10 Top Gaming Laptops

Alienware M18x  $4,500 +

3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processors

Up to 32GB * , 1600MHz memory performance boost

New Triple HDD options with boot, caching, SSD and RAID drives

Up to Dual 2GB *

NVIDIA GTX 680M GPUs for a combined 200W of discrete graphics power

Stunning 18.4" Full HD 1920x1080 WLED LCD display (standard)

MSI GT783-625US  $2,500 +

Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM Processor

17.3" Full HD Anti-reflective Display (16:9; 1920 x 1080)

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580M discrete graphics (DDR5 2.0GB VRAM)

128GB SSD + 750GB HDD(7200 RPM)

Accelerated performance with MSI TDE Technology

Full-color programmable backlit keyboard by SteelSeries

MSI Cooler Boost Technology

Dynaudio Premium Speakers w/ Subwoofer

16GB DDR3 system memory

Blu-ray Disc burner

USB 3.0 for high speed data transfer

HDMI 1.4 (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) output

Alienware M17X (Sandy Bridge)   $2,200 +

Processor

Intel Core i7-2720M (clock speed at 2.2 GHz)

Operating System Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

Video Graphics

AMD Radeon HD 6970M (primary)

Intel HD Graphics 3000 (secondary)

Memory 8 GB DDR3

Display 17.3-inch widescreen which

1,920-by-1,080 resolution

Hard Drive

2 x 750GB 7200 RPM HDD with RAID 0

Optical Drive DVD+/-RW DL with Blu-Ray

Ports mini-DisplayPort, HDMI-Out, VGA-Out, HDMI-in (rarely found on laptops),

five USB ports, two of which are USB 3.0, two USB 2.0, and one ESata/USB combo

Battery 90WH battery up to 2 hours 24 minutes

Alienware M14x R3  $2,000 +

Operating System   Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

RAM memory    RAM 8 GB

Storage Capacity   750 GB

CPU Type  Intel Core i7-2670QM

Notebook type   Gaming, Media

CPU Frequency 2.2 GHz

Display Resolution   1600 x 900

Graphics Card   nVidia GeForce GT 555M

Primary Optical  Drive Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW

HDD Rotation Speed      7200 rpm

Wireless Display Capability (WiDi)          Yes

Battery Type      63 Whr (Watt hours)

Display Size      14 inches

Sony VAIO VPC-F236FM  $1,400 +

Notebook         

Sony Vaio VPCF236FM/B

Nvidia GT 540M

Processor  i7-2670QM

Processor Freq  2.2 GHz / 3.1 GHz Turbo

Memory  8 GB

Hard Disk  750 GB

Display 16.4"

Graphics  GeForce GT 540M

Ports    2 USB 3.0 Ports, 1 USB 2.0, Ethernet, Wifi, Camera, Bluetooth, Blue Ray player

Other Features  HDMI, WiMax

Asus G74SX-BBK8  $1,200 +

Intel Core i7-2670QM 2.20GHz

8GB DDR3, 1TB (2x500GB 7200RPM)

DVD+/-RW Dual Layer, Nvidia GTX 560M 2GB, 17.3" (1600x900)

Intel Centrino Wireless-N 6150 + WiMAX 6150, Webcam, Backlit Keyboard, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Asus N55SF-A1  $1,200 +

Operating System:  Windows 7 home Premium (64 bit)

Card Reader: 3 in 1 card reader SD, MMC, MS

CPU: Intel Quad Core i3/i5/i7

Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GT 555 2GB

Main memory: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3

Display: 15.6” FHD

Hard drive: 750GB 7200RPM

Webcam: 2.0 megapixel

Optical: Blu-ray Write +2.0 CAM

Additional features: music now

Alienware M11xr3   $1,000 + .

1.40GHz Intel Core i5-2537M (3MB Cache, max turbo frequency 2.3GHz)

4GB 1333MHz DDR3 (2 x 2GB)

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

11.6" glossy WideHD LED Backlit display (1366x768)

500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive

Nvidia GeForce GT 540M Discrete Graphics (1GB GDDR3) with switchable Intel HD integrated graphics

Intel Centrino Advanced–N + WiMAX 6250 a/g/n 2x2, 10/100/1000 LAN

3-in-1 media card reader

8-Cell Li-ion 64WH battery, 90W Power Supply

Toshiba Satellite P755-S5269  $900 +

Operating System - Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium

64-bit Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM

Processor 2.0 GHz (2.9 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology), 6MB L3 Cache

Mobile Intel® HM65 Express Chipset

NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M with NVIDIA® Optimus™ Technology featuring 1024MB GDDR3 discrete graphics memory

NVIDIA Optimus™ technology automatically switches graphics

Total Available Graphics memory 3793MB

Configured with 6GB DDR3 1333MHz (max 8GB) 2 main memory slots. Both slots occupied.

750GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive

DVD SuperMulti drive supporting 11 formats

15.6” diagonal widescreen TruBrite® TFT LCD display at 1366 x 768 native resolution (HD)

16:9 aspect ratio

Built-in harman/kardon® stereo speakers

Dolby® Advanced Audio®

Waves MaxxAudio® 3

Premium Raised Tile LED backlit Keyboard with 10-Keypad (black)

Dell XPS 15z (Microsoft)  $900 +

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Processor / Chipset

Processor Intel Core i7 i7-2620M / 2.7 GHz

Memory  RAM 8.0 GB

Technology DDR3 SDRAM

Speed 1333.0 MHz

Storage

Hard Drive 750.0 GB / 7200.0 rpm

Optical Drive CD/DVD Burner

Read Speed 8X

Hard drive type Standard

Display Type 15.6 in

Graphics Processor nVidia GeForce GT 525M 2GB graphics with Optimus