What to Look for In A Gaming Laptop: Things to Consider
by Shishir Chakma Digital Marketer and SEO ExpertsGaming
laptops are becoming more powerful as notebook technology offers up new
platforms and ever-increasing performance benchmarks. Gone are the days when a
serious PC gamer would laugh at the idea of using a laptop for gaming. While
gaming PCs still hold a slight advantage over gaming laptops (mainly when it
comes to upgrading), gaming laptops now offer a viable alternative, even for
hardcore PC gamers.
If your next
computer purchase is a gaming laptop you should consider or check-out
these five major factors or components in order to get the best bang for your
gaming buck. These five features are: Graphics Card, Processor, RAM, Hard Drive
and Display.
Graphics
Card
Perhaps, the
major part of a gaming laptop is the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) or Graphics
Card. You want a high-end Graphics card with dedicated RAM to handle all the
latest video games. Integrated graphics simply won't be able to process all the
complex features of modern 3-D games.
Most top
brand name or high-end gaming laptops now have two or more Graphics Cards
working together in Crossfire or SLI (Scalable Link Interface) configuration to
give you premium handling power. You should also check to see if your new
gaming system has at least 250MB of video memory as this will help with the
smooth running of your games.
Processor
Most
high-end gaming laptops now come with at least Dual-core CPUs (Central
Processing Units) and we even have quad-processors in some laptops. Your CPU
will determine how fast your laptop will run and process data so it is
obviously another vital element of your gaming laptop. You want to pick the
fastest processor speed that you can afford.
RAM
Another very
important feature of the gaming laptop is RAM s ince it will also determine how
fast your laptop will run. You want at least 1GB of RAM to play most games but
many gaming laptops now come with 2 or more Gigs of RAM. Check the type of RAM,
DDRAM3 will be faster. Try to get as much RAM as you can afford and prices have
been steadily decreasing in recent years so you should be able to get enough
RAM to handle most games.
Hard
Drive
Most gamers
go with 7200rpm hard drives as these will be faster than a slower speed hard
drive. Many gamers also pick SATA Hard Drives (Serial ATA) which gives them
higher performance, especially for high bandwidth applications such as
multi-player gaming. In addition, recent gaming laptops are now sporting two or
more hard drives which can offer up to a Terabyte of storage.
Solid State
Drives are probably the future of gaming but these at the moment are just too
expensive. SSDs have no moving parts so they are considered more reliable than
an ordinary hard drive with movable parts that can crash.
Display
and Visuals
Gaming
laptops are all about the visuals and entertainment features so you want to
check the display quality as well as the sound quality. High end gaming laptops
now come with full 1080p displays and Blu-ray DVD drives to give you the best
in viewing pleasure. You should check the display size and resolution to make
sure you're not disappointed.
Gaming
laptops have now become popular not only with gamers but with those who want a
high-performance laptop for intensive graphic and video work. They are becoming
desktop replacements for many PC users and their use is not restricted just to
gaming. Regardless of how they're used, if you want a superior gaming rig, just
follow the five guidelines mentioned above to help you find a laptop that will
be able to handle all your hardware demands and performance levels to meet your
gaming needs.
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