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Gaming laptops are becoming more powerful as notebook technology offers up new platforms and ever-increasing performance benchmarks. Gone are the days when a serious PC gamer would laugh at the idea of using a laptop for gaming. While gaming PCs still hold a slight advantage over gaming laptops (mainly when it comes to upgrading), gaming laptops now offer a viable alternative, even for hardcore PC gamers.

Features of a Gaming Laptop

Graphics Card

Perhaps, the major part of a gaming laptop is the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) or Graphics Card. A person should look for a high-end Graphics card with dedicated RAM to handle all the latest video games. Integrated graphics simply will not be able to process all the complex features of modern 3-D games.

Most top brand name or high-end gaming laptops now have two or more Graphics Cards working together in Crossfire or SLI (Scalable Link Interface) configuration to give you premium handling power. A person should check to see if your new gaming system has at least 250MB of video memory for this will help with the smooth running of your games.

Processor

Most high-end gaming laptops now come with at least Dual-core CPUs (Central Processing Units) and we even have quad-processors in some laptops. Your CPU will determine how fast your laptop will run and process data, so it is obviously another vital element of your gaming laptop. You want to pick the fastest processor speed that you can afford.

RAM

Another critical feature …