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    Need help deciding which Laptop for casual gaming

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Mandar, Nov 10, 2009.

  1. Mandar

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    I need help deciding which of the 2 laptops listed below is better for casual gaming (WOW, RCT3, Call of Duty 2, Timeshift, FEAR 2, some Crysis ...)

    Asus G60VX-RBBX05 $999.00

    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
    CPU- P7450 1066MHz system bus, 3MB L2 cache and 2.13GHz processor
    Ram- 4gbs DDR2
    GPU- GTX 260M 1gb DDR3
    Screen- 16" 1366x768 LED backlit
    Hard drive- 320gb 7200rpm
    Battery- 6cell battery life 1 hour 36 minutes according to mfg.
    Speakers- 2 built-in speakers with Creative Audigy HD support.
    WIFI- Intel WiFi Link 5100 802.11n
    USB- 4
    Built-in facial recognition
    Lighted Keyboard

    Lenovo IdeaPad Y550 4186-5GU $899.00

    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
    CPU- P7450 1066MHz system bus, 3MB L2 cache and 2.13GHz processor
    Ram- 4gbs DDR3
    GPU- GT 240M 1gb DDR3
    Screen- 15.6" 1366 x 768 LED Backlit
    Hard drive- 300gb 5400rpm
    Battery- 6 cell batery life 4.5 hours according mfg.
    WIFI- Intel WiFi Link 5100 802.11n
    USB- 3


    I have another Lenovo I was looking at but more money, not much but not sure if it's worth the extra bucks..listed below

    Lenovo IdeaPad Y550 3241-56U $1049.00

    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
    CPU- Intel Core i7 720QM 2.5 GT/s 6MB L2 Cache
    RAM- 4gb DDR3
    GT 240M graphics featuring 1GB of GDDR3
    Scrren- 15.6" 1366 x 768 LED Backlit
    Hard drive- 500gb 5400rpm
    WIFI- Intel WiFi Link 5100 802.11n
    Speaker- 2 speakers + subwoofer
    Battery- 6cell 4.5 hours according to mfg.
    USB- 3

    All the 3 laptops have HDMI, and express card slot.

    Again I'm looking for something in the 6lb range screen no bigger then 16". I really want to keep the price around $1000, but willing maybe to go $1150 no more tho.

    Thanks,
     
    Mandar, Nov 10, 2009
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