**Can My Notebook Run It?** - Ask about your notebooks here

Can this Lenovo IdeaPad Y550 run Empire Total War, Anno 1404, Dragon Age: Origins at least at medium settings.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 2.13GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB Speed
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1066MHz RAM
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

 

Yes it can, the graphic card is not that bad, lets say mainstream.

Anno - high
DA: O - high
Check this also.

Empire:TW

 

great! thanks! =)

 

Now that's a much better laptop than your previous choice.
The Last Remnant - high settings(you might have to lower the shadow effects though)
Resident Evil 5- maxed settings
Dead Space- maxed settings
Mass Effect- maxed settings
Red Faction: Guerrilla- high~maxed settings
Dragon Age:Origins- maxed settings
Bioshock- maxed settings

 

Wow that's nice. Can I max Last Remnant if I turned off Vsync or AA ?

 

Good morning everyone! My new laptop is on it's way, and I was curious if it will be able to play City of Heroes or WoW... At moderate settings. Thanks in advance!
Lenovo IdeaPad Y450
CPU:Intel® Core™2 Duo P7450 (2.13GHz, 3MB L2, 1066MHz FSB)
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce G110M
RAM:4GB (2 X 2GB) PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory
Display:14.0” WXGA (1366 X 768) LED

I hope it can. Gaming was not my 1st consideration for this laptop, and I couldn't pass up the deal.

 

At what settings can the Thinkpad in my signature run the orange box games? At native resolution? Also, would Left for Dead 2 be playable on this system?

 

I have the same laptop -- you'll be fine at native resolution with some tweaking.

 

im not sure. but I wouldn't really recommend that game though. I heard that it's really bug filled and poorly optimized

 

WoW- med settings
City of Heroes- maxed settings

 

Awesome! Thank you very much. I was afraid that I'd stumped everyone!

 

thanks for the detailed info...

 

Mass Effect 2: low, medium or high?

My system:
HP HDX 18
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000 2.00GHz
4 GB DDR2
GeForce 9600M GT
1920x1080

Thanks in advance.

 

Hi guys,got a replacement system from my insurance company an m571tu clevo laptop;{not the one in sig}
CPU-T6600
GPU-8800m GTX
RAM-2048gb
HDD-160gb

I suppose my question is,is the cpu ie the t6600 going to bottle neck the 8800m gtx or can these specs play games like borderlands,crysis left for dead 2 at high settings?

 

It is very hard to know that, the game is just out... It all depends on your native resolution, which you didn't state.

No it won't be. You would gain a few fps's with a more powerfull CPU, but that shouldn't worry you...8800M GTX can play Crysis at medium... I played it at low with 8600M.
Borderlands - medium to high, depending on resolution

 

Specs in sig.

Games: The Sims 2 and 3.

 

Which rig? You know you can run them max on your desktop easy.

 

Yes well it's a notebook forums so I thought it was pretty obvious lol

I thought the fact that I asked also meant it was the machine which seemed less likely to run them.

Oh well, just to clarify, yes it's the T5010 I'm asking

I know that the Sims 2 ran on my old Celeron M and GMA950, but I just wanna make sure it can still run and if the 3rd installment will run on my T5010(seeing as I've been told it's not too graphically different than the 2nd game)

 

Sims 3 apparently runs alright on integrated cards when I read the gamespot review, performance is going to be slightly weaker on integrated cards since it is slightly more advanced than its predecessor.

 

Modern Warfare 2 on sig?

 

hey air holland i have a dell inspiron 1720 with 8600mGT, 3 gigs RAM, core 2 duo 5550 and im trying to play gta4. i can only play at a half decent fps with mostly everything on low.

what should I do to get like 25-30 fps with most settings at medium ?

sorry had to put this in unrelated thread. no pm option. i will check this thread later so please just reply

 

Max, probably native, without AA.

 

Mass Effect 2 (Specs in Sig)
Native res 1280 x 800

 

I have a Dell 6000,Ati Mobility Radeon X300 card,resolution 1280x 800,1.7GHz,1.00 G.B. of Ram....Will it play Dragon Age Origins...If so...Settings?...Thanks for Any and All Help.

 

Can I run Bioshock 2 and Mass Effect 2 ? If so, in what settings ?

Here's the Official System Requirements for Bioshock 2 which was released the other day.


Minimum

OS: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3800+ 2.4Ghz or better, Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0Ghz Processor or better
Memory: 2GB
Graphics: NVIDIA 7800GT 256MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon X1900 256MB graphics card or better
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
Hard Drive: 11GB
Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0C compliant sound card or onboard sound

Recommended

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core 2.60Ghz, Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Dual Core 2.13Ghz
Memory: 3GB
Graphics: NVIDIA 8800GT 512MB graphics card or better, ATI Radeon HD4830 512MB graphics card or better

Laptop on sig.

Thanks.

 

Can I run left 4 dead 2?

Sony CW

Intel® Core™ i3-330M processor
Features a 3MB cache and 2.1GHz processor speed

500GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm)
Offers spacious storage and fast read/write times.
NVIDIA GeForce 310M GPU

thanks a lot!

 

far cry 2
stock clocks

 

If u loosen up the AA you're going to get playable framerates with very high settings.

 

specs: M15x 2.5ghz penryn, 8800gtx, 4 gig ram vista 32bit. I am noticing lag at 720p during the opening battle with high settings (not extra high) with fraps showing 30-50fps. Is this normal? I would have thought my system would have run it better than 360?? whats up?

 

mw2 p8700 cpu, 130m gt y550?
thanks
720p

 

You can max all. Check video.

 

Yes, something isn't right. Try updating your drivers, you should be able to max it easily.

I'm running all highest settings with my 3650 (No AA), at 1280 x 800, and getting a 30FPS average. Not great I know, but if I set it to what you have set, I'd probably get 30 -50FPS as well, and any 8800M card is going to slap mine silly.

 

I just got the new Sony Vaio F. It has a quad core i7, 6gig ram and an nvidia geforce GT 330m.

Do you think this can play Bad Company 2 at full HD?

 

It's hard too tell, game's not out yet. But that is not a bad card, a bit faster than 240M or 9700M. But at FHD, definitely not at max settings...

 

Yeah I'm perfectly fine with low settings as long as it's native resolution (in my case FHD).

Call of Duty World at War seems to be the hardest on my gpu -- low settings, tweaked config @ FHD and I get 40-60fps.

 

nah probably not on low settings. maybe on med settings

 

Hmm when you say "ok", is that on lowest settings or on highest? Mind linking the review if you're unsure?

I was able to run the Sims 2 on "max settings" with my old HP, but it was blocky once in a while so I'm just hoping I don't struggle on the 3rd one(otherwise I'll just install the 2nd one and be happy )

Thanks

 

mass effect 2 + my system = ?

PS: i dont mind playing at non-native res if i have to (currently playing me1 at 1024x768)

 

god! i'm so curious how will bc2 perform on my notebook. what do u recon?

 

It should run similar to what you're getting now, maybe 2 or 3 frames lower. Shouldn't be too noticeable. I think the game is the same on low, but on high the eye candy has been improved.

 

I'm just debating between getting it for the 360 or getting it for PC.
I'm more used to the controls on PC, but I could probably transition to controller pretty easily.
I DO have my character from ME1 on PC and could import to ME2 if I get it for PC, but is it really that big of a deal? What advantages are there for importing an old character vs. starting with a new character?
Of course, I would be able to enjoy all the eye candy on 360 whereas for PC I'd have to play on low-med and at non-native res.

I can't decide!

 

Modern Warfare 2 addict here. I'm spending a little too much time on the PS3 lately and taking up the TV. I just bought a Dell Studio XPS 16 with the specs below:

Intel Core-i5 430m (2.26 GHz)
4GB DDR3 RAM
HD4670 1GB
1920 x 1080 res

Just wondering if you think I'll be able to run MW2 at Full HD or will I have to scale it back a little. I'm a little unsure about the 4670 but it's the best Dell had outside of the "gaming" laptops.

 

You should be able to max it at 1920 x 1080, but AA will probably bog you down a little. And don't underestimate the 4670, it's actually a pretty good card, about equivalent to the 9800M GS.

 

If you think 4670 is about equivalent to a 9800M gs, you are way wrong. Perhaps the performance will be on par with 9800M gs at low resolution, but at higher resolution, it gets outperformed by 9800M gs by a big margin.

My friend's Dell has a 4670 in it and he hooked his laptop to my 24" 1080P monitor once and tried a few games on it at 1920x1080, the result is well, rather disappoiting compared to my 9800M gs.

EDIT: Benchmarking says the same thing, about 2k difference in 3Dmark06 when both coupled with mid ranged dual cores.

 

Oh yeah, the 128 bit bus will cripple it at higher resolutions...

It will still run very well though.

 

As requested, here's the gamespot review and a yougamers review which is very useful for providing a visual comparison of the various graphics settings.

 

Hello.

Could you tell me if I can run the following games with these specs? If I can run them (at least some of them...), what settings can I play them on?

Games: BioShock, BioShock2, Fallout 3, Dead Space, Assassin's Creed 2

Specs (Asus UL50VG):
Intel Core 2 Duo 2x SU7300 1.34 GHz
NVIDIA GeForce G210M 512MB
1366x768
4GB RAM

Thanks in advance

 

You can play it but on low, that is a weak card in terms of performance and gaming.

 

Hm, yeah, I thought that much, but all of them on low? I never expected to be able to play Fallout 3, BioShock 2 and AC2, just thought I would ask anyways. The thing I don't understand is, that how is that possible? I mean Dead Space has pretty low requirements compared to BioShock 2 and I can still play both on low?

Oh and thanks for your quick reply!

 

med-high for dead space, rest of them on low. i can max the game at 720p and get about 40fps.
you might be able to play fo3 on medium. and bioshock is pretty taxing for an old game.