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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. Zeerax

    Zeerax Notebook Guru

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    Look @ my P.S. - there's the form to fill up and where's said - "here" it's the link to the "What Notebook Should I Buy? " thread where at least one person will give you fast advice ;) Good luck

    Anyway, you haven't mentioned Crysis before - while waiting for posts on your thread in the "questioning section" try @ YouTube for videos of that Acer. I can give you a clear shot of one - it's someone's profile ( don't know the guy, just was checking the gaming capability of HD3650 - this is for "spam" reporters) - check it, it would help as it helped me ;)

    the link: http://www.youtube.com/user/kenderendre
     
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  2. Ghold

    Ghold Notebook Evangelist

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    How would Oblivion do with a T5800 (2.0 ghz) and an Intel 950?
     
  3. mooler

    mooler Notebook Consultant

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    Sims 3 on a C2D T5450 Vista 2gb RAM Intel x3100?
     
  4. vector12

    vector12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    CPU: Core 2 DUO P8600 2.4 Ghz
    GPU: Nvidia GeForce 9200M GS, 512 Mo Dedicated (discrete for lappys)
    RAM:4GO
    Display:WXGA
    OS : just a 64 Bit XP !

    Games :
    GTA 4, Assassin's Creed,Halo2,Fallout 3?
    i don't care about res, in fact i'm fine with 600x400 if it runs fast xD
     
  5. Ghold

    Ghold Notebook Evangelist

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    ^
    GTA:low, with some lag still
    Assassins Creed, low, with low resolution
    Halo 2: low, with ok resolution
    Fallout 3: low-medium, ok resolution (nothing higher then 1280x800)
     
  6. Harleyquin07

    Harleyquin07 エミヤ

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    It'll struggle to run stably even with the Oldblivion mod, you need to play around with the different 950 drivers as well to get a decent chance of playing the game.
     
  7. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    Can this notebook run The Sims 3? Expected FPS?

    9300M GS
    2.0Ghz C2D
    4GB RAM
    Vista x64
     
  8. powerfull499

    powerfull499 Notebook Evangelist

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    I can't judge your computer when you don't say your processor model :p
     
  9. samii.sunshinee

    samii.sunshinee Newbie

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    Can my notebook run The Sims3?

    CPU:AMD Tution X2 Dual CoreMobileRM-70 2.00GHz
    GPU:ATIRadeon HD 3200
    RAM: 4GB DDR2
    Display:WXGA 1280x800
    OS: Vista 64 bit.
     
  10. maxos

    maxos Newbie

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    Can I play Empire Total War

    HP dv9500
    1.90 GHZ
    BIOS PhoenixBiOS 4.0 Release 6.1
    Memory: 1982 RAM
    1440 x 900 (60hz)
    NVIDIA GeForce 7150M/nForce 630M
    DirectX: 10

    Will have any problems?
     
  11. dsx460

    dsx460 Notebook Enthusiast

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    How will "Halo 2" and "Call of Duty 4" run on this?:

    CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6400 2.0 GHz
    GPU: 512MB nVidia 105M
    RAM: 3 GB DDR2
    Display: 1280x800
    OS: Vista 64-bit
     
  12. powerfull499

    powerfull499 Notebook Evangelist

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    I think you can run Call of Duty at low (maybe medium) grahpichs at 1280 X 800.
     
  13. maxos

    maxos Newbie

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    Anyone can help
     
  14. mtness

    mtness loitering

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    ^^ the limiting factor might be your CPU, empire total war is very CPU intensive so you may experience slowdown during some of the bigger battles.
     
  15. Tuwa

    Tuwa Notebook Consultant

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    Meh no reply, trying again.

    Counter Strike:Source on 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB RAM, Intel 4500MHD. Possible?
     
  16. King_Wolf

    King_Wolf Notebook Geek

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    How will empires total war run on this laptop?

    Dell Studio 15
    Intel® Pentium™ Dual Core T4200 2.0GHz
    3GB DDR2
    256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
     
  17. MadHater

    MadHater Notebook Deity

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    Yes, it is. Maybe you will feel a bit ping-down when a large number of players are present in the same time, but generally it will go just fine.
    You will run it on medium to high setting, with reasonable resolution. E:TW is very processor demanding so you may expreience some slowdowns during the great battles or some special effects.
     
  18. Ginroth

    Ginroth Notebook Enthusiast

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    How will Crysis: Warhead run on this?

    Intel® Core™ i7-920 Processor 2.66 ghz
    6gb DDR3 ram
    Nvidia GTX 280m
     
  19. Zeerax

    Zeerax Notebook Guru

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    @ Ginroth - "probably even if you play it on 1280x800 it's gonna lag for real with at least 24 FPS which is a poor result..."

    I hope you are kidding about that configuration, right ? This config is top notch so even GTA 4 won't be a problem mate ;)
     
  20. Howitzer225

    Howitzer225 Death Company Dreadnought

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    Can this configuration run Empire Total War and Age of Empire III?

    HP DV3T
    Core 2 Duo P7450 (2.13 GHZ)
    Nvidia Geforce G 105M
    4GB DDR2 RAM
    1280X800
     
  21. JKrulicki

    JKrulicki Newbie

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    Hey, I was wondering at what settings I would be able to play World of Warcraft: WotLK, and Solidworks 2009 (in very large assemblies). Thanks in advance!

    System 1:
    CPU: 45nm Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9600 / 6MB L2 Cache, 2.80GHz, 1066MHz FSB
    GPU: Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT Graphics with 512MB DDR2 Video Memory
    RAM: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 2 X 2GB
    Display: 15.4" WSXGA+ LCD with Super Glossy Surface (1680X1050)

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    System 2:
    CPU: 45nm Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P9700 / 6MB L2 Cache, 2.80GHz, 1066MHz FSB
    GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M Graphics with 1GB DDR3 Video Memory
    RAM: 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 2 X 2GB **
    Display: 15.4" WUXGA LCD with Matte Finish Surface (1920X1200)
     
  22. Zeerax

    Zeerax Notebook Guru

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  23. Tryce91

    Tryce91 Newbie

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    so i jsut bought this laptop for skool next year and was wondering if it could run FFXI because i wanted to get back into it

    here are the components:

    Model Number: VGNFW390-CTO

    VGN-FW390 Configure-to-Order

    Customization Details

    * Adobe® Premiere® Elements 4.0
    * LCD 16.4" (XBRITE-FullHD™ ;) {Reg. Price $100.00}
    * QuickBooks Simple Start
    * 500GB SATA Hard Disk Drive [5400 rpm]
    * Windows Live™ OneCare 90-Day Trial
    * Photo Plus
    * No Engraving
    * Large Capacity Battery
    * ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3650 with 512MB vRAM
    * Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T9550 (2.66GHz)
    * WLAN (802.11a/b/g/n) with integrated Bluetooth® technology
    * Blu-ray Disc™ Read and Write Drive {Reg. Price $200.00}
    * Microsoft® Office 2007 Home/Student
    * Black
    * Microsoft® Windows Vista® Ultimate 64-bit
    * 4GB DDR2-SDRAM (DDR2-800, 2GBx2)

    And here are FFXI's minimum system requirements:

    Disk Drive : DVD-ROM drive
    DirectX : 8.1
    Hard Drive Space : 8 GB
    Operating System : Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP (NT & 95 not supported)
    Processor :pentium III or Athlon equivalent
    RAM :128 MB
    Video Card :32 MB 3D video card (NVIDIA GeForce 3/ATI Radeon 9000 or better)
     
  24. aSmileForYou

    aSmileForYou Newbie

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    Sure Tryce91, FFXI will run at max settings on that laptop configuration, if those are the real game specs :). The configuration you made will be perfect for work and games.
     
  25. cubs22

    cubs22 Newbie

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    Hey, I have never really done this before, but I am in the market for a new laptop. I really want to play Empire Total War, Medieval Two Total War, and World in Conflict at high frame rates and at high settings. I was looking at the Dell Studio XPS 16 with
    core 2 duo at 2.4 ghz, 4 GB ram
    ATI Mobility RADEON M86XT 512MB aka 3670 (discrete)
    1920 X 1080 native.
    Can this dell play these games well?

    I Was also looking at purchasing a Mac Book Pro 15" and just downloading bootcamp. I was going to purchase the new, Summer 2009 unibody MBP.

    2.66 Ghz
    4 GB ram
    NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 256MB
    1440 X 900 native

    thanks four your helps guys. i know its a lot.
     
  26. Cheeseman

    Cheeseman Eats alot of Cheese

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    Both of those systems will run Empire Total War on higher settings while World in Conflict should run fine on medium high settings, but why in God's name would you buy an overpriced/underequipped MacBook to install a crippled Windows on it? If you want your moneys worth I suggest you look into the upcoming ASUS G51 series.
     
  27. cubs22

    cubs22 Newbie

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    because i personally think that asus is god awful ugly. but you think a MBP could cut it with boot camp?
     
  28. Cheeseman

    Cheeseman Eats alot of Cheese

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    Yep, MBP with bootcamp can run games just fine. Just make sure to install proper graphics drivers from www.laptopvideo2go.com once you've got Windows installed.
     
  29. Raeglatem

    Raeglatem Notebook Consultant

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    Hi i'm about to purchase a Sony vaio z690 CTO, and wanted to know if i can run WOW:wotlk on it. Its got the 9300m gs. thanks. if more specs are needed i can post those too...
     
  30. aSmileForYou

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    Yes, it will run WOW - WoTLK, but probably on low quality with 1280x720 :)
     
  31. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    How well will Prototype play on my notebook? Asus

    2.16ghz core 2 duo
    512MB 9800M GS
    4 GB RAM
    Vista x64
     
  32. janahan

    janahan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can I run Crysis at any settings?

    Intel P8600 2.4GHz
    NVIDIA MCP79MX GeForce 9400M-G
    3GB RAM
     
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    Yes, low with some medium settings.....
     
  34. jaa003

    jaa003 Notebook Enthusiast

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    yeah i definately wouldn't try to put it any higher than that, although it would be interesting to see someone try to play it on high with those specs lol.
     
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    kerrymay Newbie

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    According to official game system requirements, you will be able to play it without problems. Your main components (CPU, memory, GPU) are more than strong enough to play Sims 3 on medium/high.
     
  37. hustheman

    hustheman Notebook Evangelist

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    You should be able to play on all high
    i get 20-30 fps on all high and i have a lower speced laptop
     
  38. roosta

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    thought this would be the best place to put it:

    what is the equivolent to an nvidia 6600 and 6800? a lot of games state this as minimum spec, but ive never worked it out. the way i thought was 9200=8400, 8400 will be more than a 7400/500, so 6600 specs should be fine on a 9200.

    why do so many games ask for 6600? was there a major improvement (sharder 3.0 etc)?
     
  39. Ghold

    Ghold Notebook Evangelist

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    The reason why they would put the 6xxx is because of just time itself, many people that are not "gamers" and don't keep up with hardware generally have these older models, so making it more convenient. Also, they are weaker then current cards out, and are mainly in the MINIMUM requirements
     
  40. janahan

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    Intel P8600 2.4GHz
    NVIDIA MCP79MX GeForce 9400M-G(integrated)
    3GB RAM

    Can I run CoD 4 at any resolutions or settings?
    Also, is it more graphics and processor intensive to run games on my 1080P HDTV through hdmi?
     
  41. powerfull499

    powerfull499 Notebook Evangelist

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    You will have no problem to run CoD 4, but I don't think you can run games on high resuloution through HDMI.
     
  42. Hany

    Hany Newbie

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    Hello:

    I intend to buy a laptop Acer Aspire 5536, its specs are:

    AMD Athlon 64 X2 DualCore - 2.1GHz - 1M cache
    2GB Ram
    ATI Mobility Radeon HD3200

    Do you think it can run Fifa 09? what about Fifa 08 ?

    Thanks.
     
  43. drfelip

    drfelip Notebook Evangelist

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    I tested the FIFA 09 demo with my laptop (specs below, it's a bit more powerful than the one you propose) and it was quite playable at low settings, but the replays, the animations when the players appear and so, were very choppy. Playable, but not very enjoyable.
     
  44. powerfull499

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    It's a known issue in the game that the replays lags. It can also happens on high-end systems.
     
  45. baldry1991

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    Can my Laptop run Arma 2 on Minimum specs or whatever lol

    CPU - 2.00 GHZ x 2
    RAM - 3GB
    GFX Card - 256mb ATI Radeon HD 3470

    Anything else just ask :D
     
  46. MadHater

    MadHater Notebook Deity

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    According to system requirements on the internet, you will be able to run it on medium/high settings. Of course, you are familiar with the fact that Vista often requires a bit more hardware powere in games than XP? :)
     
  47. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    COD4 on the set up in the sig.

    Thank you
     
  48. C0xy777

    C0xy777 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Shouldnt have a problem. had it running with everything on high exc AA/AF res 1280x800 on my 8400M GS, and yours is quite a bit more powerful.

    Have Fun
     
  49. baldry1991

    baldry1991 Newbie

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    Cheers dude

    will the framerate be poor?
     
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    Can my ACER ASPIRE 5738ZG run COD 4?

    CPU:Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300 - 2,16 GHz
    GPU:nVidia Geforce G 105M 512 MB
    RAM:6 GB (4GB RAM DDR3 + 2GB MMC Ready Boost)

    Can i play COD 4 in medium?
    Thanks in advance
    PS:Sorry for the english, im portuguese
     
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