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Gaming Laptop/Notebook - help?
jb1964
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Hi,
Wondered if anyone could recommend the best (value!!) gaming laptop. I've always preferred Dell as a PC - but don't know anything about gaming stuff. My other half has found on a search Alienware Aurora? - but I know nothing about their name at all - and I've tried to compare their spec's but don't know what is really needed and what you can do without.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Wondered if anyone could recommend the best (value!!) gaming laptop. I've always preferred Dell as a PC - but don't know anything about gaming stuff. My other half has found on a search Alienware Aurora? - but I know nothing about their name at all - and I've tried to compare their spec's but don't know what is really needed and what you can do without.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
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What is needed is a fast processor, a lot of RAM and a decent graphics card. I think Alienware are well thought of for gaming.0
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Alienware were bought by Dell to focus on the 'LAN party' market.
Rock Xtreme CTX Pro or a Dell XPS M1710 will satisfy, both being Core Duo 2 based with Nvidia GeForce Go7900GTX you'll not have to upgrade for a while...0 -
amcluesent's suggestions are good. I liked Alienware as well, I'm not sure whether Dell still use the Alienware name though.
Basically the main difference between the average laptop and a gaming one, is that it has a higer end graphics card. Unfortunately these come at a premium. For a decent spec machine, there isn't too much value out there, but you should be able to pick up something for £800 or so.0
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