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    Geforce 7400 questions

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by LakerFan, Oct 2, 2006.

  1. LakerFan

    LakerFan Notebook Consultant

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    How well will the Geforce 7400 card play the Godfather game, Sid Meirs Pirates, and fps on counter strike source?
     
    LakerFan, Oct 2, 2006
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  2. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    Well if you were using both the dedicated and shared memory (Turbocache) then it would probably run them at medium/high level. The medium being a decent FPS ratio where as high may be alittle laggy in comparison, the 7400 128 dedicated card with 128 shared is fantastic for ultra-portables and slimmer notebooks. Certainly a HUGE jump from what we were seeing 2-3 years ago anyways. I would say that you can probably play most new games at medium level with a good rate of FPS frames. Just make sure that you have a decent amount of ram 1.5-2 gigs if you plan on using the 128 turocache because if you dont have about 1 gig of free ram the game will probably be bottlenecked by that and not the GPU.


    BTW you have a nice avatar ;)
     
    Airman, Oct 2, 2006
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  3. aznguy123

    aznguy123 Notebook Guru

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    Godfather

    GAME REQUIREMENTS

    1.4 Ghz or faster Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor
    256 MB or more
    Windows XP or 2000
    At least 5 GB of free space
    DirectX 9.0c compatible video card

    Video card must have 64MB or more memory and one of these T&L capable chipsets:
    ATI Radeon 8500 or greater
    NVIDIA GeForce 3 or greater (except GeForce4MX)
    Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 or greater

    Sid Meier's Pirates

    System requirements
    OS: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP
    CPU: 1.0GHz Pentium or higher
    RAM: 256MB
    CD-ROM: 4x speed
    Video: DirectX version 9.0b (included) or higher; 64MB graphics card
    Sound: Windows 98/ME/2000/XP compatible sound card —
    Hard drive space: 1.2GB

    CS: Source

    System Requirements
    Minimum: 1.2 GHz Processor, 256MB RAM, DirectX 7 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP/ME/98, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection


    Recommended: 2.4 GHz Processor, 512MB RAM, DirectX 9 level graphics card, Windows 2000/XP, Mouse, Keyboard, Internet Connection


    The nVidia 7400 has 128MB Dedicated & 256MB w/Turbocache (I think). In other words, yes it should. :)
     
    aznguy123, Oct 2, 2006
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  4. tears_for_fears

    tears_for_fears Notebook Consultant

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    So I can play the godfather game on my intel GMA 950?
     
    tears_for_fears, Oct 2, 2006
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  5. aznguy123

    aznguy123 Notebook Guru

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    aznguy123, Oct 3, 2006
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  6. HavoK

    HavoK Registered User

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    Geforce 7400 is a budget but very capable card. Will run those games no problems.

    And yes, the GMA 900 can run the Godfather.
     
    HavoK, Oct 3, 2006
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