I've been a member for just over 5 years, and I happened to log into the site today looking for blurays and UV codes. I'm glad I did and congrats to all the winners. Still hoping for DI: Riptide. Thanks for the opportunity Tony, CheapyD, and LM.
The ASUS performs the best. The MSI is probably the most bang for your buck and the 2nd best performer. Don't buy the Lenovo. It's a nice machine, but for what you get the MSI or ASUS are better options.
All 3 perform almost identically. The 675m isn't "old" by any means and actually performs the best out of the 3, but it isn't even noticeable when actually gaming.
Very. I have a GTX 460m in my laptop and it plays 95% of the current games on ultra (ex. Tomb Raider) and games like BF3 and...
Umm... the GTX 670m and GTX 670mx perform almost identically. I do believe it is the 670mx though which is slightly better. My guess, unnoticeably better.
The i7 is the better processor, but neither of them are going to limit gaming in any way. They are both more than enough for any game on the market. You won't really see a gaming difference.
If you don't mind refurbished...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230907
Or you can spend a little over budget for a new one with slightly better specs..
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230408
As far as I am concerned, the ASUS G series or MSI...