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Monday, August 07, 2006

Gaming on your laptop!

Gaming taxes both the processing power of your computer and its multimedia capabilities so packing in a decent gaming experience on a laptop is quite difficult. Here are the things you should look for on your gaming laptop.

The most important is probably the video card. Because desktop video cards generate too much heat, laptops often make do with integrated cards which are inadequate for many games. Companies like ATI and nVidia do make video cards specially for laptops. Make sure your laptop has one of them with at least 128 MB of RAM. The second big requirement is obvious: a big enough screen to enjoy your games. You would want at least 15 inches and if your laptop has a widescreen display, all the better.

Other important requirements are a powerful processor and adequate RAM: at least 512 MB and preferably 1 GB. A sufficiently large and fast hard drive is also useful. Many of the newer games are released on DVD-ROM so make sure that your laptop has a DVD drive. For a laptop with a decent set of gaming features check out the Sony Vaio FS660.

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