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sig20paramedic
04-16-2002, 10:50 PM
I have a budget of $2000 and was wondering what's a good laptop for gaming?
hapoo
04-16-2002, 11:07 PM
the high end dells (8000 series) have pretty good graphic chips. I suggest you check those out.
Cantacuzene
04-17-2002, 01:51 AM
Make sure you get one with the ATI 64 meg ddr mobile chip. It ownz all Nvidia mobile chips.
Speedfreak
04-17-2002, 10:23 AM
Originally posted by Cantacuzene
Make sure you get one with the ATI 64 meg ddr mobile chip. It ownz all Nvidia mobile chips.

Except the Mobile GeForce 4.
Cantacuzene
04-17-2002, 01:35 PM
Originally posted by Speedfreak


Except the Mobile GeForce 4.

Havent seen the specs on that. Is it even out yet?
Speedfreak
04-17-2002, 01:50 PM
Originally posted by Cantacuzene


Havent seen the specs on that. Is it even out yet?

Definately. Got check Dell or Toshiba. I know they definately have it. It has full scene anti-aliasing and performs comparably to a PC equipped the same way.

Here is the info on it from Nvidia:
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=geforce4go

Here is a review of it from TechTv:
http://www.techtv.com/products/hardware/story/0,23008,3374548,00.html
sbp
04-17-2002, 02:42 PM
hopefully its drivers are less problematic than the GeForce 2 Go.
LPMiller
04-17-2002, 03:09 PM
alienware will be releasing a laptop intended for gaming/lan gaming in the very very near future.
Cantacuzene
04-17-2002, 04:35 PM
Originally posted by LPMiller
alienware will be releasing a laptop intended for gaming/lan gaming in the very very near future.

No doubt for the Alienware "bargain price" of $3500.
MazaNaza
04-17-2002, 06:26 PM
Actually, Alienware already released it a few days ago. Looks pretty sweet, and the price is actually pretty reasonable.

They call it the Area 51-M, and you can get a 1.8Ghz P4, 512MB DDR266, a 64 MB Radeon 7500, and a CD-RW/DVD combo drive for $2384.00. 15 inch LCD too, and I think it looks rather purty if I do say so myself. I know I want one.
Speedfreak
04-18-2002, 02:15 AM
Hmm... those are looking good. Now we just need to see a Mobile Gf4 in there.
sig20paramedic
04-21-2002, 06:49 PM
I was looking at the Alienware lap top and it's does look sweet but I have a few questions. It only comes with a 5400 drive.....does it make a difference if it's 5400 or 7200 drive or is the difference minimal between the 5400 and 7200. With the Radeon 7500 how is that for gaming....what about driver support....is there any compatiblity problems with the 7500 and games or Win XP??