High end gaming laptop selection?!?

Bolas

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Seems like there are no high end gaming laptops that have it all.

Asus G73SW-3DE -- can't get better than a single GTX 460M graphics card.

Sager NP7280-S1 -- no back-lighting on the keyboard, desktop gpu instead of sandy bridge mobile, no 120Hz screen option

Sager NP8170-S1 -- no back-lighting on the keyboard, boxy design, bad reviews for keyboard layout and feel

Alienware m18x -- no 120Hz screen option, no GTX 485M option

Alienware m17x -- can't get better than single GTX 460M graphics card with the 120Hz screen

My ideal laptop would be one of either of two options...

1. Alienware m11x with the Samsung 10.1" 2560 x 1600 display (nobody makes this yet)

2. Alienware m18x with 120Hz display and dual GTX 485M gpu's (they don't offer those options)

I would like the following:

A. 120Hz matte screen with good viewing angles and color gamut
B. 2720QM or better cpu
C. Radeon 6970M or Nvidia GTX 485M or dual Nvidia GTX 460M or better gpu(s).
D. 240GB Vertex 3 SSD
E. Blu-Ray player
F. Keyboard back-lighting
G. Stylish design
H. Webcam
I. Ability to use 1600MHz+ Kingston Hyper-X DDR3 memory
J. High-res webcam

My budget is $2k to $4k, you'd think someone would be able to put it all together in that price range. *whine*
 

DrGreen2007

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I have the Asus G73SW (no 3d) and love it, I swapped the 2x 500gb drives for one 240gb Mushkin SSD, I love the laptop and I only use it for gaming and running some virtual machines.
 

fire400

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back lit keyboards are over rated, if that's one other major thing throwing you off.

if you really want a 120Hz output, look at external solutions. obviously it's not impossible to get hdmi output.

...Samsung 10.1" 2560 x 1600 display = microscopic vision? I don't get it. People generally couldn't tell 720 from 1080 on even a 12.1.