Ok, so i know we have alot of computer experts on here so.... im looking for a good gaming laptop for under 1K, so far ive found the asus G51VX-RX05 which looks to be a good way to go, aside from running hot, its getting pretty damn good reviews. So my question is, should i go with this model, or does anyone know something better to go with? im going out tomorrow (well i guess technically today) to buy a laptop, so something i can get in a physical store would be helpful. Thanks in advance cocks.

1) what are you planning on using it for?
2) if you have any, what are your minimum requirements? (screen size, speed, etc.)
3) if any, what special features do you want?


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

maybe this online review will help

http://hothardware.com/Articles/Asus-G51VXRX05-Gaming-Laptop/?page=2

Just be sure to get lots of RAM, and a good video card.

Get the fastest RPM hard drive you can find in a laptop, too. It makes a difference with seek and access times, and games are constantly reading from the drive. The faster it spins, the quicker it can access and retrieve data.

2Gb RAM is a minimum, if you can afford 4, go for it. If you have two laptops to choose from, and one has the fastest CPU, and only 1GB RAM, and the other has a slightly slower CPU but 2GB RAM, go with the slower CPU/bigger RAM.

For games you are going to want lots of RAM and a hefty video chip. Performance-wise, a 2GHz CPU and a 1.5GHz CPU are not that much different, but 1GB of memory versus 2GB of memory is an enormous difference.

And when you get your laptop home be sure to google "laptop optimization" and follow some of the guides on how to speed up your laptop. Use "Bootvis" to speed up boot up, for example. Disable all the flashy animated crap and shadows and just have a bare-bones GUI, to save processing cycles and memory for your games.

Also, unless you can get 7, insist on XP Pro, not Vista.

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Oh, yeah, if the ASUS runs a little hot, just invest in the best cooling pad you can find.

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Vista is far more secure than XP.

WTF i cant believe my eyes, am i actually reading legitimate, sincere advice on fairfax underground?!?!?!

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Out of the box, maybe, perhaps. But it is also an enormous resource hog.

A stripped down, streamlined XP only uses a fraction of the resources that Vista uses, and anyone with the willingness to invest a few hours doing a little googling can configure XP to be quite secure.

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The function of conservatives is not to meet every liberal program or scheme with a denunciation or a destructive counterscheme, but rather to weigh its advantages and defects, supporting the first and challenging the second. A declaration of ideological warfare against liberalism is by its nature profoundly unconservative. It meets perceived radicalism with a counterradicalism of its own.

Is Ubuntu pretty secure?

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It is "pretty" secure.

Debian is the distribution that was sort of founded on principles of security.

Redhat is pretty good. Slackware is also pretty good.

Trustix is gaining popularity, but I don't know that much about it.

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The function of conservatives is not to meet every liberal program or scheme with a denunciation or a destructive counterscheme, but rather to weigh its advantages and defects, supporting the first and challenging the second. A declaration of ideological warfare against liberalism is by its nature profoundly unconservative. It meets perceived radicalism with a counterradicalism of its own.

Thanks for the help guys, i went with the asus and its pretty money, runs games at pretty much full spec with no problem. Im gonna drop by micro center and pick up a cooling pad just to be safe. Thanks

bwhatttttt? Wrote:
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> WTF i cant believe my eyes, am i actually reading
> legitimate, sincere advice on fairfax
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nope, you misread

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> Is Ubuntu pretty secure?

you are more likely to get hit by lightning than you are to get malware, spyware or a virus when using linux.


"the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."