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i3-330M processor (2.13GHz)
Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
4GB (4GBx1) DDR3-SDRAM-1066
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470 Graphics (512MB VRAM)
Native Resolution-1366 x 768

I would like to be able to play Sims 3, Team Fortress 2, and Elder Scrolls Oblivion. Possibly Bioshock 2. Can I play all of these, and on what settings can I play them?

Thanks!!

 

OH, no. That card is not for gaming at all. You would have to lower all settings to low so as your resolution. Even then I wonder. But then I don't call this gaming. IMO, the game is made for you to see it how it looks good, not just to go through it. Take Toshiba. I know I would. Acctually I am doing it every time I go onboard. I work on ships.

That card is lower middle class so don't expect too much. Lower your settings and resolution maybe and you might be OK.

Check this video, your card is... lets say 5% better than his.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvt-Nbwnshs

Yes, you'll be fine.

On all except Bioshock 2 expect about medium settings. Bioshock 2 - low.

 

lol thank you for the answer

 

Thanks grbac!

 

Sure. Thanks for the Reps.

 

Was looking at MW2 and The new wow expansion based on graphics from the Latest expansion set.

Toshiba A505
CPU: Intel Core i7-720QM(1.60GHz)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M w/ 1GB GDDR3
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1066
Display: 1366 x 768

If anyone knows any other games that are pretty good feel free to let me know, i'm kinda out of the loop at the moment.

 

Ultra settings. Check the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szHAGamckqw

 

looks like i'm going to be pretty happy with it when it comes in!

 

MW2 will be easily maxed. Don't pile on the AA though.

 

For those with integrated graphics:

I can play CoD:MW2 on low settings with 1024x768 or 800 x 600 res and all effects turned off on an Intel GMA4500HD, with a low-end core 2 duo (centrino?) processor on a laptop. Playing online is a little bit annoying because I think I'm dropping frames occasionally, but its still fairly smooth and if you just want to play campaign it's great. I still managed to get kills online but yea there was some definite handicapping because of the laptop lol. But since I wasn't expecting much in the first place there weren't many face palm moments lol.

Just throwing this out there because Notebookcheck says that it won't run, when actually it does run, probably around 30+fps though I haven't actually used fraps or anything to check, but its fairly smooth so yeah probably around that, possibly higher.

It's not great, but hey it runs so I can't complain lol.

edit/ vista too, and 4gb of ram

Oh I also have an HP DV2 with ATI mobility 3410 and the game runs pretty smoothly, I ownn online haha. There's a tiny amount of lag when compared to playing on my friend's quad core desktop with a gtx260, but yeah it's very very playable at 1024x768 on all low settings.

 

Processor Type: AMD Turion 64 X2
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Processor Configuration: Dual Core
Premium Memory (RAM): 4 GB
Graphics Hardware : NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M

Can my laptop play NFS Shift, GTA IV, World Racing 2 and Devil May Cry 4?

 

Simple answer, no. First, that card is not intended for gaming and second, it's old.

 

~~Bad Company 2~~

my graphics card is a Nvidia geforce 8400m GS

my processor is an Intel core 2 duo t7100 @1.8GHz

the problem is, the minimum requirements list an Intel core 2 duo @2.0GHz.

would i be able to run BC2? does the .2GHz difference really mean my processor cant run the game? i really want it but dont want it to be really low quality.

EDIT: can it run Battlefield1943?

 

It will run but its gonna be very laggy even on all low settings

 

CPU: 2.5ghz Duo core (P8700)
GPU: GT230M 512MB
RAM: 4GB DDR3
Display: 1366x768
(sony vaio CW)

will my laptop run battlfield bad company 2, decently?

 

Don't expect your sony to run the game great, but you will be able to run it.

I am on a Asus G51vx-RX05
Intel T9900 3.06ghz dual OC to 3.3
4gb DDR2
1gb GDDR3 GTX 260m
Win7 HP - 64bit

I run the game with the following settings:
1366*768 native
High Textures
Medium Detail and Effects
Low Shadows
Low Water
1x AA
8x AF
Vsync, HBAO, and Bloom Off

On a full 32 person server I get varying FPS depending on the map. I benched it with FRAPS multiple times since the beta to find my best configuration for my system.

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
14156, 326720, 0, 110, 43.328

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
22449, 343540, 30, 141, 65.346

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
10341, 222940, 28, 96, 46.385

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
33864, 660048, 27, 105, 51.305

Frames, Time (ms), Min, Max, Avg
12072, 221349, 34, 97, 54.538

Those are various benches I ran while playing in full servers, I can't tell you which maps they were from though. But you can see by the benches I am getting somewhere in the range on average 45-50fps. I think it runs much smoother feeling than that though. I would say overclock your CPU and GPU if you can, and run on low to medium settings.

 

Battlefield Bad Company 2 with my notebook spec in my signature... possible to run it?

 

Your 9600M GT will be your limiting reactant. You will be able to run medium settings on 1366x768. Also, how did you volt mod the CPU on a HP?

 

here =D

http://www.clockmod.com/index.php?/products/view/cpugenie_1.0/

 

I tried posting this to the Radeon XPress 200M forum, but somehow my post was deleted, so I mat as well try it here.

I wanted to know if there's any way at all my laptop would be able to run Neverwinter Nights 2. I don't need to run it with all the bells and whistles, but if it would run at a decent rate, I would be a very happy man.

My rig:
CPU: AMD Turion 64 ML-34 running at 1.8GHz (Can play games rated up to 2.24GHz)
GPU: ATI Radeon XPress 200M (128MB VRAM dedicated)
RAM: 1GB DDR2
Display: 1280x800

 

Can I run Just cause 2?

i7 1.6ghz Quad Core CPU
4Gb DDR3 RAM
GT 230M Graphics card
Win 7

 

Ok, so I kinda doubt it, but I'll throw this out there anyway -- anyone tried the brand new game Metro 2033 yet on a below minimum specs laptop? (I've got an older T60p 2GHz Core Duo 2GB 256~512MB v5200/x1600)

This looks like a game I'd want to play and there's no demo download. Since Batman Arkum Asylum didn't meet the minimum requirements either and I liked that even at the lower settings, I'd like to see if anyone's tried it yet before giving up on the idea.

I want to try either this or S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl on my laptop next.

Axim



Listed specs for Metro 2033:

Minimum:

* Dual core CPU (any Core 2 Duo or better will do)
* DirectX 9, Shader Model 3 compliant graphics cards (GeForce 8800, GeForce GT220 and above)
* 1GB RAM

Recommended:

* Any Quad Core or 3.0+ GHz Dual Core CPU
* DirectX 10 compliant graphics card (GeForce GTX 260 and above)
* 2GB RAM

Optimum:

* Core i7 CPU
* NVIDIA DirectX 11 compliant graphics card (GeForce GTX 480 and 470)
* As much RAM as possible (8GB+)
* Fast HDD or SSD

 

Well, considering the minimum for the GPU is a desktop 8800 GT, (equivalent to GTX 260M), then it will be very difficult to get it running on that old laptop. I think you may just be able to run it, maybe 640 x 480 and at the lowest settings available. Personally, I'd a little until it there's more response from it, see what people say about it, whether it's even a game worth getting.

And for future reference, the sticky "Can My Notebook Run It", is there just for these types of questions.

 

This is a game being carried on graphics, it wouldn't eve be worth playing @ 640x480 all low.

Its not a powerhouse game, its just horribly optimized for PC because it runs great on consoles with far less rendering power than the recommended desktop specs.

 

What little I've seen so far looks about right, at least as far as atmosphere. Don't ask me why, for some reason the idea of getting immersed into some involving post-apocalyptic bleakness just really appeals to me at the moment.

Heard and noted.

 

I'm definitely getting the replies I expected, and I also know it's too new to expect much in the way of first hand experience, but I wonder if there's anyone out there who has actually done the tune-down tweakage yet? Different animals it's true, but in my recent memory is Cod3's console only heritage followed by Cod4:MW showing low teens even @ 800x600....then came the settings surgery & what do you know? Pretty playable @ ~25-55fps, at least 'til I can afford to Frankenstein myself an OK desktop.

 

Yeah but CoD has nothing in terms of graphics vs this game. Plus its just the nature of the game.

CoD is a shooter pure and true, but games like this one or one your maybe more familiar with say F.E.A.R. they are nothing without the atmosphere, and the atmosphere is created by the graphics, take the atmosphere away and you took away most of what is good about the game.

Just benched the game DX11 maxed out on the G73...

Min 6fps
Max 16fps
Avg 9.6fps

Totally unplayable.

Going to try DX10 and then DX9 and from there start to turn down settings.

DX10

Min 7
Max 35
Avg 15

DX9
Min 7
Max 42
Avg 17

 

I remember promising myself I wouldn't pick up a supposedly great action-atmosphere type game until I was all setup and ready to go in surround sound...and now, how many years have gone by since Thief:The Dark Project was released? As of fairly recently I've been trying to just play what I wanted with what I had and it's worked out pretty well, although I've got to admit the $35 dollar or so 5.1 usb sound card I remember scoping out a while back will probably be the first thing I get if plans to visit post-apocalyptic Russia fall though with both Metro and Stalker -- that Thief CD has been gathering dust for way too long now.

 

G73 DX10 High

Min 16
Max 40
Avg 24

Its playable.

DX10 looks identical to DX11 to me but runs faster. DX9 is not much faster than DX10 but you can really see the difference. Looks like you need a DX10 card to really enjoy this game and its visuals.

There is not much in the way of tweaking, its just "very high" "high" you cant change individual settings other than a very limited AA and AF setting and your resolution.

With my GPU overclocked looks like DX10 High is the way to go. Will do more testing later, and see how good it gets on lower settings and how bad it effects the visuals.

I can say this though, no laptop has any hope of maxing this game out and being playable.

Here is the graph of Very High (maxed out)



Mind you this is running

8GB 1333Mhz RAM
ATI 5870 1GB
Core i7 720QM

Basically the strongest single card laptop out there and only slightly behind the handful of dual GTX280/4870 laptops.

It nearly doubled frame rate on High instead of Very High, so lets home Medium doubles again. Will test more tomorrow.

 

Whats funny about "requiring" a GT220 is it's about half as powerful as an 8800GT which is also the "required" along with it. Huge disparity there, but the game should be at least playable on quite a few laptops, anything with a Geforce 8800M, 9800M, 150M, 230M, 325M or better and Mobility Radeon 3850, 4650, 5650 or better.

So far my performance is all based on playing on my major desktop (in sig). I was quite disappointed not to get stable 1080p performance with the game at max settings (including advanced CPU based PhysX). However, bringing the resolution down to 1280 x 800 more than doubled my framerate, maybe into the 50s-60s. The game is clearly ROP dependent with all the detail and what not, however I do think it's an optimization issue too, maybe with Radeons thanks to Nvidia. I hope the next game patch as well as Radeon 5 series drivers fix the issue-if it is one. Be it noted when compared to the console version, the textures are double the resolution at max settings in the PC version. Also the shadows in DX11 mode go up to 3072 x 3072 as opposed to the 360s max of 1024 x 1024 IIRC. Remember, to double the resolution is 4 times the pixels to render:

1024 x 1024 = 1048576
2048 x 2048 = 4194304

Also the PC version has available tessellation, super high quality DOF, double than 360's PhysX precision. I think after taking that into account, I shouldn't be a bit disappointed by the performance, but I still am. At least at max details, and 720p (360's max render resolution for the game) Metro 2033 still looks better, and runs at a very high framerate, much faster than 360. That room with the broken windows with the smoke and volumetric light coming in at the beginning of the game looked absolutely amazing

As for now (after playing the first hour of the game) I'm putting it on the back burner until I get some other games completed. I finally beat the first Halo for the first time earlier today, and I'm working on Halo 2 now. I also have GTA4, STALKER Clear Sky, Call of Pripyat, CoD: world at War, Final Fantasy 13 (only PS3 game I'm playing at the moment) to complete as well as many games I haven't even really started yet. So much to play already lol.

 

We may as well nickname this title "Crysis 2033"

I think that there will be performance gains with new drivers soon, I mean look at Dirt 2 it got like 30% boost last driver set. Also the game itself may get some performance patches.

But yeah I will not be surprised to see this be a Nvidia favored game. Its not just chance that almost every game out there runs exactly the same on equivalent Nvidia and ATI hardware with the exception of "Sponsored by Nvidia" titles that almost always seem to run worse on ATI, and its not a coincidence that a game like say Assassins Creed that had DX10.1 support that only ATI supported at the time magically had DX10.1 removed after the first game patch.... I remember the interview with the guys that made Assassins Creed and when they were asked about the DX10.1 gains he explained how it boosted performance and ran better on ATI due to those performance gains, but when they were asked why DX10.1 was removed they kinda had to dance around the question and would not give a real answer.

Not sure if I will like this game, seems very Stalker'ish and I never did like those games. But if I run out of other games to play its better than nothing.

 

It's more or less STALKER (Russian/Soviet like setting) meets Bioshock and Metroid (exploratory aspects). The shooting seems to lack feel and umph.

 

Can someone bench on a Mobility 4650? thanks been thinking about getting this game for a while and maybe even some of the books but if it's unplayable then i doubt ill bother with the game.

 

At this point it looks pretty unplayable, sorry.

You could probably get by on the lowest settings, or maybe even medium, if it's a reasonably low resolution.

 

This is basically what will happen if you try to max out this game on a lesser computer



(insert mortal kombat "fatality" sound clip in your imagination)

 

Very stupid question.
Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista/7
Processor: Dual-Core CPU (Athlon 64 X2 4200/Pentium D @ 3 GHz)
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 10 GB Free
Video Memory: 256 MB (NVIDIA GeForce 8800/ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 10
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista/7
Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO @ 2.6 GHz/AMD Phenom X3 @ 2.4 GHz
Memory: 3 GB
Hard Drive: 10 GB Free
Video Memory: 512 MB (NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250/ATI Radeon HD 5750)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
DirectX: 10.1
Keyboard & Mouse
DVD Rom Drive

 

No, that is a weak graphic card, not for gaming and it's very old. CPU is not that great either. You can try with low everything, res and settings but even then I don't think it will be playable. Your system is just outdated for that new game.

Yes you can. I'd say medium.

 

I appreciate the comprehensive feedback (framerate benchmarks, etc) as lousy as it is to someone who was looking forward to trying the game on their older laptop...bad news maybe, but expertly delivered.

Gotta put assembling a really nice desktop more to the top of the list then...while I'm at it, this is the first newer game I've really wanted to play that should work well with nvidia 3d vision, so by the time I'm ready to build, with any luck dual-core fermi's will have been released and be relatively cheap. (or a solid 3D driver patch for use with ATI's better offerings)

As to the game, forget some of the stunning DX11 visuals, this trailer had me at the first few notes of the theme.

http://sn.im/metro2033hd [www_youtube_com REM: set to HD 720p fullscreen]

There aren't many reviews out there yet regarding gameplay, but there are at least a few people out there who are praising it.

http://sn.im/m2033review [www_halflife2_net]

I've got too much on my gameplate already, but I gotta admit life gets pretty boring to me if I don't have my sights set on at least one newer and cooler techsomething.

 

Hi guys.. Im thinking of upgrading my laptop from my signature one running NVIDIA 9400M G ... to all new HP G62t... which will run 512MB ati mobility 5430 card and i7 dual core processor up to 3.33ghz turbo.

My question is... is this a noticable uprade in the GPU devision?
Will I be able to run Team Fortress 2 in high settings?
what other games will I be able to play in mid-high settings?

Thanx!

 

No, It is not a worthwhile upgrade in the GPU department. The HD 5430 is a low end mobile GPU in the HD5000 series, you will see improvement over the 9400M G you currently have, but don't expect a miracle.

That really depends on the resolution, but you should be able to run it with high settings at 1280x800, team fortress has never been a demanding game.

You can't expect much with a HD5430, recent titles won't run fluently with it at medium/high settings. In a nut shell, it is not a card designed for gaming.

 

You'll have to run all new games in low settings.

 

OK thanx guys.. I wont upgrade... it makes sense not to... If your going to upgrade you have to notice the difference

 

Ati 5730 / 4 ab ram / i5 core cpu

bad company 2

 

bad company 2

dell sxps 1645
i7-720, ati radeon hd 4650 1gb, 6 gb ram, 500 gb 7200rpm hd

 

hi, ive just got a HP dv6-2106ea

CPU: core i7-720QM 1.6 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 230M 1 GB dedicated DDR3
RAM: 4 GB DDR3
Display: 15.6" 1366 x 768

any good?

ta

 

Aion (hoping for graphics at medium-high)
Empire Total War
(Ialso play Counter Strike Source and Starcraft but somehow I'm pretty sure I'll be able to run those)

The Rig I'm looking at Buying:
Dell SXPS 1640
Intel Core 2 Duo-2GHZ
4 GB DDR3 RAM
320 GB 7200 RPM
Radeon 4670
1600x900 RES

 

Low to medium, the 5730 should be medium, maybe a little bit higher, and the 4650 rig will probably be a tad lower than medium.

 

Can I play Duke Nukem 3d with my computer?

 

Good for what? It's an average notebook, don't expect too much. You can play all games, most probably on medium settings. If that's what you're asking.

That's a good card, not the best but certainly not bad. Yes expect medium to high for the Aion and maybe high for ETW. What you said for CSS...

No you can't, your notebook will burn, it's too weak... You're kidding right? Of course you can play it, that's 1996 game. Oh I get it, you're just bragging about your new rig.

 

Aion will be iffy. Patch 2.0 is supposed to completely re-vamp the graphics, bad for you, maybe good? Not sure, something we can't really predict yet.