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    Are the S580 and w35 decent for gaming?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by gianefiasco, Jan 27, 2006.

  1. gianefiasco

    gianefiasco Notebook Guru

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    Im in the market for a computer with similar dimensions to these 2 and am just wondering how they do for gaming?
     
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    Could you list the video cards that those notebooks have and what games you want to play?
     
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    The s580 has a nividia go 6400 and the w35 has ATI radeon x600 64MB
     
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    OK thanks.

    Well, both are mid range cards, not the best, but considering the sizes of the notebooks, that's a given.

    So - about performance - I'd expect you to be able to play most games at SVGA 800x600, maybe XGA, depends on the game at medium settings or so.

     
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    ahh okay, thank you. And as far as the games I would be looking to play: World of Warcraft (majority), counterstrike source, and possibly FEAR
     
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    FEAR is going to be tough to handle, especially on a 64MB card. You'll be limited to the lowest settings with that little video memory.

    CS:S will run fine though, it doesn't require a high end video card. Same for WoW, should be easy to handle.
     
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