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    Vaio FW

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by fineiwill89, Aug 4, 2008.

  1. fineiwill89

    fineiwill89 Notebook Enthusiast

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    What kind of games will I be able to run?

    Sony Vaio FW
    Intel P8400 2.26 GHz
    3 GB Ram 800 MHz
    ATI Radeon HD Mobility 3470 256 MB

    Any other info needed?
     
    fineiwill89, Aug 4, 2008
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    bigepilot Notebook Evangelist

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    Basically, from what I have read in the past, this card compares to the 8400m gs. I'm thinking current games (minus the hogs of crysis and the such) will run low to mid settings at low resoulutions. Games like CNC 3, COD4, CSS, etc... The newer DX10 games like WIC might be a stretch.
     
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    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    It's much faster than the 8400m gs. It comes very close to the 8400m gt and should be able to play most games at 1280x800 res and low-mid settings. I've played WIC with my x1400 at xga res and low settings smoothly and the 3470 is almost 3 times as fast as the x1400 so I wouldn't worry too much about that.
     
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  4. fineiwill89

    fineiwill89 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks. UT3? Portal? Spore I'm guessing will be easy to run. And CeeNote I noticed you want an FW. I only used it for a few days and I highly recomend it. Just do a clean install if possible. Damn Sony and their bloatware.
     
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    CeeNote Notebook Virtuoso

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    Lol yeah I've heard about that...
     
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    yer i was wondering if u can upgrade the gpu cause its the only thing that isnt good bout the FW but yer i still like one but im lookin into ati radeon mobility 4000 series cause if it fits it would easily be a high preformance laptop
     
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    Many posts about the "upgradability" of GPU's around the forums. This lappy prolly won't and if it was able to it probably wouldn't be worth it.
     
    bigepilot, Mar 4, 2009
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