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    Just Cause DEMO

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by wackydude1234, Mar 30, 2008.

  1. wackydude1234

    wackydude1234 Notebook Evangelist

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    i have an acer aspire 5630 and when trying to play that demo it goes sooooo slow :( i have 256mb RAM on my video card i mean FFS it shouldn't got that slow i have core duo 1.66ghz processor which makes 3.2ghz..
     
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  2. Eleison

    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    A 1.66 GHz Core 2 Duo processor just means that you have 2 1.66 GHz processing cores. It doesn't mean that your computer runs at 3.2 GHz. Most likely, the Just Cause demo is not designed to take advantage of multiple processing cores, so it is running at 1.66 GHz.

    Also, even though your GeForce GO 7300 has 256 MB of RAM, it is a low-end card by any definition of the word. You're going to have to tweak some settings down pretty low to get decent framerates.
     
    Eleison, Mar 30, 2008
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    that sucks :l the guy at the pc shop said that my laptop would play games he even told me getting the extra RAM made no difference...
     
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    Eleison Thanatos Eleison

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    It will play games, but you'll need to turn the settings down to play most games. A *decent* gaming notebook will have at least the 600 variant of its generation (e.g., GO 6600, GO 7600, 8600M, 9500M). You might still have to turn down some settings for best performance, but the 600/500 cards can handle gaming a lot better than the 400/300 cards.
     
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    man that sucks so i definetly can't get crysis then lol
     
    wackydude1234, Mar 30, 2008
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    don't even bother.
     
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    Can i just ask why GTA San andreas works fine but this doesn't :S san andreas is near enough the same right?
     
    wackydude1234, Mar 30, 2008
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    What game doesn't work? I mean, what's "this"?
     
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    Just Cause Demo.

    I tried it on 8600m it works great, around 30 fps on grassy lands, and 55+ when in water or less intensive areas @ 1280 x 800 all high. They seem to set FPS for the game menu so it is always at 15 FPS, I thought that was weird. Personally, I think just cause is much more demanding then GTA:SA, there's more shading, more detail, HDR, and grasslands instead of just buildings. However, game play wise I like GTA:SA more, there's definitely more things going on, like more cars, people, and stuff to do.
     
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    Just Cause is definitely more demanding than GTA: SA. If you look at the consoles they came out on, GTA was a Playstation 2 and Xbox game, while Just Cause was an Xbox and Xbox 360 game. The developers always try to port the most powerful version over to PC, so you've got a game really built around a current-gen gaming console vs. a game built around last-gen's gaming consoles.
     
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    Don't even bother with buying the full version. It has a memory leak that occurs every 30-45 minutes regardless of your computer configuration.
     
    CyPsychotic, Mar 31, 2008
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