are there any affordable gaming laptops?

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Yes there are. Graphics adaptor is the most important factor for gaming, as long as you get a decent GPU, you will be able to play most modern games at medium to high settings. Most branded gaming laptops (i.e Alienware) are too expensive, your best option is to go with an ODM or small scale performance notebook retailer like xoticpc.

Take a look at these laptops: http://www.xoticpc.com/custom-gaming-laptops-noteb...

Don't be taken back by the unheard brand names like Compal and Clevo, because they are some of the largest actual laptop manufacturers. Read the following article to find out more about who really makes laptops : http://www.xoticpc.com/laptop-manufacturers-really...

the reason gaming laptops are so expensive is because they have to fit all that hardware in such a small space, and cool it effectively. so you're really not going to find one any cheaper than around $800.

furthermore, gaming laptops are almost never as good as their desktop counterparts.

I'd recommend assessing your needs and consider just buying a desktop, you can build quite a high end system for $800

$800 will not buy you a laptop you can record videos on at all.

the razer blade is the best gaming laptop but is quite expensive, u cant really buy a gaming laptop for cheap unless u build it urself..

yes there are............the only specs require for gaming is graphic card a 250 harddisk and 2gb RAM would do and u easily get all this specs within $800.....just check in the Asus, lenova or Samsung brands u ill get it.............

This one can run skyrim on high, it's the best deal I could find but it has bad battery life.

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-V3-571G-9686-15-...

i have the same problem email me if you find one tjcbiker@yahoo.com thanks