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need help choosing a new gaming laptop

  • 24-02-2011 8:01am
    #1
    audidiesel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭


    hey im looking for a gaming laptop. im willing to stretch to a limit of €2000 for something really special. ive fallen out of the techie loop in the last 3-4 years so am not as tech savvy as i once was.

    ideally its going to have to last about 2-3 years and still be capable of handling most things that are out at that stage.

    as i said it will mostly be for gaming with the odd bit of movie watching thrown in aswell. does anyone have any suggestions, would be much appreciated.


Comments

  • #2
    audidiesel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭audidiesel


    feckit think ill just spec an alienware laptop up to that price range


  • #3
    lynchie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭lynchie


    Dell Ireland are not selling the mx17 R3 Sandy bridge version just yet though the R2 is quite good.

    Alternatively, the Asus G73SW is a good competitor to the mx17x.


  • #4
    Daniel S
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,533 ✭✭✭Daniel S


    Ever though of building a gaming desktop and buying a Macbook Pro for example. Might hold its value better.


  • #5
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    How can you tell if an M17x is r2 or r3?

    I have one on the way.


  • #6
    audidiesel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 318 ✭✭audidiesel


    mtb_kng wrote: »
    Ever though of building a gaming desktop and buying a Macbook Pro for example. Might hold its value better.

    yep, sadly for various reasons has to be a laptop though


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  • #7
    x in the city
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,134 ✭✭✭x in the city


    buy a used M1730 from ebay or the like, with a X9000 CPU, 6 gigs of ram, 2 x hdds of your choice, 1900 x 1200 resolution and a swanky 9800GTX Sli with 2 Gigs of DDR 3 VRAM on board.

    That would be a pretty expensive spec but would eat most laptops out there, and be cheaper than alienware.


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