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Im looking to get a nice gaming laptop. i would like a laptop due to the mobility, so i dont want a desktop. I was gonna buy the alienware 17, but it is expensive! im gonna be maxing out games like crysis 3 and i want a good framerate, any suggestions? pricerange is probably in the neighborhood of 2000, but if i can save money buying something other than alienware, should i?


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I don't know how it'll fare with Crysis 3, but I have a Lenovo Y410P. It's pretty good so far, getting 200-300fps on vanilla Minecraft and upwards of 100fps on FTB sometimes. I wouldn't get it though; I'd get the Lenovo Y510P. Better, but still reasonably priced.

 

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100? holy mother of cupcakes. ill look into it. arg! always windows 8 lol


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100? holy mother of cupcakes. ill look into it. arg! always windows 8 lol

Well, on a good day. :)

 

I'm sure Alienware and Razer do way better though.

And Windows 8 isn't as bad as some may think! Quite useful sometimes.


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i looked at the y510p. i dont like the proprietary graphics, but seems really cheap. Should i go with the 899 model of the 1200 dollar one. the more expensive one has better graphics and more ram, but heres a link

http://shop.lenovo.c...510p/#techspecs


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Yeah, seems great.


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I don't like it when people use gaming and laptop in the same sentence :P But Lenovo is awesome for sure. I have a 2 year old Asus which actually does pretty good too.



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I don't like it when people use gaming and laptop in the same sentence :P

lol

 

erm

 

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I don't like it when people use gaming and laptop in the same sentence :P

Heh, my only usable computer at the moment is a MacBook Pro... which I configured with a Windows dual boot. Most games work surprisingly well, even though the graphics chip isn't that high-end or anything. Then again, Minecraft with a ton of mods is probably one of the most graphics-intense games that I have.


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I don't like it when people use gaming and laptop in the same sentence :P But Lenovo is awesome for sure. I have a 2 year old Asus which actually does pretty good too.

I have to agree with RZ here, gaming laptops are kind of... eh... I highly prefer a tower/monitor set-up, especially with a 1920x1080 monitor. :3

 

By the way, please don't get alienware. Story time.

 

My first gaming computer was really old so we decided to get a new one, in this case a laptop. A $1500 Alienware laptop. It was supposed to be really good, and it was, for 9 months. Then suddenly I was met with a message stating the hard-drive could not be found. We called tech support which transferred us a total of 5 times before, on the 6th time, we were greeted by the person we started at. Eventually (after about an hour) we got them to send us a replacement hard drive. We were content with that, however when it arrived it had nothing on it, not even the promised windows. We had to go get windows and install it, and then we found the laptop could hardly even run Minecraft at lowest settings (only about 10 FPS). We then tried to contact customer support to get a full refund of the laptop that we had a 2 year warranty on (this is 9 months after we got it) and they refused saying it wasn't under warranty. We still have it to this day and now if it shuts off it usually takes ~2 hours of troubleshooting to get it turned back on. And that is why I don't buy anything from Alienswag, ever, and why I custom built my desktop.

 

Sorry for the wall of text.

 

tl;dr Alienware support sucks, alienware products are crap, and they scam you.


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i cantt lug arond a desktop guys. i want a laptop for the portability. i travel to friends houses and school so the portability is essential. i love my laptop. its no beast, but i ould use more processing power. ive built more desktops than i can count but i love the portability. Im not gona need a MASSIVE amount of porcessing just 30 fs and lag spikes gets on my nerves. so no to ailenware, huh? ive heard some good things and bad things. seems really expensive though, i mean 1500 for a 17 inch? jesus


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oh and i really really like the 1200 dollar y510p. it uses an SSD for the boot( i would imagine) and dual gt750m's. i wonder why lenovo is so cheap? not a huge company? 


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Chinese brand, nobody requires them to have a part of their assembly line/whatever outside China. Not saying it's bad of course (heh, companies ranging from Apple to Sony produce their devices in China). It is cheaper because most computer parts are manufactured in nearby asian countries or in China itself. 


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I don't like it when people use gaming and laptop in the same sentence :P

I agree wholeheartedly.

Sadly though it seems that Windows is trying to get rid of Desktops, why else would their only version of their new Operating System be clearly designed for tablets only... well except for the capability to access Win7 in a sort of "Desktop mode"
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oh and i really really like the 1200 dollar y510p. it uses an SSD for the boot( i would imagine) and dual gt750m's. i wonder why lenovo is so cheap? not a huge company? 

Well, it is kinda get bigger I think.

They did acquire IBM's ThinkPad in 2005.


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any other reccomendations..? sony?


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