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    Second Life and GMA 950

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by mussash7, Jan 5, 2008.

  1. mussash7

    mussash7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    My friend has the Acer Aspire 3680, which is generally sold at a very low price (370 on sale- 550), mainly because it's so slow. However, once you install XP instead of Vista, it runs fine. Here are its specs:

    Intel Celeron M processor 440
    1.86 GHz
    512 mb ram

    I thought of getting it just because I know how it runs and it's a good price.

    I was wondering if the GMA 950 can run Second Life, because I don't really play games much, but I do play SL. Has anyone tried SL on a gma 950? If it does run, and I do decide to get the laptop, should I upgrade the memory for it?

    Thanks very much
     
    mussash7, Jan 5, 2008
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    It will play. Upgrade to 1 GB of RAM if not 2. Ram Deals.
     
    Lithus, Jan 6, 2008
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    mussash7 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the help.. Do you think upgrading Ram will help the framerate? Sorry, I am not experienced in this area.
     
    mussash7, Jan 6, 2008
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    Upgrading RAM will help, yes.
     
    Arki, Jan 6, 2008
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