I think it really depends on what sort of games you are talking about. There's gaming (cutting edge FPS and lots of fast multiplayer action) and gaming (Plants vs Zombies, WoW, Magicka, Civ 5).
Certainly, you want a laptop with a separate GPU. If gaming is your focus, I wouldn't go with any laptops that just have an integrated GPU, even the new Sandy Bridges. --- Brian On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Gary Jackson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Because of my poor eyesight, I really can't use a laptop as the screen is > too small for me. But with that said, you might want to check out Digital > Storm. They seem to be very well reviewed and I think they make some gaming > laptops. It is worth a look anyway. > > Good luck ! > > Gary > > > > At 09:13 PM 3/13/2011, It was written by Bino Gopal that this shall come to > pass: > > > Soo...this may sound like sacrilege to folks here but I guess it might be >> time for me upgrade my computer for gaming and I was thinking about going >> with a gaming laptop (*gasp* I know!) and I was wondering what people >> thought of that... >> >> My roommate currently uses a Dell XPS 1720 from 4 years ago and it's >> worked ok for him (it has had and still continues to have heat dissipation >> issues-what you get for cramming full-size desktop parts into a laptop case >> I guess-though he was able to play stuff like Mass Effect 2, Dragon Age, >> Arkham Asylum so it seems like it's pretty decent) and that's my main worry >> about taking such a path myself; well along with gimping myself on >> CPU/Graphics capability too. >> >> The main reason for considering a laptop over a desktop would be b/c I've >> gone from spending time in my room to being out in the dining room (now >> really our den since there's three laptops and 2 of my 24" monitors and a >> 5.1 speaker system on it at any one time, if not more!) b/c then I can watch >> the TV in the living room while on the computer (which is what my roommate >> currently does all the time too while on his laptop). >> >> So I was wondering whether the tech had gotten to the point where certain >> laptop models could adequately replicate what you get in a desktop as far as >> CPU/Graphics go. What do folks think? >> >> And obviously since you can't "build" a laptop (other than customize the >> specs) would Dell and specifically Alienware be the only option for a gaming >> laptop, or are there any other feasible options out there? Anybody on the >> list taken this route and even have/use a gaming laptop or would everyone be >> purely desktop for gaming...? >> >> BINO >> >> > > >
