HP dv9000t OK for Counter-Strike: Source and Battlefield 2?

I know Unreal Tournament 2004 would be fine, as it runs great on my IBM T40.

However, I was just curious how BF2 and CS:S does on this laptop?

I was considering the 15.4" (dv6000t) vs the 9000t.

I would like the extra resolution of the 9000t, but wasn't sure if the added resolutions (1680x1050 vs 1280x800) would kill the frame rate.

Or, of course there is the 1440x900 option which I'm interested in since there's the "ultra bright" option.

So has anyone played BF2 on the 7400 or 7600 GPUs?

Edit: Ok I have been doing some more reading, and it seems it can, but was just curious if 60fps would be possible at the native resolution of 1440x900 with medium settings with 2gb of RAM?

 

I've played it on a 7600. It runs better with a 7600 graphics card. So get the dv9000t.

Just make sure you get the 512 mb for the graphics card instead of the 256.

and make sure you get 2 gigs of RAM, it helps a lot.

 

i play CSS on an x1400 (which is basically same as 7400 if not better ) and it runs fine. i get around 40 fps average

 

I've not played CS S but I have played Day of Defeat Source on my Go7400 and it runs well at high settings. BF2 runs pretty well too, but only at medium settings. I'd really go for that 7600.

 

you don;t really need 512mb. 256 would be good enough
unless you work on high detail software and looking toward the future

 

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=120409

Read that tread, it is the X1400, it is a bit better than the go7400, but you will get the Idea, I have Battlefield 2142 on there, which is harder to run than Battlefield 2, so it ought to be fine.

 

That's true, but graphic intensive programs eat up a lot, so more, the merrier.

 

I've played CS:S on the Go7600 - and an underclocked one at that - and it ran perfectly smooth at 1680x1050. I've also played CS:S on the Go7400 and I found that the max. resolution that card was able to push in CS:S with high settings is 1280x800. 1440x900 causes the Go7400 to choke.

Definitely go with the dv9000t if you're willing to deal with the extra size/weight of the 17" screen. I'd suggest waiting until later this week to make a decision because tomorrow is the debut of the Santa Rosa platform and I'd expect HP, a major brand, to have Santa Rosa notebooks available immediately.

 

Um...not really...no. It might help if you do CAD or something, but not with normal gaming. In this case, 256 mb is sufficient, 512 mb is more of a gimmick that you are never going to use. It's more about the GPU itself that matters when you have a decent amount of dedicated memory.

 

Here's those HP Santa Rosa notebooks:
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3687