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    What games for windows will work?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Balla, Jul 2, 2008.

  1. Balla

    Balla Notebook Enthusiast

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    What games for windows will work with an X3100 card?
     
    Balla, Jul 2, 2008
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    StarCraft?

    Don't expect miracles; bad integrated card is bad. CS:S will run at medium-low settings, albeit with some graphical glitches. WoW, UT2004, the like are fine. Don't expect to play Crysis, BioShock, or UT3 above 10 FPS, though.

    Basically games that are a few years old will run just fine; modern games, however, may run but not playably.
     
    lowlymarine, Jul 2, 2008
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    not crysis not bioshock. my friend has the same vostro as me but his has the x3100 instead of the 8600m gt....it will play resident evil 4
     
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  4. Balla

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    what about halo 2 vista?
     
    Balla, Jul 2, 2008
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    Don't think so, I have problems playing Halo 2 with my x1400 even on low-med settings + resolution and the x1400 is easily twice as fast as the x3100.
     
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    even my ATI x1600 couldn't run Halo 1 smoothly. and it is about 3-4 times faster than X3100.
     
    Nirvana, Jul 2, 2008
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    As a rule of thumb you will probably be able to play games that are 3+ years old but don't expect to run any newer games decently.
     
    CeeNote, Jul 2, 2008
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  8. Balla

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    ok i was just wondering this isnt really a gaming laptop im just looking for some games to play casually
    thanks everbody
     
    Balla, Jul 2, 2008
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    I don't know what kind of games you're into but it will definitely run the first Call of Duty game well at high settings which I think is a really good fps.
     
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  10. Balla

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    Ya i love Call of Duty might have to try it also any1 know any good sports games?
     
    Balla, Jul 2, 2008
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    NBA Live 2003 runs fine.
     
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    The X3100 will not run halo or halo 2! I think the only things that the X3100 would run kind of well would be Diablo or star Craft and thats about it.
     
    Halo360Fan, Jul 2, 2008
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    Actually, some guy got Halo to run on his X3100 and an older Core Duo. All low, but he had around 25-30FPS in battle. It was in the "X3100" thread.
     
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    Yeah the X1270 at my school don't run Halo 1 at Normal @1280x1024. 1024x768 is okay though
     
    JCMS, Jul 2, 2008
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