I live in toronto and looking for a new laptop.

I live in the toronto area and am looking to buy a new laptop. A laptop that can play games smoothly and at good graphics. I think i have a good budget, i was looking to go to dell but i know that they super overcharge their latops. Im also hoping the laptop to have a good battery life as i will use it for school and watching videos. Im looking for a decent gaming laptop thats at a reasonable price. If you have any reccomandations near the toronto area or any online that i can get to easly, that would be a great help. Thanks

I live in the toronto area and am looking to buy a new laptop. A laptop that can play games smoothly and at good graphics. I think i have a good budget, i was looking to go to dell but i know that they super overcharge their latops. Im also hoping the laptop to have a good battery life as i will use it for school and watching videos. Im looking for a decent gaming laptop thats at a reasonable price. If you have any reccomandations near the toronto area or any online that i can get to easly, that would be a great help. Thanks

dragonmaster64

You can find better deals online, like tigerdirect.ca and newegg. But a decent gaming laptop is going to be around $1300-2000 excluding taxes.

You can find better deals online, like tigerdirect.ca and newegg. But a decent gaming laptop is going to be around $1300-2000 excluding taxes.

Aftermath91

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You can find better deals online, like tigerdirect.ca and newegg. But a decent gaming laptop is going to be around $1300-2000 excluding taxes.

ionusX

yeah the TC said good graphics though, so he probably doesn't wanna play on low.

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[QUOTE="Aftermath91"]

You can find better deals online, like tigerdirect.ca and newegg. But a decent gaming laptop is going to be around $1300-2000 excluding taxes.

Aftermath91

yeah the TC said good graphics though, so he probably doesn't wanna play on low.

unless he wants to get a refurbed in which case 1040 gets you a gtx 560M

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230352

that ssytem will play many games on meidum such as say max payne 3 and max out diablo 3 nicely. skyrim, bf3, mw3 all high or maximum. crysis 1 on high etc.

anything released before this year and the less demanding games in this years library you could either max on play on high (omitting metro 2033 thats medium)

okay what about these:

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-computers-BRAND-NEW-GAMING-LAPTOP-THAT-CAN-RUN-DIABLO-3-ON-ULTRA-W0QQAdIdZ387464406

http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-computers-Alienware-M14X-with-Dell-Complete-Care-warranty-W0QQAdIdZ387489684

1st one is basically equal to my origional suggestion but for somereason moron has it reduced way down for quick sale

and the 2nd is a halfwayhouse ebtween my refurbed option and where we started

i am not interested in buying from users online just in case there could be problems. But thanks for the first one that one looked ok, i tried to see if i can buy it new just in case, To me it looks okay for the price and apparently the video card is pretty good.dragonmaster64

thank you for that but newegg isnt a comfortable/viable option for me. dragonmaster64

What's wrong with Newegg? It's as reputable as retailers (online or B&M) get.

Anyway, the big question is just how important you think gaming is. Gaming/gaming capable laptops in general are a terrible investment (they're generally big, heavy, run hot, get relatively poor battery life, and are overly expensive relative to performance), and at ~$1000 you really have to compromise in order to get the CPU+GPU you want. So unless gaming is *that* important to you, you're going to be better off with a cheaper/more portable model and sticking to the odd game that does run on integrated graphics.

So that said, my recommendation would be the Alienware M11x. It's not a gaming monster by any stretch and it's ugly as sin, but you still get decent performance without sacrificing much on the portability or build quality side of things, and it comes in at $1000 before taxes.

The other recommendation I'd have would be to look at building a small budget gaming rig and using a cheap tablet/netbook for taking to class. You should be able to easily do it for $1000, and you get superior gaming performance while still getting something nice and portable.

thank you for all your reccomendations, i have come to this one that ionusx would have reccomended. what do you think of this laptop.

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en/ho/WF06b/321957-321957-3329744-64354-64354-5169332-5218600.html?dnr=1#null

i wont use it for intense gamming but when the occasional future game arises i would be interested.

it can do some gaming.. here ill toss around some bench results:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-7690M.67737.0.html

skyrim on medium, mw3 on high, deus ex HR on high, dawn of war II and starcraft II on high

out of all those games i guess i would be interested in starcraft the most. I think for the price the graphics card is well and should hold me for future games? aside from that from a student perspective i realy like the beats audio thats added ( dont know much about it) because i do listen to music alot. i find the price of 899$ very affordable, i used a HP laptop before and i found that the charger stopped working (thats why im getting a new laptop again), the main prroblem is that should i go ahead with HP again if my previous HP charger stopped working after about roughly two years. I also read its 9 lithium battery, i think most comps are 6. so the battery life should be good. I know a 17 inch is kind of big for a student but i accept it for the gamming side. But anything else i should know about regarding the laptop as a whole and not just the gaming side? What else should i be aware of the laptop before i make descisions? gaming and non gaming? Thanks.dragonmaster64

I thought I posted a message in this thread, I guess it failed. Anyways, you can definitely get a good gaming laptop with a $1000 budget. You need to go to logicbuy.com and other coupon/discount code websites and find a good deal. For $1000 you can definitely get a higher-end Dell or HP laptop with a strong GPU, i.e. a 6890m in the new HP Envy line-up. There are other brands worth looking at, but Dell and HP tend to offer the most customization options. Anyways, check for coupons and discounts and you'll get a good gaming machine.

Consider this deal, as an example, of a good value for $1000 -http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/hp-envy-17-laptop/19986.aspx

I thought I posted a message in this thread, I guess it failed. Anyways, you can definitely get a good gaming laptop with a $1000 budget. You need to go to logicbuy.com and other coupon/discount code websites and find a good deal. For $1000 you can definitely get a higher-end Dell or HP laptop with a strong GPU, i.e. a 6890m in the new HP Envy line-up. There are other brands worth looking at, but Dell and HP tend to offer the most customization options. Anyways, check for coupons and discounts and you'll get a good gaming machine.

Consider this deal, as an example, of a good value for $1000 -http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/hp-envy-17-laptop/19986.aspx

kraychik