Top 5 Gaming Laptops

Editors' Rating

Specs

Editors' Take

Price
Alienware M17x
Alienware M17x

9.0

2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad QX9300; 8GB RAM; two 500GB drives; 17-inch display (1,920x1,200); dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M (2GB); 12.7 pounds; Windows Vista Home Premium (64-bit) The fastest gaming laptop we've ever tested, Alienware’s M17x packs top-shelf components in its 17-inch frame. But dedicated gamers will have to dig very deep to afford this field-dominating PC. from $4,049.00

AVADirect Clevo M980NU
AVA Direct Clevo M980NU

8.8

2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300; 4GB RAM; 500GB hard drive; dual 128GB solid-state drives; DVD±RW; 18.4-inch display (1,920x1,080); Dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M cards (2GB); 13.3 pounds; 1.7x17.3x11.8 inches (HWD); Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit)
A gaming rig fueled by a quad-core CPU and powerful SLI graphics, the Clevo M980NU outpaced the field-leading Alienware M17x on most of our benchmark tests, but it came up short in terms of DirectX 10 performance. $4,468 (direct, as tested)

Alienware Area-51 m15x
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8.7

2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000; 4GB RAM; 200GB, 320GB hard drives; 15.4-inch display (1,920x1,080); Nvidia GeForce 8800M GTX (512MB); 7.1 pounds; Windows Vista Home Premium The Area-51 m15x is one of the fastest gaming laptops we've tested. No pricing information available

Sony VAIO NW180J/S
Sony VAIO NW180J/S

8.1

2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7350; 4GB RAM; 400GB hard drive; 15.5-inch display (1,366x768); ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 (512MB); 6 pounds; Windows Vista Home Premium With its excellent screen, Blu-ray playback, and low price, this is a standout media notebook. from $995.99

Eurocom D900F Panther
Eurocom D900F Panther

8.1

3.33GHz Intel Core i7-975; 12GB RAM; 128GB solid-state drive; 500GB hard drive; Blu-ray reader/DVD±RW; 17.1-inch display (1,920x1,200 native resolution); Nvidia GeForce 280M (1GB); 11.8 pounds; 2.4x15.6x11.7 inches (HWD); Windows Vista Ultimate (64-bit)
The Panther is a huge, heavy beast, but it offers performance rivaling that of the fastest desktop PCs. $4,950 (direct, as tested)