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    battlefield 2 on a e1405/640m

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by frodobagins, Aug 14, 2006.

  1. frodobagins

    frodobagins Notebook Geek

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    has anybody evertried to play battlefield 2 on the Intel GMA 950 of a 640m/e1405?
     
    frodobagins, Aug 14, 2006
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    Chele Notebook Consultant

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    I'm pretty sure you won't be able to pull that one.
     
    Chele, Aug 14, 2006
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  3. gethin

    gethin Notebook Evangelist

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    I agree you won't be able to play BF2 on the 950GMA i'm afraid.
     
    gethin, Aug 14, 2006
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  4. Juz_Follow_ATI

    Juz_Follow_ATI ATI all the way

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    Juz_Follow_ATI, Aug 14, 2006
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  5. Charles P. Jefferies

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    If you wanted to play games like BF2, the E1505 with the X1400 would have been a better choice. The E1405's GMA950 isn't going to get you anywhere unfortunately.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Aug 14, 2006
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  6. frodobagins

    frodobagins Notebook Geek

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    thanks for the link, it describes the crashing that im experiencing. maybe theres a fix for this...
     
    frodobagins, Aug 14, 2006
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    FunK A DunK Notebook Consultant

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    I have the E1505 with an X1400 and it's still not all that great. It can play on medium, but there are lots of instances of choppiness. I'd play on low.

    Also, I'd recommend OVER 1GB of RAM to run it. I have 1GB of ram on my PC, 128 is taken by my graphics card due to the hypermemory, and I checked the task manager while playing BF2 (because I often have to restart because it'll get stuck on the login screen) and it says that BF2 takes about 440MB of RAM.... That's just running, not in intensive situations.
     
    FunK A DunK, Aug 14, 2006
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  8. saltburn1

    saltburn1 Newbie

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    what kind of frames do you get? on low? on the ground?
    i would really appreciate it! :)
     
    saltburn1, Aug 15, 2006
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  9. playstationfx

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    I've tried with 950gma it runs ok at 800x600 (choppy tho) maybe 25fps or less. I suggest you get a dedicated card for bf2
     
    playstationfx, Aug 15, 2006
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    I would have to reccomend 2 gigs for BF2. 1 gig is doable. My gateway with GeForce something something graphics (pretty good to lazy to check the exact name) just crashes to the desktop. My notebooks Mobillity Radeon 9000 Handles it fine at medium settings and full view distance.
     
    compaq64, Aug 15, 2006
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