Which laptop would be best for playing Crysis or other high-end computer games?

Question

1) A Gateway 173-X at $1349

http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668158.php

Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate (64-bit) SP1

Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor1 T7500 (2.20GHz, 800MHz, 4MB L2 Cache)

4096MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2-2048MB modules)

200GB 7200rpm Serial ATA hard drive w/ 16MB Cache2

NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800M GTS with 512MB of GDDR3 discrete video memory

17.0" WXGA+ Ultrabright TFT Active Matrix (1440 x 900 max. resolution)

Intel® PM965 Chipset

8x Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRW with DVD-RAM featuring

2) or a Dell XP at $1,274.00

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5850 (2.16GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)

Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1

Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch LCD (1280x800) & 2.0 MP Camera

4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)

Size: 320GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive

Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write)

256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT

What are the 4MB and 2MB Caches for, anyway?

Answer 1

4mb means it can carry data faster than the 2mb cache. the higher...the better. i like the gateway the best between those 2 but the BEST laptop (on a budget) to play crysis with is this http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/... now if your freaking rich and need the ABSOLUTE BEST  its definately this baby here http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/... it has an 8mb cache!!! hah. wow. good luck.