Best Gaming Laptop Under £1000

Syncroneyes · December 15th, 2008, 12:50 PM

Any suggestions are welcome. Since I recently sold my "old" Toshiba I've been thinking of treating myself this xmas/new year and upgrading to something more powerful with core 2 duo and at least 512MB dedicated video RAM inside..

IModIntel · December 16th, 2008, 06:05 AM

At the Best Buy where I work, I saw an interesting Acer with an AMD Turion Ultra ZM-80, 4gb RAM, 320gb HD, ATi 3450, 16'' LCD, Bluray for like 1000$. Seems like great value but god does it have shit battery life! 2 hours max on POWER SAVER! The Intel Centrino platform is unbeatale in that domain, I gotta admit that. But that ACer is just real sweet in terms of performance.

Syncroneyes · December 16th, 2008, 11:59 AM

2 hours isn't great but battery life isnt the biggest concern for gamers looking at a laptop. Lets face it if you're going to game for a while you'll plug in anyway (if you can).

I have been looking at HP's DV7 17" series - P8600 + 512MB 9600GT (DDR3), Vista, 4GB RAM - Now under £950 in the UK.

Also MSI have a new "GT" series 17" gaming laptops which r sweeeet, similar specs as above but slightly more expensive.

One of my primary concerns is the display resolution, i'm so used to high-res gaming now that a standard 1440x900 laptop display just can't satisfy me anymore...the problem is laptops with high res displays are usually a lot more expensive.

Syncroneyes · December 23rd, 2008, 10:37 AM

After further consideration I'm starting to wonder whether i can really afford to buy a new laptop atm.. does anyone have any suggestions for a good gaming laptop about £650-£700 price?..This is more like the price i can spend rather than £950.

maybe i should wait a while until the cost comes down a little more..

-Shockwave- · December 23rd, 2008, 11:45 PM

I don't know why you're asking for suggestions on laptops when Google is right at your finger-tips and it has the make, model and price of every laptop around the world. Find one that's right for you and buy it, or not.

Syncroneyes · December 24th, 2008, 10:53 AM

Well, yes we can all certainly just do that if we want to anytime, but some people who might be particularly happy with the performance of a product might recommend something or they might know where to get a good bargain/discount. Thats why i've opened up a discussion.. to hear peoples suggestions/opinions...which is why its called a forum..?

I'm surprised that more people here aren't interested in gaming laptops though, they're so cool!

Seriously powerful gaming hardware that you can take anywhere? - heaven!

Syncroneyes · January 2nd, 2009, 03:17 PM

I finally found a great deal on a gorgeous 17" HP DV7-1020 laptop with core 2 duo P8400 (2.2 GHz -3mb cache), 320GB Hard drive, 4GB ram (& 64-bit Vista to use all that ram) a 9600GT with 512MB dedicated ram (over 2GB video ram with turbocache), HD sound with built-in subwoofer and blu-ray with DVD remote control.

Got it from Currys and I'm really happy with the high performance. I can highly recommend it to anyone looking to buy a decent gaming laptop on a budget. I even managed to save an extra £100 (got it for £699 which was pushing it a little).
- For this price i doubt you'll find a more powerful/better 17" gaming laptop in 2008.

(n.b I would hurry if you're thinking about getting one of these as they are running out of stock of this model - i had to drive to 3 different stores to get it! but last i checked you could still order it online from either Currys or PC world sites)