Here’s an alternative for you whose currently looking for a powerful gaming machine, the Tiger Shark 9500 x2 from CompAmerica. Claimed as the “Extreme Gamers / Extreme Cad Cam / Extreme Multimedia Laptop”, this 20-inch notebook features an AMD Turion 64 X2 processor, a 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and a resolution of 1680 x 1050 widescreen supported by either a dual SLI 512MB nVidia GeForce Go 7950 GT (for gamers) or dual SLI 512MB nVidia Quadro FX Go 2500M (for CAD engineers) graphics engine. There are a DVD burner for backing up your data onto external media incase its 120GB SATA hard drive can’t hold ‘em all, a built-in four-speaker audio system with subwoofer (gamers would definitely love it!), and various connectivity options, such as Bluetooth, 802.11a/b/g WiFI, Gigabit Ethernet LAN, and 56K fax/modem.

Furthermore, Tiger Shark 9500 X2 laptop is also equipped with a built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam for video conferencing purpose, five USB ports, a PCMCIA slot, a DVI video port, S-video input and output, 8-channel external audio output, an IEEE1394 FireWire, a serial port, and a built-in 7-in-1 flash memory card reader. An optional TV tuner can be purcased as well.

Weighs 15 lbs, Tiger Shark 9500 x2 laptop is available immediately with a starting price of $3,740 for dual SLI GeForce Go 7950 configurations. Add a few more (hundreds) bucks and you can have one with dual Quadro FX Go 2500M instead ($4,257).

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