Is this Alienware M17x laptop really good for gaming?

[anatasyaluke]

Can it run games like BF3, Black Ops, Amnesia, and GTA IV? It has dual 1 GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870M graphics cards and an intel core i7 processor and 1920x1200 resolution.

Here are the Specs:

Display Panels: 17-inch 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 740 1.73GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)
Memory: 8GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 4GB DDR3)
Hard Drive: 1TB Raid 0 (stripe/for speed) (2 x 500GB Western Digital black 7200RPM HDDs)
Video Card: CrossfireX™( 2 x 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 5870)
Sound: Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
Wireless: Intel® Ultimate N WiFi Link 6300 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
Bluetooth: Internal Wireless Bluetooth® 2.1 with EDR
CD ROM/DVD ROM: Slot-Loading ( DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Power Adapters: 240 watt Adapter
OS Customization: AlienGUIse Theme Manager with Breed Theme
Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home premium, 64bit, English

 

[BrokeHombre]

I would beef up your RAM- at least to 16gig if not more. I have pretty much the same system (check my sig) with 24 gig of RAM, I use it for work and play and it handles anything and everything I throw at it. SO YES its perfect/awesome for gaming.

UPDATE** - I forgot - I recently upgraded my two 22" monitors to two 24" acer monitors

 

[jorlanm]

Can it run games like BF3, Black Ops, Amnesia, and GTA IV? It has dual 1 GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870M graphics cards and an intel core i7 processor and 1920x1200 resolution.

Here are the Specs:

Display Panels: 17-inch 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 740 1.73GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)
Memory: 8GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 4GB DDR3)
Hard Drive: 1TB Raid 0 (stripe/for speed) (2 x 500GB Western Digital black 7200RPM HDDs)
Video Card: CrossfireX™( 2 x 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ Mobility HD 5870)
Sound: Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
Wireless: Intel® Ultimate N WiFi Link 6300 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
Bluetooth: Internal Wireless Bluetooth® 2.1 with EDR
CD ROM/DVD ROM: Slot-Loading ( DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Power Adapters: 240 watt Adapter
OS Customization: AlienGUIse Theme Manager with Breed Theme
Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home premium, 64bit, English

Its decent enough for 720p gaming...No need to add more RAM I havent seen a game that required past 4GB...I guess cause a lot of games were still designed to run on 32-Bit machines...you only need more than 8GB if you are in to Renderiing and Photo/Video Editing...But hey if it makes you feel better adding more by all means go for it they are cheap ^_^