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I am currently in the market for a gaming laptop under 1500, anyone have any input on what and where I should get in order to run tf2 decently enough to play?? I'm so sick and tired of waiting for my classes, that I might as well play some gathers before class. Also would wireless be an issue??
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get a decent mobile GPU (one of those 9000 series NVidia ones would prob be fine) and a 2.0+ ghz dual core cpu. Also consider screen size (playing on 13" screen blows).
Happy Apple Day!
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In a lower price range than you put but still a great deal:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp..

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macslol

35 fps is godawful in that situation

This comment was edited at 01/06/2009 11:07 PM
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What an incredible waste of money.
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www.ibuypower.com

made good stuff for a decent price, and are very good if you have any problems
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2ghz c2d + 9500m GS (8600m GT) vid card nets me 60 fps constant with dx8. Go look at some Asus's from newegg.
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Gaming, and laptop, are oxymorons. Play something else before class because you're just going to suck in gathers on a laptop on a park bench.

#9 that's not true at all anymore. There are tons of laptops that run TF2 at over 100 fps with reasonable settings... though I agree that a park bench wouldn't make for a very good mousing surface.
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QUOTE:
Gaming, and laptop, are oxymorons.


Don't bother. XPS M1730 runs TF2 great.. for about 2.5k. Invent me a laptop that can break 30fps on crysis and then we'll talk.
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plenty of people run tf2 on laptops with 60+ fps. Just because you can't run a sh1tty game like crysis that has terrible fcking coding doesn't make it a useless gaming laptop. It's perfectly reasonable to want a laptop for school, and be able to play source games on the side.
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Gateway p-7811fx, GREAT gaming laptop, great components, really really good price
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MEATSHOT 8)

Personally, i would just just get a cheap laptop for about $400-$500 and build yourself a fairly powerful gaming desktop for about $500. You'll get a more powerful gaming system and there's really no need to have an extremely powerful laptop for class or business use anyway. And you'll spend about the same amount of money.
#lockout
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I think it is reasonable to assume he has a gaming desktop, and wants a laptop in addition.
Happy Apple Day!
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I play on a 3 year old dell inspiron, I get 100 fps with a config, but it runs pretty smooth.
I have 1 gig of ram, and an ati x1400 (I have no clue if thats good or not) since this laptop is 3 yearsold and was 1500$ back then I'm sure you can find something around this range now that will have better specs.
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dern knows all about laptop gaming!1
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Yep. Get a cheap ass laptop and spend the leftover money on a pc. The pc will be better than the laptop you could've bought by pooling the money.
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ps suck my D|CK
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i play tf2 on an hp laptop........... at llowest settings and res with dx 80 and 30-50 fps
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Toshiba Qosmio for under $1500 and a no brainer, otherwise Dell XPS. I have had mine for like 3 years and still game on it (granted it is a pimped out beast!)
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Asus G50
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I have a Sony Vaio and get 150+ fps, paid $1,000 for it about a month ago.
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personally i would stop being a fagget and get a desktop pc, tyrone come on dude
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haha dude i have one, i just want a gaming laptop didiot
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double post

This comment was edited at 01/15/2009 8:01 PM
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http://www.gateway.com/systems/series/529..

Children, children..Please calm down and click the link I have posted above. It's quite easily the one positive feedback post within the entire thread that holds any amount of water.

*bows*
Thank you. Thank you.
"There is no spoone" -The Matricks
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yo, i have one im probably selling, let me know if youre interested
#ESEA.TF2
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You know I run a laptop, and you didn't ask me?
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crycry

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