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    laptop graphics card for AOE 3

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by bobe75, Jun 29, 2010.

  1. bobe75

    bobe75 Newbie

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    Hi,
    Would a laptop with a ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics card run Age of Empires 3 smoothly? It doesn't have to be perfect game play but I obviously don't want the computer to crash during game play. I believe all of the other specs are met on this Acer - Aspire Laptop with AMD Athlon Single-Core Processor.

    Thanks, David
     
    bobe75, Jun 29, 2010
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  2. TomTom2007

    TomTom2007 Notebook Deity

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    You certainly can, but everything's gonna have to set on low/medium and run it on a low resolution.

    Also avoid sea battles and play with less than 4 AIs.
     
    TomTom2007, Jun 29, 2010
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    xxbadboys93 Notebook Deity

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    It ran very well on my hd 3450 so it should run good on yours.
     
    xxbadboys93, Jun 29, 2010
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    Thaenatos Zero Cool

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    I used to play that on an x1300 desktop and x1600 laptop just fine. The 3200 should play it fine, its the cpu thats more of a factor for RTS games.
     
    Thaenatos, Jun 29, 2010
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  5. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    I had a Dell Inspiron XPS laptop, with ATi Mobility Radeon 9700 128MB and Pentium 4 processor. It could play AOE 3 on the highest settings in Full HD (1920x1200).
     
    Nick, Jun 29, 2010
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