ASUS M51Sn-A1 - Good gaming laptop?

[TheGooch69]

I was browsing Newegg and found this laptop.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220277
General
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
CPU Type Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 1.66G
Screen 15.4" WXGA
Memory Size 3GB DDR2
Hard Disk 250GB
Optical Drive DVD Super Multi
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
Video Memory 512MB
Communication Modem, Gigabit LAN and WLAN
Card slot 1 x Express Card
Dimensions 14.34" x 10.59" x 1.10-1.58"
Weight 6.5 lbs.
Other Features Fingerprint reader
CPU
CPU Type Intel Core 2 Duo
CPU Speed T5450(1.66GHz)
CPU FSB 667MHz
CPU L2 Cache 2MB
Chipset
Chipset Intel PM965
Display
Screen Size 15.4"
Wide Screen Support Yes
Display Type Wide XGA
Resolution 1280 x 800
Operating Systems
Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium
Graphics
GPU/VPU NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
Video Memory Dedicated 512MB
Graphic Type Dedicated Card
Hard Drive
HDD 250GB
Memory
Memory 3GB

I don't know much about the 9xxx series graphic cards from Nvidia. How do they perform compared to a mobile 8800GTS for example?

The price is pretty attractive considering what you are getting. It sucks that it doesn't have an HDMI port though. The max resolution is also low.

 

[iamjuliespiano]

The 9500M GS is pretty much the same as the 8600M GT.

Also, it does have a DVI port, so connecting to a monitor via HDMI just requires a $5 adapter.

 

[xenotype]

About a thousand bucks? Not that bad of a deal. 3 gigs ram, 250 gig hd, C2D. Decent, should be able to play most current games with decent settings, not so much the next gen games, however.