Gaming laptop......

Skatman · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 219 **Location:** ECSRO

hey...
i wanna buy a good laptop... i need it for gaming and watching movies
i was looking this one:
ACER Aspire 8920G-934G50BN LX.AP30X.022

specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5Ghz
4gb ddr2 (2x2gb)
screen size: 18,4"
screen resolution: 1920x1080
2x250gb
blue-ray/dvd-rw
geforce 9500gs
+bluetooth, card reader, wlan, vista home premium

it's about ~2800$ in my country

is it good?
should i buy it?

InsertName · **Joined:** Feb 2007 **Posts:** 2188 **Location:** Canada

depends on your currency :roll:

$2800 RMB is good but $2800 USD meh

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

Holy shit 18.4"

If its gonna be that big then just get a desktop, or get a laptop similar to it, but smaller screen size, and just plug it into your tv

boast · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 477 **Location:**

must have a 30 minute battery life :shock:

cuchulainn · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2168 **Location:**

You could build a similarly specced desktop for a fraction of that price.

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

^ well he wants a laptop so he can carry it around

cuchulainn · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2168 **Location:**

crazyskwrls wrote:

^ well he wants a laptop so he can carry it around

A decent gaming laptop is going to be a bitch to lug around.

You're better off getting an OK laptop to take around with you and build a nice desktop for gaming at home.

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

Yeah, which idiot do you see walking around with an 18" laptop? lol

XMoshe · **Posted:** Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:14 pm

CrimsonNuker wrote:

Yeah, which idiot do you see walking around with an 18" laptop? lol

My thought, that's why I got a 15.4 inch one

Reise · **Joined:** May 2006 **Posts:** 6650 **Location:**

CrimsonNuker wrote:

Yeah, which idiot do you see walking around with an 18" laptop? lol

If the Skatman can do it brother, so can you.

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

[SW]XMoshe wrote:

CrimsonNuker wrote:

Yeah, which idiot do you see walking around with an 18" laptop? lol

My thought, that's why I got a 15.4 inch one

15.4 is just the right size. the 13 inch ones are too small, where as 17 is a bit too big. 18 is just HUGE.

My GFs bro had a 4000$ dell xps, and as mentioned above the battery lasted less than 30 minutes due to the dual GPU/hd.

XemnasXD · **Posted:** Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:23 pm

i like my 17 inch just fine....after getting on it i can't stand looking at anything smaller and i definitely wouldn't have paid for anything smaller....

cuchulainn · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2168 **Location:**

StealMySoda wrote:

[SW]XMoshe wrote:

CrimsonNuker wrote:

Yeah, which idiot do you see walking around with an 18" laptop? lol

My thought, that's why I got a 15.4 inch one

15.4 is just the right size. the 13 inch ones are too small, where as 17 is a bit too big. 18 is just HUGE.

My GFs bro had a 4000$ dell xps, and as mentioned above the battery lasted less than 30 minutes due to the dual GPU/hd.

Widescreen monitor for gaming or GTFO imo.

Desktop all the way.

Evil_Venom · **Joined:** Jul 2007 **Posts:** 745 **Location:**

Why would you even think of getting a laptop for gaming? You can buy parts and build a desktop for less than that and have it be way better. The only thing laptops have over a desktop is being portable other than that nothing.

Blurred · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 2894 **Location:**

If he wants a laptop let him get a laptop. I would like a nice gaming laptop... Maybe he travels a lot? Maybe he is not always at home? Jeesh let him get what he wants.

cuchulainn · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2168 **Location:**

Blurred wrote:

If he wants a laptop let him get a laptop. I would like a nice gaming laptop... Maybe he travels a lot? Maybe he is not always at home? Jeesh let him get what he wants.

Unless you absolutely have to be portable all the time, a "gaming" laptop is a waste of money. Get a laptop that can run your games on low settings if you really want one. Otherwise, there is no other way to go than building your own desktop.

Blurred · **Joined:** Nov 2006 **Posts:** 2894 **Location:**

cuchulainn wrote:

Blurred wrote:

If he wants a laptop let him get a laptop. I would like a nice gaming laptop... Maybe he travels a lot? Maybe he is not always at home? Jeesh let him get what he wants.

Unless you absolutely have to be portable all the time, a "gaming" laptop is a waste of money. Get a laptop that can run your games on low settings if you really want one. Otherwise, there is no other way to go than building your own desktop.

But it's his money... Some people are rich O.O

cpinney · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:30 am

if youve got the money go ahead but as many have suggest unless your on the move a lot a desktop is the way to go.

cuchulainn · **Joined:** Apr 2006 **Posts:** 2168 **Location:**

Blurred wrote:

cuchulainn wrote:

Blurred wrote:

If he wants a laptop let him get a laptop. I would like a nice gaming laptop... Maybe he travels a lot? Maybe he is not always at home? Jeesh let him get what he wants.

Unless you absolutely have to be portable all the time, a "gaming" laptop is a waste of money. Get a laptop that can run your games on low settings if you really want one. Otherwise, there is no other way to go than building your own desktop.

But it's his money... Some people are rich O.O

Yeah, but still. Why buy a laptop when the desktop you can build with the same amount would blow said laptop out of the water.

I mean hell, for 2.5k you could get a massive monitor, Core 2 Quad or Core 2 Extreme with 9800 SLIed, RAID setup for HD and on and on.

CrimsonNuker · **Joined:** Aug 2006 **Posts:** 13791 **Location:**

I have a "gaming" laptop sortof, its 15.4 inches which is just perfect imo. It can run most games, I can play cod4 low-mid settings smoothly, I have yet to benchmark it. I try not to spend a lot of time playing games, i would play for like 1-2 hrs and stop for like 1-2 hours and start again lol. If you're just gonna have the laptop in your house for portability then its fine. The guys at BestBuy suggested that if im just using the laptop at home for portability, then I should just take out the battery and plug it into the wall, that way your laptop doesnt get too heated. I would play my games on a much higher graphics setting but it gets kinda hot and it makes me nervous lol

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

i got a gaming desktop that has 512mb mem, i dont know what kind cpu, 15 inch monitor, 1024*700 something,
i dont believe it has a graphic card because its so bad but i guess it has to, but i still refuse to believe

it runs all games.....

cpinney · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 3:08 am

crazyskwrls wrote:

i got a gaming desktop that has 512mb mem

no, no you do not.

crazyskwrls · **Joined:** Aug 2007 **Posts:** 2293 **Location:**

ugh i wish i stil ahd sro installed so i can show u it

Paulkoz · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 60 **Location:**

wow huge screen

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

cuchulainn wrote:

Widescreen monitor for gaming or GTFO imo.

Desktop all the way.

It is widescreen? 1280x800.

And when you move around as much as I do, its impossible to keep a desktop with me. Had to leave my old desktop in the US. With my laptop all I need is a table, a cooling mat, my mouse and a mouse pad, one plug, and I'm set.

Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
CPU Type Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 1.83G
Memory Size 3GB DDR2
Hard Disk 250GB
Optical Drive DVD Super Multi
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
Video Memory 128MB

More than enough for me

XemnasXD · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:13 pm

cpinney wrote:

crazyskwrls wrote:

i got a gaming desktop that has 512mb mem

no, no you do not.

lololol

and stop telling him how great desktops are. He said he wants a laptop....laptop....

laptop=/= desktop.

wants a laptop.....

lap

top

laptop.....

StealMySoda · **Joined:** Sep 2006 **Posts:** 5245 **Location:**

XemnasXD wrote:

cpinney wrote:

crazyskwrls wrote:

i got a gaming desktop that has 512mb mem

no, no you do not.

lololol

and stop telling him how great desktops are. He said he wants a laptop....laptop....

laptop=/= desktop.

wants a laptop.....

lap

top

laptop.....

Your so strange :love:

Skatman · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 219 **Location:** ECSRO

ok i dont need laptop anymore

i ordered two hd4870, an e8500 and some nice ram
+ im downloading preactivated vista ultimate from torrent

XemnasXD · **Posted:** Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:17 pm

im using vista now. I love it. But do you really think its wise to use an illegal copy of it, not that theres anything wrong with illegal stuff half the games on this laptop are illegal but it just seems like your leaving a large window for so much to go wrong with using torrented vista...

Skatman · **Joined:** Jul 2008 **Posts:** 219 **Location:** ECSRO

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