The first video game, astonishingly, was developed in the 1950's. It was developed as a project for A.S. Dougal's PhD degree. To think, a simple edition of Tic-Tac-Toe was the result. It was two decades later that the first commercial home game console was released - this was the Odyssey, designed by Ralph Baer. Magnavox released the game. The Odyssey incased twelve games. The home game console was released in 1972 and a year before that Nolan Bushnell, as well as Ted Dabney produced the first arcade game. This game - Computer Space - was based on Nolan's Spacewar game. The following year, Nolan Bushnell and Al Alcorn hit gold with the release of their new arcade game: Pong! With this great new game, everyone wanted to be the master of Pong! When they realized the potential, Bushnell and Dabney's new company - Atari - released Pong! as a home video game. This was in 1975.
Now, more than three decades later computer gaming has become a billion dollar industry. Pong! although still looked at in nostalgic remembrance, is only but a distant memory. From these humble beginnings a gargantuan industry has developed. Today, true gamers realize that there are many factors involved in choosing the best notebook out of all the gaming laptops and PCs on the market. If mobility is a great need, a laptop or notebook is the only option. However, as we all know there are thousands of different laptops, with unmentionable amounts of specifications available on the market at present. When looking to buy gaming laptops, the following factors should be taken into consideration:
Processor The processor is the most important part of your laptop - especially so with gaming laptops. Recent games need at least a 1.6 GHz processor but they recommend a 2 GHz processor. Anything less than this will most likely not be suitable for the newest and best games.
Memory After the CPU, Memory is most definitely the most important component to consider when buying a gaming laptop. Don't be too economical when deciding on the size of memory you require. A low memory will drastically slow your computer, and will surely frustrate any self respecting gamer. You will need to buy a laptop with RAM memory of at least 1GB; however, it is strongly recommended that you don't settle for anything under 2GB, as newer games need a lot of memory to give the best possible results. As for memory speed, it is recommended that you don't settle for anything under 667Mhz.
Graphics Graphics is also an important factor when buying a gaming laptop. No matter the game you play - be it a strategic game or an action packed game - you will need a very good graphics card. We recommend that you look at graphic cards with 512MB dedicated memory, but even this could be insufficient.
Hard Drive With how fast technology changes and improves, you will find that what was sufficient a few years ago is less than acceptable today. A 100GB hard drive is nowadays laughable to most serious gamers and 500GB is even less than sufficient. A saving grace is that portable hard drives of 1GB up to and exceeding 1TB is available and you just need to hook it up to your computer to add to your hard drive space.
Optical Drive This is one of the options where you can save a bit. The drive's speed does not matter very much and the only thing you really need to look at is if you need a multiformat(DVD RW) DVD burner.
Display No self-respecting gamer will settle for a gaming laptop with a screen size less than 19 inches. Go with maximum resolution available on the screen size of your choice, as this will enhance your viewing pleasure whenever you decide to pop in a movie dvd or blu-ray disc. It will also seem to greatly improve the graphics output of your chosen game.
As you can see, there are many things to consider when buying a gaming laptop, and you should not take to this challenge without advice from professionals if you are new to gaming. Ask around, and remember to shop around. Computer sales are a competitive environment, and you may be surprised by some of the specials out there.
Now, more than three decades later computer gaming has become a billion dollar industry. Pong! although still looked at in nostalgic remembrance, is only but a distant memory. From these humble beginnings a gargantuan industry has developed. Today, true gamers realize that there are many factors involved in choosing the best notebook out of all the gaming laptops and PCs on the market. If mobility is a great need, a laptop or notebook is the only option. However, as we all know there are thousands of different laptops, with unmentionable amounts of specifications available on the market at present. When looking to buy gaming laptops, the following factors should be taken into consideration:
Processor The processor is the most important part of your laptop - especially so with gaming laptops. Recent games need at least a 1.6 GHz processor but they recommend a 2 GHz processor. Anything less than this will most likely not be suitable for the newest and best games.
Memory After the CPU, Memory is most definitely the most important component to consider when buying a gaming laptop. Don't be too economical when deciding on the size of memory you require. A low memory will drastically slow your computer, and will surely frustrate any self respecting gamer. You will need to buy a laptop with RAM memory of at least 1GB; however, it is strongly recommended that you don't settle for anything under 2GB, as newer games need a lot of memory to give the best possible results. As for memory speed, it is recommended that you don't settle for anything under 667Mhz.
Graphics Graphics is also an important factor when buying a gaming laptop. No matter the game you play - be it a strategic game or an action packed game - you will need a very good graphics card. We recommend that you look at graphic cards with 512MB dedicated memory, but even this could be insufficient.
Hard Drive With how fast technology changes and improves, you will find that what was sufficient a few years ago is less than acceptable today. A 100GB hard drive is nowadays laughable to most serious gamers and 500GB is even less than sufficient. A saving grace is that portable hard drives of 1GB up to and exceeding 1TB is available and you just need to hook it up to your computer to add to your hard drive space.
Optical Drive This is one of the options where you can save a bit. The drive's speed does not matter very much and the only thing you really need to look at is if you need a multiformat(DVD RW) DVD burner.
Display No self-respecting gamer will settle for a gaming laptop with a screen size less than 19 inches. Go with maximum resolution available on the screen size of your choice, as this will enhance your viewing pleasure whenever you decide to pop in a movie dvd or blu-ray disc. It will also seem to greatly improve the graphics output of your chosen game.
As you can see, there are many things to consider when buying a gaming laptop, and you should not take to this challenge without advice from professionals if you are new to gaming. Ask around, and remember to shop around. Computer sales are a competitive environment, and you may be surprised by some of the specials out there.