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Title: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: SSG Pipps on March 10, 2015, 12:57:21 PM: I'm looking to buy a Gaming Laptop to play Arma when I can since I'm on the road but I am not a Computer genius.

Could someone link me to a decent Gaming Laptop that can handle the game? Looking to spend up to $2000
Title: Re: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: CPT (Ret) Whitby on March 10, 2015, 01:28:01 PM: I got my Gaming Laptop today, Not the replace my desktop, but something I can enjoy on the move.

I got mine from here, Sure they ship internationally - http://www.scan.co.uk/

I got a 15.6"
i7 4790K @ 4.0Ghz
Nvidia GTX 970m 6GB
8GB Corsair Vengence RAM

Laptops are not cheap for sure. But their nice looking things. Mine was around £1300-14000, Although I've got mine on Finances which takes it up to £1550. All in all, not bad price and great laptop. Thing with Gaming laptops is you pay a huge amount of money for the Graphics card and very little for everything else. In that £1300, £900 was spent on the 970M...
Title: Re: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: CPT (Ret) Clark on March 10, 2015, 05:03:29 PM: Quote from: PV2 Pipps on March 10, 2015, 12:57:21 PM
I'm looking to buy a Gaming Laptop to play Arma when I can since I'm on the road but I am not a Computer genius.

Could someone link me to a decent Gaming Laptop that can handle the game? Looking to spend up to $2000

For how much people hate on them Alienware makes really good laptops
Title: Re: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: Bazarnicki on March 10, 2015, 05:16:14 PM: Quote from: 1LT Clark on March 10, 2015, 05:03:29 PM
For how much people hate on them Alienware makes really good laptops

Alienware sucks for desktops because you can self build the same unit for generally 50% the price, or at least you used to be able to. But laptops are a different story, as far as I'm aware they have always had good laptops.

Also check out iBuyPower, they have a fairly good reputation and a decent selection on laptops for your price range.
http://www.ibuypower.com/Site/Gaming-Laptop
Title: Re: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: SSG (Ret) Spinner on March 13, 2015, 05:19:08 PM: i've had a cyberpower fangbook for about 6 months now and have loved it!! it was pricey but i play all my games on the highest setting and have ZERO issues w/it. has been worth the $$ so far.
Title: Re: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: Strafe on March 15, 2015, 11:39:49 AM: Anything Asus. I've owned alienware, hp, toshiba, dell, and many others. Asus are my favorite gaming laptops. They feel sturdy and well built and they are cheap while holding a lot of power.
Title: Re: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: SSG Pipps on May 04, 2015, 08:34:05 PM: http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/MSI-GP70-Leopard-Gaming-Laptop-GTX950M

This laptop any good for Arma 3?
Title: Re: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: CPT (Ret) Whitby on May 04, 2015, 08:37:02 PM: Looks Ok, But I'll tell you this, You will need to make sure the laptop is plugged in at all times when gaming. Because as much as they should be portable. They are not capable of performance when running off battery.

Quote from: PV2 Pipps on May 04, 2015, 08:34:05 PM
http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/MSI-GP70-Leopard-Gaming-Laptop-GTX950M

This laptop any good for Arma 3?
Title: Re: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: SSG Pipps on May 04, 2015, 08:45:46 PM: I usually would just play it at the motel with it plugged in. Thanks for the help
Title: Re: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: Hito on May 05, 2015, 08:11:08 AM: I have a lenovo y40 laptop it cost me around the $700 amd 2gb videocard 8gb ram i7 processor I bought it in amazon
Title: Re: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: Goldberg on May 05, 2015, 09:09:17 AM: Since you have a $2000 budget, check this one out http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834232203

ASUS ROG G751:
Intel Core i7 4710HQ 2.5 ghz (4 cores, 8 threads)
16GB Memory
1TB HDD, 256GB SSD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Title: Re: Help finding a Gaming Laptop
Post by: Hopp on May 05, 2015, 01:43:25 PM: I play on a tablet. But it's super-light weight which is my goal while traveling. Performance is the worst/minimal on a tablet.

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 (http://www.microsoft.com/surface/en-us/products/surface-pro-3/?SEMID=1&WT.srch=1&ocid=ONECONSTABSP3_SEM_BNG_MSBranded_CON_en-US_surface%20pro%203&wt.mc_id=ONECONSTABSP3_SEM_BNG_MSBranded_CON_en-US_surface%20pro%203)