Help lol

[djackjr]

Ok have spent the last week going back and forth on a High end gaming laptop for under $3000, that will replace my desktop at home, and that I can take on the road with me in my RV. I also need it for school for my game programming degree, I am working on. I am more confused now then before I started looking lol.

[Anewbus]

Tell us the specs you are looking for and perhaps we can help. (filling out the questionare would help alot).

[djackjr]

Ok I think I answered this right. :)

1) What is your budget? $3000

2) What size notebook would you prefer?
d. Desktop Replacement; 17"+ screen
3) What country are you buying this in? US

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like? Nope

5) What tasks will you be performing with the notebook? Gaming and game programming.

6) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places or leaving it on your desk? Both, will be hooking into a bigger monitor at home and my surround sound system.

7) Will you be playing games on it; if so, which games? All high end games
as I tell my wife for research purposes lol

8) How many hours of battery life do you need? 2 to 4 hrs

9) Do you mind buying online without seeing the notebook in person? Nope

10) What OS do you prefer? (more details below) Windows 7 Professional
Screen Specifics

11) From the choices below, what screen resolutions would you prefer? (more details below)
f. WUXGA - 1920x1200; Wider viewing version of UXGA, good for movie viewing or spreadsheets.
12) Do you want a glossy/reflective screen or a matte/non glossy screen? No Idea

Build Quality and Design

13) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you? Yes and No

14) When are you buying this laptop and how long do you want this laptop to last? NOW and three to 5 years I guess I know wishfull thinking lol

Notebook Components

15) How much hard drive space do you want; 500GB

16) Do you need an optical drive? yes, a CDRW/DVD-ROM, CD/DVD Burner

17) What speed CPU/Processor would you like? Quad Core CPU

[powerpack]

If you want the absolute best gaming out now the Sager NP8120. It is 18.4" has i7 GTX285m SLI and can hold 3 HDD's. Not DX11. If that is too much size? Asus G73JH, 17" i7 HD5870m 2 HDD's has DX11. Those are my two choses. There is one other Sager but I just left it off. I made an executive decision the other two are better. With your needs and budget I do not see anyone making a case for others. But we shall see and that is part of the fun.

Good luck.

[Anewbus]

I'd have to agree on the Asus G73JH. The reason I lean towards that one only slightly more than the Sager (though there are things I like on the Sager better personally) is because taking into account the fact that you will be doing game programming DX11 will come up rather soon. So you'll want that ability.
(I'm sure we will see it in Sagers soon, but don't know when).

[djackjr]

Quick update. Went with sager np9280. Since I will be gaming and designing games. Lot of programming of games and graphic work.

[Mekhit]

LOL I don't know why people think the Asus won't be great for graphic work...hell I'm going to be doing mainly 3D modeling on it due to it's GPU and RAM size...sigh :cool:

[powerpack]

LOL I don't know why people think the Asus won't be great for graphic work...hell I'm going to be doing mainly 3D modeling on it due to it's GPU and RAM size...sigh :cool:I honestly do not know enough about 3D modeling to know? I do suspect you are correct since you say you know. The discussion was kind of short. I gave the best mobile GPU setup not really hard on my end. Going with the 9280 I know OP got far superior CPU. But the importance as I said I could not tell you.:)

[Mekhit]

Actually the 9280 is a nice machine, I just don't like the graphics card. Nvidia has really dropped the ball over the past couple years when it comes to 3D applications with their drivers. On another thread I quoted some stuff I found where basically ATI is better because it supports OpenCL and built on top of OpenCL while Nvidia has yet to get that far. Nvidia is still working on Cuda.