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    Good games for an Intel shared 128mb graphics card?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by MYK, Nov 11, 2006.

  1. MYK

    MYK Newbie NBR Reviewer

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    This sounds a little newbish, but it's been a while since I had a laptop with a shared VGA card. I have my p100 with 7900GS for gaming but what can I get away with on this intel, buit in, shared graphics card?

    I know how limited this machine is, but are there any good games that I can run on my x60? Something downloadable would be great. Anything between flash games and 3d games.
     
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  2. camsimple

    camsimple Notebook Evangelist

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    One game that I have played for years is an old multi player demo of Medal of Honor, Breakthrough. It runs fine on my computer with an integrated card. I would say anything release before 2001 would run fine.
     
    camsimple, Nov 12, 2006
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  3. Private-Cowboy

    Private-Cowboy Notebook Consultant

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    Dont forget adventures. And Defcon is a great little game that runs well on my SZ2 (when running with the GMA)
     
    Private-Cowboy, Nov 12, 2006
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    You have plenty games available to you.

    Think Quake III, Soldier of Fortune II, Delta Force, Renegade, Call of Duty, Command Conquer Generals, among many others, all run fine on the GMA
     
    HavoK, Nov 12, 2006
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    Zellio The Dark Knight

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    Zellio, Nov 12, 2006
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  6. alex5523

    alex5523 Notebook Geek

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    max payne 2
    NFS most wanted
    SWAT4
    fifa 07, 06 pro evolution soccer series
     
    alex5523, Nov 13, 2006
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    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    Dreamer, Nov 14, 2006
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  8. claudione314

    claudione314 Notebook Deity

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    There's a difference between which games will run and which will run acceptably (say, at or above 20-25 fps... which is not acceptable to some people, but still playable, whereas below that it's just merely unplayable).

    All the games mentioned above will run... but some, such as NFS:MW, aren't really too playable. World of Warcraft is slow but does run okay on the GMA. As has been said, consider all point-and-click adventure games, also recent. "The Moment of Silence" and "Still Life" are two great titles.

    Many strategy games also run well on integrated. Civilization IV, for example, plus expansion pack.

    The best I've been able to play on integrated was Far Cry: everything on low and minimum resolution. Looked awesome and I got 30-ish fps outdoors.

    C.
     
    claudione314, Nov 14, 2006
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  9. Jason

    Jason Overclocker NBR Reviewer

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    If you like FPS, Counter-Strike 1.6 and Condition Zero as well as Halo for PC run great on Intel GMA cards. For Both Counter-Strikes, I averaged 60FPS. Then there is always Half life 1, and the original Day of Defeat.
     
    Jason, Nov 14, 2006
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    steve_emb Notebook Consultant

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    sorry, this is a little off topic but would a nvidia geforce go 6150 be able to play around the same stuff or is it better/worse?
     
    steve_emb, Nov 14, 2006
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  11. Dreamer

    Dreamer The Bad Boy

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    The Go 6150 is so muchhhh better...
     
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  12. claudione314

    claudione314 Notebook Deity

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    The Go6150 is still integrated, but it is substantially better... by about 30-40%. Check out this thread.

    C.
     
    claudione314, Nov 14, 2006
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    Download Snes9x, its a Super Nintendo Emulator, Also Dosbox for all those oldies, and my personal Fav Diablo 2+expansion
     
    cabral, Nov 15, 2006
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