Best gaming laptop for under $1300

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My brother wants to get a gaming laptop what is the best one that u guys would reccomend that is under $1300?
 
alphaqforever247 said:
how does the 460m compare to the 5870 in a laptop?
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The 5870m > GTX460m about 5-10% depending on the game, but also consider that GTX460m bearly has one or two driver releases, and then Nvidia focus on rushing the desktop GTX580, i expect the GTX460m to catch up as drivers mature for it, either way its more a personal preference, the difference is fairly small. Nvidia also has 2 good things on this gen, it idles very low, 35-45c depending on ambient temp, atm idling at 40C, while ATI has very high clocks in 2d, thus having 60C idle isnt uncomon, not a big deal but i like my hardware as cold as i can if im not using it, another is that in the G73JW the GTX460m max temps are in the 70s, 5 hours of playing sc2 (not that stresfull) didnt break 68C, while ATI 5870 is comon to be in high 80s with some in 90s. But the 5870 atm is faster in most games than GTX460m. The temps on the G53JW are a little higher due to smaller chasis, still very well for performance you get. I strongly suggest to spend the extra $8 (or $28 if you upgrade the HDD) and go for the G53JW-A3.

alphaqforever247 said:
was looking at that as well but the only thing thats stopping my brother buying it is its max res of 1600x900.
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I woudlnt dish this res, still fairly good for 17'' display, specially considering that the 5870m is very close to a 5770 in performance, so aiming to play at 1080p, it might struggle in some high demanding games, while 1600x900 will give you better framerate and allow you to max out more the games, either way its a good choice, but if you brother wants 1080p then go for the G53JW.
 
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Abula said:
The 5870m > GTX460m about 5-10% depending on the game, but also consider that GTX460m bearly has one or two driver releases, and then Nvidia focus on rushing the desktop GTX580, i expect the GTX460m to catch up as drivers mature for it, either way its more a personal preference, the difference is fairly small. Nvidia also has 2 good things on this gen, it idles very low, 35-45c depending on ambient temp, atm idling at 40C, while ATI has very high clocks in 2d, thus having 60C idle isnt uncomon, not a big deal but i like my hardware as cold as i can if im not using it, another is that in the G73JW the GTX460m max temps are in the 70s, 5 hours of playing sc2 (not that stresfull) didnt break 68C, while ATI 5870 is comon to be in high 80s with some in 90s. But the 5870 atm is faster in most games than GTX460m. The temps on the G53JW are a little higher due to smaller chasis, still very well for performance you get. I strongly suggest to spend the extra $8 (or $28 if you upgrade the HDD) and go for the G53JW-A3.

I woudlnt dish this res, still fairly good for 17'' display, specially considering that the 5870m is very close to a 5770 in performance, so aiming to play at 1080p, it might struggle in some high demanding games, while 1600x900 will give you better framerate and allow you to max out more the games, either way its a good choice, but if you brother wants 1080p then go for the G53JW.
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hey thanks for the reply. do u know of any laptop with near specs that has a 17 inch screen that does 1080p?
 
definitely the MSI laptop with 5870

GX640 or GX660, forgot, maybe both have it

If not then you can probably find an M15x for ~1300, probably used/refurbished but still a decent laptop nonetheless. 5850 isn't much worse than 5870, basically a downclocked 5870
 
If you can stretch budget slightly you can do great.

I just got an M17x R2 for $1650 taxed from the Dell outlet with the use of a coupon. It's got a i7-720qm, 4GB RAM, dual HD5870s in Crossfire, a 320GB 7.2k HD, DVD/RW, and a WUXGA RGB LED screen.
 
I love my HP Envy. It has a 5850, but it is still really great with games. That MSI is sweet, though.

I have a X505-Q865 for sale, as well.
 
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