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Gaming Laptop Poll
I meant "which notebook should I choose" in the poll question.
Dell E1705
Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Vista Home Premium (32-bit???)
17 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen UXGA Display with TrueLife™
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
Integrated Audio
Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N
80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
Dell Nylon Deluxe Carrying Case
1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-in Service
Price: $1875.20 - Price fluctuates daily
Gateway NX860XL
Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Vista Home Premium (32-bit)
17.1" WUXGA TFT Active Matrix (1920 x 1200 max. resolution)
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
8x Multi-Format Double Layer DVD Writer (DVD±R/±RW/CD-RW)
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7900 GS
Integrated audio
Integrated Intel® 10/100/1000 Ethernet Adapter
Integrated V.92 56K modem
Integrated Intel® 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N Wireless Networking
Primary 12-Cell Lithium Ion battery w/ 1 Yr. limited battery warranty
1Yr Ltd Warranty Parts/labor/no on-site
Price: $2074 - Likely to go on sale again though
Clevo M570U from RJTech
Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 667 MHz FSB)
Vista Home Premium (64-bit)
17in WUXGA w/SCGF
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (Major brand)
100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
8x DVD+/-RW dual layor
512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX
Integrated audio
Integrated GBLAN
Integrated V.92 56K modem
WLAN: Intel Wireless 3945 A/B/G
8-Cell Li-Ion Battery
Carry Bag
1Yr Ltd Warranty
*Price: $2228
*Might be able to lower if I can find something to pricematch. I'm wanting to spend under $2000 but time is on my side since I'm in no hurry while waiting for Santa Rosa.
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I think from a purely gaming perspective, the Clevo beats the other two in terms of specs.
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True but it's also more expensive. I've also never dealt with RJtech or Clevo/Sager Notebooks before so it's new territory on trusting quality of the company and notebook brand.
CNET wasn't too kind to it due to battery life being only 74 minutes on a 12 cell battery according to them. That is pretty bad even though I'll be plugged in most of the time. I would prefer to be able to see a whole movie on battery though.
I won't be buying til after Santa Rosa comes out and the new Geforce Go 8 series so the options could very well change by then. I think I'd rather stick with the 7950 GTX though since it is more powerful than the 8600 I assume (just hope prices fall when 8 series is released).
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You cant beat the E1705's performance per dollar. As much as I hate Dell, its simply the best 17" notebook out there, and the most popular by a ways. I would combine it with the Dell coupons to get an even better deal on it.
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I agree, the E1705 would be a great gaming notebook. As Vivek mentioned, it's also the cheapest.
Matt
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It totally depends on what you're after though. All of them will be quite capable in terms of gaming.
The Clevo will give you the best build quality and performance--while the Dell is the best deal in terms of raw power/price ratio.
And as noted, since you intend to wait for DX10 and Centrino Pro--you might as well see what's available at that time. You will not be buying any of these systems unless for some reason one or more of them gets a Centrino Pro refresh.
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You cant beat the E1705's performance per dollar. As much as I hate Dell, its simply the best 17" notebook out there, and the most popular by a ways. I would combine it with the Dell coupons to get an even better deal on it.
That price was using the dell coupon ;)
And as noted, since you intend to wait for DX10 and Centrino Pro--you might as well see what's available at that time. You will not be buying any of these systems unless for some reason one or more of them gets a Centrino Pro refresh
Yeah, it's probably dumb of me to be spending this much time looking at the notebooks when they will change before I buy them.
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I'd also go with the clevo M570U. It offers more features for the price.
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I have a Clevo D900K and LOVE it! I would not choose any other notebook over this, and from my own laptop and from nearly every review I've read on Clevo notebooks, you cannot beat them. Incredible build quality, top-of-the-line features, everything. I personally purchased my notebook from RJTech and it was very very nice. They even had a shortage on the lower quality LCD displays for my notebook and personally called me to inform me immediately. They even upgraded my purchase to the better LCD screen for free since they were out of the lower quality and would be for a few weeks!
Yes, Clevo is more expensive than other brands like Dell, but you can get better name-brand parts put in them yourself (trust me, I did it and I'm not that experienced. It only takes an hour at MOST). Plus, I actually saved quite a bit of money purchasing the individual parts myself and installing them than if the same company offered the same brand parts due to markup and installation costs. And you will probably get many more added in, more well built features than if you went through another manufacturer.