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

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by crash, Jan 5, 2009.

  1. Cheeseman

    Cheeseman Eats alot of Cheese

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    The 9500M G should handle medium settings at native resolution for both games. The 9300M GS wouldn't be too far off in performance. These cards are both Low-end so don't expect much, but that's common to have for a light and compact notebooks and it's defiantly a better choice over integrated options out there.
     
  2. Harleyquin07

    Harleyquin07 エミヤ

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    Make that X4500MHD + SINS + 1024x640 resolution and low details for acceptable performance.
     
  3. ilkhan

    ilkhan Notebook Consultant

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    ouch. Its worse than I thought then. Glad it's not the primary gaming machine.
     
  4. Melody

    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    How well would an MSI GX620(the one with a 9600M GT GDRR3) run the following games? I'm trying to weigh if it's got enough power(or too much) for my current needs.

    - DMC4
    - Prince of Persia(the new one and the trilogy)
    - The Witcher
     
  5. plasma.

    plasma. herpyderpy

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    Guys, how do you think the 4650 and the GT 130M will stack up?
     
  6. Second2Last33

    Second2Last33 Notebook Consultant

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    I'm buying the Sager NP8662 with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 1,024MB PCI-Express DDR3 DX10 GPU and the Intel® P9600 45nm "Montevina" Core™2 Duo 2.66GHz w/6MB L2 On-die cache - 1066MHz FSB 25 watt CPU, can this run the most up-to-date games such as Empire Total War, Bioshock, COD: WAW etc at high settings with good performance? Thanks
     
  7. plasma.

    plasma. herpyderpy

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    Ha, the GTX 260M will obliterate all those games at max settings, max resolution. Full AA as well, though maybe not for BioShock.
     
  8. Second2Last33

    Second2Last33 Notebook Consultant

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    Great! Thanks for the reply. =)
     
  9. Harleyquin07

    Harleyquin07 エミヤ

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    Probably maxed for all 3 games depending on which resolution you have, the 9600m GT GDDR3 should be powerful enough.
     
  10. Mr cookie

    Mr cookie Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey, can my Acer Aspire 8930G-644G32MN (buying it next month)

    Specs:
    18.4'' screen 1920x1080
    Nvidia 9600 GT 1 gb ddr2
    Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T6400 (2,0 GHz) 2x 2048kb cache.
    4gb ddr3-1066 ram.
    320gb sata hdd.

    Can this machine run Tf2, Battlefield 2, L4D, CoH?
    At what settings and what Fps?

    Thanks, Cookie
     
  11. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    tf2 and l4d should run at high, 1440*900 or 1680*1050, but you will get slow downs in populated servers because the games are heavily cpu dependent.
    bf2 should max out at native or 1680*1050. i don't know about coh.
     
  12. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    hd4650 should out perform the 130m by about 10-20%, more in high res.
     
  13. _oneeclipse_

    _oneeclipse_ Newbie

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    ASUS N51Vg
    Core 2 Duo P8700 2.53GHz
    4GB DDR 2 RAM 800mhz
    Nvidia Geforce G105M 512MB
    320GB SATA HDD

    Wonder if it's able to use it for gaming Crysis Warhead , Fear 2 , Sims 3 , Battlefield 2142 , Dawn of War II.

    Thanks alot :cool:
     
  14. Dev25

    Dev25 Newbie

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    HP 6735s

    AMD Turion X2 Dual Core RM-72 2.1Ghz
    4GB DDR2 800
    320GB 5400 RPM HD
    1280x800 resolution
    HD 3200 (Integrated)

    Games
    Red Alert 3, Crysis Warhead (Low settings/low res), Left 4 Dead,Cod 4/5, Empire Total War, Age Of Empires , Civilization IV, Warhammer DOW II, Bioshock, Fallout 3

    All latest games Med/Low Settings
    Laptop is a bargin at £400
     
  15. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    all low for crysis. low-med for fear 2, don't know about sims 3 or dow 2.
    bf2142 all high-maxed.
     
  16. s.almajid

    s.almajid Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    Can the Asus g50vt-x1 outperform the PS3 or the XBox 360 in most games?

    And how well will it run Cysis and COD5?

    This is the spec of the G50vt-x1

    CPU : Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology with interrelated Intel® Core™2 Duo processor P8400 (2.26GHz, 1066MHz, 3mb L2 Cache)
    Ram: 4GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM
    GPU : NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS with 512 mb memory (8500 3dmark 06)

    The CPU can be factory overclocked to 2.5GHz

    Thanks
     
  17. TevashSzat

    TevashSzat Notebook Deity

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    The 9800M GS should be better than any of the consoles out right now.

    I believe it can run COD5 fine and Crysis at ~medium settings at native or something like that
     
  18. Brendanmurphy

    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    The ps3 and xbox 360 gpu is equivalent of a 7900 gs if im not mistaken
     
  19. s.almajid

    s.almajid Notebook Consultant

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    so how will you compare them in real world?
    I heard the ps3 has a 7 or 8 cores processor
     
  20. Brendanmurphy

    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    Ps3 has 8 cores. 7 are used 1 is a backup just incase one fails :D. All consoles overcome the weak gpus with amazing proccesor power
     
  21. s.almajid

    s.almajid Notebook Consultant

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    so in short how can the g50vt-x1 compare to the consoles considering both gpu and cpu?
     
  22. Brendanmurphy

    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    Im not really sure. But i know the ps3 is more powerful then most computers ( Don't argue with me about the architecture there good for what they do ) In a way
     
  23. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    in short your laptop will give you much better frame rate in multiplatform games.
    you won't be able to crunch numbers like a ps3, but i don't think you want to anyway.
     
  24. s.almajid

    s.almajid Notebook Consultant

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    wow thats amazing :eek:

    So I don't need to buy a PS3. The think is no one of my friends believe that a laptop can beat a PS3. I have to show them this post. :rolleyes:

    Anyway gaming on laptop is more fun than PS3 ;) . And I don't need to buy an HDTv just for gaming.

    Thanks for the help :)
     
  25. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    don't show them this post, instead, just demonstrate crysis @ all high to them :D
     
  26. Brendanmurphy

    Brendanmurphy Your Worst Nightmare

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    LoL please don't show the ps3 fanboys this they will have a nervous breakdown :p I myself own a ps3 :D
     
  27. tetutato

    tetutato NBR Troll

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    Can someone also please answer this?
    Will these games run on my laptop? Please put settings and resolution and average fps.

    Games-Spore
    Empire: Total War
    Call Of Duty 4 and 5
    Dawn of War 2
    World in Conflict
    StarCraft 2 (your opinion)
    Assassin's Creed


    Specs in Signature.

    Also how is hd 3450 compared to hd 4530 and nvidia geforce 6800?
     
  28. chefdoeuvres

    chefdoeuvres Notebook Consultant

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    Can i run dirt on high-low settings with these machines

    2.0 ghz Core 2 Duo
    3 GB Ram DDR2
    Ati 4350 512mb (HP dv6t)

    2.0 ghz core 2 duo P7350
    4 GB RAM DDR2
    9300m gs 512mb (hp dv3510nr)

    2.0 GHz P7350
    2 GB RAM 1066 mhz DDR3
    9400m DDR2 (macbook basic)
     
  29. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    No I sincerely doubt the "high" part.
     
  30. chefdoeuvres

    chefdoeuvres Notebook Consultant

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    than what can i run it on
     
  31. heliopath

    heliopath Notebook Guru

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    If those laptops were to run it it would be in the mid-low settings... Those gfx cards are low end, and the processor probably won't help. I am sorry but it would run but not with all of the fancy effects, however it will mostly be on medium settings at a decentish framerate, it should be playable on all of those cards.
     
  32. aznofazns

    aznofazns Performance Junkie

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    Any laptop with an Nvidia 8600m GT, ATI HD 2600, or better will run it pretty well.
     
  33. plasma.

    plasma. herpyderpy

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    You mean 9600M GT or better. Don't steer him towards the Dell M1530, that's a bag of hurt there.
     
  34. plasma.

    plasma. herpyderpy

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    I think the PS3 runs all games on 1280 by 720 (or even lower sometimes), then upscales it using its godly CPU power.
     
  35. slacker84

    slacker84 Notebook Geek

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    Just wondering, I plan to buy the M980NU whenever it comes out. And fully spec out the thing. U think that thing can run Crysis and Warhead with everything full? I dont need it to run GTA IV since I got a PS3 for that.
     
  36. Hualsay

    Hualsay Notebook Evangelist

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    I'd say you can run medium fine.
     
  37. s.almajid

    s.almajid Notebook Consultant

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    can the g50vt handle it at all high :rolleyes: ?
     
  38. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    yes. at least at 1366*768.
     
  39. Hocknose

    Hocknose Newbie

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    Hi there, I wonder if you could help.

    I've just ordered a new laptop, specs:
    AMD Turion X2 Dual Core Processor RM72 2.1ghz, 3GB RAM, ATI Radeon 3450, 250gb hard drive

    Will this run:
    Dawn of war 2, warhammer online

    Cheers
     
  40. s.almajid

    s.almajid Notebook Consultant

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    My g50vt is the X1 version. Its max resolution is 1366*768 :p

    Do you mean all high the enthusiast setting? Or the gamer? :rolleyes:
     
  41. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    i think it's gamer, enthusiast is a little too much for it, you could try though, it never hurts.
     
  42. Evanescent

    Evanescent Notebook Deity

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    Medium is probably the best you can play. No maxed out settings though. My laptop has a 9300M GS and 2.53ghz cpu and it runs games well in pseudo high settings.
     
  43. Kevin

    Kevin Egregious

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    And what are "pseudo high" settings?
     
  44. mobius1aic

    mobius1aic Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    You should definitely hit medium settings I'd think.
     
  45. flattius_maximus

    flattius_maximus Notebook Geek

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    It will run...but I doubt it will run on High settings as smooth as you want it to. It will definately run...but you will have to play with the settings to get it where you want it. Dont expect to crank everything to max and have it run perfectly.
     
  46. ItsJust1Question

    ItsJust1Question Newbie

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    I have a pc I want to play games with if not then I would just have to but a graphics card but before that do you guys think my pc can run counter-strike?
    DESCRIPTION:
    Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor E2140
    MEMORY
    1024 MB
    Hard Drive
    250gb
    Graphics Card.
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

    :)
    Please respond I want to play this game cause I played it at my friends house and I liked it...
     
  47. rjbg84

    rjbg84 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi guys,

    My lap's specs are in the sig, but anywyas...

    C2D P8400 @2.26ghz
    Geforce 9600gt ddr2
    4 gigs ram

    Wanted to know the best graphics/performance settings for Fallout 3, DMC4, and Assasins Creed

    Thanks in advance!!!!
     
  48. fathead894

    fathead894 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm pretty sure it will
     
  49. MAG

    MAG Notebook Deity

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    I doubt the GMA 950 can handle running any game, but you can try to run the game in DX7 mode. Some people said that they ran HL2 and GMod on netbooks.
     
  50. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    It can run it, but very poorly. You will have to make some major aesthetic sacrifices in order to get anywhere near acceptable performance, ie, turn down resolution, run in a different DX mode (as mentioned above), turn off *all* effects, etc.
     
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