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    what are the limits to the x1400

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Phillip, Sep 11, 2006.

  1. Phillip

    Phillip Phillip J. Fry

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    I have a x1400 in my e1505 and I was woundering what sort of games I can expect to play. What would be the most intense(if this is th right word) game that I could play without experiencing lag or choppy grapics?

    I await you replies and I thank all who reply in advance.

    ucb9999
     
    Phillip, Sep 11, 2006
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  2. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If you tone down the settings to low or medium you should be able to play any game ok.
     
    usapatriot, Sep 11, 2006
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  3. Phillip

    Phillip Phillip J. Fry

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    OK but what would be the most intense game I could play at maximum settings?

    keep the post coming

    ucb9999
     
    Phillip, Sep 11, 2006
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    HavoK Registered User

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    Far Cry, Unreal Tournament 2004, Half Life 2, all these titles and similar ones from 2003/2004-ish, between a mix of coding efficency and old tech, should run at high no problems on an x1400.
     
    HavoK, Sep 11, 2006
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  5. Phillip

    Phillip Phillip J. Fry

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    Great because my files on my other computer for Unreal Tournament were erased by someone who decided to go on a cleaning spree. He deleted anything that wasn't his thinking it wasn't important. Also, what about NFS MS and NFS C(when it comes out)?

    ucb9999
     
    Phillip, Sep 11, 2006
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    Chele Notebook Consultant

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    NFS will run fine too, mayeb not at the highest resolution but it'll be fine.
    As far for FPS yo can can play almost everithing, just that the lastest ones will run on med an maybe at 800x600. If you like for RTS all of those will run fine.
     
    Chele, Sep 12, 2006
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    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    FEAR medium at 1024x768, runs great!
     
    Lysander, Sep 12, 2006
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  8. Phillip

    Phillip Phillip J. Fry

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    Thanks, thats good to know, since i have been holding off on installing NFS MS because I was unsure how well my laptop would handle it. It's no problem for my desktop.

    ucb9999
     
    Phillip, Sep 12, 2006
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    jeffmd Notebook Evangelist

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    NFS:MW will suffer abit. The x1300/1400 only has 4 pipelines making games that have heavy use of shaders and multi texturing (normal maps and all that, a single visual texture these days is actually made up of 4+ textures) can come crashing down hard. Oblivion is over the limits, requiring significant scaling down of the eye candy.
     
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  10. Thaenatos

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    probly bf2....but then again some people have been hurting after 1.3 patch.
     
    Thaenatos, Sep 12, 2006
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    mbushnaq00 Notebook Evangelist

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    The X1400 has 3 weaknesses on new games. Anti-Analyzing, Shadows, and High Resolutions. Make sure u run a new game on 800x600 and shadows, AA off and the rest all in high setting and the game should run great. Tested it on Call of Juarez, Dark Messiah, Hitman Blood Money, and Just Cause. Oblivion, However is a special case, u need to lower the resolution to 640x480 to make it run at a decent frame rate. Older games such has Half-Life 2 Doom can run great on a 1024x768 with high settings.
     
    mbushnaq00, Sep 13, 2006
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  12. Phillip

    Phillip Phillip J. Fry

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    I'll try to remember that. If all esle fails i can refer back to this thread.

    ucb9999
     
    Phillip, Sep 13, 2006
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