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    Will this laptop cope with Crysis?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by lolage, Aug 18, 2007.

  1. lolage

    lolage Notebook Enthusiast

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    lolage, Aug 18, 2007
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  2. iamcanadian

    iamcanadian Notebook Consultant

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    Minimum Requirements
    CPU: Athlon 64 3000+/Intel 2.8ghz
    Graphics: Nvidia 6600 or ATI X1600 - Shader Model 2.0
    RAM: 1GB
    HDD: 6GB
    Internet: 256k+
    Optical Drive: DVD
    Software: DX9 with Windows XP / Vista


    Recommended Requirements
    CPU: Dual-Core CPU (Athlon X2 / Pentium D / Core 2 Duo)
    Graphics: Nvidia 7800 or ATI X1800 (SM 3.0)
    RAM: 1.5GB+
    HDD: 6GB
    Internet: 512k+ (128k+ upstream)
    Optical Drive: DVD
    Software: DX9 with Windows XP / Vista

    so YES, you are right in the middle!
     
    iamcanadian, Aug 18, 2007
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  3. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    The Mobility X1700 is about the Desktop X1600 so it's the bare minimum.

    It will still look very good though
     
    JCMS, Aug 18, 2007
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    tymonc Notebook Consultant

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    I'm pretty sure it will cope with crysis; I heard somewhere that it will work well on hardware that was top performance 3 years old or something.
     
    tymonc, Aug 18, 2007
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  5. IIIM3

    IIIM3 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    Yeah you should be fine.
     
    IIIM3, Aug 18, 2007
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