See also: Best Gaming Laptop for the Money (June 2010)
At last, there are finally some good recommendations for gaming laptops in 2010. I have attempted to come up with a list of gaming laptops for over two months now, but with the holiday prices bouncing around faster than an electron in a super collider, I just couldn’t recommend any solid deals.
Now that the market has finally calmed down, there are some pretty great laptops in the reasonable price range of $750 to $1000 dollars. I attempted to find a recommendation below $750 dollars, but the gaming performance of the laptops in that price range simply can’t compare to the laptops below, even for a casual gamer. If you are looking for a laptop over the $1000 price range, I would recommend pricing out a custom laptop through a company similar too Alienware.
The first two recommendations are great budget laptops that are each powered by a ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 1GB card. The third is powered by a very fast NVIDIA GTX 260M 1gb card.
Recommended Budget Gaming Notebook
HP Pavilion DV6-2144NR
Features:
- CPU Type – AMD Turion II M520(2.3GHz)
- Screen – 15.6″
- Graphics Card – ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
- Video Memory – 1GB DDR3
- Memory- 4GB DDR2
- Hard Disk – 320GB 7200rmp SATA
- Max Resolution – 1366 x 768
The HP Pavilion DV6-2144NR comes equipped with a Ati Mobility Radeon HD 4650, which can run Crysis on high at a respectable 30fps average. Newer games coming out this year may test this card and push you settings back to medium, but for $750 dollars, this is a great gaming laptop.
Radeon HD 4650 Benchmarks on notebookcheck.net
Street Price – $749.99
More info on the HP Pavilion DV6-2144NR
Alternative Budget Gaming Notebook
ASUS X83VP-A1
Features:
- CPU Type – Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53G
- Screen – 14.1″ WXGA
- Graphics Card – ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
- Video Memory – 1GB DDR3
- Memory- 4GB DDR2
- Hard Disk – 500GB SATA 5400rpm
- Max Resolution – 1280 x 800
The ASUS X83VP-A1 has the same Radeon HD 4650 as the HP laptop above, but does cost $849.99 out of pocket before a $100 mail in rebate. There are a couple other differences that I highlighted above. The processor is faster, the hard drive is bigger (but slower), the screen is a smaller 14.1″ (portable), and the max resolution is 1280×800 instead of 1366 x 768.
I would personally buy the HP Pavilion DV6-2144NR, but you may find the ASUS X83VP-A1 is more your style.
Street Price – $849.99 ($749.99 after Mail in Rebate Expires:01-31-10)
More info on the ASUS X83VP-A1
Recommended Gaming Notebook
Gateway P-7908u FX Edition
Features:
- CPU Type – Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53G
- Screen – 17″ WXGA+
- Graphics Card – NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
- Video Memory – 1GB GDDR3
- Memory- 4GB DDR3 1066
- Hard Disk – 500GB SATA 5400rpm
- Max Resolution – 1440 x 900
The Gateway P-7908u FX Edition is definitely a gamers laptop and is a great deal at only $999.99 equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M. The GeForce GTX 260M has a 256 Memory Bus which really separates it from most mobile graphics cards on the market now. It will run pretty much all current games on max and should keep up quite well with newer games coming out this year.
GeForce GTX 260M Benchmarks on notebookcheck.net
Street Price – $999.99 Now $1099.99 (sold out on Newegg.com) now $1113.39 at bhphotovideo.com now $950 through Amazon.com
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Wrong Wrong Wroooooooonnng jejej just check the asus G73.
Whats wrong? This post is over 7 months old. I think you are looking for the updated reviews for June 2010
http://stateofaffairs.info/archive/gaming-laptop-june-2010/