Getting laptop soon & need games - help decide what games to get

Games I already play , have , played before or getting:
Counter Strike
Natural Selection
Starcraft
Maplestory
Shattered Galaxy ( plan on getting it )
Diablo 2 ( have expansion but need this to play ex )
Battlefield 2 ( plan on getting it )
Lord of the Realms 2
SoldierFront
Gunbound
Warcraft 3 ( i need )


hm...what else?


Games i like : RPG , MMORPG , online , sports , action , fps and mostly all kinds.

 

C&C3, GTA: SA, Doom 3, and F.E.A.R.?
As long as you don't mind lowering some details...

 

Battlefield 2142
Bioshock
Company of Heroes
Medal of Honor Airborne
FEAR


you will be able to run all those at max settings with stuff like true shadows turned off and no AA also if you tone down the res to something like 1024 x 768 or 1280 x 800

 

There are a tonne of games coming out Q4 of this year, UT3, crysis, world in confict to name a few.

Bioshock
WoW
Galactic Civilizations II
Command & Conquer 3
GTR 2
Company of Heroes
Medieval 2: Total War
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

all excellent games

 

battlefield 2142, fear +/- combat, bioshock, stalker, cod2, nfs carbon, mafia, pes6, war rock, medieval 2 total war +/- kingdoms, test drive unlmtd,

 

oblivion

 

True Shadows turned off and no AA? what u mean by that since I don't know anything about this screen lol.

and yes im turning down the res since i don't want a giant screen.

 

i run all my games listed on everything high + some AA with 1280*800

 

I strongly recommend trying the demo of Supreme Commander!!!!! (similar gameplay to warcraft 3 and starcraft).

 

Rainbow Six Vegas
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Bioshock
Prince of Persia -Sands of Time (it's free)
Q4 2007:
Assassin's Creed
Call of Duty 4

 

With the 8600M GT, you should be able to play F.E.A.R with settings on high except for a few. Soft shadows should be off - that kills your GPU. The dynamic (or whatever it's called) lighting shouldn't be on high either. Most other things can be topped up, except perhaps some lower than max AA and AF would be a good idea. That's how I play F.E.A.R very well on my 8600M GT.

 

um can u guys explain more on the shadow and AA since i have no idea what that is

F.E.A.R is badass , i played it at my friends , but online playing there isn't that many ppl.

 

I have the 8400m GT and I played the bioshock demo at high settings with 1280x800 resolution. Only things I turned off was realtime reflection and force global lighting (I think this is used when you don't have dynamic lighting or something). I have the actor details set to medium, but the texture detail set to high. I'm not sure what the fps was since I don't really know how to check that, but the game ran very smooth for me, even when there were multiple splicers on the screen. I just bought the full game off of ebay for $30, I don't know if I will have to change the settings or not for the full game, let's hope not.

As for BF2142, I'm playing that at 1280x800 resolution with high settings, but with the dynamic lighting and dynamic shadows turned to medium, and I have 2x AA, all other settings at high. The game ran very smooth as well, no lags whatsoever. I'm planning on turning up dynamic shadow and dynamic lighting one at a time to see how that affects the game though. Hope that helps.

 

maybe BF1942, roller coaster tycoon 3, FSX, ghost recon.......

 

I'm not too sure about FSX...I heard it was a VERY demanding game.

Well, FSX on Low-Med would work I guess.

 

yea, but it looks great tho

 

Splinter Cell -Double agent

 

DiRT is a very good game. But I'm not sure if 1520 can handle it...

 

HalfLife 2
Counter-strike: Source
Day of Defeat: Source
Portal
Medal Of Honor: Airborne
Crysis
BioShock
Rainbow Six: Vegas
Splinter Cell-Double Agent
Oblivion
F.E.A.R
Hit Man: Blood Money
FarCry
Ghost Recon: Advanced WarFighters 2
Need For Speed: Carbon
ShadowRun


That Should tide you over for a while!