ok so an update on my gaming rig, when i got bck to india a brought a del studio XPS 16 which is a great multimedia machine but i wanted and needed more, fortunately i was offered a new notebook at the end of June and heres the specs for you:

Manufacturer: Sager NP8662-(Clevo M860ETU) Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P9700 @ 2.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.8GHz Memory: 4090MB RAM Hard Drive: 320 GB Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M Monitor: 15.4" WSXGA+ (1680x1050) TFT LCD Sound Card: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio), as far as 15" notebooks go this is as powerful as it gets, the joy with clevo is the components are user upgradable so im planning on dropping in a QX9300 quad core and the GTX280m in a year when i notice a performace decrease, but for now this machine handles everything i need it to very well indeed.