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    To everyone that has the ASUS 1015PN ION Netbook...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by iggiepop, Jul 31, 2011.

  1. iggiepop

    iggiepop Notebook Consultant

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    What games have you been able to play on your unit successfully?

    I'm more interested in the 10" 1015PN than the 12" 1215N; I am aware that the ION runs with half the cores (8 vs. 16).

    Just curious to know what it can handle from this list, if anyone has experience (even if it's on low detail):

    World of Warcraft
    Titans Quest
    KOTOR
    KOTOR II
    Freedom Force
    Freedom Force vs. the 3rd Reich
    Dragon Age
    Dragon Age II
    The Witcher
    The Witcher II
     
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    ton247 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey there! I've been playing WoW on this thing for a little over 2 weeks now and it seems to be okay. The only thing I've upgraded is the RAM to 2gigs, everything else is stock (no overclocking done either). For game settings I have everything set to low (res set to 1024x600 wide, otherwise the text was way too small to read) excluding particle density which I set at "Fair". On good days I get around 30fps, dungeons and heroics drop to about 10-15 mid action, in Stormwind (I'm on a heavily populated server) it's 10-15 too. Raids are pretty much impossible as it drops below 10fps. 10man BGS work surprisingly well though but anything greater than that results in less than 10fps. The main issue though is that I'll get "hiccups" from time to time. I don't know if it's server lag, computer lag or lag from my internet connection, but it makes it tricky to heal/tank through. *Note* Performance didn't increase in-game after I upgraded to 2gigs of RAM, but loading times decreased slightly. For $20 it was worth it.

    I haven't tried any other games on your list, but I have tried Team Fortress 2 which was unplayable (frame rate was horrific). I've also been playing the Max Payne series which work really well.

    If you have any more questions on how WoW runs, send me a message. I'm sure with a little overclocking performance will improve, but my temps in game aren't that great to begin with, so I don't want to risk ruining something ><
     
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    iggiepop Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for the response...

    I'm almost sure that the following will work (even at high detail) without any issues:

    KOTOR
    KOTOR II
    Freedom Force
    Freedom Force vs. the 3rd Reich

    World of Warcraft appears to be somewhat playable.

    It would be amazing if Titans Quest, the Dragon Ages, and The Witchers would run at all but I have been unable to find any sort of confirmation.

    What about The Old Republic when its released...
     
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