Aside from being overly reflective, the The M17x has a number of configuration options, but the model we reviewed includes a 2.
True to its high-end reputation, the M17x runs Battlefield 3 at p on Ultra settings at a smooth 44fps, plays The Witcher 2 at 45fps on Ultra without Ubersampling, and was able to handle any other game we threw at it with aplomb. The configuration we tested resumes from sleep in 1. Of course, Alienware also has more storage options for those willing to pay. The black metallic lid does flex slightly under pressure, and I found the lid to be a little difficult to open and close because of the stubborn hinges.
It works, but the 1. Even though the Clevo is lighter than both the Alienware and the Samsung at 8. The speaker bar is set at an angle beneath the screen, and produces flat, compressed sound that gets really distorted at higher volumes.
With our configuration, Borderlands 2 looks like a completely different game, running at about 56fps on full settings with PhysX turned all the way up at p. Both Battlefield 3 and The Witcher 2 run smoothly at p on Ultra settings. The machine gets a little warm under the WASD keys during heavy gaming, and got even warmer on my lap because my legs were blocking one of the vents on the underside. Also, the fans got pretty noisy no matter what surface the computer was on, but never enough to drown out gameplay or music.
The configuration we tested used a GB Seagate Momentus XT hard disk, which includes 8GB of solid state memory to speed up oft-used processes and give the machine boot and wake times of 26 and two seconds, respectively. However, it's the most customizable of the lot, and ends up costing a few hundred dollars less than the Alienware for the same performance. Some users prize a good set of speakers above all else, and some gamers are particularly choosy about the keyboard they use.
However, as a whole package, some machines will stand above the rest. Here are our picks for each of the performance levels:. Lenovo's versatile Ideapad Y is the best gaming option that can double as a regular laptop, and it's also a great budget option. It also has a lovely keyboard, a great screen, and is a well-designed, good-looking gaming laptop across the board.
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Linkedin Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Graphics throttling Nearly every machine in this roundup throttles its performance down significantly when running on battery power, so we tested them all while plugged into a power source in order to make full use of their dedicated graphics processors.
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The game concept is one of the best we have ever enjoyed because of its emphasis on team cooperation in the Cooperative and Multiplayer modes. Considering the lowest price I can find for a laptop with an AM is around the same price as isn't significanlty lower than the ASUS, there's not much point in gamers going that route — Richland may be "fast enough" for most gaming workloads, but you're generally looking at low to medium x gaming with the latest titles, and when something else costs just a bit more and runs quite a bit faster I have to stick with what makes sense.
The GT M is basically good for x medium to high detail gaming, or x medium detail; the GTX M on the other hand can tackle x medium to high detail or x medium detail. Key things to look for in my mind are the display resolution and panel type, and the presence of an SSD. That's of course something you can add on your own without too much trouble on most laptops, and personally I'd rather add at least a GB SSD than to get a GB model, but some of the prices are pretty reasonable.
My current pick for a mainstream gaming laptop goes to the Gigabyte P34G. I know, the review still isn't done, but I've run a bunch of benchmarks and there's nothing that causes me concern. The industrial design isn't quiet as nice as something like the Razer Blade 14, but it's an impressive amount of performance packed into a sub-4 lbs.
Package no matter how you slice it. As the first Gigabyte laptop we've looked at in many years, it really has a lot to offer. I haven't had hands-on time with any of the Clevo notebooks I mentioned above, so I unfortunately can't say much about how they feel. I do have a Clevo WSU , and while it's not necessarily a gaming laptop it does give me a few concerns about Clevo's latest offerings. They fixed the keyboard layout as far as I'm concerned, but at least on the WSU, the actual feel of the keyboard is terrible — I get missed keystrokes all the time on it.
The IdeaPad Yoga 11S features the same industrial design as its bigger cousin, but weighs less at just over three pounds and features a touchscreen display with resolution of pixels by pixels. The company surprised us last year with something other than inexpensive TVs, making good on its promise for sleek ultraportable laptops and stylish all-in-one desktops.
Now, its incredibly thin On the more traditional PC side of its line-up, Vizio also updated its ultraportables and all-in-ones to include touchscreens.
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