Whats the best gameing laptop setup for around $1000?

[Torghn]

Didn't know where else to ask this, but since video cards seem to be the most important part of gamming it looked like a good place to start. I'd like to stick with AMD as they are usually the best for what they cost, but not too sure with laptops. Also I haven't been able to find and AMD laptop with a very good video card. Seems the new ATI chipset with integrated graphics and DDR support is the best bet. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[klah]

Here are some benchmarks: ATi's Radeon IGP320M Chipset
It is actually a chipset benchmark but you can see the difference between the GeForce4Go 440, Mobility Radeon 7500, and Radeon IGP320M. The IGP320M scores 32fps in quake3, so it will probably get ~15fps in something like MOH:AA or JK2. You should probably stick with either the mobilityradeon7500 or the geforce4go. Here is another benchmark that compares the geforce4go and mobileradeon7500: http://www.tweakers.net/nieuws/20650 and has the radeon with a slight advantage. I do not know if you will be able to find a new laptop with one of these two options for ~$1000 but here is a list of geforce4go products from nvidia's site:
http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=mobile
and the list for the mobilityRadeon7500: http://www.ati.com/shopati/onboard/mobile/mobilityradeon7500.html

 

[PeeluckyDuckee]

Best bang per buck imo would be the 1.2Ghz Dell Inspiron 8100, replace videocard with a Geforce4Go 440 and you'll have a pretty capable gaming machine on the go.

 

[Torghn]

Thanks for the info. Too bad they don't make any AMD laptops with the moble radeon 7500.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

AMD currently doesn't have the mobile chipset support that the P4-M does, so that's why it's lacking the 3D cards. I heard ATI was planning on an IGP for the AMD - but as mentioned above, it's hardly what would be considered "gaming performance" today.

Stick to the Intel systems for now - or just buy a mobile monitor and next-gen game system.

- M4H