Recommendations for a Gaming Laptop
Forum Mobile Computing : General Mobile Computing - Recommendations for a Gaming Laptop
| Quote : Any gaming notebook that is worth your money tend to more close to the 4k mark. |
I'd say my (R14000) $1800 Latitude D800, 1.6GHz P-M, 64MB GeForce 4 Go 4200, 640MB RAM, 15.4" WUXGA - isn't a bad game machine at all. It plays all the games i've ever thrown at it at almost max settings, 12000 3DMarks in 2001SE - and nowhere NEAR $4000.
| Quote : Somehting to keep in mind when you look is most notebooks can't be upgraded in the more important place except 2 that I know of (Alien Ware 51m and Dell XPS). That place is the vid card. You will hit the limit of your vid card long before you ever hit the limit in anything else in a notebook.[QUOTE]
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lol, If you plan on doing ANYTHING, get a 7200rpm HDD. a 5400rpm at bare minimum, the biggest bottleneck on a notebook is the HDD - even a 7200rpm HDD doesn't perform as well as a 5400rpm 3.5" (Desktop) HDD.
As for the original post:
| Quote : Howdy all |
Howdi 
| Quote : I'm in search of a Laptop that will be able to handle (and by handle I mean kick-arse) most of today's (and future) MMORPGs (examples: Everquest, Dark Age of Camelot, Star Wars Galaxies). I have a desktop but I tend to stay in different places during the week quite frequently and carrying my desktop and monitor around with me is a pain (I'm a college student and tend to stay at different friends and families houses often...not to mention setup at LAN parties would be quicker).[QUOTE]
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It is a nice proc, and for a desktop I would only ever direct someone to buy an AMD (unless they enjoy being ripped off and getting a crappy bang per buck) - but in a notebook, I wouldn't hesitate to say Pentium-M also. Stay away from P4 notebooks, they're not really that great - hot and power hungry, the A64 will give you a lot more performance for a little less battery power.
| Quote : system has to be able to run smoothly at 1280*1024 |
...so you'll need a SXGA+ LCD at least, and i'd say rather stay away from widescreens.
| Quote : atleast an 128mb ATI Radeon 9600 or better; and 1 gig of PC3200 ram...
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Yes. erm. Once you HAVE a notebook, battery life becomes a lot more important. nevertheless, don't expect more than 2hrs out of it.
| Quote : I am concerned about the life of the notebook due to excessive gaming. |
Don't be. It will be just fine, just don't run it on your lap. You will have lost a use for the notebook before it dies due to heat or fatigue.
| Quote : On average, how long will it last before I need to replace the power supply or any other vital component? |
The powersupply of a notebook is the little box on the floor - you shouldn't need to replace it ever, unless it gets struck by lightning or something. Same as a desktop, the HDD will be the component most prone to fail first (and the CD/DVD Drive) - but unlike a desktop, the LCD backlights might die a bit sooner - say 5-6 years? The CPU will have 10 to 15 years on it (depending on heat, and usage) - less than 10 if it is left crunching seti 24/7 or something. The graphics shouldn't be much less than 10 years either (also depending on the cooling solution). If ur a hectic gamer, U'll probably wear out the keyboard/palmrests before you need to replace anything 
| Quote : Also will overheating be a problem? I will not be OCing. |
nor would you be able to OC if you wanted to. Notebooks are very very diff to OC, if possible at all (it takes a lot of doing). If u get a P4 based notebook, heat will become a problem if u run it on a bed or a desk with a high room temperature and little air flow - a Pentium-M will be just fine (bearing in mind the new 2GHz P-M Dothans perform close to the P4 3.2 - 3.4GHz range), and the A64 should be somewhere inbetween. Heat should not be a problem. The graphics card will most likely be the culprit if a heat problem DOES occur.
| Quote : I'm looking to spend around $2000 on a notebook and I know that is going to be hard to find for the things I want in it unless I Ebay it (which I may have to do).
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Take a look at the VooDoo notebooks - they hav a nice A64 / Mobility Radeon setup I believe.
let us know if you have any queries, and keep us updated on ur progress 
Regards,
RaPTuRe
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