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Top 10 Gaming Laptops - January 2013 This list is based on actual or estimated gaming performance, factoring in the hardware specification (particularly the graphics card) relative to the laptop's size.January Update: Not many changes from last month; current gaming laptops are all based on ...
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Guest Review by: Lin Xi ZhangEver wanted a top of the line product without paying a top of the line price? That was what I had in mind when I set out to find a new gaming laptop. Two months of research and a very handsome Black Friday deal led me to this piece of machinery, the MSI G Series ...
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At long last we've been able to get our hands on what is currently the fastest 15.6-inch gaming laptop in the known universe. This all depends on how it's configured of course--there are basically no pre-built configurations, only custom versions, but the fact that it can be equipped with either of ...
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The ASUS Republic of Gamers G53SX is the sequel to the G53SW and very little (if anything) has changed compared to the previous model except for the GPU, which has been upgraded from an Nvidia GTX 460M to its replacement the GTX 560M. Although "upgraded" is a relative term here, since ASUS has ...
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An alienesque package containing a "stealth black" Alienware M14x has just arrived. The white lab coats are on and to be a little original we are going to test it with both the included hard drive--in this case a 500GB 7200rpm drive as well as a 256GB Crucial m4. But first things first; this is a ...
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It's always interesting to see what kind of performance you can squeeze out of low-end hardware. Integrated graphics are generally considered useless for gaming, and this is obviously true if you compare them with high-end gaming machines like the new Alienware lineup or any other genuine gaming ...
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We've just had a chance to play with a TimelineX AS4820TG from Acer, which is an interesting creature; a discreet 14-inch budget-friendly laptop that wouldn't raise any eyebrows at the office. However, under the hood it hides a bit of gaming muscle in the form of a Mobility Radeon HD 5650 (or a HD ...
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The 17-inch Asus G73JH Republic of Gamers is currently one of the fastest gaming laptops on the planet, with a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of DDR3 and ATI’s top mobile GPU – the Mobility Radeon HD 5870. With hardware like this it can only be beaten by some exorbitantly expensive ...
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Asus is the manufacturers' version of an early adopter. Its new 3D laptop is the first real gaming laptop to get a 3D makeover. This is provided by Nvidia's excellent solution 3DVision, which requires a 120Hz screen to work and comes with a pair of wireless goggles. It is somewhat ...
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The Alienware m11x was one of the big surprises at this year’s CES. Some have called it a gaming "netbook", but that’s neither accurate or fair. Instead it’s a decidedly unique 11-inch CULV-based laptop with an Nvidia GeForce 335M – a faster graphics card than the one in the latest Arrendale ...
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Asus has huge variety of its “Republic of Gamers” gaming laptops, but most of them are variants of the same model albeit with a different model number and (slightly) different specs. The Asus G51jx-X3 differs in the fact that it comes with a Core i5 instead of the more powerful (and expensive) ...
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