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    Opinions on my new notebook for gaming?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by jpb82, Mar 11, 2008.

  1. jpb82

    jpb82 Notebook Geek

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    Hi

    I received my brand new notebook today
    and am absolutely thrilled with it

    Toshiba P200-1K9
    Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo T7700 (2.4Ghz)
    3GB DDR2 RAM
    512MB Ati Mobility Radeon HD2600
    250GB HDD
    17" TFT Trubrite WXGA (1440X900)

    What i would like to know is how well will this notebook perform
    with the following games and what kind of performance
    can i expect, also what other games will this notebook run well?

    AVP
    AVP 2
    Bioshock
    BF:2142
    Doom 3
    Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
    Halo
    Halo 2
    Half-Life 2 The Orange Box
    Oblivian + Expansions
    Star Wars KOTOR
    Star Wars KOTOR II
    Star Wars Battlefront
    Star Wars Battlefront 2
    Star Wars Empire at War

    I would really appreciate everyone's opinions

    Thankyou
     
    jpb82, Mar 11, 2008
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  2. onlycopunk

    onlycopunk Notebook Consultant

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    Aside from Bioshock and Quake Wars it will run everything fine. Those two the settings will need to be played with to find a decent balance.
     
    onlycopunk, Mar 11, 2008
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  3. MadHater

    MadHater Notebook Deity

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    Almost everything would run perfectly on medium/.high settings.Though, in Bioshock, Halo 2 and Oblivion you'll have to reduce settings, due to huge graphics requiring of these games.
     
    MadHater, Mar 11, 2008
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  4. MrFong

    MrFong Notebook Evangelist

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    Everything there except Bioshock should be able to run at least on High settings at 1440x900, if not the maximum possible. Bioshock on DX10 may be a little iffy; if so, I'd suggest just going with DX9. There's little discernible difference between the two at this point.
     
    MrFong, Mar 11, 2008
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  5. StormEffect

    StormEffect Lazer. *pew pew*

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    All of them will run max except Bioshock, Halo 2 (the game is poorly optimized for PC), Enemy Territory, and Oblivion.

    For those games I listed, you'll just need to tweak things down a small bit. In other words, no infinite draw distance for Oblivion. ^_^
     
    StormEffect, Mar 11, 2008
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