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    Gaming on the Latitude X1

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by asr, May 17, 2005.

  1. asr

    asr Notebook Enthusiast

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    What is everyone's expiernance with the X1 while gaming? i now it should play Older games fine, but how would it play Half Life 2? I've heard that the Pentium M ULV can outperform Faster Pentium 4-M Systems, and that the GMA-900 Actually fares pretty well in gaming, but what does everyone here think?
     
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    happysquidman Notebook Evangelist

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    The latitude x1 could probably not handle half life 2. The 1.1 ghz processor would not cut it, the graphics might be able to squeeze by on lowest resolution, and the screen would be very bad for it (12"
     
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    X24 Notebook Evangelist

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    Might wanna try a lower game, like UT2004.

    Looking for $650-$700 laptop
     
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  4. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    UT2004 will work on lowest settings, that's about all you're going to get from high action games.

    Brian

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    I read a HL2 review that said DirectX v.8 + v7 are also supported by separate code paths in HL2 - no idea how you set this, but could be worth a try if Dx9 is slow.

    Am waiting for delivery of an X1 and have HL2 + UT2k4 just gagging to be installed, so will try it and let you know how I get on.[ :)]
     
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