No laptop under $1500 will play games to their full extents. With lower setting, you could possibly play those games, but not with full. The contenders from main-line manufacturers are the HP Zd8000 and the Dell Inspirion XPS Gen 2 and the 9300M. Both laptops come with DDR2 and the Dells both have the option for the Nvdidia 6800 GO.
Roger
I'm a big gamer and i deisre performance, but my wallet desires money. looking for anything that will play halflife 2, star wars: galaxies, nfs2:underground, halo, unreal tournament 2004, etc...
I'm trying to stay under $1500.

Chowhound
Comic Vine
GameFAQs
GameSpot
Giant Bomb
TechRepublic