Recommended Gaming Laptops

Laptops built specifically for gamers by smaller manufacturers, known for their performance systems, are especially nice with really slick paint jobs. There are also high end models from various manufacturers that have performance as good as the purpose built gaming laptops but lack the final touches such as the paint job or software and hardware fine tuning.

(in alphabetical order by company, notable models highlighted in red either because of price or performance or both)

ABS Computer Technologies

Mayhem G2

Pentium M CPU (up to model 755 or 2 GHZ)

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128 MB of video memory

1 Gigabyte of system memory!

802.11 b/g wireless or Wi-Fi networking

15.4 Inch Wide Screen

Free carrying case

Price - starts at $1899 with 1.6 GHZ (as of this writing)

zForce F2

Pentium M CPU - awesome performance and power savings

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro with 64 MB of dedicated video memory (Radeon 9700 128 MB upgradeable)

802.11 b/g Wi-Fi

Price - starts from $1599 (as of this writing)

Alienware Area-51M

Alienware has become quite popular with their gaming desktops, they also have a great line of gaming laptops known as the Area-51M that comes in 3 flavors: Extreme, Enthusiast, and Performance.

Highlights of the Area-51M Gaming Laptops

3.0 - 3.4 GHZ Intel Pentium 4 CPU with 800 mhz FSB and Hyper-Threading

Choice between ATI Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 or Nvidia Geforce FX Go5700 Graphics with 128 MB of dedicated memory

PC3200 (DDR 400 MHZ) System Memory

7200 RPM Hard Disks with 8 MB of cache memory

User Upgradeable Mobile Graphics!

Custom metallic finish on a magnesium alloy chassis with rubberized hand grips.

Dell Laptops

Inspiron XPS

3.4 GHZ Intel Pentium 4 CPU with 800 mhz FSB and Hyper-Threading (Extreme Edition P4 as an option)

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128 MB

or Mobility Radeon 9800 with 256 MB of video memory

Dual Channel DDR Memory at 400 MHZ (comes with 2 dimms)

Upgradeable graphics card

60 GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive

Optional Integrated Wireless Networking and Bluetooth + Gigabit Ethernet

Built in Subwoofer

Interchangeable Covers

Inspiron 9200

Pentium M processor

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128 MB of memory

Dual Channel DDR Memory at 400 MHZ (comes with 2 dimms)

Optional Integrated Wireless Networking and Bluetooth

Built in Subwoofer

Wide Screen - UltraSharp ™ Display with WXGA, WUXGA options available

Inspiron 8600

Pentium M CPU or Celeron M

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo with 128 MB of video memory as an option

Wide Screen - UltraSharp ™ Display with WXGA, WSXGA, WUXGA options available

eMachines Notebooks

eMachines 64 bit laptops based on the Mobile Athlon 64 processor.

eMachines M6805, M6807, M6809

AMD Mobile Athlon 64 3000+ to 3200+

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 with 64 MB of video ram

Integrated 802.11g Wireless

15.4 Inch Wide Screens

Prices starting at under $1500! (as of this writing)

Gateway Laptops

450XL

Pentium M with 2 MB of level 2 cache

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128 MB of video memory

M505 Series Key Features

Pentium M and the full Centrino Package

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 with 64 MB of dedicated video memory

Integrated 20-bit sound and stereo speakers w/ Subwoofer

1.38 Inches and 6.7 Pounds

Price - base unit starting at under $1600 (as of this writing)

M675 Series

2.8 - 3.2 GHZ Intel Pentium 4 CPU with 800 mhz FSB and Hyper-Threading

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 or 9700 Graphics with 64-128 MB of dedicated memory

17.1 Inch WXGA screen!

HyperSonic

Any of the HyperSonic laptops would make a great gaming laptop but two that stand out would be the CX6 and AX6

Aviator CX6

1.5 - 2.0 Ghz Pentium M processor

Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128 MB of memory

Excellent battery life

15.4 Inch Wide Screen

Aviator AX7

AMD Athlon 64 DTR 3400+ or 3700+ Processor

Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128 MB of memory

17 Inch Wide Screen

Aviator AX6

AMD Athlon 64 DTR 3200+ or 3400+ Processor

Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo with 128 MB of memory

Good Battery life

The rest of the Aviator linup with Pentium 4's are also very nice featuring Dual Channel DDR, Mobility Radeon 9600 or 9700, up to 17 inch screen, and even hard drive RAID support in a couple of them.

Sager Notebooks

Sager carries powerful laptops with very attractive prices.

Sager NP9860

3.0 - 3.6 GHZ Intel Pentium 4 CPU with 800 mhz FSB, Hyper-Threading, 1 MB L2 cache

Nvidia Geforce Go 6800 16x PCI Express modular video card with 256 MB of dedicated video memory

17 inch SXGA+ Wide screen

10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet

DDR2 400/533 MHZ Dual Channel System Memory support and four SODIMM slots.

Four Speakers + Subwoofer, 7.1 Digital Output

802.11g Turbo Wireless (108Mbps)

Sager NP4750

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ to 3400+ Processor

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128 MB of dedicated video memory

802.11g Turbo Wireless (108Mbps)

Sager NP3790

1.6 GHZ to 2 GHZ Pentium M with 2 MB of level 2 cache

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128 MB of dedicated video memory

802.11g/b Wireless

Price starting at under $1450 (as of this writing)

Velocity Micro Notebooks

Available with great paint jobs and mirror gloss clear coat.

Notemagix B50 Ultra

1.5 to 2.0 GHZ Pentium M with 2 MB of level 2 cache

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128 MB of memory

802.11 B+G Wireless Networking

Price starting at $1500 (as of this writing)

Notemagix S90

3.0 - 3.4 GHZ Intel Pentium 4 CPU with 800 mhz FSB and Hyper-Threading (extreme edition optional)

17 inch SXGA+ Wide screen

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 Pro with 256 MB of dedicated video memory

10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet

Voodoo PC Envy Series

Voodoo PC specializes in high performance desktops and laptops. They have a great lineup of laptops that are built for gaming and entertainment.

Voodoo Envy m:360

Intel Pentium M processor

ATI Radeon Mobility 9700 with 128 MB of memory

Around 5.5 Pounds

Great Battery life (claims nearly 4+ hours)

Voodoo Envy m:860

AMD Athlon 64 CPU up to 3400+ - very fast and support for future 64 bit games and applications!

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128 MB of dedicated video memory

15.4 inch WXGA+ screen (wide)

Great battery life

Voodoo Envy m:855

AMD Athlon 64 CPU up to 3400+

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo with 64 MB of dedicated video memory

Beautiful hard coat high gloss paint job

Excellent battery life compared to other desktop replacement laptops of similar speed and power.

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