[QUOTE="skrat_01"]Asus laptops have giant vents at the back, so you can actually game with the thing on your lap and not be roasted. The downside is that it's a louder idling than most laptops. ChubbyGuy40
My friend has a top-of-the-line single GPU ASUS laptop from last year and that thing heats up like a mother******. The cooling it provides is not efficient and he has to have a cooling pad while gaming. Even doing some basic multitasking it can overheat itself.
Real mobile HD gaming is possible on AMD Llano A8 based laptop.
Personally, I plan for AMD Trinity APU + hybrid CrossFireX based laptop purchase sometime in 2012 i.e. my current gaming laptop would probably last until the end of current gen HD consoles.
ronvalencia
I was never arguing that they couldn't. To me, it just seems pointless since you have to have it plugged in for any decent gaming session, and a cooling pad is essential.
At that point, it just makes a desktop seem so much more viable. Unless you're always on the go and need that power with you, I just don't see the point. Definitely easier to bring to LAN parties though.
He got a lemon then. There are many, many people with gaming laptops that are well designed and don't overheat, so don't say all (or imply) that gaming laptops have these kinds of problems just from one personal experience.
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