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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. howlinmad87

    howlinmad87 Newbie

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    Can i run empire: total war on these specs?

    processor- Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 2.13 GHz,
    graphics- NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
    4GB RAM
     
  2. tetutato

    tetutato NBR Troll

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    That game is very poorly optimized. Mabye on low.
     
  3. highfly

    highfly Notebook Consultant

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    Hey, I was wondering at what settings I would be able to play eve online. Thanks in advance!

    CPU: AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core RM-72, clocked at 2.1 GHz
    GPU: ATI Radeon™ HD 3200 Graphics with 64MB Display Cache Memory
    RAM: 4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x2048]
    Display: 12.1” Diagonal WXGA High-Definition* HP LED BrightView Widescreen Display 1280 x 800
     
  4. Tim Konuch

    Tim Konuch Notebook Consultant

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    Can I run Microsoft's Flight Simulator (FSX) on my Precision M4400? (Specs: T9400, FX770m/9600gt ddr3) If this game is playable on my notebook, what settings will I be able to expect?

    Best regards.
     
  5. aznofazns

    aznofazns Performance Junkie

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    I'd say medium-high at 1680x1050 for FSX on that machine.
     
  6. Blueman101

    Blueman101 Notebook Evangelist

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    Intel Quad Q9100 2.26ghz
    Nvidia 260m gtx
    4gb ddr3 1333
    250gb 7200rpm
    15.4" 1680x1050

    Crysis?
    Farcry2?
    Cod4/5?
    gta4?
     
  7. McMaster

    McMaster Notebook Consultant

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    On my Acer Aspire 5920G (specs in signature), FSX recommends Ultra High on 1280x800, and it runs pretty smoothly, with some lags that I don't care much. FSX mostly depends on the CPU, but I see you've got a fast one. FSX depends on VRAM and Core Clock on the GPU, 512MB is more than enough and 1GB is a wonder.

    I would say that it should run on Ultra High too and better, and remember to install the patches, they improve the performance a lot more.
     
  8. Tim Konuch

    Tim Konuch Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks Aznofazns and McMaster for your answers to my Microsoft FSX question. Much appreciated!
     
  9. Jajko72

    Jajko72 Newbie

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    Dell Latitdue E6400
    Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz 3MB Cache 1066Mhz FSB
    4096MB DDR2 800Mhz FSB
    NVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 160M 256 MB DDR2
    160 GB, 7200 rpm
    WXGA+ (1440 x 900)

    Games:
    Assassin's Creed
    Fallout 3
    Stalker

    and one more thing... is there any way I could connet this laptop to a tv and watch for example HD movies? Thanks in Advance for Your answers ;]
     
  10. bubba_000

    bubba_000 Notebook Evangelist

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    Riddick: Assault on dark athena. System specs in sig.

    I know it's a long shot, but i don't mind playing at 848x480 with all low details.
     
  11. Storky1980

    Storky1980 Newbie

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    Not bought the laptop yet but thinking of a Sony VGN-FW31J since my current (admitedly rather cheap) laptop wont play many modern games (Fallout 3 was a failure).
    Always been a console gamer till now but i have to travel a lot and need to evolve my gaming to suit, basically just wondering if the Sony will handle most modern games. Pretty clueless about gaming laptops.
    The specs are as follows:
    Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6400
    2GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 2MB
    256mb Dedicated to graphics
    4GB memory
    400GB hard drive

    Thanks for any help
     
  12. Ghold

    Ghold Notebook Evangelist

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    what is the graphics card that your getting in it?
     
  13. Storky1980

    Storky1980 Newbie

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    Apologies, I thought I had left that in the post.
    It's a ATi Radeon HD 3470 if that means anything to anybody :confused:

    Cheers
     
  14. grbac

    grbac Notebook Deity

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    All maxed out.

    That's not a good caard for gaming but if you lower resolution and settings you could play.

    Well then go ahead and play at low res and settings. You might go a little bit higher with res. Maybe.

    In gaming graphic cards means everything. Not a good card for gaming. You will have to play with lower resolution and setting and that will make it look not as good as it is suppose to be.
     
  15. Storky1980

    Storky1980 Newbie

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    Yep, that's what I had been led to believe. Unfortunately that's where my knowledge of grapics cards ends. I just want to upgrade my current general use laptop to some thing I can play games on (offline mostly) when I am away from home. I live in the uk and work in Africa but spend time in the states. I can handle a slight drop In resolution as long as it is capable of running games properly and therefore passing the boredom.
     
  16. mechrock

    mechrock Notebook Evangelist

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    Crysis (CCC LVL 5)
    FC2 Maxed
    Cod 4/5 maxed
    Gta 4 (high not maxed)
     
  17. jkemnitz23

    jkemnitz23 Notebook Consultant

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    How will this run Starcraft II (obviously there will be some vagueness as the game isn't even out yet).

    Intel 8400 (2.26ghz)
    4GB DDR3 RAM
    nVidia 9800 GTS w/ 1GB VRAM
    320GB @ 7200rpm
    1440x900 screen res

    My friend is wondering :p
     
  18. dfuze21

    dfuze21 Newbie

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    How well is this gonna run these games on my future laptop


    Crysis ?
    Counter strike: Source? Fps pls :p
    L4D ?
    CoD4 ?
    UT3 ?


    AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core-QL-65
    4096 MB RAM
    500 GB
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
     
  19. Gofishus

    Gofishus Notebook Consultant

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    Can my notebook run this?

    Minimum Requirements:
    - Windows XP / Vista
    - 2.0 GHz Dual-Core Processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X2)
    - 1 GB Available System Memory
    - 15 GB Available Hard Drive Space
    - 128 MB 3D Video Card w/Shader Model 3.0 Support (Nvidia GeForce 7600 / ATI Radeon X1300)
    - DirectX Compatible Display Capable of 640x480 16-bit Color Resolution
    - DirectX 9.0c Compatible 16-bit Sound Card
    - Broadband Connection for Internet Multiplayer
     
  20. m1r0k0v

    m1r0k0v Notebook Enthusiast

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    I was wondering if I could run Crysis or Team Fortress 2

    NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

    T6400(2.00GHz)

    4GB memory
     
  21. Ghold

    Ghold Notebook Evangelist

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    Most likely on maxed

    What game is it?
    Ehh, you can run them, but on low.
     
  22. dfuze21

    dfuze21 Newbie

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    How well is this gonna run these games on my future laptop

    AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core-QL-65
    4096 MB RAM
    500 GB
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650

    Crysis ?
    Counter strike: Source? Fps pls :p
    L4D ?
    CoD4 ?
    UT3 ?
     
  23. Humphrey

    Humphrey Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm thinking of buying this laptop, how well will it run Dawn of War 2, Civ 4, and Oblivion at native resolution?

    CPU:Intel Core 2 Quad Q9000 2GHz
    GPU:ATI M98 (HD4850) 512MB
    RAM:4GB DDR2
    Display: WUXGA (1920 x 1200)
     
  24. Fluse

    Fluse Newbie

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    World of Warcraft with:

    Intel® Core™ 2 Duo-processor P8600 (2,40 Ghz, 3 MB, 1 066 MHz)
    Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1
    4 096 MB 1 067 MHz DDR3 SDRAM-remory Dual-something [2 x 2 048]
    250 GB harddrive (7200 RMP)

    I hope that's all you need to know, copied from swedish site :).

    Perhaps you could recomend what I need to upgrade etc, I want to drive it with high graphics.

    Edit: 512MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 3670 graphics card
     
  25. dfuze21

    dfuze21 Newbie

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    You may want to include your graphics. If you do want to know if ur laptop can run it on high
     
  26. Fluse

    Fluse Newbie

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    Post edited.
     
  27. EAO_Impreza

    EAO_Impreza Newbie

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    Hello i am new here. I am intrested in GRID play, i have it installed, game start ok and eaven got intro movie, but when it goes to screen menus screen is blank and sound is on.

    My specs are provided here.

    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU
    T8300 @ 2.40GHz
    2.39 GHz, 2.99 GB of RAM
    Physicak Address Extension
    Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
     
  28. luffytubby

    luffytubby Notebook Deity

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    Can anyone tell me if Battlefield Heroes will run a netbook?
     
  29. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Depends on the specs, however, since most netbooks have crappy IGP's, probably not.
     
  30. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    if you have the gm965 chipset the game would not run, it requires a much more powerful graphics card.
     
  31. Angelic

    Angelic Kickin' back :3

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    No, my friend tried that on his Asus, it was too choppy. Not sure what FPS it was, but pretty low. :(
     
  32. unknown555525

    unknown555525 rawr

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    Tried it on my aspire one as well, it runs, but poorly at minimum settings. It's definitely not smooth enough to play since it's under 10fps avg.
     
  33. deltachaosx

    deltachaosx Notebook Consultant

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    i recently ordered a lenovo y450, here r the specs:

    P7450 2.13 GHz
    NVIDIA 105M 256MB
    4GB RAM

    can i run cod4? crysis?
     
  34. jkemnitz23

    jkemnitz23 Notebook Consultant

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    How will this run Crysis, FarCry2, and (hypothetically) Starcraft 2:

    17" 1920X1200 screen res (will play games at 1440x900)
    4GB DDR2 Ram
    Dual SLI nVidia 9800GT w/ 1GB VRAM
    Intell T8300 at 2.4ghz
     
  35. Vtec503

    Vtec503 Notebook Enthusiast

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    How much fps can I expect from FarCry2.

    Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
    4GB DDR2 Ram
    ATI Radeon HD3650
    1600x900 (native)
     
  36. Halo360Fan

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    Crysis You should be able to run on high. Its badly coded so the lowest is medium. Far cry 2 you should have no problems on high and starcraft 2 I would say high.
     
  37. Halo360Fan

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    Like others have say your gpu is to weak. Sorry to say
     
  38. Cheeseman

    Cheeseman Eats alot of Cheese

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    Yes you can run both. CoD4 should run fine on medium settings while you can achieve playable FPS in Crysis at low-medium 800x600 resolution.

    You should be able to handle FarCry 2 at high settings with 1366 x 768, but I'm not sure if the same would apply to 1600x900, but if anything it'll run fine at high-medium at that resolution.
     
  39. lamejoe

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    hey guys!

    what do you think about these 2 configs?

    the first is:
    WXGA HD (1366 x 768)
    2x2 gb ddr3 ram
    Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 (2 GHz, 800 MHz, 2 MB)
    NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT 1024 MB gddr3+ system memory

    the second is:
    WXGA HD (1366 x 768)
    2x2 gb ddr2 ram
    Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 (2 GHz, 800 MHz, 2 MB)
    Ati Radeon HD 4650 1 gb ddr2 (i think its going to be ddr2 in my new laptop, but i dont know actually. is there a big difference between ddr2 and gdd3?)
    first time i see these configs i said the first one with nvidia is way better, but ppl say radeon 4650 is stronger, and its like an nvidia 9700 - i realy dont know... would be happy if you can help
    after analyzing this : http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-4650.13883.0.html - i would say yeah, 4650 is better, but i ask for your advice :) which should i buy for higher quality?

    so the games what i want to play ( please if you can, tell how much fps can i get on XY graphics )
    cod 4
    cod 5
    tomb raider underworld
    crysis
    maybe crysis warhead (?) :)
    dead space
    grid
    gta 4
    gears of war

    what do you think? thank you :)
     
  40. Drakloyen

    Drakloyen Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys, was wondering how well I'd be able to play Crysis (and other really recent games) on this:

    CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9000 @ 2Ghz, 1066Mhz FSB, 6MB L2 cache
    GPU: 1GB Mobility Radeon HD4650 (i think the bus is 128 mbits.. :/)
    RAM: 4GB (2x 2Gb DDR3 PC3 8500)
    Display: TFT Brightview LED, 1600x900

    I'm thinking of buying this quad core notebook but I'm not too sure bout the graphics cards? :S
     
  41. grbac

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    The second one is better, ATi 4650 is better than NVidia 9600. You can play all those games. FPS is difficult to say as it depends on the settings. But you'll play fine.

    You'll play OK, a bit better than the guy above you as you will have superior CPU. The card is new, it's not top but it's OK for playing new games. There are of course NBs with better cards.
     
  42. lamejoe

    lamejoe Newbie

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    thank you for the answer :)
     
  43. Drakloyen

    Drakloyen Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks man ^^ :)
     
  44. anakiny

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    Hello, guys !

    Lenovo thinkpad T500 equipped ATI HD3650, Can I play FSX (all Ultra-High setting) with it well?

    Thank you !
     
  45. Harleyquin07

    Harleyquin07 エミヤ

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    Snowball's chance in hell, FSX rivals Crysis in its demands for system power. Even quad-core CPUs with the top-end GPUs struggle at rendering everything at the highest detail.

    Start from medium settings and keep your traffic and other CPU-heavy settings low first and build from there.
     
  46. Owen McCann

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    Hi all, on what settings can i run empire: total war smoothly?

    Operating system installed - Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32-bit)
    Processor type - AMD Turion™ X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-72
    Processor speed - 2.10 GHz
    Cache - Level 2 cache 1 MB
    Standard memory - 4096 MB
    Memory layout - (2 x 2048 MB)
    Internal drives - 250 GB
    Optical drive type - Lightscribe Super Multi DVD Writer (+/-R +/-RW) with Double Layer support
    Display size - 15.4” WXGA High Definition BrightView Widescreen
    Video RAM - Up to 1533 MB Total Available Graphics Memory with 256 MB dedicated
    Graphic subsystem name - ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450 Graphics
     
  47. dingbat887

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    Looking for a new game for my Lenovo T400. Heard good things about Sins of a Solar Empire. Will it run (or run well) on my specs:

    Intel Core 2 Duo processor T9400 (2.53GHz, 6MB L2, 1066MHz)
    ATI Mobility Radeon 3470 with 256MB
    4 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 (2 DIMM)
    160GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm

    Thanks for the help.
     
  48. TevashSzat

    TevashSzat Notebook Deity

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    It will probably run on medium with no problems. Some high settings might work, but zooming in onto big battles would probably give you quite a drop in FPS.
     
  49. DarkSpartan

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    Hi everyone, I just bought a HP hdx 18t i love this thing so far, i topped everything out on her, shes got the quad core clocked at 2.5ghz, 8 gigs ram, and the nvidia 130 1gb graphics card, oki, i love everything about it exept the mid grade graphics card, i have the intel centrino 2 chipset, i wanted to get 2 of the gtx 280m's, it looks compatable, but i just really want to know if i can change them out, i heard on most laptops the vid card is usually welded in, but they ALSO say that the newer high end ones can be exchanged, well this thing is BRAN new, and if i can change them out where can i get the gtx 280m, i cant find them anywhere
     
  50. ayushbh

    ayushbh Notebook Guru

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    plz tell me that why x- men origin volverine is not running on my laptop studio 15 ...it has run every game which i have thrown at it...
    my laptop specs r:-
    core 2 duo 2.4 ghz
    3 gb ram
    250 gb hdd
    ati mobility radeon hd 3450 256mb

    i am getting an error that is "windows has encountered a problem and the program needs to be terminated" as soon as i click on the exe of the game..
     
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