Help, with buying laptop with Nvidia Ge force 8400M GS........(Games it Can play)

hey, im thinking of buying an inspiron 1520 with the foll specs:

1.6ghz dual core
1gb Ram
Nvidia ge fore 8400M Gs

i want to find out what games would it be able to handle?
will it to handle Crysis , say on Med settings and BF2 and Hellgate London?
And any advice on modifications.

 

you really shouldnt go less than a GF8600M GT if you want to play crysis/hellgate at all

the machine you have specced is very low spec by todays standards for notebooks, that are to be used for gaming.

check out people like Zepto for competitive pricing on notebooks with a higher spec,

it depends on whether you have thin & light requirements

 

Yes, go with the 8600m gt if you can. It's much better. Try to go for 2 gigs of ram too

With the 8400m gs, you can run Crysis on low settings. Not sure about BF2
Call of duty 4 is amazing on it though

 

Its worth the extra $$$ if you can afford to put in a 8600M GT or higher card.

 

hey, thxs... not sure ill have the extra dollars now for the 8600,,, but will 1gb ram be okay if i got 8600?

 

If I were you I would get the 8600 and hold off on the memory until you get the money. It is generally harder (most of the time) not possible to upgrade the video card later but you can the memory at any time (and for cheaper I might add).

 

afitzwater is right. you can always upgrade the memory later, but video card is most likely a one time deal.

 

ok, thxs a lot guys........1 last question is it better to get an hp of a dell 1520??

 

hey i was wondering also would a Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5470 (1.6GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB), be acceptable, with gaming if i wanted to play crysis of BF2 or even call of duty 4?

 

Go for Dell, Hp at the moment doesn'have a powerful video card as dell's 8600gt except HP Pavilion HDX with 2600xt but it's 2600$ and a dell with a 8600 costs half...
To play crysis i suggest something >T7100 and 2gb ram

 

kkk, thxs. but i would like to know if the 1.6 ghz processsor would affect those games much?

 

thxs a lot

 

Would this by any chance play Call of duty 4? or even Crysis on the lowest settings? im also thinking of guild wars

HP pavillion dv6700z THESE ARE FROM THE COMPONENTS

• Upgrade to Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
• AMD Turion(TM) 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60 (2.0 GHz)
• 15.4" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
• FREE Upgrade to 2GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm) from 1GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)!!
• 256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
• HP Imprint Finish (Radiance) + Microphone
• FREE Upgrade to 802.11b/g WLAN and Bluetooth from 802.11b/g WLAN!!
• 160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
• SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
• No TV Tuner w/remote control
• 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
• Microsoft(R) Works 9.0 sorry about all the extras its from the website
also would the geforce go 7150m play COD4?

please email me at [email protected] because im not going to be on here very much TY

 

hello, i`m using vostro 1500/t7250/8400gs and here i can play:
crysis => 800x600 all setting low, except texture and shader put in medium.
bioshock => native res, all set to medium
cod4 => all set low, except text/shader
jericho => 800x600 all set to low, except texture/shader
my lappie oc to 550/1100/450(all setting use these oc), but without oc still playable though, but little lag here and there. With my 9 cell battery, gaming on the road can go up to 3 hours....

conclusion: 8400gs still not to bad performer if you can`t afford/no need higher spec vga..