Gaming notebook

This is a bit over your price range but it's a very good gaming machine

Sony VGN-AR190G

Intel Core Duo T2500 processor (2.0GHz)
1GB of DDR2 SDRAM (maximum capacity 2GB)
200GB 5,400rpm SATA hard drive
Optical drive writes (at 1X) and reads (at 1.6X) Blu-ray discs (BD-R, BD-RE, BD-ROM), and just about any other format you care to throw at it
17-inch wide-screen display, 1,920x1,200 (WUXGA)
Nvidia GeForce Go 7600GT graphics card (with 256MB of VRAM)
Windows XP Media Center 2005
Video connections: TV tuner, HDMI output, S-Video input and output, VGA output, FireWire
Audio connections: S/PDIF, headphone, microphone
Other connections: PC Card, ExpressCard, 3 USB 2.0 ports
Network connections: Bluetooth, Intel PRO/Wireless 802.11a/b/g, Gigabit Ethernet
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LAPTOP Magazine - Sony VAIO VGN-AR190G Review
If you’re chomping at the bit to start watching, editing, and burning HD video, the Sony VAIO VGN-AR190G delivers the goods. If your hedging between this Blu-Ray system and the HD-DVD-enabled Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650, the Sony gets points for its lighter, sleeker design (8.4 pounds versus 10.1 pounds), better graphics scores, and, of course, the fact that the VAIO’s Blu-ray drive can write as well as read discs. However, these advantages don’t quite justify the $500 delta between the Toshiba and Sony.
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http://laptoping.com/sony-vaio-vgn-ar190g-review.html

The Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 GT graphics card with 256MB of video memory provides the 3D muscle necessary to handle today's 3D games and play HD video well. The VGN-AR190G turned in a respectable 68 fps on our F.E.A.R tests in autodetect (1024 x 768), and 37 fps in maximum mode. The AR190G's 3DMark03 score of 11,578 is also quite good.
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http://laptopmag.com/Review/Sony-VAIO-VGN-AR190G.htm

They sell for $3500 in the states but I get them direct from the manufacturer

Depending on what customs decide to charge me I will sell them for around R15 000
 
jak3 said:
What price can you get the asus g1s for?
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ASUS® G1 Gaming Series G1-72UL - R18950

ASUS® G1 Gaming Series G1S-75UL - R 20100

These are both non-grey products.
The main difference I noted between the two is:
G1-72UL:
2Ghz
Go 7700 512MB
G1-75UL:
2.2Ghz
Go 8600 256MB DDR3

If you are interested, you can PM me, or my e-mail is on my site.
 
eitai2001 said:
ASUS® G1 Gaming Series G1-72UL - R18950

ASUS® G1 Gaming Series G1S-75UL - R 20100

These are both non-grey products.
The main difference I noted between the two is:
G1-72UL:
2Ghz
Go 7700 512MB
G1-75UL:
2.2Ghz
Go 8600 256MB DDR3

If you are interested, you can PM me, or my e-mail is on my site.
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Thanks,

I won't be buying right now, i'm looking at waiting a few months.

If i decide to go the asus route rather than the apple, i will definitely remember you. I have access to a rectron pricelist, so i appreciate how cheap your quotes were.
 
There is no use in buying a "gaming" notebook.

For R20000 you can buy a normal fast notebook AND a gaming desktop that will outperform the "gaming" laptop.

plus you cant upgrade a notebook, the hard drives are slow and the screens ghost a lot.

Take this advice from someone who's been there and made the mistakes. My one year old "gaming notebook" cant even keep playable framerates in BF2142

I got a Travelmate 8204 with Core2 2Ghz, 2GB ram and radeon X1600 256mb. The 5400RPM drive drove me bonkers!!! I replaced it with a 7200RPM drive for a slight improvement.
 
I have to agree somewhat with Sapphiron ... a laptop will never be as powerful as a cheaper PC equivalent ...
But to Sapphiron ... it also depends on your situation ... I'm not sure Jak3 needs it for ... but a gaming laptop does proof useful ... its portable, and it also keeps desk space clean.
But the main thing is portability ... esp. if you're a graphic designer ... you can't lug your mean machine to clients ... so you get a gaming laptop.
I'm sure Jak3 has a specific reason for the laptop ... because he is deciding between that and a Macbook ... which AFAIK is used a lot for graphic design.
 
jak3 said:
Thanks,

I won't be buying right now, i'm looking at waiting a few months.

If i decide to go the asus route rather than the apple, i will definitely remember you. I have access to a rectron pricelist, so i appreciate how cheap your quotes were.
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Sure, no problem
 
Sapphiron said:
There is no use in buying a "gaming" notebook.

For R20000 you can buy a normal fast notebook AND a gaming desktop that will outperform the "gaming" laptop.
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People's different needs mean different approaches to the question - this is what makes sense to you.

plus you cant upgrade a notebook, the hard drives are slow and the screens ghost a lot.
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Laptops aren't the closed 'black' boxen they used to be: sure, I didn't upgrade my video or CPU but I hugely bumped RAM and went from *shudder* a 4200rpm to a 7200rpm drive.

Take this advice from someone who's been there and made the mistakes. My one year old "gaming notebook" cant even keep playable framerates in BF2142

I got a Travelmate 8204 with Core2 2Ghz, 2GB ram and radeon X1600 256mb. The 5400RPM drive drove me bonkers!!! I replaced it with a 7200RPM drive for a slight improvement.
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I played Far Cry quite successfully on my old Acer TravelMate 8210 with a gig RAM, a 7200rpm drive, a Radeon 9000series (can't recall which one now, the machine got stolen) and the relevant Omega driver, the latter making ALL the difference!..but thanks for confirming my point about sucky drives :cool:
 
eitai2001 said:
I have to agree somewhat with Sapphiron ... a laptop will never be as powerful as a cheaper PC equivalent ...
But to Sapphiron ... it also depends on your situation ... I'm not sure Jak3 needs it for ... but a gaming laptop does proof useful ... its portable, and it also keeps desk space clean.
But the main thing is portability ... esp. if you're a graphic designer ... you can't lug your mean machine to clients ... so you get a gaming laptop.
I'm sure Jak3 has a specific reason for the laptop ... because he is deciding between that and a Macbook ... which AFAIK is used a lot for graphic design.
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Valid point, but then it isn't a gaming notebook then is it? :D
 
eitai2001 said:
I have to agree somewhat with Sapphiron ... a laptop will never be as powerful as a cheaper PC equivalent ...
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*cough* - 3DMark06 of 9007, this is "never" ..how? :cool: (FYI, the machine product page is here) Sure, it's going to cost more but you always get that when you pack lots of woema into a small package - you don't see cheap Porsches do you?
 
Lol ... I know ... I didn't say you will never get the same performance ... just said the equivalent desktop will always be cheaper as Sapphiron said.
 
bdt said:
Well, if you're a heavyweight boxer it's a "laptop" ..for the rest of us it's more like well-packaged-easily-transported-desktop-replacement! :p
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...And a portable heater for that cold joburg night. ;)
 
bdt said:
Well, relative to a GT3 and the like, yes. Question though: IIRC the Cayenne was built up from the Boxter body - does that make it also badly designed? :p
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well the cayenne is a 4x4 so i dont see how they built it up from the boxster cos the shapes are vastly different.
 
bdt said:
*cough* - 3DMark06 of 9007, this is "never" ..how? :cool: (FYI, the machine product page is here) Sure, it's going to cost more but you always get that when you pack lots of woema into a small package - you don't see cheap Porsches do you?
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R30000!!!!!

for that price your can get a PC that will score 20000 points +.

That thing is barely portable, I would rather get a Shuttle
 
bdt said:
Gak! ..hate it when I do that, I mean the *other* new one- the Cayman, of course! :o - not having one (much as I wanna) :cool:, I sometimes get the names wrong...
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Well i never really noticed any similarities between the body of a boxster and cayman but if what u say is right then they did a good job on the clearly better refined "boxster" body. There's just something in that boxster that just isnt porche, maybe an intern designed it :sick:
 
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