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

not true, MSI has a model with a 9800m GS, which is better than either of the gpus I mentioned for around $900.

 

Acer for ~$850 9600m GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834115594

Toshiba ~ $800 with a ATI 4650
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834114653

MSI ~$900 with ATI 3850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152087

some pretty good deals there that'll play empire total war.

 

Kudos for all the help. How about Mass Effect?

Thanks

 

mass effect will run on high settings.

 

Hi, I'm planning to buy a notebook, except I still don't know which one to buy. I basically want to know if this notebook with these specs can play The Sims 3 even in low-medium setting.

Model: MSI EX400x

Processor:Intel Core 2 Duo T6400 (2.0GHz)

Memory: 2GB DDR2 at 667MHz

HardDrive: 200GB SATA Hard Drive

Graphics Card: 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3450

Thanks for the info if ever!

 

Get more RAM if you're running Vista, otherwise you shouldn't have a problem.

 

CPU: Atom N270
GPU: GMA950
RAM: 1gb DDR2
Display:
OS: WinXP or Win7

Will I be able to play Warcraft 3 DOTA in medium settings FLAWLESSLY?
(FPS never dropping below ~25 even in team clashes)

 

I don't think thts possible. But I don't know that much about WOW so maybe.

 

is Warcraft 3 TFT, DOTA custom map. not WoW. Thnx tho.

 

@aznprime

I would think so.

 

Just wondering if my comp(labtop) can play COD 4, It doesent matter if it has to be the lowest settings I just wanna know if its playable online with multiple people

Btw im pretty sure both my processor and GPU are overclockable, ive never tried it but I wont mind trying it
CPU: AMD Turion X2 DUAL Core Rm- 74 2.20 GHZ
GPU:ATi mobility radeon 3650 HD
RAM: 4 GB
Display: Im sorry but im not sure what to put here? Just says generic pnp has 1440x900 max reso
64 bit vista btw

Thanks for anyone who replies

Btw at aznprime817 idk about medium settings but I had a comp worse than yours (128 mb of ram 2.4 ghz celrion processer, integrated 32 mb graphics card) and it ran dota on the lowest settings with a little lag, but yours is alot better

 

CoD4 and 5, then maybe CoD6:MW2.

Asus G51VX-RX05 from BB
Intel® Core™2 Duo Mobile 2.0ghz
4GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 1GB DDR3

 

Max/high on 4+5. Not sure what the specs are for MW2, but I'll go for max/high on that too.

 

I haven't seen specs yet either. I was just worried about the 2.0 processor, but with the overclocking ability and the upgradability, it will be fine.

 

dont worry about the proccessor, im way below on most new games and i can run them all fine.

 

I'm running CoD4 at max on a 1600x900 with a ATI 4650 and a mere T6400 - 2GHz Core 2 Duo, so it will be fine The 260M is more powerful than the 4650.

 

You should be able to max it out

To Eumenes:
The Dell Studio 1555 HD4570 are GDDR3 memory

 

Just go to System Requirement Labs and check to see if you could run a specific gaame.

 

I wouldn't always trust that. They only calculate the vram and hnl support, shader support for the graphics card.

 

That isn't always helpful when, say, you haven't yet bought a specific system.

 

My new laptop (arrives saturday or monday)

Nvidia GTX 260m
4GB DDR2 800mhz
Intel C2D P8700 (2.53Ghz)


(Asus G51VX-X1A)


and I've also purchased the following games, to arrive in about the same time frame, am wondering what I can expect for play settings:


Crysis
Crysis: Warhead
Bioshock
Fallout 3
Left 4 Dead
Prototype
Mass Effect
Wolfenstein

ty. oh and I might do a bit of OCing on the 260m, and definitely the CPU, all depending on what my temps look like when I get it.

 

crysis + warhead - high
bioshock - max
fallout 3 - max
left 4 dead - max
prototype - high
mass effect - max
wolfenstien - max

 

awesome that works for me. got a STEAL on this laptop, 800$, was only used for a week by the original owner.

 

very nice! amazing deal

 

Wow! Did you find that on ebay or something?

 

You can also max out prototype. It runs 30fps and up on my g71gx at the highest settings.

 

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo P8800 (2.66GHz, 3MB of L2 cache, 1066MHz FSB)

GPU: 1024MB (DDR3) ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4650

RAM: 4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x2048MB)

Display: WUXGA (1920x1080)

I'm mainly wanting to play Civilization IV, Spore, and The Sims 3 on this laptop. I know it will run these games, but the question I have is: will it max out the settings (AA and AF at max, if possible) at this laptop's native resolution, 1920x1080? And additionally with good fps (30+)? Any help is appreciated!

 

@okadam111 nope, actually a member of these forums

@zrehmz ty for the info!

 

all of those games should run at least high or max, dont know about aa or af though. civ 4 is the most difficult to run, but only processor/ram wise, and yours is pretty good.

 

The Specs to my laptop are in my sig. I just installed Star Wars KOTOR II and I keep getting this message.

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords Has Stopped working. Aproblem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.

Any idea what is wrong and how I can fix it.

Another not is I added the game icon to my dell dock under my games section and then deleted my desk top icon. Could that cause the problem. It hasn't caused me any trouble before even with the Sims 2

 

most likely the problem would be something with your firewall. windows firewall likes blocking games when you are trying to start them. allow the program in windows firewall then try it.

 

Did what you said Joshthor. Still getting the error message. I am wondering if I should unistall and reinstal...

 

i dotn know, try patching the game, then try different compatibility modes, if that doesnt work i suppose you could try reinstalling it

 

On my home PC although I could not play the game (I got like 1 fps) I could run the game so I think what I am going to do is try it in XP compatability mode....how do I get to compatability mode on vista

 

right click the icon, properties, compatibility

 

Nothing. I I ran it in compatability modes for both XP and 2000 and I got nothing. Gonna try uninstalling and reinstalling it

 

good luck :/ im out of ideas now. if that doesnt work try contacting lucasarts support and seeing if they can help you.

 

Cored 2 Duo T6600
4096 MB, DDR2 PC2-6400
9600M GT (512 MB, GDDR2)

Oblivion (I can run it, but Oblivion says my system should only run it at 640x480)

 

Oblivion is being stupid.

You should be able to run it very well on whatever native resolution you have.

 

Patched the game? Removed any 3rd party modifications before trying?

 

BTW for those that doubt the SXPS16 I can run Crysis Warhead all on gamer (minus motion blur) at 720p with 2xAA and it actually stayed between 20 and 25 FPS. It was not very stable but it was the just barely acceptable. I found no AA and one or two things set to enthusiast kept the FPS between 27 and 35. Hell for a 6lbs laptop with a GPU that is not specifically designed for gaming I would say that is pretty damn good. I can also run GRiD and DiRT at the highest settings with between 2-4xAA at around 60FPS.

 

Installed it straight off GOTY edition. Most current Oblivion patch. No 3rd Party modifications.

"Video Settings have been set to low Quality" I'll probably just tweak around and see what it should be able to run at.

 

Which of these laptops will run the following games the best? Age of Empires 2, Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft,

Laptops...

Toshiba:
AMD Athlon X2 QL-65
3GB of RAM
250GB HDD
ATI Radeon 3100.

Asus:
Intel Pentium Mobile Processor T4200
3GB of RAM
320GB HDD
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 4500

Gateway:
AMD Athlon X2 QL-64
4GB of RAM
320GB HDD
ATI Radeon HD 3200

Dell:
Intel Core™2 Duo processor T6500
4GB of RAM
320GB HDD
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

I know none of these are graphical power houses but they are mainly for college with some light gaming on the side.

 

ignore what oblivion says, it tells me the same thing and i can run it nearly max with some beauty mods.

 

go for the gateway, it has the best graphics out of all of them. aoe 2 and warcraft should run at high settings (i think) and WoW should get about medium.

 

Hello, I have recently bought a toshiba laptop and i will be using it for school, and diablo 2, 3. I will probably uninstall diablo 2 once i get 3 just so the computer runs smoother, but i dont know yet.

anyways heres the website for my laptop. it has all the specs in detail

http://laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/satellite/L500/L505-S6946

I will also sum it up for you if you don't feel like going to the website.

Intel core duo processor
3gb sdram
320gb HDD
16" widescreen display
Intel GMA 4500MHD

i have been doing some research and i'v seen that the graphics card i have isn't great (intel gma 4500 mhd) so i was wondering whats a great graphics card i could upgrade to for 60 dollars or less . thank you very much for reading this and your time. greatly appreciated

 

You can't upgrade laptop graphics cards..

Diablo 2 should run fine but Im not sure about Diablo 3...

 

Diablo II: You will never run it! It's way to demanding. More demanding than Crysis... Just kidding! xD! You will easily could play Diablo II on highest settings, because it's a very old game!

... But Diablo III is a tricky one. Intel GMA 4500HD is a weak card and it's intergrated. But Blizzard is known for making non-gpu-demanding-games. Can you tell me the processor? It could help

Edit: It's a T6400 I see. It's actually a pretty decent processor. Diablo III will in my eyes run OK in lowest/med-settings, but I'm not sure. If the computer gets hot and laggy, you can't play, but if it stays chill and cool: - You have a chance!

 

I'm looking at 15-16" multimedia notebooks in the $1300-$1500 range. The HP HDX 16t and the Dell Studio XPS are on the list (see specs below). I'm leaning towards the HP mostly because of the Dell's heat issues and lack of NumPad.

I'd like to be able to play Aion and Final Fantasy XIV (target release date mid-2010, exact sys reqs unreleased) on high settings. Would either of these systems be able to do that?

How do these two systems compare? Are there other similar mainstream laptops that I should be considering?

Dell Studio XPS 16
CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8700 (3MB cache/2.53GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
GPU: ATI Mobility RADEON™ HD 4670 – 1GB
RAM: 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms)
Display: 16.0 inch RGBLED LCD (1920x1080)

HP HDX 16t
CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8700 (3MB cache/2.53GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
GPU: 1GB Nvidia GeForce GT 130M
RAM: 4GB DDR2 (2 Dimm)
Display: 16.0" High Definition Ultra BrightView Infinity Display (1920x1080p)

Thanks!

 

I would say the Studio XPS16. The card is better on Notebookcheck plus I'm pretty sure the HDX16t uses DDR2 on their video cards, not the GDDR3 like Dell.

The XPS16 display is superior to the HDX16. Plus the RAM with the Studio XPS makes better use with the P8700.