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    GMA 900 performance with S.T.A.L.K.E.R? - It works! (Screens)

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ChanchoWancho, Aug 22, 2007.

  1. ChanchoWancho

    ChanchoWancho Notebook Consultant

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    Do you think it will work? - I didn't.

    But for laughs I tried to install it on my crappy Acer 3620 (Soon to be replaced by a Dell Vostro 1400)

    CPU: 1.6 ghz Celeron M
    RAM: 768 Mb DDR2.
    Graphics: Intel GMA 900
    HD: 120 GB USB2.0 Hard Drive (Yes! I installed the game on a USB drive)

    They only issue was that my Acer's heatsink has stopped working, so after about 7 minutes of play my CPU shows down to 161mhz! THAT kills the game..

    Ok, so at reasonable framerates (doesn't 'chop') , it looks like this:

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    Or this:

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    If you're prepared to deal with framerates that go slow sometimes (well, it does on mine, could be the crappy USB hard drive) you can set it to minimum, and have it look like this:

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    ChanchoWancho, Aug 22, 2007
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  2. phiLLy11

    phiLLy11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Surprising.

    I never would've even wasted the time to see if that game would run, hahaha.

    How many FPS did you get? 10/15?
     
    phiLLy11, Aug 22, 2007
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  3. TomTom2007

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    wow, that's pretty *decent graphics for GMA 900... love the blur effect, gives the game more depth of field feeling... lol...

    Great job!
     
    TomTom2007, Aug 22, 2007
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  4. maksin01

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    Nice... :) that looked better than what I was expecting when I read the title... :p
     
    maksin01, Aug 22, 2007
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  5. ChanchoWancho

    ChanchoWancho Notebook Consultant

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    It looked a lot better than I was expecting too - haven't had time to boot it up again and test for actual FPS. (Every time I play my heatsink issue wrecks my computer for about 15 minutes)

    It isn't choppy enough to notice during play however. I reckon I could probably have it looking like the last screen permanently if I hadn't had it installed on an external hard disk.
     
    ChanchoWancho, Aug 22, 2007
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  6. meh_cd

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    Cordon doesn't really have that many enemies... Now, I'd like to see how it ran in the Bar or outside the Power Plant.
     
    meh_cd, Aug 22, 2007
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    what FPS did you get? On a Intel 900, wow.
     
    StarScream4Ever, Aug 23, 2007
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