Laptop Gaming Chart

The purpose of this thread is to collect users' experience with games and playability. I will do my best to compile a list at the beginning of this thread for reference. It seems we get a lot of "can my machine run ..."

Just make it simple. State:

Laptop:
CPU (& any overclock):
GPU (& any overclock):
Game / FPS / Resolution / Detail:
Other: (Driver version, etc)

For example:

DV6z Quad
A8-3510MX @ 2.4GHz
6750m @ 780/880
BFBC2 / 50 fps / 1080p / low + med
Deus Ex Revolution / 40 fps / 1080p / med
Starcraft 2 / 50 fps / 1080p / high

As much input as we can get as possible would be nice. Even if someone has an identical system at least it will be confirmation of performance.

 

Laptops:

Alienware M17x R2
Mkelliny (i7-720QM / 5870m X-fire)

Asus G50VT
lidowxx (X9100 / 9800M GS)

Asus G73JH
TomJG90 (i7-740QM / HD 5870M)

Asus K53TA
arrowslinger (A6-3400m / 6650m/6720G2)

Clevo P170Hmx / Sager NP8170
DEagleson (i7-2720QM / 6970m)

Dell XPS 15 L501x
SimoxTa (i3-370m / GT420M)

HP DV6z Quad
HTWingNut (A8-3510MX / 6750m)

HP Envy 15
moviemarketing (i7-820QM / 5830m)

Lenovo Y560
Shobster (i7-740QM / 5730M)

 

Games:

Anno 1404 (Dawn of Discovery)
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa

Battlefield 2
Alienware M17x R2: Mkelliny

BFBC2
Alienware M17x R2: Mkelliny
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa
HP DV6z Quad: HTWingNut
Lenovo Y560: Shobster

COD: Modern Warfare 2
Alienware M17x R2: Mkelliny
Asus K53TA: arrowslinger
Lenovo Y560: Shobster

Crysis
Lenovo Y560: Shobster

Crysis 2
Alienware M17x R2: Mkelliny
Asus G73JH: TomJG90
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa
Lenovo Y560: Shobster

Dead Space 2
Alienware M17x R2: Mkelliny

Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Asus K53TA: arrowslinger
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa
HP DV6z Quad: HTWingNut

Dragon Age Origins
Asus G50VT: ldowxx

Dragon Age 2
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa
Asus G50VT: ldowxx

Fallout New Vegas
HP Envy 15: moviemarketing

Half-Life 2
Asus K53TA: arrowslinger

The Hunter
Asus K53TA: arrowslinger

Just Cause 2
Asus K53TA: arrowslinger
Lenovo Y560: Shobster

League of Legends
Alienware M17x R2: Mkelliny

Left 4 Dead 2
Alienware M17x R2: Mkelliny

Magicka
Alienware M17x R2: Mkelliny
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa

Mass Effect 2
Alienware M17x R2: Mkelliny
Asus G50VT: ldowxx

Medal of Honor
Alienware M17x R2: Mkelliny

Metro 2033
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa

Minecraft
Clevo P170HMx / Sager NP8170: DEagleson

Need for Speed Shift 2 Unleashed
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa

Red Orchestra 2
Asus G73JH: TomJG90

Settlers 7 Path to a Kingdom
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa

Source Engine Games
Lenovo Y560: Shobster

Starcraft 2
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa
HP DV6z Quad: HTWingNut
Lenovo Y560: Shobster

Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa

Team Fortress 2
Alienware M17x R2: Mkelliny
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa
HP Envy 15: moviemarketing

Tropico 4
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa

Witcher 2
Asus G50VT: ldowxx
Dell XPS 15 L501X: SimoxTa
HP Envy 15: moviemarketing

 

Ultra meaning very high or ultra settings.Including 8xAA and 16x AF where applicable.

System:
Alienware M17x R2
i7-720QM @ 1.6GHZ OC to 1.82GHZ
5870m X-Fire @ 700/1000 OC to 850/1200

Games:
BFBC2 / 50-80 fps / 1200p / Ultra settings
League of Legends / 100-140 fps / 1200p / Very High
Dead Space 2 / 150-200 fps / 1200p / Ultra
Mass Effect 2/ 100-150FPS / 1200p/ Ultra
Medal of Honor / 60-80 FPS/ 1200p/Ultra settings
Bioshock 2 /80-110FPS / 1200p/ ultra settings
Magicka / 60-70 FPS/ 1200p/ Ultra
Team Fortress 2 /50-80 FPS/ 1200p/Ultra
Left 4 Dead 2 / 100-160 FPS/ 1200p/ Ultra
Battlefield 2 / 100FPS/ 1200p/ ultra
COD:Modern Warfare 2 / 70-90FPS/ 1200p/ultra
Crysis 2/ 40-60FPS/ 1200p/ highest settings

Will add more when I try other games out

 

So nobody else wants to contribute?

 

It's not a "Gaming" Laptop but:

Dell XPS 15 L501X
i3-370m
2x2Gb DDR3
GT420M Overclocked to GT540M (672/1344/900)

I play only at native resolution, so all the performances recorded are @ 1366x768. If for any reason i play at different resolution, it will be reported

Read the description at the beginning of each video to see specific details about video options, and how much recording hit the performances in FPS loss.

Battlefield Bad Company 2
Team Fortress 2
Starcraft 2 Wings of Liberty
Settlers 7 Path to a Kingdom
Anno 1404 (Dawn of Discovery)
Magicka
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition
Tropico 4
The Witcher 2
Crysis 2
Dragon Age 2
Need For Speed Shift 2 Unleashed
Metro 2033
The Cursed Crusade
Battlefield 3 (Open Beta)

 

Laptop: Clevo P170Hmx
CPU: Intel Core i7 2720QM @ 2,2 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6970m @ stock clocks unless specified

AMD Catalyst Suite 11.9 RCx
Minecraft v1.8.1 / F11 Fullscreen 1920x1080 / Far rendering, Fancy, Advanced OpenGL and Smooth Lighting enables

AMD Catalyst Suite 11.9 WHQL @ 710MHz Core & 1000MHz Memory
Crysis 2 v1.9 / 1920x1080 Dx9 / Settings on Ultra preset, High Resolution textures enables and Motion Blur disabled.

Spoiler

I took the readings on the first level.
Outside the sub i get 45fps.
Inside the sub its around 30fps.
Outside the city after the sub got sinked its between 30 to 40fps.
Prophet vs Gunship is 25 to 30fps.
Alcatraz after getting the suit is 30 to 35fps.

So this game is perfectly playable, but you gotta turn some settings down for stable 60fps

 

I think this thread will be more useful if we have more info about how games run on medium to low end GPUs, high end GPUs have no problems running most modern games on high to max settings.

And I get the feeling this is going to turn into a somewhat "show off your hardware" thread thus making this gaming chart less meaningful to people with medium/low end hardwares, for people with high end GPUs like sli 560M/5870M CF, the only question remains is whether you can run a game totally maxed or not. Most people come here questioning "can my laptop run this?" are usually people with modest hardwares, I think I made my point quite clear, so I am not going to post how well games run on my m17xr3 with 6970M as it runs all my games fluidly on max or close to max settings at 1080p.

Anyway, here is something I can contribute:

System: Asus g50vt [email protected], 9800M gs@stock speed

Witcher 2: 15-40fps/720P/most settings on low or off/ NOT PLAYABLE
Mass effect 2: 35-60fps/1080p/ultra settings with AA off/ very playable
Dragon age: Origin: 20-60fps/1080p/medium settings with AA off/ playable
Dragon age 2: 20-60fps/1080p/DX9 medium settings with AA off/ playable

 

There's a similar database here: Computer Games on Laptop Graphic Cards - Notebookcheck.net Tech

 

Lenovo y560
Intel i7 740QM 1.73ghz~2.93ghz
ATI Mobility HD Radeon 5730m 1GB

My results BEFORE overclocked GPU

Crysis / 40-50 / 1336x768 High
Crysis 2 / 45-55 / 1336x768 "Gamer" settings
BFBC2 / 50-55 / 1336x768 Medium
SCII / 40-45 / 1336x768 High
Call of Duty MW2 / 50-60 / 1336x768 High
Just Cause 2 / 30-40 / 1336x768 Medium High
Source Engine games / 60 - 120+ / 1336x768 Max

 

We all know this, but it's not as detailed and frequently pretty vague. Just trying to show some real world results for reference because there's frequently users that ask "my laptop can only run this game at x fps" or "why can't my laptop run game x"? At least it'd be a good measure to double check.

 

Totally was not trying to do that. I was just contributing to HTWingNuts thread. A lot of people ask how these higher end GPU's run as well, it is not just low/medium end GPU owners. So I think they are quite valid, Also remember not everyone is versed in mobile hardware so users in the market for a crossfire notebook that have never purchased one before might find it useful as I have from threads in the Alienware section.

 

Thanks for the updates guys. More people that contribute the better it will be for everyone. It doesn't have to be exact just a ballpark, preferably at least using some FPS measurement program at least that you've eyeballed while gaming.

 

Laptop: hp envy 15
CPU: i7-820QM 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo)
GPU: 1GB AMD 5830m (most games stable overclock up to about 565/1100)
Other: (OS and all games+mods installed on dual Intel X18 G2 SSDs in Raid0), 16GB 1333MHz DDR3 RAM

Witcher 2: 20-30 fps / 1920x1080 / stock clocks / Texture Memory Size Large, Texture Downscaling None, Shadow Quality Ultra, Shadowed Lights Ultra, LOD Distance Near, Bloom Disabled, Light Shafts Enabled, AA Disabled, Blur Effects Disabled, DOF Disabled, Vignette Disabled, Wet Rain Surface Effect Disabled, SSAO Enabled, Motion Blur Disabled, Dangling Objects Limit Disabled, Ubersampling Disabled, Decals High Spec, vsync off

(note above is using stock clocks. when overclocking Witcher 2, I noticed about 5-10 fps gain, but the game would also temporarily crash to black screen on occasion and then resume playing. I think this has something to do with the Texture Memory Size setting, as it streams new textures.)

Team Fortress 2: 90-130 fps / 1920x1080 / stock clocks / all settings maxed except AA reduced to 2x and vsync off

Fallout New Vegas: 50-60fps / 1920x1080 / stock clocks / all settings maxed except water refraction/reflections/displacement off, AA reduced to 4x, vsync on, used HDR instead of bloom (using a few mods that add new radio stations, affect economy, time scale and hardcore mode rates. don't think this affects fps)

(will add more when I get a chance to check fps)

 

I really don't bench my games but my laptop
Sager. 8150
Cpu 2630m stock speed
Gpu 485m stock speed

 

I dont have many games but will add what i play most:


ASUS K53TA
CPU A6-3400M @ 2.5Ghz
GPU Radeon 6720G2 @ 600 / 900MHz
Driver 8.901 11.10 AMD Vision Center

All Games 1366X768

TheHunter 2XAA/4XAF/Shadows Low/Scene Complex Very High/Textures High

35-40 fps

Deus EX DX11/AA-MLAA/Shadows Normal/Depth Of Field Normal/SSAO On/Post Processing On/Texture filtering 16XAF/Triple Buffer Off/Tesalation On

45-55 fps

Just Cause 2 Texture Detail High/Shadows High/AA 4X/AF 16X/Water Detail Very High/Objects Detail Very High/Decals On/Soft particles On/High Res Shadows On/SSAO On/Point Light Specular On

48-52 fps

Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Aspect Ratio Auto/AA4X/Refresh Rate 60Hz/Sync Every Frame No/Shadows Yes/Specular Map Yes/Depth Of Field Yes/Soften Smoke Edges Yes/Bullet Impacts Yes/Ragdoll Yes/Texture Qaulity Manual/Texture Resolution Extra/Normal Map resolution Extra/Specular Map Resolution Extra

75-100 fps

Half Life 2 max everything 46-60 fps

 

Im kinda curious, how does the hybrid crossfire behave when you play Deus Ex Human Revolution in Dx11 mode?
I read online that hybrid crossfire doesent really work that great unless the game is Dx11.

 

how is this different from notebookcheck?
Listing all possible variations of cpu / gpu / ram will make the list huge and unreadable imho.

 

With the 11.9 CCC I would get a brief stutter on every character turn with the 11.10 preview drivers in DX11 I have not noticed it. RadeonPro does not show it running in crossfire like CODMW2 does so unsure if it is utilizing it?

As a matter of fact CODMW2 is the ONLY game that RadeonPro shows running in crossfire, thus the 100 fps I am getting?

 

Asus G73JH-B1
Intel Core i7-740QM 1.73GHz
ATI Raedon Mobility HD 5870M
Driver 11.8

All Games on 1920X1080

Red Orchestra 2 - High setting 30-45fps
Crysis 2 : Highest setting i believe 30-40fps

That's all i remember for now.

 

Thanks guys.

 

Computer Games on Laptop Graphic Cards - Notebookcheck.net Tech

 

Notebookcheck is a ranking of graphics cards, presumably at stock clocks.

IMO Wingnut's thread is a better way to gauge how well a particular laptop will perform for specific games before you buy it, or to compare with other owners of the same model to see if there are some settings you need to adjust to improve frame rate.

 

Added Battlefield 3 and The Cursed Crusade on my channel Check the previous post in this topic!

 

I'll probably reserve updating BF3 posts until the final product is released because it's sure to change.

 

Laptop: Asus G73Jh-A1
CPU: Intel i7-720QM (stock clock)
GPU: HD 5870 (stock clock)
The Witcher 2 / 30 - 50 fps / Custom (high and normal)
Driver: 11.8