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    Is this a medium gamer's laptop??

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by coolguy66, May 7, 2007.

  1. coolguy66

    coolguy66 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm a medium gamer & play a few of my favourite games like NFS :MW, AOE3etc I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite A100 series laptop.....
    These are the specs....

    Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.0GHz)
    1GB DDR2 RAM (I shall upgrade to 2GB ASAP)
    256MB nVIDIA Geforce Go 7600....

    Will I be able to play all the new games in medium settings??
    Games like NFS:MW works very well for me with medium high settings & AOE 3 works well with Highiest settings....And I only play a very few games....

    Will I be able to play games like F.E.A.R, Doom 3, NFS Carbon in Medium settings??

    I was first looking for a Dell Inspiron 9400 & I know that it has one of the powerful GPUs (256mb nVidia Geforce 7900Gs)...But I did not like the design...much as I heard it gets easily scratched.....Moreover I'm a Student and have to travel...So, I didnt want a 17inch Heavy & Bulky Laptop....

    I know that the ASUS G1 is the best 15.4 inch gaming laptop out there....
    But I live in the Miiddle East(Kuwait) where ASUS noteboooks are very rare...
    And I'm travelling to India & was worried about ASUS warranty there....

    So I went for a Toshiba Satellite A100 series laptop...as it is readily available here & has Int. Warranty...

    Once more I'm not a very serious gamer & only play my favourites like the NFS & AOE series....

    So are my specs good enough for the new games (Medium settings)?

    Can I overclock my GPU? If so how???
     
    coolguy66, May 7, 2007
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  2. lunateck

    lunateck Bananaed

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    Yupe, u certainly can with a 7600...
     
    lunateck, May 7, 2007
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  3. Gator

    Gator Go Gators!

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    Yes, looks good.
     
    Gator, May 7, 2007
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    mujtaba ZzzZzz Super Moderator

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    You can overclock the GPU.But it might be a bit risky too.I suggest you forget overclocking if you are traveling around, it might overheat and possibly get damaged.
     
    mujtaba, May 7, 2007
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    F.E.A.R. will need some specific tweaks (don't use AA, turn down some of the extra lighting options), but Doom3 should run fine. It's older in the effects department than F.E.A.R. is.
     
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  6. coolguy66

    coolguy66 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh, I actually don't want to overclock....I just asked....I'm satisfied with the card.
    Will I be able to play NFS carbon? I might not be playin F.E.A.R anyway as I'm not very good at First person shooter games.....

    I usually play Real Time Strategy games like AOE3 & Racing games like NFS....

    Will Warcraft work well??
     
    coolguy66, May 7, 2007
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  7. Mr. M

    Mr. M Notebook Consultant

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    Perfectly fine for WoW..you can get back to that grind ;)
     
    Mr. M, May 7, 2007
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  8. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    If you mean WoW, then as Mr. M said, yes you will definitely not have any problem running at high settings. It isn't a very demanding game and you don't need a high-end machine to run it.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, May 7, 2007
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  9. DrewN

    DrewN Notebook Evangelist

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    A 7600 Go will play Carbon very well, just don't get a Vista machine. Carbon has some known bugs with Vista and EA has been slow patching it up :mad:
    also you'll need to find and download the widescreen patch as Carbon doesn't natively support 16:9 or 16:10.
     
    DrewN, May 7, 2007
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