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    Studio 15 to run games

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by zooks, Dec 17, 2008.

  1. zooks

    zooks Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all, great forum.

    Im looking to get Tomb raider Underworld for my wife to play on our Studio 15. Anyone running that game or know if it will be ok to run reasonable settings?. Its a core2 2.oghz 3gb ram setup.

    Thanks
     
    zooks, Dec 17, 2008
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    what's the gfx??
     
    boypogi, Dec 17, 2008
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  3. zooks

    zooks Notebook Enthusiast

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    its got the ati 3450 chip in it
     
    zooks, Dec 17, 2008
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  5. zooks

    zooks Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks, hadnt thought of that. downloading it now, all 1.1gb!
     
    zooks, Dec 18, 2008
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    You should be alright with it.
     
    Vehement, Dec 18, 2008
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    purplegreendave Has a notebook.

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    I play Prostreet pretty much maxed with no slowdown ever if that's any indication of how they perform.
     
    purplegreendave, Dec 18, 2008
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    Left 4 Dead is pretty chunky. even on the "recommended settings"
     
    defektion, Dec 18, 2008
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    im going to be installing SPORE on my studio15 any day now. stokedd. :)
     
    euphoriuhh, Dec 18, 2008
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  10. iggyhiatus

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    can anyone help me out. i got the same setup. but no built in card. i have the integrated video accelerator. is it possible to upgrade the graphics card or am i stuck with this integrated card?
     
    iggyhiatus, Dec 19, 2008
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    You are stuck with that card. You'd have to swap out the motherboard to change it.
     
    atbnet, Dec 19, 2008
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  12. zooks

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    Update. Downloaded the demo which seems to play ok at 1200 x 800, no antialiasing etc but still looks good and no stuttering. However the demo randomly freezes and only a complete power down cures it, not sure if its the demo or the laptop.
     
    zooks, Dec 19, 2008
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    ^The demo is pretty crappy. It freezes on mine as well, but Vista can generally recover. I tend to hammer the Windows key until something happens (usually about 40secs) then task manager comes up after that.
     
    purplegreendave, Dec 20, 2008
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