Top 10 Gaming Laptops
Gaming is not limited to desktops anymore. The laptops with powerful processors, big high resolution screen, beefy graphics graphics chips and plenty of memory are as powerful as those high powered gaming desktops. They are capable to handle the high graphics movement, high memory requirement and extreme processing needs like their bigger, uglier and far less mobile cousins. We have made an extensive search to find the best laptop which is ideal for gaming. Here is the list of top 10 of them. The lappies that are listed at the top positions are extreme machines made for the hardcore gamers and as you go down the list you’ll find good gaming laptops that fits your budget.
1. Alienware Area-51 m17x
This is the best gaming laptop money can buy.

- CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000 2.8GHz (6MB Cache 800MHz FSB)
- GPU: 2 x 8800M GTX SLI
- LCD: 17″ WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology – Black
- RAM: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 2048MB
- OS: Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1
- SSD: 128GB Solid State Drive
- Optical: 2x Blu-ray Writer/DVD±RW Burn
- Turbo Mem: Intel Turbo Memory (1GB)
- Wi-Fi: Internal Intel Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N Mini-Card
- Audio: High-Definition Audio with surround sound
Priced around $7000
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2. Metabox D901C
This laptop offers best configuration for game playing in a laptop.

- CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Q9550 (2.83Ghz 6MB Cache)
- RAM: 4GB 800MHz RAM
- LCD: 17″ WUXGA Glossy Display
- Optical: Blu-ray Burner
- HDD: 3 x 500GB 5400RPM SATA HDD
- GPU: Nvidia 9800M GTX 1GB DDR3 Dedicated VRAM
- Webcam: Yes
- Wi-Fi: 802.11 g/n and Bluetooth
- Extras: Basic Bag, TV Tuner
- OS: Vista Home Premium
Priced around $6000
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3. Dell XPS M1730
Dell also offers powerful and high performance laptops for gaming.

- CPU: Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor X9000 (2.8GHz/800 FSB/6MB Cache)
- RAM: 4GB (2×2GB) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
- LCD: 17.0″ UltraSharp Widescreen WUXGA (1920×1200) TFT Display with TrueLife
- GPU: 2 x NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX 512MB SLI
- SSD: 64GB SATA
- Optical: Blu-ray Disc Drive (BD/DVD/CD burner w/double layer BD write capability)
- Audio: Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy
- Wi-Fi: Intel 4965AGN Wireless-N + Dell Wireless 355 Bluetooth Internal Module
- Webcam: 2.0MP
- OS: Windows Vista Home Premium 32 bit SP1
Priced around $5000
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4. Rock Extreme SL8
The banner for this laptop goes as ‘The world’s fastest laptop’

- Up to Intel® Core™2 Quad processor Q9550 2.83GHz, 12MB Cache, 1333MHz
- Up to 2x NVIDIA 9800M GTX 1GB GDDR3 High Performance SLi Graphics
- 17″ WUXGA X-Glass TFT Screen (1920 x 1200)
- Supports Up to 8GB DDR2 RAM (available up to 800MHz)
- 7200rpm Hard Drive as standard – 33% faster than 4200rpm drives
- Up to 960GB 7200rpm RAID Hard Drive or 1.5 Terabyte 5400rpm RAID Hard Drive
- Optional Blu-ray or HD DVD Optical Drive
- Intel Pro 802.11a/b/g/n Integrated Wireless LAN
- Gigabit 10/100/1000 LAN
- S-Video out, VGA & DVI Port
- Surround sound with 4 speakers
- 7.1 Surround Sound Output
- Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium
Priced around $4000
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5. Metabox M860TU
Another gaming laptop from Metabox that packs all the essential circuits for gaming.

- CPU: Intel Montevina P8600 (2.4GHz, 1066 FSB 3MB Cache CPU)
- RAM: 4GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM
- LCD: 15.4″ WSXGA+ glossy display
- GPU: Nvidia 9800M GT 512MB DDR3
- HDD: 320GB 7200RPM SATA
- Optical: 8x DVD-RW Dual Layer
- Wi-Fi: 802.11g/n and Bluetooth V2
- Webcam: Yes
- Battery: Unknown
- OS: Vista Home Premium 64bit
Priced around $3000
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6. Asus W90Vp-X1
High Performance gaming laptop from Asus.

- CPU : 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T960
- RAM : 6GB RAM
- Dual 320GB hard drives
- DVD+/-RW
- Display : 18.4-inch display
- GPU : Dual ATI Radeon HD4870 (Crossfire); 512MB
- Weight : 11.5 pounds
- Dimension : 2.5×17.4×12.9 inches
- OS : Windows Vista Home Premium
Priced around $2200
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7. HP HDX 18
This HP laptop delivers reasonably good gaming performance in its beautiful 18 inch display.

- CPU: 2.8-GHz Core 2 Duo T9600
- Display Size (inches): 18.4″ Display
- nVidia’s 512MB GeForce 9600M GT GPU
- Total HD Size (GB): 640GB Hard Drive
- Min. Weight (lbs.): 9.1Lbs.,
Priced around $1900
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8. Gateway P-7808u FX
This gateway laptop has powerful graphics at reasonable price.

- CPU : 8.0 2GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000
- 4GB RAM
- 500GB hard drive
- DVD+/-RW
- 17-inch display (1,440×900)
- GPU : Nvidia GeForce 9800M GTS (1GB)
- 9.1 pounds
- 1.75×15.5×11.5 inches (HWD)
- OS : Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit)
Priced around $1800
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9. MSI GT 725
This is a solid gaming laptop from the house of MSI.

- CPU: 2-GHz Core 2 Quad Q9000
- GPU : ATI 4850 512M DDR3
- RAM : 4GB
- Display Size (inches): 17″ Display
- Total HD Size (GB): 320GB Hard Drive
- Min. Weight (lbs.): 7.7Lbs.,
Priced around $1600
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10. Acer Aspire 8930
This one is also a high performance laptop that can be used for gaming.

- CPU : 2.53-GHz Core 2 Duo T9400
- RAM : 4GB DDR3
- nVidia 9700M GT 512MB graphics card
- Display Size (inches): 18.4″ Display
- Total HD Size (GB) : 320GB Hard Drive
- Min. Weight (lbs.): 8.8Lbs
Priced around $1400
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August 18th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
hi there i guess you may hear this follwing alot however here it goes:
i would like the fastest possible , best graphics, mega rams, looks good , biggest screen, dont care to much about storage space standard would be ok, able to host games with no problems however here another thing my budget $2000 tops, thank you for your efforts in advance! email :Invest_kha@yahoo.com.au