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    Gaming On A Netbook

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Blazin23, Jul 25, 2011.

  1. Blazin23

    Blazin23 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey guys, was wondering if there was already a thread dedicated to making a list of games that will run on netbooks (or if anyone wants to make this the thread and i'll add them here)?

    And yes I am aware that different netbooks have different specs, but I mean just for standard netbooks (I have an Acer Ferrari One with AMD L310 X2 @1.2ghz and Ati HD3200, which may be considered slightly better than most Atom/Intel IGP netbooks)

    Thanks

    Blazin
     
    Blazin23, Jul 25, 2011
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  2. FlyingMonkey99

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    there was a thread(a big thread) about gaming on netbooks and wich netbooks were most viable for gaming ect and some games that worked on them
     
    FlyingMonkey99, Jul 25, 2011
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  3. Blazin23

    Blazin23 Notebook Evangelist

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    ..Do you have a link to it?

    Blazin
     
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    My old old old dual core 1.6ghz 1GB RAM 5.4kRPM laptop can play super old games/ N64 emulator and things like that. Modern netbooks can probably play portal etc.
     
    Hungry Man, Jul 25, 2011
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    My Asus 1201N with dual-core 1.6GHz Atom and nVidia ION graphics can't game for crap. It gets acceptable frame rates in some really old games, but it always shuts off after 15 minutes or so of playing. This happens in any game, with or without a cooling pad, and this is my fourth 1201N.
     
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    My old dell inspiron 1525 with igp (core2duo gen) could play portal. It had a decent processor though, 2.0Ghz dual core
     
    KillerBunny, Jul 25, 2011
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