I would like a gaming laptop...I have a gift card to amazon that I would like to put toward it...budget is $1000 but 800 would be preferable.

Are ASUS good laptops? Any recomendations for a brand within that price range?

 

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lots of ppl told me when i was looking for a new computer that asus was awesome

 

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800 won't get you a very good gaming laptop. Last time when I bought in that range I went with the Dell Vostro (business laptop) as it was the only one in that budget with a decent video card.

So check out Dell maybe. Though perhaps by now a company has actually started designing budget gaming on laptops.

 

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Read this thread, whenever I want any computer purchasing advice this forum is the best to go to

http://forum.notebookreview.com/what-notebook-should-i-buy/613687-laptop-games-budget.html

Not sure if you can purchase all the laptops listed there in the US...

 

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I thought they were like a grand but I guess they're closer to 2. Jesus. Guess I should get one from ibuypower instead? Blah

 

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gaming laptop followed by "budget is $1,000" made me lololololololol

 

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Ibuypower has pretty nice ones for 900, u dirty bech Cao

 

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well, you might be able to buy a gaming laptop for $1,000, if you cap your expectations of what "gaming" entails and stick to older games... If you want to play Skyrim on your laptop then those expectations might not be realistic

I mean, I can buy a laptop for $275 that runs Rome: Total War fine and I'd be happy, but I like old games.

 

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Looked at the main page in the "what nb should I buy forum" and someone in the US was asking for the same price range. Seems this was the best choice

HP Pavilion dv6t Quad Edition series


http://forum.notebookreview.com/what-notebook-should-i-buy/634392-looking-gaming-work-laptop-reasonable-price.html

"Configure it with a 1080p screen and, at checkout, use the coupon code NBT3886. It will save you a lot of $ and get it down to your budget. These coupon codes change every few days, but never buy an HP without a coupon code. You can save up to $500 in some cases."

 

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Lets compare the HP Pavilion dv6t to a same price laptop at Ibuypower...

Coupon Code for -375.00 is NBT2867

$849.99

2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM (2.2 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache)
2GB Discrete GDDR5 Graphics AMD Radeon(TM)
8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
1TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
15.6" High Definition


Battalion 101 W251HPQ

919$

i7-2670QM Mobile Processor (Identical)
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (4 less GB)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M 1GB GDDR3 Video (1 GB less, less DDR)
500 GB 5400rpm (500 less GB)

I don't know exactly how some of these parts compare beyond the base stats, but it looks like the HP is better by a LOT for a cheaper price.

 

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