A laptop that’s good enough for gaming would probably set you
back about 3k or more. For 2.6k, you can pretty much forget about
good graphics. As for brands, don’t go for Fujitsu and IBM, since those are mostly catered for business
purposes, and expensive and yet do not have really good specs. I
think Acer’s laptops, those with ATI Mobility
Radeon 9700 graphics, would be good for gaming.