04-16-2002, 11:50 PM
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What's a good laptop for gaming??
I have a budget of $2000 and was wondering what's a good laptop for gaming?
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04-17-2002, 12:07 AM
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the high end dells (8000 series) have pretty good graphic chips. I suggest you check those out.
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04-17-2002, 02:51 AM
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Make sure you get one with the ATI 64 meg ddr mobile chip. It ownz all Nvidia mobile chips.
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04-17-2002, 11:23 AM
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Except the Mobile GeForce 4. |
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04-17-2002, 02:35 PM
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Havent seen the specs on that. Is it even out yet? |
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04-17-2002, 02:50 PM
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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/hardw...374548,00.html |
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04-17-2002, 03:42 PM
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Mobile GeForce 4
hopefully its drivers are less problematic than the GeForce 2 Go.
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04-17-2002, 04:09 PM
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alienware will be releasing a laptop intended for gaming/lan gaming in the very very near future.
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04-17-2002, 05:35 PM
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No doubt for the Alienware "bargain price" of $3500. |
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04-17-2002, 07:26 PM
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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. |
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04-18-2002, 03:15 AM
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Hmm... those are looking good. Now we just need to see a Mobile Gf4 in there.
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04-21-2002, 07:49 PM
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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??
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