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No Problem. This site has helped me a lot too.. i went and bought the wrong notebook when i bought my Dv5t.. if i had done a little more research , i wouldn't have got a load of crap... now with the help of this site , i'm getting a G73.. i wouldn't even have heard of it if it had not been of the site.. that's why i help out as much as i can.. don't want others making the same mistakes as me.

i'd get an i5... with turbo boost , u have some leeway too..

should be able to run it.. just have plenty of RAM... use Gamebooster to free up some before playing the game.

 

The Core-i3 will not bottleneck the Mobility 5730. This mid-range GPU will almost always hit the wall first.

 

man you said it, this is what I've been reading in all reviews, thank you so much for clearing the confusion +1

 

actually both the cpu and gpu will hit the wall pretty quickly.

 

you are right they will, I just wanted to make sure that the gpu will hit it first when running any game

 

The x7xx GPUs are the very top of the mid-end . Not a straight-up 'gaming' GPU, but no slouch either. Performance wise it's a bit faster than the Nvidia 250M, and a bit under the 360M.

I play Bioshock, Dead Space, and The Witcher at max settings and 1600x900 resolution at seamless framerates. Others over at the XPS forum report playing Starcraft 2 and Crysis with it at max settings and 30+ fps at 900p and 1080p resolutions with the 5730.

I don't know if a i3 would bottleneck the 5730 necessarily, but for a few extra bucks, an i5 brings turbo boost to the table, which is a useful feature, both for gaming and for everyday work.

Where did you configure your L665 anyway? I was trying to look up exactly how much it would cost for you to upgrade to a i5, but I was unable to find a L665-15X with a 5730. From what I can tell it only comes with a 5650, which is similar to the 5730, but a lower clock speed (450 vs 650, a pretty significant drop).

 

sorry, you are right, I confused the Asus N61JA with the toshiba

 

IIRC ASUS stopped selling the Ja, and I don't see any on Ebay, at least not in the US. If you get the N61Jq (the only other one with a 5730), then it doesn't matter, as it only comes with the i7 720m anyway. With the lower 1366x768 resolution on the N61 series monitors, the 5730 should run anything no problem.

 

Can I Play NFS Shift, Undercover and Age Of Empires III and at what sort of settings (hi, med, low) can I play them with these two laptops:

HP Pavilion DV6-1216SA :

CPU: AMD Turion x2 Dual Core 2.2Ghz
GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD4530 512 MB
RAM: 4GB
Display: Any Res Possible

AND

HP Compaq Presario CQ61-408TX:

CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core (2.2Ghz)
GPU: nVidia Geforce 512MB (I think its a G 130M)
RAM: 3GB
Display: Any res Possible

Thanks in advance to any answers. I really apreciate the help

UV

 

The Compaq is significantly faster, if it is indeed a 130M. It should be able to play those games at medium-high settings depending on the resolution.

The HP will play them all, but probably only on low-medium settings.

 

Sorry!, I think it's a 103M if there is such a thing. Is it still faster...

Thanks

UV

 

Yes, there is such a thing as a 103M. However, it is alot slower than a 130M, and even slower than a 4530. You probably will only be able to play games at the lowest settings and resolutions with a 103M, if you can play them at all... Go with the 4530.

 

get the dv6 but seriously , are these crappy laptops the only ones available? Because really , both are not good enough for gaming.. personallly i would look for something else.. what's ur budget ? i could help you find something better.

 

@sean473
I live in Botswana and the dV6 is P5600 which is about $826. If I try anything above that It usually breaks my budget which is already broken. I also like the looks of the dV6.

 

@sean743
If you have any suggestions for a notebook which is cheaper (relative to the above mentioned hardware) but gives more juice. Quick replies are apreciated because I am planning to buy it in less than 24hrs from now. My Budget was about P5000 ~ $738 but stuff here is expensive than USA. I am living in Africa after all you know!

 

@UV1995

Amazon.com: Asus G60JX-RBBX05 Intel i5-430M, 4 GB, 500 GB, NVIDIA GTS360M, Webcam, 16-Inch LED, Windows 7 Notebook (Manufacturer Refurbished): Electronics

Specs are as followed:

-i5-430M
-4 Gigs of Ram
-500gb HDD
-Nvidia Geforce 360m

List Price: $1,500
Current Price: $797.46

If you don't mind the blue color and the fact that it is a refurb then I would grab this thing quick cause there's only two left in stock and honestly this here is a great deal. It should be more than capable of running the games you listed at high settings, although slightly over budget I doubt you can find anything better than this at this price.

 

a really great deal, thanks man for pointing it out

 

Ok Guys The Deal is done. My Dad let me spend a lot over my budget and I ended up buying a DV7-2150ei. It has less RAM but has a C2D procesor and also has the Same ATI Radeon 4530. It is bigger but also more expensive. It looks quite good, and has some touch buttons at the top. It follows more or less the same specs and design as the dV6. I hope I will be satisfied with it.]

THank you all for your advice

UV

 

well good u got that.. the AMD version would burn the DV6 to death..

 

Hello, i have a few questions about a notebook.
CPU: i3 M370 2.4hz
GPU: NVIDIA 310m
RAM: 4GB
1366 x 768

Can it play Starcraft 2 flawlessly on low? At what quality can I play Heroes of Newerth?

Thanks!

 

yes you should be able to play star craft 2 on low

 

You should expect low to medium with both games. The rest of laptop is fine, but the GPU is bottleneck. That will require making compromises with graphic settings.

 

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World of Warcraft will be the game of choice.

 

WoW should run medium-high at native res

 

oh wow, nice. thanks

how do you think it would run @ ultra, hypothetically speaking?

 

There ya go, it lists WoW at 42fps on high, so I'm guessing ultra would be around 20-30fps, but I'm sure it would lag horribly in cities and raids.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M - Notebookcheck

 

thanks much friends

 

Dragon Age Origins

My system specs are

Intel i3 330M @ 2.1ghz
3gb RAM
ATi HD 5650

What kind of framerates can i expect?

 

I played DA Origins at 1600x900 with no AA or VSync, everything else maxed out with my underclocked MR 4650 and p8700 and got good enough fps (I dont use fraps so I don´t know the exact number but I`d say around 25, with some drops when there were too much effects at one time). Your performance should be better gpu-wise, dunno how will the i3 work.

 

Well im only looking to play at 1280x720 at Max settings, dont mind no AA either. Id be more than happy with a steady 30 FP.

 

No prob. Youll get higher than 30.

 

I am playing just cause 2. But all the settings are low, even resolution. Please tell what fps can I expect from my machine. config is below:

 

Oh okay, thanks for the info, its just that KOTOR games werent exactly lookers but ran really poorly systems of their time

 

Just Cause 2 isn't too demanding. You should get above playable frame rates (30+) with a 5470.

Notebookcheck.net says you'll get 66 fps on low settings, but I think that might be a bit optimistic.

 

with 5470 card I am more like fighting for good fps and most of time end up settings all game settings to low. I really am confused whether ATI added any new features for this card. personally this card is quite hell.

with just cause 2 - all settings low - fps = 22-28fps.

 

Wow, it shouldn't be that bad. What version drivers are you using? FYI nothing from ATI less than *6** should really be considered for gaming.

 

I am using video driver 5470. But I see 3-4 fps benefit if i downgrade my graphics driver to 5400 version (as in GTA4, also game become more smooth).

 

I'm sorry if my last post came about as confusing. The first and second sentences weren't related to each other. Your driver version should be something like 10.x, with 10.8 being the newest, which can be downloaded here ATI Catalyst? Mobility Display Driver

The second sentence was about the hardware itself, meaning that even if upgrading your drivers improves your performance, a 5470 can't really be expected to handle modern games too well.

BTW, GTA4 runs horribly on all systems, it was ported so badly from Xbox to PC that it shouldn't really even be considered to be a real PC game.

 

Something is definitely wrong you should be getting more FPS than that

This is what i get on my HD4570 from playing JC2 which the HD5470 is better than it
YouTube - Just Cause 2 on Ati Mobility Radeon HD4570

game settings is on description

Also you should update your drivers

 

i have intel core 2 duo 2.13 Ghz and ati hd4650 1gb gddr3 and i run with all setting high except shadows with 4xAA on and it gives me 59 fps anywhere. towns above 25 fps , raids with 25ppl never below 20. still very very playable. 1366x768 res

i bought laptop 1y ago. when hd4650 was the deal under 1000$. and i see ppl posting can i run this with much more powerful laptops then mine but answers stayed the same. list of games almost did not change. are laptops under 1000$ with hd5650 so similar to ones 1y ago?

 

the thing is the 5650 is on par with the 4870, so the difference is certainly present, but it's not enough to boost you up to resolutions of 1080 res which is why the increase isn't too significant. So between the 4650 and the 5650 you would really see about a 10-15% difference in frame rates at native res.

 

GeForce GTX 480M SLI (2x2048)
Intel Core i7-950 3.03Ghz 8M 4.8GT/sec
12 GB (3x4096) DDR3 RAM 1333Mhz
FHD 1920 x 1080
Seagate Momentus XT 7200.1 500GB / 4GB Hybrid
Windows 7 Enterprise

Could it run Crysis at full specs? and any other game for the next 4 -5 years (on medium)?

 

I have seen the video, But I if do that much of settings like(on game shadow etc)
I will be getting 8-9 fps. Right now I play at 800X600. Also I have updated driver, but no boost.

I tried that card is for game just to play at low settings ,I have to live with that.

 

This isn't a troll, right? Crysis should run max, maybe with AA on depending on whether you are a frame rate elitist who demands 60FPS at all times or not.

Future games should be high for the next 3 years or so. For the years after that it will start to struggle.

 

This for the new Clevo?

I would wait for the GTX 470M to release. Dual 470Ms will cost less than a single 480M, while delivering nearly the same performance. They are also built to overclock much higher.

There's just no reason to break bread for the 480Ms any more.

 

No troll, just a gigantic nerd . thx for the answer.

it is for the new clevo... whats a tentative release date for the Dual 470Ms?? might be able to invest in a SSD or better CPU if it's as cheap as you say.

 

I'm currently considering various laptops and to me it's essential they can run EVE online premium at maximum settings.

Atm the leading laptop in my quest is the sony VPCF12S1E/B due to it's awsome screen.

Specs are as follows.

CPU:Intel® Core™ i7-740QM
GPU:NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M
RAM:6GB DDR3 SDRAM
Display (resolution):1920 x 1080

So do you guys reckon I'll be able to run it with max settings and max screen res?

Also to play games such as Bad Company 2 on it, was res do you think I'd have to dial down the screen to for a reasonable frame rate with medium settings?

 

That's a great laptop for gaming except that gpu is going to bottleneck you like mad. I'm not sure about Eve, but bad company 2 is going to run low-medium in native res. If you want to game on this laptop I highly recommend you look at a laptop with a 460m, 480m, 5850m, or 5870m.

 

That 1080p is a big screen to drive with that video card. I'd agree with the last poster that you'll need to play low settings for reasonable framerates with BC2. You don't really need a super-GPU like he suggested, though they're nice if you could find one that meets your needs/style/budget.

Either way, you should consider a ATI 5650 or NVidia 350m/435m to be the bare minimum for decent gaming with anything over a 1366*768 screen, with the faster the better. That should net you at around 30fps at medium settings and native resolution in BC2.

 

@seeker_moc:
i will be getting the sxps 16 with the same configuration as yours.
Could you recommend me some first person shooters which i can play on high settings. I wouldnt mind playing at a lower resolution.