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Ok guys, being a desktop guy for a long time, well its time to move to a laptop. I'm parting out my desktop so I can get some cash for the laptop. Ideally It needs to be around $1000. $1400 is the absoute horrid max if needed. I want a desktop replacement, something powerful enough to play games smoothly on. Portablility is not a big problem, as long as its under 20lbs. 
I would like 128megs of vram, but maybe im hoping for a bit much. Im a amd fan, so i sure wouldnt mind going with an athlon, but whatevers better for my price range. Im planning on buying used (off ebay or whatnot) unless you convince me otherwise. ex: i saw a alienware 2.8 p4 with 128mg radeon 9600 for about $1400 with buy it now. a little more than i want to spend but thats about what im looking for. 15" screen at least, on the hard drive, 40gigs, not a big issue, speed and price over size. To give you an idea of what games ill be playing, here's what i normally play:
a lot of quake3 based games (mohaa, jedi outcast, jedi academy, sof2, etc...)
knights of the old republic
bf1942
and some older stuff i know will run fine...
thats about it, im not asking to run at 1600x1200 with all options, just want to be able to run it smootly. already have xp, os is not a problem either. only need cdrw/dvd, dont need dvdrw or anything. um i think thats it. what would you guys recommend in the $1000+ range? like i said $1400 is the absolute max i can go but cheaper is always better for me. sorry for making this post so long, just wanted to be sure i covered everything im looking for. Thanks for the [H]elp!!!
I would like 128megs of vram, but maybe im hoping for a bit much. Im a amd fan, so i sure wouldnt mind going with an athlon, but whatevers better for my price range. Im planning on buying used (off ebay or whatnot) unless you convince me otherwise. ex: i saw a alienware 2.8 p4 with 128mg radeon 9600 for about $1400 with buy it now. a little more than i want to spend but thats about what im looking for. 15" screen at least, on the hard drive, 40gigs, not a big issue, speed and price over size. To give you an idea of what games ill be playing, here's what i normally play:a lot of quake3 based games (mohaa, jedi outcast, jedi academy, sof2, etc...)
knights of the old republic
bf1942
and some older stuff i know will run fine...
thats about it, im not asking to run at 1600x1200 with all options, just want to be able to run it smootly. already have xp, os is not a problem either. only need cdrw/dvd, dont need dvdrw or anything. um i think thats it. what would you guys recommend in the $1000+ range? like i said $1400 is the absolute max i can go but cheaper is always better for me. sorry for making this post so long, just wanted to be sure i covered everything im looking for. Thanks for the [H]elp!!!