Best Gaming Laptop?

[The_Dark_Legion]

What is the best gaming laptop currently at the market?
What is usually a good price to buy one?
Are the new Macbook Pros any good?
is 2000-2500 dollars a good price to buy a gaming laptop?
Thank you in advance

[Pent uP Rage]

You should be able to get a decent gaming-capable laptop for about $1500 USD.

Me personally, I like the Toshibas as they tend to have the best bang:buck ratio for gamers.

Dedicated graphics chip, decent cpu. They skimp a little on the stuff that can be upgraded by the end user. Namely RAM and HD. But you get a pretty decent machine that is easily upgradeable and will last you a good while compared to others.

Now, for 2000-2500, you could easily get a nice SLi laptop for gaming. That'd be uber!

[Freddie]

What ever you buy make sure it has a strong warranty because your going to need it for when it break down, which it will.

[HansDuet]

A...gaming laptop?

What is that.

[Ummagumma]

gaming laptop

An oxymoron?

[Pent uP Rage]

What is the best gaming laptop currently at the market?
What is usually a good price to buy one?
Are the new Macbook Pros any good?
is 2000-2500 dollars a good price to buy a gaming laptop?
Thank you in advance

Yeah man..for what you're looking to spend on a laptop, you could build a desktop machine that would eat its' lunch. AND still have enough $$$ left to buy a decent cheap laptop for school/work or w/e you need a laptop for.

[The_Dark_Legion]

I know I could always get a desktop machine but I got a customed made one with the specs I have but I ended up returning it because they assembled it poorly, some of the specs they got was not what I wanted and so many bugs with the 4870x2. Thats why I am looking for a good gaming laptop and is the new macbook pro any good?

[Wheelchair]

I know I could always get a desktop machine but I got a customed made one with the specs I have but I ended up returning it because they assembled it poorly, some of the specs they got was not what I wanted and so many bugs with the 4870x2. Thats why I am looking for a good gaming laptop and is the new macbook pro any good?

Mac and gaming cannot fit into the same paragraph.

[The_Dark_Legion]

Mac and gaming cannot fit into the same paragraph.

Thats what a lot of people told me but some people get this program called bootcamp to get the games working.

[Wheelchair]

Thats what a lot of people told me but some people get this program called bootcamp to get the games working.

Yes, I've used bootcamp myself when my friend lent me his MacPro, It'll run some things, But I just suggest sticking for Xp/Vista for gaming.

[HunterKYA]

Thats what a lot of people told me but some people get this program called bootcamp to get the games working.

I have a PC for school and an iMac at home. I ran BootCamp on it and installed Windows on the partition. First thing I did after that was install KotOR, and for whatever reason, the detection tool that inspects your hardware before you run the game the first time, couldn't even detect the processor or video card. And wouldn't you know it, the game crashed almost immediately after starting it up.

[Roman Clone]

Hmm, do you have the latest drivers for your 4870x2? Have you tried moving it to a different slot?

[The_Dark_Legion]

Hmm, do you have the latest drivers for your 4870x2? Have you tried moving it to a different slot?

no point in doing anything anymore. I got 8.9 and Oblivion was lagging like hell!!!! High or low settings, I get 12-17 frames and temperature of the card is 85 Celsius on idle!

[Roman Clone]

no point in doing anything anymore. I got 8.9 and Oblivion was lagging like hell!!!! High or low settings, I get 12-17 frames and temperature of the card is 85 Celsius on idle!

Raise the fan speed all the way up via RivaTuner. Don't go buying a new whole system without trying everything possible to fix it.

[Wheelchair]

Raise the fan speed all the way up via RivaTuner. Don't go buying a new whole system without trying everything possible to fix it.

Roman, its the videcard.

4870, 4870X2 and 4850 all have known problems and bugs with Oblivion, and other games.

I'd get a GTX280 if possible.

[Roman Clone]

Roman, its the videcard.

4870, 4870X2 and 4850 all have known problems and bugs with Oblivion, and other games.

I'd get a GTX280 if possible.

Bah, I am starting to suspect something with the build quality of ATI's cards.

[HunterKYA]

You can assemble a great gaming PC yourself for less than the price of a 'decent' laptop in the same price range. All you'd need to do was find the best components that suit your needs, for prices that won't break the bank.

[HansDuet]

...like it has been since the beginning of millenium...

[Roman Clone]

I'm assuming the *hint* you gave me Dark_Legion means that you somehow found a solution?

[The_Dark_Legion]

what hint? you mean by solving the problem of the ATI card? no I didn't. I am never going to buy anything from that company.