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    Acer 1410 and games

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by wbbgjr, Oct 1, 2009.

  1. wbbgjr

    wbbgjr Newbie

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    I know this laptop was not designed for games and that's not it's primary purpose for me. However, I just wanted to see if we could have a list of the games that are confirmed to work on the Acer 1410.

    I'll start. I tried Civilization 4. Works perfectly.
     
    wbbgjr, Oct 1, 2009
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  2. der_mali

    der_mali Weihnachtsmann

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    Half-Life 2 runs smooth.
     
    der_mali, Oct 2, 2009
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  3. dasfool

    dasfool Notebook Enthusiast

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    "World of Goo" works great.
    "Braid" runs poorly even after tweaking the launch parameters.
    "Dungeon Fighter Online" works decently.
    "Torchlight" run really well at max res with netbook mode off :D

    I'll update this as I try more games.
     
    dasfool, Oct 2, 2009
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  4. absurd_username

    absurd_username Notebook Guru

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    I'm considering getting one of these for my wife. She likes to play Second Life. I'm not that well versed in how the GMA4500 really compares to the 'minimum required ' GPUs so I'd like to hear some of your thoughts.

    It plays very well on our main system of an E8400 with Radeon 3850 but doesn't work very well on our Dell Inspiron e1505 with ATI x1300.

    Basically minimum requirements are:
    http://secondlife.com/support/system-requirements/
    -800 MHz Pentium III or Athlon, or better
    -512 MB or more ram
    -NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better
    OR ATI Radeon 9500 or better
    OR Intel 945 chipset
     
    absurd_username, Oct 5, 2009
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  5. zrbarnes

    zrbarnes Notebook Enthusiast

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    Definitely meets more than those minimum requirements, and I'm guessing it will play very well.

    Half life 2 performance far exceeded my expectation.
     
    zrbarnes, Oct 5, 2009
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  6. CrimsonShell

    CrimsonShell Notebook Enthusiast

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    The Intel 4500 chipset is much better than the 945 Chipset. And it even has the advantage of some dedicated video cache memory, allbeit 64MB, on the 1410 which most other netbooks don't have at all. I know it is DirectX 10 compatible, which is also nice. I will have my 1410 later this week, and hope to post a review on here.
     
    CrimsonShell, Oct 6, 2009
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  7. der_mali

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    If you got a dual channel configuration and want to get the most out of non-Source games, use the original Vista drivers. For Source games the new Win7 drivers are best. I might post some more tips in a few days.
     
    der_mali, Oct 7, 2009
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    proview3r Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone tried playing Warcraft 3? is it playable?
     
    proview3r, Oct 7, 2009
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  9. der_mali

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    I didn't try but it shouldn't be much of a challenge for 1410/1810.
     
    der_mali, Oct 7, 2009
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  10. absurd_username

    absurd_username Notebook Guru

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    I've heard that in general Blizzard games tend to be easy on system requirements. That said, I'm wondering how the up and coming Diablo 3 would do on this system. I figure when it's released I'll add in a full sized proper gaming laptop.
     
    absurd_username, Oct 7, 2009
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  11. pmnykh

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    I play
    Counter-strike 1.6
    NFS Underground (seatings 1024*800)
    but under Windows XP
     
    pmnykh, Oct 7, 2009
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  12. wbbgjr

    wbbgjr Newbie

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    Warcraft 3 should run easily.
     
    wbbgjr, Oct 8, 2009
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  13. proview3r

    proview3r Notebook Consultant

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    Hmm.. What about Team Fortress 2? That's my other favorite game.
     
    proview3r, Oct 8, 2009
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    Does that include the source engine?
     
    Inquisitus, Oct 8, 2009
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  15. der_mali

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    Spellforce 2 works.
     
    der_mali, Oct 9, 2009
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    ClashBR Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm also curious to know if it runs TF2 and other games like Diablo II
     
    ClashBR, Oct 10, 2009
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    "Torchlight" run really well at max res with netbook mode off
     
    dasfool, Oct 27, 2009
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    After reading your post, I tried both Civ 4 and Warlords; since it was the very first time dealing with the no disk issue it took me a while but now they are working. I really, really like my SU2300 :)
     
    Helxela, Nov 4, 2009
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  19. Kermee

    Kermee Notebook Evangelist

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    A recent Blizzard developer for Diablo III stated the game was done entirely in DX9...

    I would highly suspect it will run decently on a 1410/4500M(HD) just fine.

    Cheers,
    Kermee
     
    Kermee, Nov 4, 2009
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  20. LFDM

    LFDM Notebook Consultant

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    Wouldn't it be great to compile all findings in the first post of this thread?
     
    LFDM, Nov 4, 2009
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  21. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    I agree. If the OP doesn't do it, I'll open a new thread and maintain a list. Users should also list what CPU they have. It's kind of confusing that there's so far three different CPU's: SU2300 Dual Core Celeron M 1.2GHz , SU3500 Core 2 Solo, Celeron M 743 Single Core 1.3GHz


    So far on my 1410 with Core 2 Solo SU3500 1.4GHz I've successfully run:

    - Aliens vs Predator 2
    - Battlefield 2 (1024x576 resolution, detail all low, view distance 100%)C
    - Osmos
    - Raven Shield
    - Sins of a Solar Empire
    - Trackmania United Forever
    - Starcraft
    - Warcraft 3
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 4, 2009
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  22. Kermee

    Kermee Notebook Evangelist

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    Nice list. I agree.

    BTW- I knew I recognized you from eeeuser.com & n10user.com... ;)

    Cheers,
    Kermee
     
    Kermee, Nov 4, 2009
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  23. HTWingNut

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    hehe, yeah, cool. I'm loving this Acer far more than the Eee(s) and N10J I owned.

    BTW, I started the new thread here:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=431659
     
    HTWingNut, Nov 4, 2009
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  24. problemchild

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    I know this is an old thread, but please explain how you managed to make Battlefield 2 start up on 1024x576 resolution (unsupported.) i've been trying for days with no success..

    thanks
     
    problemchild, Jun 17, 2010
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