In order to enjoy the really complex video games of our days, you definitely need to have a really powerful computer. But it isn’t necessary to play the games just on a computer, and since a laptop can perform the same tasks as any PC, you can also play video games on a laptop. But of course not any laptop will support intensive video gaming, and especially those that are cheap and have a graphics card with shared video memory. So you will need a powerful one.


Most of the producers allow their clients to customize the laptop they want to have, offering them many options to choose from, in order to make the perfect laptop for their needs. So in case you want to make yourself a custom gaming laptop, here are some things that you should consider. First of all you will need to focus on the processor. This is practically the “heart” of any computer or laptop, so it needs to be really good to support intensive video gaming. In the last few months the Intel Core 2 Duo was the most popular processor on the market for laptops, but lately Intel came up with new and improved models.

These are the Intel Core i3, the Intel Core i5 and the Intel Core i7. And of course, the last one is the better one and also the most expensive. Even an Intel Core i3 can be really good for video games, but if you have the i5 or the i7 that will be even better. The next thing you need to consider is the RAM memory. Many video games can work just fine with 1 GB of RAM DDR 3 , but in order to enjoy the games at their best capacity, it will be recommended to have at least 2 GB and 4 GB DDR 3 will be perfect. Since the video games of our days are really complex, they also take a lot of hard drive space. So in order to be able to store as many large video games as possible, you will need to have a large hard disk. One with 160 GB can be quite ok, one with 320 GB is great but one with 500 GB or even more will be perfect.

If you are looking for a custom gaming laptop you don’t need to focus on having a small and light laptop, because this will make you lose the benefits of having a large display screen. And a large screen usually means a great video quality, so this is what you need to look for at a gaming laptop. One with a screen of 17 inch will be really good, but if you choose one with a screen of 20 inch or more will be amazing for the video quality. And a great video quality is not possible without a good graphics card, so you will need to focus on this one too. If you want to play complex video games stay away from the Intel GMA graphics cards with shared video memory, and look for an NVIDIA (or something similar) with dedicated video memory. A graphics card with 1 GB of dedicated video memory will be really good.

It is known that the touchpad devices can be really annoying, and they will definitely not work for playing video games. So you will need to buy a laptop mouse. You can buy just a regular one and it will be ok, but if you are really crazy about video gaming, then you should buy a gaming mouse. These devices have many more features than a simple mouse, which can be really useful for intensive video gaming.

So these were the features that you need to consider when buying a laptop that will be mostly used for playing video games. In case we missed any feature, please tell us about it. Also tell us what kind of laptop you are using for video games, and which video games you like to play. Have a nice day!