Portable Gaming

[akutozo]

What is your budget?
1800

What country will you be buying this in?
USA

What size notebook do you prefer?
Mainstream (15 - 16-inch screen)
Desktop Replacement (17-inch + screen)

Would you consider a refurbished laptop?
Yes

What are the primary tasks you need this notebook for?
Computer Programming, Graphic Intense 3D Gaming

What games will you be playing?
Shogun Total War 2, SWTOR, Crysis I and II, Dragon Age I and II, many others.

Where will you be using this laptop?
Will be used different places and Will stay on desk

How many hours of battery life do you need?
3

Will you be buying online or in store?
online

Which OS do you prefer?
Windows 7

List the screen resolutions that interest you:
Max Resolution (1920 x 1080)

Do you prefer a glossy or matte screen?
Glossy is fine

Is the laptops design important to you?
No

Approximately what date will you be buying this laptop?
Around 08/03/2012

How long do you want this laptop to last?
2 years

How much storage capacity do you need?
500 GB

Are you interested in SSD for storage?
Maybe

Do you want a built-in optical drive, what type?
Blu-Ray

[akutozo]

Looking to get maximum computing/gaming performance in this price range. It is possible I can go over 1800, but I want to be as close to this budget as humanly possible. This will be my first performance laptop and will be used as my gaming PC replacement over the next 4 to 6 months).

[akutozo]

While waiting, I have been reading about Sager options. One that has stuck my interest is:

Sager NP9150 (Clevo P150EM)

with the following standard options w/changes.


15.6” Full HD 16:9 LED-Backlit Gloss 95% NTSC Color Gamut Ultra Bright
AMD® Radeon™ HD 7970M 2GB GDDR5
NEW! 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.30 GHz)
IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
Drivers & Utility Software Only - No OS
16GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 4 X 4GB - Free Memory Upgrade Back to School Special!
Sager Branding
750GB 7200rpm SATA 300 Hard Drive-Free Hard Drive Upgrade Back to School Special
6X Blu-ray Reader/8X DVD±R/2.4X +DL Super-Multi Drive
No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 - 802.11A/B/G/N Wireless LAN Module
8 cells smart Lithium-Ion battery pack 76.96Wh
Integrated Fingerprint Reader
LIFETIME Limited Labor and 1 Year Premium** Parts Warranty
No Canada Warranty
8 cells smart Lithium-Ion battery pack 76.96Wh


I don't know if there is something competitive or better however and would love pro/con input. Thanks again.

[poketape]

I own the Clevo P150EM and I love it. I bought from Mythlogic because I liked their reputation and the fact that they build their own laptops instead of getting them from Sager.

[Scimatth7]

I own a very similar np9150 build, and I love it. Only game that I have been able to tank the framerate on is, funnily enough, Minecraft with 256x textures and far settings. (Keeping in mind tank means sub 60 fps)

One change I would have you make though is to get the matte screen. I love it, entirely worth it imo.

[junky77]

The NP9150 is great, but it has the problem with 7970M and the Enduro