See also: Best Gaming Laptop for the Money (June 2010)
It’s 2009 and gaming laptops are here. Laptops have been traditionally know as a backup or alternative to a desktop pc, but from now forward, laptops and notebooks are placed first in line. These gaming laptops feature 4 gigs of memory, large hard drives, and killer graphics cards. Features unheard of in the past.
We have selected 4 models to showcase the power and highlights of buying a gaming laptop to replace your tired desktop. First we have the MSI GX630 coming in at the budget price bracket, next we are featuring the Acer Aspire AS8930-6306 in the recommended price range, followed by the ASUS G Series G50VT-X6, and to round it off, we have holy grail of gaming laptops, the Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q706 in the extreme gamer category.
Budget Gaming Notebook
MSI GX630
Features:
CPU Type – AMD Athlon X2 QL-62(2.0GHz)
Screen – 15.4″ WXGA
Graphics Card – NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Video Memory – 512MB
Memory- 4GB DDR2
Hard Disk – 250GB SATA
Optical Drive – DVD Super Multi
Street Price – $799.99
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Recommended Budget Gaming Notebook
Acer Aspire AS8930-6306
Features:
CPU Type – Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26G
Screen – 18.4″ HD CineCrystal LCD
Graphics Card – NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
Video Memory – 512MB
Memory- 4GB DDR2
Hard Disk – 320GB SATA 7200rpm
Optical Drive – DVD Super Multi
Street Price – $1,149.99
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Recommended Gaming Notebook
ASUS G Series G50VT-X6
Features:
CPU Type – Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53G
Screen – 15.4″ WSXGA+
Graphics Card – NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
Video Memory – 512MB DDR3
Memory- 4GB DDR2
Hard Disk – 320GB SATA 7200rpm
Optical Drive – DVD Super Multi
Street Price – $1,349.99
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Extreme Gaming Notebook
TOSHIBA Qosmio X305-Q706
Features:
CPU Type – Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26G
Screen – 17″ WSXGA+
Graphics Card – NVIDIA SLI Dual GeForce 9800M GTS
Video Memory – 512MB x 2 GDDR3
Memory- 4GB DDR3
Hard Disk – 320GB SATA 7200RPM
Optical Drive – DVD Super Multi
Street Price – $1,999.99
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Hey, nice reviews! I have the Qosmio and it really is that awesome. I just found out about the new quad-core Qosmio!
Check it out:
Toshiba Qosmio quad-core laptop
sli on laptops? whoa… i need to get with the times! my now older laptop has an 8300 nvidia card in it. can’t go wrong with nvidia!