Well, officially, they're out. The GeForce Go 8600GT's and Go 8400's are in Macbook Pro's and some other laptops. Powerwise, the Go 8600GT is *roughly* equal to a GeForce Go 7900GS, which while not the most powerful card of its generation (the GT, GTS, and the 7950GTX smoke it) it's a heck of alot more powerful than most notebook cards, which are paltry 7600GS cards.

ATI should have their HD Radeon Mobility series out pretty soon, and they should be superior to the nVidia offerings in most regards.

The 8600GT is a fine card, although I'm hoping they'll have a GeForce Go 8800GS or something pretty soon which is why I'm waiting on a gaming notebook. That and a lack of cash. :P

so should i think about getting a different motherboard ?

somone also mentioned my 550 watts wont be enough for the future ?Greg_888_v8

Yeah, you should think about it. Look at the different Asus boards that are available, as they have an incredibly wide variety.

As for your powersupply, that should be more than enough for two GeForce 8800GS cards... Just remember that newer cards usually use more energy than the previous generation. You should be ok for a LONG time though. 

with this rig, will i be able to run two cards together in the future ??

like is it called SLI or PCI-e ?? does it matter on the motherboard or the original card ?Greg_888_v8

With nVidia (the card you're going with) it's called "SLI" or "Scalable Link Interface." It was designed by nVidia in late 2005 to make it easier to run multiple nVidia cards (namely the THEN new GeForce 7800) with a single motherboard. To use SLI, you need a SLI-Approved mother-board, which are pretty cheap now and easy enough to find. You'll also want a good power-supply. 550 watts should be enough, but considering the price, I'd just stick a 700 watt power supply in it to future proof the machine.

If you want ATI (ATI's new monsterous Radeon 2900 is going to debut soon; it also supports DX10) cards in a dual link format, you'll need to first buy an ATI "Crossfire" approved motherboard, then buy two cards that are Crossfire approved. Either set-up works nicely.

Also, I'm not sure if that mobo supports SLI. Most Intel boards do not have SLI. I'd go with an Asus motherboard. 

PC gaming is far from dead. PC game sales have, despite the general development shift to consoles in the last 10 years, remained strong. It isn't dead yet.

The main fear for PC gaming is that previously (almost) exclusive genres, namely RTS and FPS games, have found a home on consoles. Halo: Combat Evolved for the Xbox took a genre that was basically meh on consoles (yes, Goldeneye and PD were great, but compared to Half-Life or Quake 3 or UT they weren't that great in terms of controls) and turned it into a playable creation. Granted, even to this day, FPS still play best on the PC, but consoles, thanks to controller advancements and hardware advancements, have caught up in most regards.  Thanks to creative programming, even RTS games can be played on consoles very well (C&C3).

Online, previously a PC only thing, has went console. This is a big deal, too.

Overall, though, PC gaming is doing fine.

Also, dude, there are more games than Crysis and Bioshock coming out. You've got Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Starcraft II (well, it'll be next year), Tom Clancy's EndWar (yes, it's on PS3 and 360, but which system will it play best on?) and many others. 

yes it usally comes too the pc about a year after it comes out on the console at what ever you do do not buy a gaming laptop its not worth it because there way overpriced and none support direct 10 your better off getting a basic laptop for work and school then build a gaming laptop and if you don't know how then you can get the parts of newegg and get a electronic store to build it for you for a small fee trust me it will be way cheaper to get a amazing desktop and a ok laptop then a average laptopmastershake575

None of them support Direct-X10 right now. The GeForce Go 8 series is ready, it's just that none of the major laptop creators have placed them in their systems yet. I'm not a graphics monger; a entry level GeForce 8800 (think the GS) would suit me fine. 

[QUOTE="TroyM1"]What if blu-ray fails? then what?Smakkjoo

Its not though... =/

Its got a disk attach rate of 6 -> 1... Some guy posted a link earlier... I think

It's not going to fail... its a fine player indeed.

I'm not at all for these next-generation discs. If a computer company offered a free Blu-Ray or HD-DVD drive as a promotion on a gaming notebook, I'd take it, but I don't think I'd really ever use it, since most of them wouldn't work in any other player in the house or the player in the SUV.