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GTAIV + a few others

 

Saints Row 2, Empire Total War series, Arma 2 and Microsoft Fsx. There will always be some games that you won't be able to run at max simply because of how intensive a game is, bottlenecks or poorly optimised code / sloppy Console ports.

 

Specs in sig.

Dragon Age Origins
Modern Warfare 2

 

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.

Settings preferred: any

I want to know if its playable or not

Specs in sig

 

Modern Warfare 2
Mass Effect 2

 

HI All,
I Plan to buy a laptop and have narrowed down to 2 models:
(1) DELL Studio 15 with the following specs: Core2Duo T6600 2.20 Ghz, 4 GB DDR II RAM, 500 GB HDD(5400rpm), 15.4" 1366 x 768, ATI Radeon HD 4570 with 512 MB
&
(2) HP DV6 with AMD Turion X2 2.20 Ghz, 4 GB DDR II, 320 GB (7200 rpm), 15.4" 1366 x 768, ATI Radeon HD 4650 with 1GB

I would use it for office purposes, watching movies and would like to know if I would be able to play the following games and at what settings:

FEAR, FEAR 2, DOOM 3, COD4, Crysis, Far Cry, Fallout 3, GTA IV, Bioshock
Thanks.

 

Hey guys,

Would the following spec be able to play these games:
Battlefield 2142, Left4Dead 2, StarCraft 2, World in Conflict, Dragon Age Origins, Crysis
And at what settings? Will it be able to play any newer games (Mass Effect 2) even on the lowest settings?

Processor: Core 2 Duo P8800 2.66ghz
Memory: 4096 MB
Hard drive: 500 GB 5300rpm
Screen: 15" (1366x768) High Definition HP LED Brightview Display
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 4650 1 GB DDR3

Thanks.

 

That should be able to play most of those games on high to max settings without much of a problem. Might have to turn down some settings like AA (pointless at native res) and tone down shadows a bit but I can't see any of those games not running well at medium. Crysis is the only exception obviously but its playable at lower to medium settitngs.

 

Thanks Senor Mortgage! That is great news. I would have gone for a higher spec though unfortunately the only other GPU available here and within my price range is the 230M. Is that a better choice over the 3650 for gaming?

Also do you think Modern Warfare 2 would work on Med at native res? Thanks again!

 

My laptop GPU is the 230m actually. Haven't had much chance to try a lot of games yet but Fallout 3 and Mass Effect both work great on medium-highish settings. No clue about MW2. The 230m is about 5-10% weaker than the 4650. It is a better GPU than the 3650 though (though I'm assuming that that was just a typo). The difference between the 230m and 4650 though is small enough that I would let other aspects of the laptop break the tie (for me the 230m was in an affordable, very nice look 14" lappy and the smaller size/weight beat out the larger 4650 laptops).

 

Any specifics on how my computer will run Dragon Age???

 

It will run fine, don't worry, at least medium... Depending on your screen resolution.

 

Nobody answered mine, so posting again =]

C2D 2.00 GHz
4 GB DDR2
9600M GS

Games: Modern Warfare 2 & Dragon age Origins

 

Not 100% sure but I imagine that both should be able to run at lower settings/resolution.

 

Do you think I could get it on medium at 1366x768?

 

my laptop in my signature maxxes out nba2k10

 

my laptop is dell studio 1555, the graphic card is mobility radeon hd4570 and its driver is the dell default driver, os is vista
i just played devil may cry 4 (dx9 mode) ,my setting is all high @ 1024x576 resolution and it runs smooth in my laptop, i noticed that sometimes after i played for a while the framerate will drop to about 30fps temporarily then back to normal ( normal framterate is around 55fps)
anyone here know the causes??

 

MW2 req are as follows

System Requirements

o OS: Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Vista (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
o Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
o Memory: 1 GB RAM
o Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better
o DirectX®: Microsoft DirectX(R) 9.0c
o Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space
o Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
o Internet: Broadband connection and service required for Multiplayer Connectivity. Internet Connection required for activation.
o Co-op/Multiplayer Hosting: To host Co-op or MP matches, a 2Ghz dual-core or better processor is recommended.


You should be able to play on low to mid-low with ease.

 

Dragon Age Origins...... Here are the specs, Will my laptop run this? (Specs in signature)

VISTA MINIMUM SPECS

OS: Windows Vista with SP1
CPU: Intel Core 2 (or equivalent) running at 1.6Ghz or greater
RAM: 1.5 GB or more
VIDEO: ATI Radeon X1550 256MB or greater
NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT 256MB or greater
DVD ROM (Physical copy)
20 GB HD space

RECOMMENDED SPECS

CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4Ghz Processor or equivalent
RAM: 4 GB (Vista) or 2 GB (XP)
VIDEO: ATI 3850 512 MB or greater
NVIDIA 8800GTS 512 MB or greater
AMD Phenom II X3 Triple-Core 2.8 GHz or greater
DVD ROM (Physical copy)
20 GB HD space

 

Thanks Senor Mortage, yeah the 3650 was a typo .
Will probably end up sticking with the 4650, oh by the way the 230M is a GT, would that make a difference?

 

Most probably your GPU gets hot and then it lowers its frequencies to lower the temperatures of GPU and memory. After it cools down, they go back up. I say probably BC I usually had to restart system to get back to default freqs, or overclocked one. Monitor your temps with any software.

Low to medium, just play with them. Shadows takes a lot of performance, so you can lower them or shut off.

No, as far as I know there is only 230M GT, nvidia quit with the previous GT,GTS, GTX...

 

Yeah there is only one 230m variant. Hope you enjoy your 4650.

 

yeap, my gpu temps can exceed 90+C during gaming
im thinking of buy a decent notebook cooler pad

 

If your fan air intake is underneath, put your NB rear side on smth elevated, like half inch until you buy a cooling pad. That should help a bit.

 

hi guys. im new here and am looking into buying a high end gaming laptop to replace my dell E1505. I was wondering which one of these (Regardless of price) Im leaning towards the HP but i dont know if the graphics card could handle Crysis on medium/high settings.

Alienware m15x
Intel i7 820QM processor (8mb cache)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240m 512mb
4gb DDR3 @ 1333HZ
500GB HD @ 7200RPM

or

HP DV6T quad edition
intel i7 820QM (8mb cache)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230m
4gb DDR3 (2 Dimm)
500GB HD @ 7200 RPM

thanks!!

 

Dell studio 1555(first)
Dual Core T4200 Intel Dual Core T4200 2.0GHz / 1MB L2 Cache / 800MHz FSB, Intel PM45 chipset
15.6" HD Wide TrueLife display (1366 x 768),
2 GB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 512MB

Dell studio 1555(second)
Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 2,10GHz (2MB cache)
15.6" WXGA TFT 1366 x 768, Truelife
ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 512MB
4 GB DDR2 667MHz

I know that second one is much better for gaming but how better?
I don't know will I notice super visible and better performance in games like Borderlands and Dragon Age Origins (medium settings) with second laptop so please tell me.
Thanks

 

@Archangel-254 - Alien is better, graphic card is more powerfull.

Mali_42 - I don't know why you said that second one is better for gaming BC it isn't. They have the same graphic card and resolution, the first one has better memory(800MHz). only thing is that the CPU is a bit weaker in the first one but not too much. I'd go for the first one. Also if possible add 2GB more memory.

 

Hello I'm planning on buying this laptop, however I'm not sure if the graphics card is up to snuff to play The Sims 3. It's the perfect laptop for me, except for this one small thing!

Toshiba Satellite A505 - S6980
Intel® Core™2 Duo 2.2GHz
4 GB of RAM
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD
HD widescreen with TruBrite technology (1366 x 768)

My current desktop has a GeForce 6150 LE with 1 gb of RAM and runs it pretty slow but can run it. Is the toshiba's card going to be better?

 

essenceofire - It is going to be better than the one you have now, but don't be too optimistic. That is not a card for gaming at all.

 

Well, I can't afford 2 Gb ram slot for now. I'm planning to have laptop as it is for at least 4 years.

I meant it's better due to better processor and 4 Gb ram. I don't now is that very
crucible in modern games.

 

Can my laptop run Football manager 2010

CPU: Pavilion dv2000
GPU:don;t know what this is :S
RAM: 1GB
Display:don;t know what this is either :S

 

probably not since im assuming that it has an intel igp..

 

1366 x 768 res
Radeon HD 4650 (not mobility)
Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53 Ghz
4GB DDR2 RAM

How will it run mw2 and napoleon total war?

 

MW2 should run fine med-high and idk about total war

 

Would this computer be better?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pa...ssor/9556296.p?id=1218123847586&skuId=9556296


Processor: AMD Turion™ II at 2.4 GHz
Cache Memory: 2MB on die Level 2
RAM: 4GB DDR2
ATI Radeon HD 4200

 

way better.
Generally, even a crap seperate GFX card is better than an intergrated one.

 

I'm thinking about getting GTA 4 to run in bootcamp in windows xp on my macbook pro. Think my macbook pro would be able to handle it?
I'm also thinking of getting san andreas and vice city.

-intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz w/ 3mb L2 cache
-4gb DDR2
-500GB Seagate Momentus 7200RPM 2.5" SATA HD 16MB Cache
-GeForce 8600M GT w/256mb
-1440 x 900 native resolution

 

GTA4 is very demanding game, even very powerful desktops have problem handling it, a core2duo 2.4Ghz with 8600M GT simply doesn't have enough power to run it decently, technically, it can run on that rig, but you will probably have to lower the resolution to 800x600 or even lower to get playable frame rates.

San andreas and vice city should be no problem at all.

 

Can Dragon Age run smooth on this? :

Intel C2D 2.0 GHz T3400
4 Gig Ram
Geforce 105m 256 MB
500 GB 7200 rpm
Win7 Home



I just want to get playable frames...

 

Modern Warfare 2


Specs in sig

Ty

 

Dragon age Origins

2.26ghz dual core overclocking to 2.49 ghz
9800m gt 512 mb (whats its desktop equivalent?)
everything else fits fine.

what setting should i be able to play at?
apparently DA:O recommends a dual core, not quad.

 

That's not a good card for gaming, you'll have to lower the resolution and settings to low.

Low to medium, lower your resolution.

You'll get OK rates, depending on the resolution which you didn't mention. Medium to some high settings. They changed the recommended CPU to C2D.

 

Can my notebook run COD Modern Warfare 2, Dragon Age Origins & Borderlands? Specs in sig. Thanks!

 

Will I be able to run Dragon Age Origins with an ati radeon xpress 200m? I have an amd turion 64 x2 mobile technology TL-52 and I have almost 2G of RAM.

 

Any chance running DA:O with my laptop?

Specs in sig.

Thanks.

 

Hi, would my laptop be able to run Modern Warfare 2?
http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Sony_VAIO_FZ11S_VGN-FZ11S/version.asp
it meets all the requirements except CPU speed which requires an Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+, but i have an intel core 2 duo T7100 1.80GHz

 

Hi, will my laptop be able to run COD: MW and MW2? If so, at wht settings?
Specs:-
Core 2 duo T8300 2.40GHz
4 GB Ram
2 8600m gt in Sli
Native Screen resolution 1440 x 900
windows 7 professional x64

 

Yes that laptop will handle both games, my guess is at least medium settings in native res.

 

Hey guys, I'm buying this laptop and I'm wondering how could it handle these
new games, also I can choose between two different processors with the same exact specs of GPU RAM HDD etc... also i wana know if its worth it to pay more or not.


1st CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P7550 2.26GHz (Cache: 3MB L2, FSB: 1066MHz)
2nd CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8800 2.66GHz (Cache: 3MB L2, FSB: 1066MHz)

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4650 Graphics, Up to 2815 MB with 1 GB dedicated DDR3
RAM: 4GB DDR-3
Display: Native Res. 1366 x 768
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium

Games: Crysis:Warhead, FarCry 2, GTA 4, Fallout 3, NFS shift, FEAR 2

Thanks alot

 

You'll run OK, medium settings. Your biggest problem is resolution, you'll have to lower it.

That is not a card for gaming. It will be very, very slow on your notebook.

Theres always a chance. . Just kidding. Low to medium settings depending on the resolution and memory on graphic card, DDR2 or DDR3.

You'll be able to run it on low settings, you'll have to lower the resolution too. Card has only 128MB memory which is very low for gaming.

It depends how much is the difference in the price, but I would always go for the better one. In gaming it will be a bottleneck so if it isn't too much money for your pocket go for it. You'll be gaming on medium settings most of the time.