Laptop for gaming
09 January 2007, 05:43 PM
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Laptop for gaming
I want a laptop for gaming, don't want anything too fancy as I only want it for the odd LAN occasion against another player on my PC.
I play BF 2, BF 2142 on my PC so this is the sort of game I want to be able to run.
I'm not worried about it running it flat out on high res as on my PC I run BF at low on all settings.
What I'm getting at is I want to spend as little as poss
would go for something 2nd hand on ebay or new maybe.
Has anyone any advice?
I play BF 2, BF 2142 on my PC so this is the sort of game I want to be able to run.
I'm not worried about it running it flat out on high res as on my PC I run BF at low on all settings.
What I'm getting at is I want to spend as little as poss
would go for something 2nd hand on ebay or new maybe.Has anyone any advice?
09 January 2007, 06:46 PM
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09 January 2007, 08:53 PM
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09 January 2007, 09:42 PM
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Alienware are dogs when it's comes to gaming rigs
I have an Alienware desktop PC and it rocks
If I wanted gaming on the move then I would definitely buy an Alienware Laptop
09 January 2007, 11:24 PM
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I wouldn't. I used to have one of their gaming laptops and it was utter rubbish. Nowhere near as good / reliable as the Dell XPS I replaced it with (after only a year). Their tech support was pretty useless as well. They've been bought by Dell now though, so they may have improved.
09 January 2007, 11:57 PM
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I was just going to ask the same question as I'm looking at laptops at the moment. I looked at Dell and Alienware earlier but I'd never heard of 'Rock' before now.
The Rock Pegasus 665-T76 looks extremely good spec for the money, I think I'll be ordering that as soon as they start shipping them with Vista pre-installed.
The Rock Pegasus 665-T76 looks extremely good spec for the money, I think I'll be ordering that as soon as they start shipping them with Vista pre-installed.
10 January 2007, 12:13 AM
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I was just going to ask the same question as I'm looking at laptops at the moment. I looked at Dell and Alienware earlier but I'd never heard of 'Rock' before now.
The Rock Pegasus 665-T76 looks extremely good spec for the money, I think I'll be ordering that as soon as they start shipping them with Vista pre-installed.
The Rock Pegasus 665-T76 looks extremely good spec for the money, I think I'll be ordering that as soon as they start shipping them with Vista pre-installed.
Very good after sale's apparently , not that Ive used them yet
10 January 2007, 12:25 AM
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I've had an Alienware laptop for 2 years now and it's the nuts for gaming. I cannot fault the quality and amazing speed of the thing.
Dell have bought a stake in Alienware recently, but I can honestly say that Alienware are still making THE BEST gaming laptops as always.
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Dell have bought a stake in Alienware recently, but I can honestly say that Alienware are still making THE BEST gaming laptops as always.
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10 January 2007, 12:46 AM
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I've currently got one of their desktops, and (so far) it's been a great, reliable machine. The laptop was utter rubbish by comparison. I wouldn't even consider getting another one (once burnt and all that)...
10 January 2007, 01:33 PM
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Just spoken to Rock, they'll be taking orders for laptops pre-installed/pre-built with MS Vista from 31st Jan onwards (as opposed to MS XP with free upgrade to MS Vista later). No upgrade worries doing it that way.
So I'll almost certainly be ordering a sparkly new Peg 665-T76 at the end of the month.
So I'll almost certainly be ordering a sparkly new Peg 665-T76 at the end of the month.
10 January 2007, 04:47 PM
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10 January 2007, 04:49 PM
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I've got an XPS Gen2, (had it almost 2 years now). The processor is getting a bit old for the most recent games, but it still does a good job with pretty musch everything else. Solid as a rock as well
10 January 2007, 06:02 PM
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Right..
Ordered a Rock P665-T72 with upgrade screen, faster HD and windows xp media. £1048
But..
Remembered my brother in law bought a cheap laptop. Didn't really think a lot of it until I just looked at the spec when I got home a min ago.
Have a look..
PC Nextday
£699
Looks pretty much the same spec apart from the graphics card and it has wireless
I can't find anything on comparing the graphics cards but I'm worried now lol (nervously)
Have I made a mistake? One thing I would say is the screen on his is a little strange whereas the illumination comes through in strips and it's quite clearly brighter in some places than others.
Ordered a Rock P665-T72 with upgrade screen, faster HD and windows xp media. £1048
But..
Remembered my brother in law bought a cheap laptop. Didn't really think a lot of it until I just looked at the spec when I got home a min ago.
Have a look..
PC Nextday
£699
Looks pretty much the same spec apart from the graphics card and it has wireless
I can't find anything on comparing the graphics cards but I'm worried now lol (nervously)
Have I made a mistake? One thing I would say is the screen on his is a little strange whereas the illumination comes through in strips and it's quite clearly brighter in some places than others.
10 January 2007, 06:09 PM
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The Rock as built in wireless and a better graphics card , although Im not sure how much better , it also as a far better warranty , one thing that swung it for me.
ask here as well.
rockforum.co.uk - The place to discuss notebooks and laptops in the UK
ask here as well.
rockforum.co.uk - The place to discuss notebooks and laptops in the UK
10 January 2007, 08:03 PM
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Just spoken to Rock, they'll be taking orders for laptops pre-installed/pre-built with MS Vista from 31st Jan onwards (as opposed to MS XP with free upgrade to MS Vista later). No upgrade worries doing it that way.
I have ordered mine and obviously I will only be upgrading when I can.
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