to 1.83ghz and you should be around 1700-1800 :D
but im sure the 512hypermemory is going to give me more fps in high quality games than a 256dedicated.
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now you can look at my config at the bottom i ordered that on friday... 7/28
i chose the 512hypermemory because its guarenteed to be faster than a 256dedicated since it is 256dedicated + 256 shared memory... and i always favored ati more than nvidia because ive had an ati 8mb graphics card for 6 years now
HyperMemory is shared memory. The X1600 is 256MB ded. + 256MB shared - the shared memory does nothing for your performance, HM is generally poor.
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I highly recommend the Asus Z96J. It is portable, incredibly light, runs cool, cheap, fast, gets good battery life(for a gaming laptop) and it's rock solid.
Check out my review. I'll be posting it probably by the end of today.