A 15.4" laptop for gaming

[Comp625]

Where can I find a 15.4" laptop that has a good video card for video gaming. The only place that I've found so far which allows for customization of parts is Dell and their Inspiron 15.4" offering stinks in regards to it's video card choices. Admittedly, the XPS 17" versions ROCK but that might be too big and heavy for me as I do tend to lug my laptop around...any advice would be most appreciated!

 

[imported_kenyee]

Asus Z96J or S96J....Google...

 

[Brainonska511]

Looking at stuff on newegg:
Acer Notebooks with MR X1600: The only issue the two cheaper notebooks have WXGA (1280x800 on a 15.4" Screen) screens.
Asus W3J - out of stock at the moment, but there are other web stores that carry Asus notebooks, there is a list over at Notebookforums.com in the Asus section.
Asus A8Jm (not as nice as the W3J though)

There is also the Lenovo T60p - Core Duo, FireGL v5200 (professional version of the MR X1600, but will run a little slower with games), 14.1 or 15" XGA/SXGA ~$1500+ depending on config.

 

[SoundTheSurrender]

I have the Asus S96J, I love it.

 

[ViperV990]

Any idea if there's a 7900GS-equiped 15.4" laptop coming? I heard that the 7900GS consumes "only" 20W compared to the X1600's 16W. I mean if ASUS can get the X1600 into a 14.1" model (I'm speaking of the W3J of course) why can't anyone put the GS into a 15.4" model?

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: ViperV990
Any idea if there's a 7900GS-equiped 15.4" laptop coming? I heard that the 7900GS consumes "only" 20W compared to the X1600's 16W. I mean if ASUS can get the X1600 into a 14.1" model (I'm speaking of the W3J of course) why can't anyone put the GS into a 15.4" model?

The only reason that I could think of why they wouldn't want to do it would be that it would cut out 17" notebook sales.

 

[ViperV990]

The same thing could be said about the 14.1" W3J.

Obviously people are still buying 15.4" laptops despite of the fact that the currently best graphics option for the 15.4" class, the X1600, is available on a 14.1" model.

Besides, the 17" class of notebooks still has the GTX.