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    11xR1 - 335m Disabled - Titles which are good for Gaming on battery

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by DeeVu, Jan 24, 2011.

  1. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    Well, I was at my uncle's and I forgot my charger so I had to crank out two hours of gaming on about 50% battery. So I decided to try something different. I switched to the integrated graphics card (Gt335m off) and opened up WoW on Low Settings. To my surprise it ran at 25-30fps in thunderbluff and other unpopulated zones.

    This got me thinking... why not have a thread on various games that can run on the integrated card if you are strapped for battery life. Just something I figured some people may be interested in.

    I can think of 3 right off of the bat:
    1) Obviously WoW - on low.
    2) Maplestory
    3) Warcraft 3/Starcraft


    Any others?
     
    DeeVu, Jan 24, 2011
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  2. Bearclaw

    Bearclaw Steaming

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    There's tons of threads about what games can run on Intel GMA. Look up netbook gaming.
     
    Bearclaw, Jan 24, 2011
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  3. bavman

    bavman Notebook Evangelist

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    Diablo 2 lod for sure. Pro evolution soccer runs decently, some hickups now and then.
     
    bavman, Jan 24, 2011
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  4. keftih

    keftih Notebook Evangelist

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    Most indie games on steam run on the integrated card. If you have the r2, you may be able to run starcraft 2 on the lowest settings. Age of Empires 3 runs decent too.
     
    keftih, Jan 25, 2011
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  5. ebondefender

    ebondefender Notebook Evangelist

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    I usually play older games that glitch under newer NVidia drivers on the integrated card. I keep it on for DosBox too. Doom, classic Quake, all the good stuff.
     
    ebondefender, Jan 25, 2011
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  6. DigitalNinja

    DigitalNinja Notebook Consultant

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    Oblivion is always good :D
     
    DigitalNinja, Jan 25, 2011
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  7. ebondefender

    ebondefender Notebook Evangelist

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    I modded Oblivion with all kinds of graphical enhancements like the HDR mod, realistic weather, insanely shiny armor etc. lol so I can't use integrated anymore unless I'm playing "Vanilla" Oblivion.
     
    ebondefender, Jan 25, 2011
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  8. slickie88

    slickie88 Master of Puppets

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    Torchlight is ideal for the IGP. It even has a netbook mode. Great game too!
     
    slickie88, Jan 25, 2011
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  9. jeremyshaw

    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

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    Unless if the IGP in the Core i series is much faster clock for clock, it's 12 EU at 500MHz vs 10EU at 533MHz... :p


    Though SC2 needs CPU power much more than it wants GPU power, especially at low res. Though in my experience, a really powerful CPU can pull a bad GPU through that game :) (case in point, i7 930 + HD4350 low settings, at 1080p, max textures gets about 20fps in a 1v1 until late game)
     
    jeremyshaw, Jan 26, 2011
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  10. Teh N00b

    Teh N00b Notebook Geek

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    - Call of Duty 1 and 2 (yes, 2 definitely works. It works perfectly on my X200T)
    - Civilization IV
    - Age of Empires II (duh :p)
    - GTA: San Andreas
    - Starcraft II on lowest settings. I did this throughout most of my useless English classes at school.
    - Battlefield 2142 and previous games.
    - Counter Strike: Source, Half Life 2 - runs very well at high settings. Unfortunately not the case with Day of Defeat: Source and TF2.
    - Guild Wars

    That's all I can think of for now. In reality, I used to play Starcraft 2, Civilization IV and Battlefield 2 Multiplayer the most on my M11x (and X200T) while in class (there are no power plugs available at our pitiful Australian schools).
     
    Teh N00b, Jan 27, 2011
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