new labtop for gamin and other-alienware Area-51 m95750

rocktoaheadrush · 11-29-2007, 02:17 PM

I am looking to buy a new laptop. I want one that can run some games like world of BC, command and conquer 3, and and maybe some other more intense games and games in the near future on it. I am debating on either getting it with windows vista, or XP. I am more towards xp because i grew up on XP and i have heard and research some problems with the new vista and some thing are not compadable and takes more
to run smoothly. I will post the specs and tell me any other info i should know about this lab top, the specs i picked or any thing else. Also what is the difference between a 17" 1920 x 1200 LCD with clearview compared to a 17" 1440 x 900?

Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005

Dual 512MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX - SLI Enabled

17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 2.0GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSB

2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB

Extreme Performance (RAID 0) with 320GB (160GB x 2) 7,200RPM (8MB Cache)

24x DVD-ROM/CD-RW Burner

Internal Intel® PRO Wireless 3945 a/b/g Mini-Card

High-Definition Audio with surround sound

comes out to $2859.00 with 1 year warr and Razer Copperhead™ High Precision Gaming Mouse

Rebellion88 · 11-29-2007, 03:24 PM

That spec seems fairly decent to run todays games, but in the future doubts will arise. Firstly there are some higher model mobile graphics cards on the market in notebooks especially with Nvidia. For gaming I would say XP for the fact less resources are used to run the OS. Your main problem will be heat so be sure to invest in a very decent cooling pad if your gaming for hours.

joytime360 · 11-29-2007, 05:03 PM

Hey rocktoaheadrush welcome join in ,I think your choice is very good for gaming but the pirce is not that good .I've got to know that the ASUS G1S-1A 15.4" gaming laptop is quite good also :
2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 processor, 160 GB hard drive, 2 GB RAM (4 GB max), dual-layer DVD burner ,NVDIA GeForce 8600M video card ,Windows Vista Home Premium .
It is on sale for $1637 with a deal ,I think you can have a look at it :
http://www.dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=67025

**TheMatt** · 11-29-2007, 07:11 PM

I would configure a laptop from a well known manufacturer that uses third party parts. Please take the time to answer these questions and include them in your next reply.

11-29-2007, 02:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
rocktoaheadrush Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1 OS: windows xp	new labtop for gamin and other-alienware Area-51 m95750 I am looking to buy a new laptop. I want one that can run some games like world of BC, command and conquer 3, and and maybe some other more intense games and games in the near future on it. I am debating on either getting it with windows vista, or XP. I am more towards xp because i grew up on XP and i have heard and research some problems with the new vista and some thing are not compadable and takes more to run smoothly. I will post the specs and tell me any other info i should know about this lab top, the specs i picked or any thing else. Also what is the difference between a 17" 1920 x 1200 LCD with clearview compared to a 17" 1440 x 900? Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 Dual 512MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 7950 GTX - SLI Enabled 17" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7200 2.0GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSB 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB Extreme Performance (RAID 0) with 320GB (160GB x 2) 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) 24x DVD-ROM/CD-RW Burner Internal Intel® PRO Wireless 3945 a/b/g Mini-Card High-Definition Audio with surround sound comes out to $2859.00 with 1 year warr and Razer Copperhead™ High Precision Gaming Mouse

11-29-2007, 03:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rebellion88 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: London, UK Posts: 441 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit My System	Re: new labtop for gamin and other-alienware Area-51 m95750 That spec seems fairly decent to run todays games, but in the future doubts will arise. Firstly there are some higher model mobile graphics cards on the market in notebooks especially with Nvidia. For gaming I would say XP for the fact less resources are used to run the OS. Your main problem will be heat so be sure to invest in a very decent cooling pad if your gaming for hours. __________________ - Dean National Diploma Software Development National Diploma Hardware Route

11-29-2007, 05:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
joytime360 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 44 OS: XP	Re: new labtop for gamin and other-alienware Area-51 m95750 Hey rocktoaheadrush welcome join in ,I think your choice is very good for gaming but the pirce is not that good .I've got to know that the ASUS G1S-1A 15.4" gaming laptop is quite good also : 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 processor, 160 GB hard drive, 2 GB RAM (4 GB max), dual-layer DVD burner ,NVDIA GeForce 8600M video card ,Windows Vista Home Premium . It is on sale for $1637 with a deal ,I think you can have a look at it : http://www.dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=67025 Last edited by joytime360; 11-29-2007 at 05:11 PM.

11-29-2007, 07:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
TheMatt TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,702 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	Re: new labtop for gamin and other-alienware Area-51 m95750 I would configure a laptop from a well known manufacturer that uses third party parts. Please take the time to answer these questions and include them in your next reply. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 [url="http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/"] If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides