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    Posted: 29 Jul 2009 at 10:17pm
Hey everyone, I wanted to know what you people think, should I get a laptop or a desktop. I travel almost every weekend but only for about a day and a half and I have stuff to do there but I still might want to game so what to you think?GeekBig%20smile
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  Quote DanM103 Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 29 Jul 2009 at 10:38pm
well in the long run desktop would be better, but if you really want to be able to game when ever you want go with the laptop
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Desktop will always be stronger and laptop seems to get warm after a while.
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  Quote zmank Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 29 Jul 2009 at 11:19pm
Yeah, desktops are more powerful and can be upgraded and I can always use my old laptop to do some low end gaming.
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  Quote Landaulet Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 9:55am
What's your budget?
For you budget a laptop
or a desktop might be better.
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  Quote zmank Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 10:06am
My budget is about 2300 to 2400 and for a desktop that includes a monitor.
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  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 10:56am
well before we can config a system for your we need to know what resolution your monitor is going to have so we can tell you what gpus/s you need, so what size monitor are you thinking about going with?

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My monitors resolution is going to be either 1920x1080 or 1920x1200 and it will be around a 22 inch screen.
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Well for 1900 x 1200 if you want to game at high settings( aks DX10 and high aa and af) you will need 2 gpus.

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  Quote zmank Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 12:46pm
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  Quote DST4ME Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 30 Jul 2009 at 12:49pm
My pleasure
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