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I cant believe I am having to write this part again.. I posted a thread previously but it appeared empty :S
Anyways, guys I have a Toshiba Sattelite C660 laptop with these specs:
Core i3 M380 @2.53Ghz
3GB System RAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
15" Screen with a resolution of 1366x768
What games can I play with the above specs? Please include some nice soccer and/or racing games in your suggestions with decent graphics that wont tax the cpu or gpu too much.
Oh the same thread appears thrice now, how do i delete the others? I guess I was hitting F5 when the screen appeared blank, maybe that's what caused the thread to be posted so many times.
I had a very similar Toshiba laptop, but it was a couple of generations older, with AMD dual core CPU and IIRC the graphics card was the Mobility Radeon HD 4250, which is slower than your GPU. I was able to run a number of games from a few years ago, such as Fallout 3, ME2, Oblivion, Witcher 1, all at very low resolution (1280x800 or 1024x768 or so) and lowest settings.
5470M is far from the fastest GPU around but older games like cs: source, hl2&eps, age of empires, etc. should run smooth.
If you are looking to play games like Battlefield3, crysis 2, metro2033 than you will have problems playing on a decent framerate.
I can already say BF3 on lowest settings @ 1600x900 is already quite heavy for my 5830M (around 35FPS) which is basicly more than 2 times as fast as your 5470M (no offence)
None taken Devenox
. So which older or newer games can this little guy play
at decent frame rates? I am actually more interested in playing car racing games, FIFA and NBA if possible.
for me i use canyourunit its my favorite because all you have to do is type in the game or look in the list wait they check your system and lets you know now just to let you know there going to ask you to install a small software to check your system on your laptop it just like the same software that intel ask you to install to check your system its safe i use it all the time on my pos asus g50vt x5 here a link
Can You RUN It | Can I run that game | Game system requirements or you can just type can just google can you run it
They are not always very accurate. I recommend
Game-Debate PC game system requirements, social network and system specs . Easiest way there is to make a quick account and fill out the profile with your hardware specs and get accurate info. They also have a lot more games info to check out.
@Midnight-Club:
FIFA 10 and 11 for sure. I think even FIFA 12. But even if it's not working on "default high" settings than you can always tweak a bit the settings or use Game Booster etc. so that it runs smooth.
The best way to do things is to just know your system and how the components compare to the rest of the spectrum. Tools like Canyourunit can be very misleading.
It simply compares your hardware against listed "minimum" specs, without taking into account the display resolution or any benchmarked performance of your graphics card at that resolution.
EDIT:
OK, actually that website is totally worthless.
I can run every game I've tried on my laptop at 1080p except for two. Crysis and Witcher 2 both run like a slideshow.
I checked my laptop for these two games and here are the results:
CRYSIS:
Crysis
System Requirements Lab Analysis
Congratulations, your system passes the Recommended requirements! You should have a great experience running this product.
Check prices for Crysis
Minimum
Recommended
CPU
Recommended: Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz/Athlon X2 4400+ or better
You Have: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 820 @ 1.73GHz
PASS
CPU Speed
Recommended: Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz/Athlon X2 4400+ or better
You Have: 1.7 GHz Performance Rated at: 3.83 GHz
PASS
RAM
Recommended: 2 GB
You Have: 16 GB
PASS
OS
Recommended: Windows XP/Vista/7
You Have: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit
PASS
Click here for the latest Windows drivers.
Video Card
Recommended: Supported chipsets: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS with 640MB RAM or similar.
You Have: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series
PASS
Click here for the latest Video drivers.
Features: Recommended attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Video RAM 640 MB 741.9 MB
3D Yes Yes
Hardware T&L Yes Yes
Pixel Shader version 3.0 5.0
Vertex Shader version 3.0 5.0
DirectX version
Recommended: 9.0c (included)
You Have: 11.0
PASS
Sound Card
Recommended: Yes
You Have: Bluetooth Hands-free Audio
PASS
Click here for the latest Sound Card drivers.
Free Disk Space
Recommended: 12 GB
You Have: 62.1 GB
WITCHER 2
CPU
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
You Have: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 820 @ 1.73GHz
PASS
CPU Speed
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+
You Have: 1.7 GHz
PASS
RAM
Minimum: 1 GB Windows XP / 2 GB Windows Vista and Windows 7
You Have: 16 GB
PASS
OS
Minimum: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista SP2 / Windows 7 (32/64-bit)
You Have: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 64-bit
PASS
Click here for the latest Windows drivers.
Video Card
Minimum: 512 MB RAM, supporting Pixel Shader 3.0 (NVIDIA GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon HD 3850)
You Have: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series
PASS
Click here for the latest Video drivers.
Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Video RAM 512 MB 741.9 MB
Pixel Shader version 3.0 5.0
Vertex Shader version 3.0 5.0
Free Disk Space
Minimum: 8 GB for game and 8 GB bonus content
You Have: 62.1 GB
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
. So which older or newer games can this little guy play
