The gaming laptop is coming of age! it’s constant
rising in popularity as performance quality advances
above. Gamers now regularly consider laptops or notebooks
when searching for the perfect gaming machine.
With each new generation of notebooks we are seeing some
new advances: dual-core notebooks, PCI Express,
Sonoma chipset, larger storage, larger RAM, faster
CPU, better battery life and better wireless connections
including a cellular modem. All the welcome news for the players.
and laptop lovers alike.
Generally, gamers are a very demanding group, you know
their computers and know what they want on their
computers. Most gamers like to order their gaming laptop
with your own specifications and configurations. in that light,
if you carefully examine the main points that players consider
when configuring or building your Dream Machine, you
have a good plan for the best gaming machine.
Since laptop technology changes every two years or so,
it’s probably wise to buy a laptop that can be easily
updated as new products come online. So consider the
upgradable factor in any notebook you plan to buy.
Now, let’s look at some of these key gameplay factors:
GRAPHICS
Must have the best/latest/fastest graphics on the market. DUH!
Serious gamers are worried about graphics, obsessed probably
be a better word. That’s right! Graphics or quality of
the graphics chipset in your laptop will be your first area
consideration and will largely determine the performance of the game
from your PC.
Choose the latest graphics chipset and also check if
you can upgrade your graphics card on the particular machine
you are thinking of buying. Many machines allow it.
Here are some graphics chipsets that are highly rated: ATi Mobility
Radeon 9700, ATI Mobility FireGL V3200 or Intel Graphics Media
Accelerator 900.
ATi Mobility Radeon 9700 is a high quality graphics or visual card.
processing unit (VPU) present in many laptops of the latest generation. He
will give you higher performance at a lower power level, saving
Battery power.
It makes your laptop capable of many functions: 3D gaming,
Widescreen HDTV, dynamic presentations, mobile video editing studio
and graphics processor.
Many laptops now come with integrated graphics, where the components
they interact and are sometimes shared, especially memory. If you like
a 3D gaming laptop — check the amount of video RAM —
this is memory dedicated to graphics or video applications.
Other common graphics chipsets are: STMicro, NVIDIA, 3D Labs, Matrox,
Trident S3 and SIS.
RAM
Get as much RAM as possible. DUDE!
RAM or random access memory will determine the number of graphics
your laptop will be able to handle it. is better
get as much as possible on your machine or what you
can afford.
It is generally accepted that you need at least 256 MB for
Windows XP and Mac OS X. You will only need 128 MB for other
operating systems on Windows or Mac.
RAM or the amount of RAM in your laptop is extremely
important if you want to handle heavy graphics files or want to play
games on your notebook. The more RAM you have, the more apps
you will be able to drive. Some laptops now come with up to 2GB
of DDR2 533MHz RAM!
DDR2 SDRAM: It is a new standard that can boost conventional SDRAM
memory up to speeds well above 200 MHz and beyond. For example, him
IBM ThinkPad T43, thanks to the Chipset or Sonoma platform has
533MHz DDR2 SDRAM.
This is much better than standard SDRAM, which is over 150-
166 MHz and DDR SDRAM which starts at 200 MHz and goes up to around
400MHz.
Video RAM or VRAM is special memory used by video adapters in
Your notebook. This is RAM that is dedicated to handling images and
graphics on your laptop. This is useful if you want to play.
many of the latest 3D video games on your laptop.
It is somewhat different from ordinary RAM because it can be
accessed by two different devices at once, allowing screen updates
while the video processor processes new data. VRAM provides better
graphics but it is more expensive than regular RAM.
SPEED
You need the fastest computer money can buy. Period!
To get the most out of your latest
gaming computer should have the fastest speed you can get
or pay. Your ultimate PC must be able to process and handle
the latest 3D video games with ease. there is nothing so annoying
as if your PC froze in the middle of some great gaming action!
Therefore, the speed of your processor is very important.
CPU or Central Processing Unit, you probably know it as
the processor! It is the heart or rather the brain of your
notebook or computer. It does all the data processing and applications of your computer. Since it does most of the work, it’s usually the most expensive part of your laptop.
Go with SATA!
SATA is a type of hard drive and stands for Serial Advanced Technology
Architecture. It was developed by a whole group of companies, including
Seagate, Intel, Maxtor, Dell and others. SATA transmits serial data
(in a single stream) unlike PATA or Parallel ATA which is commonly
called an IDE hard drive.
Serial ATA hard drives consume less power and are ideal for laptops
computers, they are also more advanced than PATA hard drives that
uses multiple data streams, go figure! Purpose Serial Technology leads
data in a single stream and, unlike PATA, is not limited to one
clock speed, Serial transfers data packets nearly 30 times faster than
parallel.
If one of your goals is to get the most out of your laptop, opt for a SATA
hard drives.
Intel Pentium M processors are commonly found in many
notebooks and laptops. When in doubt, also go with a Pentium!
The speed of microprocessors is measured in MHz.
MHz is short for megahertz. One MHz equals one million cycles.
per second. The speed of the processors, generally known as clock speed,
it is measured in megahertz (MHz) or currently in gigahertz (GHz).
The higher the clock speed, the faster the computer will process
applications and data. Determine the power of your laptop
the computer will be Processor speeds for notebooks or laptops are
steadily increasing, not exactly the same as a desktop, but the gap
it is narrowing rapidly. Speeds of 3.4 GHz or higher.
Do not forget to ask or check the speed of the hard drive! Hard at 7,200rpm
the drive is faster than a 4,200rpm or 5,400rpm and generally offers better
performance.
SHOW
You need the brightest, sharpest display screen or all of the above
the points are moot!
Screen quality is also extremely important for your games.
experience. Make sure the resolution and display quality of
your laptop can handle 3D gaming graphics.
What to keep in mind…
SVGA resolution. Simply put, computer images are made up of
points, the more points you have, the better the image will be.
The SVGA resolution is made up of 800 x 600 points.
Many laptops have XGA (1024 by 768 dots) or
SXGA (1280 x 1024 dots), these resolutions will give
a higher quality image. WXGA stands for XGA Widescreen.
TFT active matrix screen. TFT means thin film
transistors and many high-end laptops use
(TFT) active matrix liquid crystal displays.
If display quality is your primary reason to buy
a notebook, the best thing to do is to do the ‘old vision test’
and check the image quality first hand and decide
for you. Panasonic, Toshiba, Sony and others
are known for their high-quality monitors, this
quality is also present on the screen of your laptop
screens
So when shopping for your perfect gaming laptop, remember this:
Graphics + Ram + Speed + Display = Perfect Gaming Notebook
Consider all of the above factors before purchasing or configuring
your perfect gaming machine. There is a good chance that you
you’ll get a premium gaming laptop that’s
Giving you hours and hours of pure gaming bliss!