Today, a laptop has become as integral a human companion as a cell phone. Interestingly, the traditional use of a laptop for work and study is increasingly fading into the background. It is also important for a modern person that his laptop can fill his leisure time with quality, become a real portal to the world of games and entertainment.
Instructions
Step 1
Pay attention to the central processing unit and its characteristics such as performance, power consumption and heat dissipation. Experts recommend abandoning desktop processors (with the exception of AMD Athlon 64 processors, which have acceptable performance for use in a mobile device) and focusing on Pentium M processors. It's surprising that even two-year-old Banias processors have quite acceptable performance. And the new version - the Dothan core, double the cache size, clock speeds up to 2 GHz (and the higher the frequency, the better) - are not much inferior to the desktop Pentium 4.
Step 2
Next, you should start choosing a video card. This is especially important for laptops designed for gaming. Interesting products are produced by the Canadian company ATI. Mobile video solutions include the Mobility Radeon 9600 graphics card, which is the minimum for a gaming laptop. The Mobility Radeon 9700 and 9800 have proven themselves a little better - they are more productive. Finally, the ideal option is the Mobility Radeon X700 and X800. You can also refer to the options offered by nVIDIA: GeForce FX 5700 Go - a reasonable minimum; GeForce Go 6800 Ultra is the choice of the most advanced gamers.
Step 3
RAM is an equally important aspect when choosing a gaming laptop. Naturally, the more the better. Your options start with 512 MB, but this will certainly not be enough for "heavy" toys. Therefore, experts advise to double this value.
Step 4
If we talk about the display, then the question of diagonal and resolution is at the forefront. 17-inch displays significantly increase the size and weight of laptops, so 15-15.4 inches is the best option. The working resolution for widescreen matrices, which are most often found in modern gaming laptops, will be 1440x900 and 1280x800 pixels, respectively.
Step 5
As for the keyboard, it is most important that the key layout be as close as possible to the standard one. Also, pay attention to the sufficient number of USB ports and the presence of IEEE 1394 (FireWire) for connecting a mouse, joystick and other game controllers, since you will definitely not use the touchpad in games.
Step 6
Finally, the sonic possibilities. Don't expect anything breathtaking from the built-in speakers. You can use headphones, but not everyone is comfortable. Better wireless, so make sure your laptop has Bluetooth support.
