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    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by ela, Sep 13, 2008.

  1. ela

    ela Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    I own a toshiba t7500, ati hd2600 and 4GB of ram. I am playing games like WOW and Warhammer online just fine at 1280 x 1024 on external monitor

    I am thinking to buy a 22" monitor that will raise the resolution to 1680 x 1050.

    Will my card still work at that high resolution 1680 x 1050, without loosing perfomance? At least if it will be playable without lag because I know my graphic card is nice but not that good.

    Thanks
     
    ela, Sep 13, 2008
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  2. Tarentum

    Tarentum Notebook Deity

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    It'll very likely work. WoW isn't graphically intensive -at all- and I don't think Warhammer should be incredibly taxing, but might lag a bit (as I hear it's not quite bug-free yet, or optimized, shocker I know ;)).
     
    Tarentum, Sep 13, 2008
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  3. adyingwren

    adyingwren Notebook Evangelist

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    It'll work one way or another. You might end up having to down down some settings.
     
    adyingwren, Sep 13, 2008
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  4. ela

    ela Notebook Enthusiast

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    But I will not have big lag problems ? I could disable AA AF maybe. I have also 4GB of memory the ati itself has 512mb
     
    ela, Sep 13, 2008
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  5. amoney3

    amoney3 Notebook Consultant

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    You're good to go.
     
    amoney3, Sep 13, 2008
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  6. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    you should be fine. that card is decent and those games are not too stressful.

    its really nice that nowadays even a basic computer system can do most tasks decently, and games even at low settings look pretty good :)

    must be my age...sigh...
     
    afhstingray, Sep 13, 2008
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  7. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    If you gamed regularly on 600x800 and called 1024x768 "high resolution" then possibly. If a 17" desktop CRT monitor was "large" then definitely.
     
    rschauby, Sep 13, 2008
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  8. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    As the other posters noted, you should be fine. You may need to reduce some settings to get it to be as smooth as it is on 1280x1024; 1680x1050 means the video card has 25% more pixels to render. The game will still look great, though.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 13, 2008
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  9. emike09

    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    Should work. Don't forget to think about OCing your system either. Might do what it takes to get the framrate you want.

    On a side note, a guy here at work just got 2 GTX280 cards for his desktop for WOW. I about puked.
     
    emike09, Sep 13, 2008
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  10. Harper2.0

    Harper2.0 Back from the dead?

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    Guy must be loaded. Does he play any other games other than WoW?
     
    Harper2.0, Sep 13, 2008
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  11. 660hpv12

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    WoW will be fine, warhammer maybe not
     
    660hpv12, Sep 13, 2008
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