Normal Vs Extreme Gaming Notebooks Comparison

Why You Need Extreme Gaming Notebooks?

In terms of performance you need to focus on two main parts of any gaming machine, if you have some computer background you must know that these are the processor and the graphics card and without any doubt both of these cost higher than any other computer component. When we talk about laptops then we have to deal with other factors too but still performance comes from CPU and GPU.

When a gamer research the market, the first thing he/she inspects is the graphics card. A gaming notebook can be have one of more graphic cards powered by either ATI or Nvidia GPU. If you are running dual cards you use ATI CrossFire technology to form a bridge for simultaneous graphics rendering for ATI GPU and on the other hand you get a Nvidia SLI technology to use two video cards for a single computer graphics needs. A dual graphics cards in a gaming laptop is one of the deciding factor to rate the machine under extreme category. If you are buying Intel powered extreme gaming notebook, then go for core i7 CPU and dual graphics card from ATI or Nvidia.

Price Range of Extreme and Normal Gaming Laptops

There are many great notebooks available in the market, some of the notable models includes the following: Acer Aspire AS8940-6865: This is one of the coolest notebook from Acer which cost under $1400 and provides unmatched performance in this price range. HP Pavilion dv6-2173cl and dv7-3163cl-b which are reliable gaming notebooks from Hewlett Packard for gamers who seek cheaper alternative for budget laptop seeker. If we talk about extreme gaming laptops then we should know that it will really hard to find product under $1500.  A good price range is something between $1500-$2500, you will end up getting a monster performance machine for extreme speeds.

Hardware Specification of an Ideal Gaming Notebook

The ideal specification for gaming laptop to be considered as extreme one should include: at least a quad-core processor such as Core i7 720QM processor, for reliable video rendering should have a powerful GPU such as the GeForce GTS 250M, GeForce GTX 200M series graphics card under Nvidia brand name. While the powerful ATI cards includes the Radeon HD 4000 and 5000 series. When two cards are used in bridge formation then you use either Nvidia’s SLI technology or ATI’s CrossFire technology. In short the graphics rendering should work flawlessly with DirectX 11-capable mobile GPU. In terms of the computer RAM there must be at least 4GB memory, however it is best to go for dual memory modules that provide 6 or 8GB altogether.