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    ATI Radeon 9550..

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by lifeisgood360, Dec 11, 2005.

  1. lifeisgood360

    lifeisgood360 Notebook Guru

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    hey, just ordered an iBook for school purposes but
    i guess a lil gaming wouldn't hurt.. the only game i'll prly play is
    WC3: frozen throne..
    my iBook will come with 768 mb of RAM.. and it comes with the
    ATI Radeon 9550..
    will i b able to run WC3 smoothly on it? that's my only concern.. as i wait for 2 more weeks.. for it to ship lol
     
    lifeisgood360, Dec 11, 2005
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    No problem. The MR9550 is a pretty decent card comparable with the X300 (however, the 9550 has a slightly slower core clock speed and is an AGP card).
    Do remember that the system requirements of Warcraft 3 is very low (recommended 32MB video card with directX 8 support, no other requirements), so the 9550 should be able to handle it laglessly at 1024 rez with everything on max.
     
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  3. kylechanb

    kylechanb Notebook Consultant

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    I am a WC3 fan too.. I play it almost everyday for the last 3 years.
    When I was using my P4M 1.8ghz laptop with Ati 7500M, it runs WC3 smoothly without a problem. Don't worry about using Ati 9550 on WC3
    By the way, I think I asked this question 3 years ago when I bought my last laptop :)
     
    kylechanb, Dec 11, 2005
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