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    ati 128 dedicated enough?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by crazy_johny, May 18, 2005.

  1. crazy_johny

    crazy_johny Notebook Guru

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    http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10059668&catid=

    I am looking at buying this laptop as a education/ gaming setup. It comes with a:

    ATI RADEON XPRESS 200M IGP With 128MB DDR (Dedicated)

    graphic card, and I am wondering if this setup could handle a game such as half life 2! thanks for any input!
     
    crazy_johny, May 18, 2005
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    happysquidman Notebook Evangelist

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    It could probably handle them at lower resolution. The Xpress 200 is a derivative of the x300, which isn't a good graphics card. You would probably want the ATI x600/9700 or above, or the Nvidia 6600 or above.
     
    happysquidman, May 19, 2005
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    I am not necessarily wanting to play these games, but more using them as a benchmark... so as long as I could play them lowest quality, I think that would work for me! I just figured if it could handle those, then it should be ok for the next couple years.
     
    crazy_johny, May 19, 2005
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    It could handle those at low quality just fine. If you want a laptop which will last technology-speaking for longer, you may want to look at a better gpu though.
     
    happysquidman, May 20, 2005
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