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    Playable games on netbook?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Wolfdog0, Sep 3, 2014.

  1. Wolfdog0

    Wolfdog0 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I also have a Toshiba NB505-N500BL netbook that I got around the end of 2010 at Best Buy. Now my question is that what kind of games can a netbook play? Like what year of the games it will play? I would assume around 2004 games should run fine but are there any games that are made today that will run it? Or games made the same time the netbook was made basically in 2010? I have the DDR3 version so it has the faster ram than DDR2. I have 2GB of ram so the video ram is 256mb. When I only had 1GB it only had 250mb of video ram.



    Specs



    Operating System
     Genuine Windows® 7 Starter 32-bit
    Processor3 and Graphics
     Intel® Atom™ processor N455
    1.66 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache
     Intel® NM10 Express Chipset
     Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 with 0MB-250MB dynamically
    allocated shared graphics memory
    Memory
     Configured with 1GB (max 2GB-see note accessory section)
     1 main memory slot. Slot is occupied.
    Storage Drive
     250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive
    Display
     10.1” diagonal widescreen TruBrite® display at 1024 x 600 native
    resolution (WSVGA)
    o 16:9 aspect ratio
    o LED backlit
     
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    Only newer games would probably be some Indie games like Battleblock Theater, Castle Crashers, Trine, Defense Grid, etc.
     
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Can it run Crysis?
     
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    Yes... yes it can:

    <iframe width='640' height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/v4Oyea4UnZQ" frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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    Wolfdog0 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I do have Doom 3 and it does play well on that game also. I think it's because it's an older game. But I didn't know Crysis would run.
     
    Wolfdog0, Sep 3, 2014
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