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The GMA950 is an incredibly low-powered integrated GPU. I doubt it would be able to play COD4 even at all the lowest settings. In fact, I doubt it could run most modern games at all but the lowest settings and resolutions.

 

actually you are WRONG!
i played warrock on my vista and it turned out at a whopping 50FPS!
and i told u i overclocked my graphix card and i kno it's an incredibly low-powered integrated GPU but as u said u doubt that it would run most of the modern games well its not true
i tweaked and overclocked my graphix card and my warrock and the game crossfire works perfectly at highest resolutions. trust me u just need to tweak or overclock your gma if u want better graphix performance

 

You should run it fine at least on medium settings. med-high is my guess.

 

Dude sorry to tell you but warrock is very very old game that was made like 6years ago in korea. Im korean. Even though it looks pretty good, its nothing compared to COD4

EDIT* Crossfire is also nothing compared to COD 4. Trust me, ive played both games.

This is Warrock's requirements(Crossfire's is about the same)
Minimum: Windows ME / XP / Vista
Pentium 3 800 Mhz
1 GB Ram
Radeon 8500LE, GeForce MX400 or better

and
This is COD4's requirements
Minimum: CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.4 GHz or AMD(R) Athlon(TM) 64 2800+ processor or any 1.8Ghz Dual Core Processor or better supported
RAM: 512MB RAM (768MB for Windows Vista)
Hard Drive: 8GB of free space

Video card: NVIDIA(R) Geforce(TM) 6600
or better or ATI(R) Radeon(R) 9800 Pro or better
As you can see, COD's minimum requirements are much much more demanding.

For future reference, the games you download on free gaming sites like nexon, ijji or stuff like that, they are nothing compared to games like you buy in stores. Such as COD.

 

wanting to see if i could run Modern Warfare 2.

Core2Duo - T5550 @ 1.83GHz
4GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Was planning to upgrade processor to T9300, but that's later. Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

You should run it fine at high settings. And upgrading your processor would be a great plus to your performance

 

Going to be enough for gaming now and in the future? Specifically RPG's and things like Diablo 3, Starcraft II, Bioshock 2, Mass Effect 2...

The 4650 has 512mb DDR2, the computer has 6gb DDR2. The processor is a Core 2 Duo 7450...

I am trying to decide if it is worth $300.00 to get a Q9000 and a GTX 260M, even though it will be much bulkier, less than 1/3 the battery life, worse screen ratio and no Blu-Ray. I would only spend the $300.00 if it would be necessary to play the games I am looking at playing.

 

The 4650 isn't bad, but with DDR2 it's significantly worse than the GDDR3 version.

If a laptop with a Q9000 and GTX 260M is only $300 more, I'd say go for it if you intend to do much gaming, especially in the coming years. The 4650 is still pretty good, but it will start to show its age soon.

 

How would I check on what kind of memory is on the video card? I was told by Sony it was DDR2, but I was also told by the reseller that it was GDDR3.


I definitely like the overall feel of the 2.16ghz computer much more... Do you think that it would cut it for what I am doing, if I intend to make it last 2 years(ish)? Like I said, I like RPG's, and I'd play Starcraft II and Diablo 3. Beyond that, not much else gaming. More music oriented things than anything else.

The computers in question are an Asus G72 from Best Buy and a Sony Vaio FW from Best Buy.

 

OK, I am very close to buying the big Asus. I wouldn't see much of a difference with BluRay if I have a 1600x900 screen, right?

 

Yes, it is good enough. I have a friend who has the 4570, and he can play all games on the market.

But listen, if you want to game, buy a desktop. It's much better. My advice is to buy an O.K. laptop for average gaming, and then a gaming-dekstop, instead of buying a super-laptop. The reason why I think that, is that a super laptop gets too hot, because it's too powerfull, and you get more for the money with dektop.

 

I mean, $300.00 for something that will last a bit longer and run everything smoother and faster is a good trade off to me. As far as the desktop/laptop, $1,300 is still cheap for a gaming laptop. I'd be upgrading it in 3 or so years regardless. I am still leaning towards it.

 

I also simply don't have room any more for a desktop. I have a Phenom X4 965 setup, but to be honest, a desktop is much better for my use...

The Q9000 can be overclocked with Asus' Turbo Boost, right? 2.3ish?

 

Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 @ 2Ghz
2GB RAM DDR2
Nvidia Quadro NVS 135m (Overclocked bus frequencies)
Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Just looking to play MW2, Fallout 3, GTA4, and AA3. (Low settings is fine)

 

I love you.

 

If you plan on using it for gaming, unless you really need the battery life, get the Q9000 and GTX 260m (or a powerful dual core if they offer it). That will be a lot more future proof than the 4650. I bought a similar setup (P9700 2.8GHz C2D and GTX260m) that I plan on lasting me through 2011, hopefully a tad longer with a GPU/CPU upgrade.

 

Sours, these type of questions are really tough to answer. The fact that the games are not out yet really means that we are all having to make a guess or speculate on whether or not the system will play them. I think most systems with dedicated video in the mid to high mid range will be able to play "most" games at some resolution and texture level. The trick is to purchase what you need to play the game the way you want it to be played. Meaning, buy what you want to play it at the resolution and detail you want to play it at.
If you feel that 10fps in a game is playable then sure you can settle for a slower and/or lesser system. If you need 30fps at 1440x900 with all high details then you may need a stronger system to acomplish that. I think at some point we all have to compromise or settle for what we can afford. My advice is to come up with a budget, and get the most you can within that budget. After that, do what you can to configure your machine to get the most out of it. Good Luck and I hope you find what you are looking for...

Best Wishes, StevenX

 

It would have P8700 in it if I went the dual core route. I mean, I'd be happy if I could play the games in medium settings, but I just dont know if that is a possibility. The P7450/4650 eats up Fallout 3 though, I can get high/ultra on it...

 

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T6600(2.20GHz)
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
RAM: 4GB Memory

Will I be able to run warcraft3, battlefield2, and counterstrike with all max settings??

 

Thanks a lot for your reply.

 

Yes for WC3 and CS, I'm thinking yes for BF2 as well, but I'm not that familiar with it.

 

Im sorry to tell u but u ll be lucky playing those games at lowest settings possible. Correct me if im wrong please
That gpu is an old card that is very weak and is not meant for gaming

 

Integrated graphix arent ment for gaming. yes that is true.
but there is something called tweaks, mods and overclocks. my gma 950's default settings were set to low-graded graphix but more battery life. no impact on visual display tho there were impacts on gaming. this is the modded driver v1.2 i downloaded and i checked that thats wht i got.
i switched it to near high graphix and low battery life since i use the electricity to run my laptop instead of my battery. i tweaked up and overclocked my graphix card, gmabooster, and did it up to 400MHz MAX. i even gotta fan to reduce overheating. battlefield 2 should run perfectly at max on my laptop. my video memory shared is 256mb

Laptop: HP Compaq Presario C500, Intel Core Duo T2250 @ 1.73GHz, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 100GB HDD SATA, Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 (32-bit) dualboot Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (BETA), Intel GMA 950 256MB shared and overclocked to 400MHz graphix card, 15.6inch widescreen

 

Well, if you're so confident about the abilities of your GMA950, by all means, give COD4 a shot. I would be very glad to hear whatever you have to share. I'm sure my 12.1" GMA950 tablet would love to know more.

 

shared and dedicated is 2 different things. just because yours have 256mb shared doesn't mean you can play games that requires 256mb vram at max settings. Sry dude, but if ur so confident like that other guy said, give it a shot. Good luck~

 

OK... I am more likely than not going to get the Asus tomorrow. Is it really going to be worth the extra $300.00 if I plan on doing games in my spare time?

 

GMA_950, don't get your hopes up too much. as others have said, shared video memory means nothing (heck, dedicated video memory doesn't mean much more). There's only so much you can achieve by updating or modding a driver. Sure, you can mod the gas pipe or change the type of oil an in an Echo hatchback, but nothing you can do will make it run like a Lambo.

I've got the GMA 950 in my little Eee. It can handle No One Lives Forever damn well . Half Life 2 even runs okay. But COD4? Fuggetabboudit.

 

Yes it is. Gaming wise the Q9000+ GTX 260M is considerably stronger than P7450+ HD4650 DDR2. We are looking at almost double performance difference in some games.

RTS like Starcraft 2 will probably benefit even more from the extra CPU power, and the GTX260m, altho it is an aging design still packs quite a punch for games, and will easily last you longer than the HD4650.

I suspect you are going for the G51vx-A1? If so, you can also consider the G51J-A1 which is more or less the same, but with a Core i7 CPU.

Good luck with your purchase decision!

 

It has to be from Best Buy, sadly.

I am looking at the Asus G72's.


One has a P8700 and a 500GB 7200RPM harddrive, the other has a Q9000 and two 320GGB 7200RPM harddrives.

The Q9000 laptop is $1,300
The P8700 laptop is $1,150

Which one to go for? The P8700 can OC to about 2.8, not sure about overclocking the Q9000 yet.

 

Id go for p8700 since most games dont use quad cores yet so dual core with higher clocks would be better for gaming. Also, p8700 would give u more battery life. 2.0ghz is just way too low even though its a quad core.

 

The laptop only gets one hour and 20 minutes life anyways. It's going to be plugged in most of the time.


I can set the affinity to quad core as well?

Judging from these benchmarks..

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=415786

With my same GPU, and roughly same clockspeed on both, they are pretty comparable in most situations, being even on almost all with the Q9000 being higher in a few... I am definitely leaning towards the Q9000 right now, and a higher clocked quad with the same socket type three years down the road, and then using this Asus as a HDMI-only laptop for Hulu or whatevs. :idk:

 

If its gonna be plugged in for the most of the times, then you should get Q9000. Now that i think of it, soon, pretty much most games would utilize the power of quad cores.

 

So a utilized 2ghz quad will be faster than a 2.8ghz dual?

I am just trying to get the longest lasting PC possible, within my budget ($1000.00-$1,300ish) at Best Buy. For playing games and just using it for literally everything. I do alot of things, generally have 4 or 5 virtual drives loaded, torrenting and music in the background while I am playing a game...

 

the 260m machine will run games that are out today, better. Period.

This will hold true for games that are yet to come out.

 

i mean, i know they will run better. At this point, I need a couple things...

Free online service to store like 50gb of files for transferring between computers

I need to decide between the 2ghz quad or the 2.56ghz dual core which can OC to 2.8ghz... I really don't know at this point.

 

Quad core hands down.

 

quad core.

done.

 

Is the Q9000 reallly that easy of a choice? 820mhz less, almost 1.6ghz less on applications that don't utilize the extra two cores... I am thinking I could stretch the battery life to two and a half hours if I get an extended range battery on it right?

How long do you think the setup should last me?

6gb DDR2
GTX 260M 1g GDDR3
2x 320GB 7200 harddrive
Q9000

?

 

If you're looking for battery life get a Core 2 Duo 25W (like P9700). See my comparison between P9700 and Q9000 here:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=415786

 

I don't mind battery life. Just would like to be able to leave it in standby and take it somewhere without fear of it dying.

I saw the Q9000 vs P9700 thread, I actually quoted it earlier. So the 2ghz quad is equal or greater than the 2.8ghz duo, in almost all instances? I guess that basically narrows it down to the Q9000.


How long do you guys think a setup like this would last though? I'd like it to last until 2012ish being able to run most things I throw at it decently...

 

I don't mind battery life. Just would like to be able to leave it in standby and take it somewhere without fear of it dying.

I saw the Q9000 vs P9700 thread, I actually quoted it earlier. So the 2ghz quad is equal or greater than the 2.8ghz duo, in almost all instances? I guess that basically narrows it down to the Q9000.


How long do you guys think a setup like this would last though? I'd like it to last until 2012ish being able to run most things I throw at it decently...

 

GPU: Mobility HD3200
CPU: Some amd Dualcore 2ghz
Ram: 3GB

Game: Call of duty 4 MULTIPLAYER
Is it playable online even on the crapiest settings? i mean can i actually shoot people?

 

You'll be lucky if you can run Plants vs. Zombies.....................please don't be stupid !

 

I'm going to go with playable at minimal settings and low resolution.

Play nice.

Supreme Commander might slow down a little at max settings due to CPU limitations. My old rig with 8800M GTX SLI and Q9450 was bottlenecked by CPU as well, if I remember correctly. However, it will still be very playable. Not sure about Empire at War, but the others should run perfectly fine maxed out without an issue.

 

Why not use hibernation then and not stand by? It doesn't eat battery and the wake up is not that much slower compareed to stand by.

Don't worry it will be OK untill 2012, as time progress you'll have to lower settings...

 

lol true, comparing Warrock to CoD.. 800mhz? wow that's like..nothing..at all. Could prob do software rendering hahha I will throw in and say GMA950 will bleed and die if you try to play CoD

 

How well will this notebook run Crysis, Prototype, GTA 4, and Sims 3?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834157061

It has:

Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2Ghz
4GB DDR3 RAM
1gb ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

I plan on buying this laptop. Also, how hot would it get? Do I need to buy a cooling fan when playing games?

 

can the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD run left 4 dead 2?
i know its an integrated card, but what, if any, can that run?

 

You should run it fine at least on low-med settings. correct me if im wrong.

 

Crysis should be fine on medium settings
Sims 3 on at least on med
Prototype - med high or all high settings with lowered res
GTA4- im guessing low med or med