Gaming Laptops - What You Need To Customize

By Matthew Kerridge

Gaming laptops are basically just a regular laptop that has been designed with special components that is used for gaming. Gamers worldwide are attracted to these types of systems when ever they are looking for a new notebook to play on. These gaming laptops are usually specially ordered because of an absence of pre built gaming systems that can be found on the market. Even with highly desirable specs, gamers will often skip the basic systems and spring for the customized notebook. Processing speed, graphics and battery life are all nice on basic models, but are still looked over in favor of something handpicked.

How good your gaming experience will be and how well the game will perform are based upon the quality of the graphics card that you are using. Two names you will see often in this aspect is ATI and NVIDIA. A fast processing speed is also important. Pentium 4 Athlon processors are preferred by many gamers.

At least 80 GB or higher is needed in the system for the best performance and the hard disk speed should be in the 5400 rpm range, if not more. For 3D games you will need at least 7200 rpm, however, and these days 3D is the most popular.

While the internal configurations of these systems are very important, so is the display resolution and screen size. 15. 4 inches or bigger is best for a good gaming experience. The bigger the screen the better of course. A big screen helps you to move through the game easily without missing important information that has been displayed on the screen. It also lessens the strain put on your eyes that smaller notebook screens can only increase.

Display quality, as mentioned above, is also a highly important part of the gaming experience. For the best image quality, XGA and SXGA should be used. Newer models, of course, are now choosing to use LCD also. Just a few of the leaders in this area include Toshiba, Sony and Panasonic. Gamers are getting drawn in to their new high quality monitors that are easily affordable.

A large variety of cool designs are now offered to gamers as well. Market leaders in this field include Dell XPS, Hypersonic, Falcon Northwest and Alienware. Prices can range from as low as $2400 and upward, depending on what configurations the gamer has chosen.

Choosing the right gaming laptop can be difficult at times. Newer systems are now coming equipped with dual core, increased RAM, longer battery life, larger hard drives, wireless connectivity and PCI Express. - 31403

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