Gaming Laptops: How to Compare, what to look for

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  1. Damon Howe

    Damon Howe Banned Banned

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    Damon Howe, Jul 3, 2012
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    Damon Howe Banned Banned

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    FML.....BOTH of the ASUS variants I was looking at just ran out of stock! Damn it all!
     
    Damon Howe, Jul 4, 2012
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    the ASUS is better than that MSI

    I played around with that MSI model and didnt like it

    check out Frys Electronics Store
     
    Nightblade, Jul 4, 2012
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    Damon Howe Banned Banned

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    lol, I checked Frys soon after...it's out too.

    All the other's are overpriced....1750 for the same thing? No thank you good sir, I'll wait ftm.
     
    Damon Howe, Jul 4, 2012
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    Damon Howe Banned Banned

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    Just bought the ASUS...it came back on Newegg this morning. So happy.
     
    Damon Howe, Jul 4, 2012
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    nice, you'll love it

    which one?
     
    Nightblade, Jul 4, 2012
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    The one I linked at the top of this page.
     
    Damon Howe, Jul 5, 2012
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    cool

    theyll probably do what they always do and partition the 500gb hdd into 2 partitions

    theres a spare slot for another hdd or ssd and maybe another memory slot since you got the 12gb

    keep the power transformer cool, ive burnt up one

    hopefully they used a different USB 3.0 controller than mine as mine (1 port) only supports 3.0 devices and no 3.0 hubs stupid afterthought chipset, but its nice with my 1TB 3.0 external drive

    software: i run

    Kaspersky Internet Security 2012
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    Nightblade, Jul 5, 2012
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    It Came. Today.

    Getting used to the keyboard, but so far me likey. Me likey a lot. Will take lots of time to get used to all its features, but very impressed so far.
     
    Damon Howe, Jul 9, 2012
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    nice :)
     
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    Im ripped up between two laptops and I cant decide.

    My First Choice is the Asus N56VZ [Beware links are in german :D]

    Specs:
    Intel Core i7 3610QM
    Nvidia GT650m 2 GB GDDR5
    8 GB DDR3 RAM
    1920 x 1080 Full HD Disaplay NON-GLARE 300 cd/m²

    Price: 1000 €

    Why i prefer this one? Because of the display and the materials. NON-Glare Displays are darker than nomral displays and to less cd on them can ruin your gameplay experience.
    Also the Laptop is with exception of the bottom and around the Diplay out of metal. Also the ventilation and cooling of the laptop is better made and shouldnt need cleaning often.

    The Alternative is the MSI GE60 - i547W7H

    Specs:

    Intel Core i5 3210M
    Nvidia GT650m 2 GB GDDR5
    4 GB DDR3 RAM
    1920 x 1080 Full HD Disaplay NON-GLARE 245 cd/m²

    Price: 800€

    Why I would choose this one? First and biggest argument it costs 200€ less. Second argument , there is an offer which grands you additional 4GB RAM for free. Also the i5 3210m should be enough for the Nvidia Gt650m.
    the drawbacks are the display with worse contrast and only 245 cd/m² and the worse cooling system. Also a huge drawback is the laptop is made out of black shiny plastic that attracts dust and dirt like magic and also looks worse.

    So the question is if a better Display, cooling system and a much more elegant and practical case + small advantage in the CPU are worth the 200 € or not?

    What do you think?
     
    belakor502, Jul 16, 2012
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    Because of the over pricing? The cheap, shitty components that Dell uses? Their general ugliness?
     
    Skoll, Jul 16, 2012
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    If its a gaming laptop, I'd go with the better display. The I7 is probably also more future proof. If you have money concerns obviously thats a factor, but if you can afford it I'd probably go with that.
     
    Tuonela, Jul 16, 2012
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    FWIW I bought the ASUS G74 last year and love that thing. It's a beast and runs everything I throw at it with ease. The only issue I've had is that I managed to break a USB port when pulling out the connector for my cooling stand. The keyboard and touchpad are OK but I use a wireless keyboard and mouse with it 99% of the time.

    I loved my ASUS so much I bought my wife it's baby brother (forget the model number) for her to use for writing and multimedia consumption.

    I'm fairly confident you can't go wrong with an ASUS.
     
    Nemecide, Jul 16, 2012
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    I second Skoll's assessment, ever since Dell bought Alienware its gone down into the toilet same goes for Voodoo since HP bought em although not as bad

    ASUS is the best bang for the buck especially since they changed the keyboard from the one in my G73JW

    This Christmas Im looking at either getting a G75 or build a new desktop as my desktop is rather dated (AMD FX-62 w/ nVidia GTS250)

    Really leaning towards the G75 as its way to handy for me to have a laptop to take anywhere with
     
    Nightblade, Aug 20, 2012
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    Just shipped from Sager:

    NP9130 $1,309.00

    • 15.6" Full HD LED-Backlit Display with Matte Finished Surface (1920 x 1080)
    • Nvidia GeForce GTX 670M GPU with 1.5GB GDDR5
    • Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM Processor (6MB L3 Cache, 2.30GHz)
    • Windows® 7 Professional 64-Bit
    • 16GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 4 X 4GB
    • 500GB 7200rpm SATA3 Hybrid Hard Drive with 4GB SSD
    • 8X DVD±R/RW/4X +DL Super-Multi Drive & Software
    • Fingerprint Reader

    Have had a lot of downtime at work recently and don't feel like dragging my PC down there.
     
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    Nice Rig Vargyr :)
     
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