Hey Gary, I'm actually not planning on using the laptop screen for gaming; I plan on connecting it to an external monitor, a Dell U2410 (two in fact with a Matrox DualHead2Go so it sees it as one big 3840x1920 monitor) so that won't be a problem! ;)
Thanks for the note about Digital Storm though; will check it out... BINO > Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:35:51 -0500 > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] PC Gaming on a laptop? > > > 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 > > > > >
