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    Need Help With labtop and gaming

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Homer754, Nov 21, 2006.

  1. Homer754

    Homer754 Newbie

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    Hey guyz saw this was going to be on sale for 279.99$ on black friday and was wondering if its even worth getting basically just gonna use it for playing world of warcraft think it will handle decently here are the specs

    Intel® Celeron® M 1.6GHz
    System Bus 533MHz
    System Memory (RAM) 512MB (expandable to 2gb)
    ATI Mobility RADEON X200M 64-128MB (dynamically shared)

    is this worth getting for playing WoW thx. :D
     
    Homer754, Nov 21, 2006
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  2. moon angel

    moon angel Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    It can handle WoW ok but of course not as well as a dedicated card. You'll probably need another 512mb ram to make sure your gfx can take 128mb for itself, but that's a great price for sure.
     
    moon angel, Nov 21, 2006
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  3. Homer754

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    think it would run pretty well if i boosted it to 2gigs?
     
    Homer754, Nov 21, 2006
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    yeah that'll run quite well with 2gb of RAM i reckon :D


    nice deal though,

    shame the uk doesnt have black friday deals lol
     
    streather, Nov 21, 2006
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  5. Gator

    Gator Go Gators!

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    Yes, too bad all the Pilgrims left England and came to America with 2 hours worth of rations and....turkeys...
     
    Gator, Nov 21, 2006
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  6. Homer754

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    Homer754, Nov 21, 2006
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  7. Gator

    Gator Go Gators!

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    Sorry but I've just bet my buddy here $20 you won't nab one before the rampaging hordes of Black Friday carry away the 25 units they might have in stock exactly 40 seconds after the doors open....
     
    Gator, Nov 21, 2006
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  8. Homer754

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    actually im on vacation and we are in a small town so old people town so i doubt there well be much rampaging and im gonna be there at 5:00am in the morning when it opens to get it =)
     
    Homer754, Nov 21, 2006
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    chrisyano Hall Monitor NBR Reviewer

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    It's not an overly powerful system, but for $250 you really can't go wrong. I imagine with some extra RAM you'll be able to play WoW at least at low settings.

    Nice Find!
     
    chrisyano, Nov 21, 2006
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  10. Homer754

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    anyone else got any opinions on how well it will play wow with a 1-2gig ddr just want multiple answers dont really know much about that graphics card :D thx
     
    Homer754, Nov 22, 2006
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    Its a weak card but it should perform ok on WoW. I had an x200 myself and the worst thing about it was inconsistency - I found it performed identical to the GMA - capable of decent settings but totally unable to hold a decent framerate regardless of said settings.

    Strangely, this did not apply to all games - just games running in OpenGL, even really old ones. Dx based games, even new ones like Battlefield 2, ran pretty much fine - go figure! I don't know anything about WoW but I don't think its an opengl game anyway so regardless it should be fine.

    Great price for that laptop though. Good luck with it...
     
    HavoK, Nov 22, 2006
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  12. Fried Day

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    Ooo

    Good thread

    Thanks for the info guys because this is the laptop I want to buy.
     
    Fried Day, Nov 22, 2006
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  13. nix

    nix Notebook Consultant

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    That will handle WoW no prob. Yeah, just remember to upgrade to at least 1 gig of ram. And wow, that's a great deal...
     
    nix, Nov 22, 2006
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  14. Fried Day

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    How much does it cost to upgrade?
     
    Fried Day, Nov 22, 2006
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    should be able to run WoW in opengl mode too. add -opengl to commandline, or something.
     
    flyt, Nov 22, 2006
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    Why do people say labtops a lot? I see that often enough to wonder what is up with it
     
    Saneless, Nov 22, 2006
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  17. pifko

    pifko Notebook Guru

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    If we did, I'm sure some idiot here would label it as not being Politically Correct :p
     
    pifko, Nov 24, 2006
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