The 1GB of video/graphics memory in either will do more for gaming than having more than 2 GB of RAM. If this is good for people who make and test games it should be good for the gamers.
It varies, depending on the coding of the game in question. The AW uses NVIDIA SLI technology, with two GPUs each addressing 512 Mb of RAM. Some games like this a lot, some don't. So your mileage may vary depending on the application. It does almost always speed things up to some extent.
The big problems with laptop graphics are power requirements and heat dissipation. Yes, you could put the equivalent of a high end desktop video subsystem into a laptop, but it wouldn't last long without liquid cooling and a BIG wall wart. Alienware does do pretty good with what's out there and practical, though. Battery life is 10 minutes (just kidding). ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
