http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-G750JW-DB71-17-3-Inch-Laptop-Black/dp/B00COQIKB4/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1375134467&sr=8-12&keywords=asus+laptop

Thanks! that looks pretty solid. Are you using it yourself? I guess I'll just have to face carrying a larger screen laptop if I want to game still and not spend a fortune.

my friend has one and it is one hell of a machine, i messed with it for a bit using programs like ableton live so i'm sure it wont have a problem running games. asus makes awesome products, it's really really well built, so if you take care of it you'll definitely have it for a long time!

Cheers for the help

I can confirm the ASUS laptops are amazing, I've had mine for about 4 years and I love it.

I played comp tf2 on a slightly worse version of the one defy linked, ran it great. Very solid machine, will work well.

Think pads are pretty good, great for traveling

can vouch for asus stuff being really good, they make nice laptops

This is going to be very heavy. If weight isn't a problem for you, go for it.

Also what's the point of a $2.02 discount on a $1400 laptop?

I picked up a Toshiba Qosmio with 120hz 17" screen for around $1000 last year on newegg. Look for refurbished ones. Most of the time it's not even used. With mine, the box was damaged in shipping and they had to put it in a new box. Never used. 45% off.

10 lbs isn't heavy at all, and i honestly don't know the point in the $2 discount...ask amazon

does yours blue screen every time you move it? if not i guess the problem is only on my end, thats the only issue i've encountered woth my qosmio. that and it heats up pretty quickly but the fps in every game i play is incredible and i think it was a pretty good purchase.

I think it'd be hard to find something much lighter than that, that isn't way more expensive/less powerful.

I was going to recommend the thinkpad w530 but after some research I've concluded that the asus laptops are superior because of their cooling system(thinkpads run real hot). If you'd like a 15 inch you should grab the asus G55VW.

I've never had any issue with mine. I picked up a cooling mat for it so I've never had any problems with hear either. I only use mine at LANs, and the only slight problem is with my microphone jack, which KoolB broke at the last Atlanta LAN. I have a USB adapter for it tho so no big deal.

seconding the qosmio series, bought one 3 years ago and it still runs 60fps+ on a modified dx9frames
had to replace the hard drive last winter, and there are some issues with portability (size, weight, heat) but it's worked good.

I've been using this one for about a year. Great for tf2 and gets +120 on maxframes. No issues at all so far. I wouldn't recommend carrying it around on a daily basis, but it's still good for general traveling as long as you got a good laptop bag for it.

Well I mean if you want a gaming laptop you have to make small sacrifices. It's going to be bigger and heavier than a casual use laptop. The battery life won't be as good either (but 95% of the time you use it you are going to plug it in anyway). The pros outweigh the cons tho. Even with a fairly large laptop I have a backpack for it and I can put all of the following things inside easily:

Laptop
Charger
Mousepad
Mouse
Cooling mat
Keyboard
Network cable (25ft)
Earbuds/zalman mic
Extra mouse
Misc items (phone charger, flash drives, external HDD)

If it can all fit on my back I'm not gonna complain. It's a hell of a lot easier than lugging my tower to LANs

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834216023

A newer version of what I have. 120hz display. If you are used to playing with 120hz you should try to get a laptop with 120hz because once you get used to it playing with 60hz is horrible.

asus laptops are the shit I had the first one to have an i7 it has insane cooling a+

the model is the K53SV, its awesome man runs circles around most laptops made at the same time

I completely agree. I couldn't care less about battery life, as long as it doesn't turn off as soon as I unplug it... I'm happy to carry a heavy laptop if it's not an everyday thing.

I'm really interested in what Defy posted, and also your one Thrasher (Toshiba Qosmio with 120hz 17") - I'm hearing great things about 120hz vs 60 hz so maybe that one is the go for the long term. It looks less spaceship-like also. I won't be buying it for at least 2 months so maybe the price on it will go down a little. They both have pretty decent reviews. Hopefully this thread has interested some other soon to be laptop gamers out there :)

My g73jh is three years old with a radeon 5870 and a 1.6 ghz i7, and I get 80+ frames on mid fights with maxframes and process lasso running. After three years my laptop is still running pretty cool, though I did pick up a cooling pad just to help keep it just a bit cooler.

I currently own an Asus G55VW and I don't regret it one second especially from the recent updates from Nvidia and such.

You'll enjoy the laptop if ya choose to get one and the thing's damn cool and I've played... I think a lot of hours on my lap and I didn't feel the heat at all.

Check out Sager laptops. They're sweet and get awesome reviews.

I've been running an ASUS laptop for the last 5 years, it's not great on battery and it weighs more than the brass beast, but it runs tf2 at ~150 fps. Heat control is amazing, and it isn't as loud as any previous one I owned.

Only complaint is there is no SPDIF audio or Dual-DVI on mine (newer ones might have, dunno).

Definite +1 to ASUS from me.