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Old 07-05-09   #1 (permalink)
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Question What is the best gaming laptop for 1k or less, suggestions plz

Hi, I am in the market for my first gaming laptop. I cannot spend over 1k or 1050 for it before tax. I want the abosute best gaming performance at or below my limit. I have a few Ive been looking at but can use some comments on these. Please let me know if you know of a better deal on a better machine plz.

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here are the few im looking at right now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220521

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834115592

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218092150636
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I like the last one the best. The GTX 260M is one of the strongest cards you can have for a laptop.
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The last one but,you really can't use any of these traveling or stuff. The battery on these will die extremely fast. Especially the Acer Laptop with the 260M, i guarantee a life for that palying games under 50 mins. I reccomend some of the cheaper Ibugypower laptops with a better CPU, or CyberPower. You don't need all that horsepower for mobile game playing. I guarantee you don't want to play Crysis on the while traveling unles you have like 17 batteries.

This one is pretty good 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, 9600M, 250 GB HD.

http://www.ibuypower.com/ibp/store/c...r.aspx?mid=320
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I wont play crysis on this maching no, but I will be plugging in when I do game while away from home. games I plan to play are cod4&5, arma2, assasins creed 2, and whatever new games I feel like like picking up over time.

the ones I listed are not my only considerations, any better Ideas for at or under 1050 bucks, link up plz
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I think the ASUS is the best, but the Acer gives bigger band for buck...But I have had bad a bad experiance with Acer (only laptop)
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The Asus is by far the best for the stated needs of gaming. I mean the 130m's (low power 9600m GT's) and the 9600m GT are less than half the 260m.

Here is a link to an Asus I do not say it is better than the Asus you link but is better for gaming than all others mentioned and $150 less than your Asus with a 9800m GPU
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go here they have a good reputation of selling laptops! id recommend them. u can customize the laptops to ur choice too sagers are really nice laptops,asus too! if u want cheaper can always go with MSI's. THIS is a good laptop at its price

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I haven't heard many good things from Ibuypower, and Cyberpower ect. But that might have changed the past few years.

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I hate how the 'build your own' laptop sellers fix the vid card to a build with no flexability at all. I cant find a single 'build your own' laptop seller that will let you make a gaming laptop with either a 260m, 280m, 9800gt or 9800gtx with a 2.0 ghz cpu or better for under 1,300 bucks.
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ASUS G51VX-RX05
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218092150636

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ASUS G50Vt-X5(what I have works great)
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