Need advice on getting a Gaming Laptop.

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Here is a decent Dell laptop for under $1,000 that might work out for you.

http://www.dell.com/us/en/home/notebooks/laptop-studio-1555/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-studio-1555&s=dhs&cs=19&~oid=us~en~29~laptop-studio-new-15_anav4~~

 

It is a quad core Intel i7 series with 4GB ram and a dedicated ATi HD5470 1GB Video card. Not too shabby.