wow battlefield 2142 is intensive

well i finally played 2142 for a couple of hours on my laptop
and this is the first time ive had the fans come on high
its also like a killer memory hog takes forever to exit out of it

what about you guys?

 

I might want to play this soon..

What system were you playing it on? With what graphics..

 

I'm assuming by laptop he means the notebook in his sig.

And 2142, along with BF2, are world renowned RAM eaters.

 

Hahaha.. you know the problem is I'm at work and this monitor is terrible.

I have the resolution set way up so I couldn't read what was in the laptop screen of his sig.. just saw the computer picture..

Thanks.

 

yea its the laptop in my sig

the full specs are:
core duo @ 1.73 ghz
1 gb @ 533 mhz
7900 gs
80 gb 5400 rpm HD


runs everything on high flawlessly
its also a great game

 

if you are ever wondering whether or not your computer can play a certain game, go here cause it will tell you if your computer can play the game or not

http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/gameadvisor/service/index.jsp

 

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

this is also a good one to check if your games will run (pinched off of chaz's mobile card info page )
although from looking at your sig you wouldnt have to worry for quite a while

 

that game runs like crazy on my xps

 

crazy bad or crazy good?

 

An extra gig of ram in the battlefield games is definatly beneficial for performance. They are real ram hogs. Though I find 1 gig is alrite.

 

BF2142 is definitely more demanding than BF2; on my desktop, I can run BF2 at 1280x1024 with relatively high settings, but BF2142 I am limited to 1024x768 to get similar performance.

My desktop has a Pentium 4 3.2GHz, 2GB RAM, and a 256MB 9800XT. Not the newest hardware but it was when I first got it.

 

crazy fast with all on max

 

I just ordered the following laptop:

--Toshiba Satellite A130--

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (2.00GHz, 4MB L2 cache, 667MHz FSB)
OS: Windows Vista Premium 32-Bit
Memory: 2048MB PC5300 DDR2 667MHz SDRAM (1024MBx2)
LCD: 15.4" Widescreen XGA TruBrite (1280x800)
Graphics Card: nVIDIA GeForce Go 7600, 256MB dedicated graphics memory
HDD: 80GB HDD (5400rpm, Serial-ATA)
Optical Media: DVD SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) drive


Since I don't have a 7900 GPU (I only have the 7600) will my machine struggle with BF2142, or will it run O.K?

I play BF 2142 on my desktop all the time and it runs great.

Desktop:

AMD 64 3500+
1GB RAM
Geforce 6800 128MB Dedicated


My biggest question...Will my new laptop run BR2142 better or worse than my desktop. What about other games?




Big quesiton

 

I'm no computer expert but I'm pretty sure that the laptop will run it a lot better.

 

yeh i have a very similar spec( check my sig) and it breezes through battlefield 2 with most settings on high so you should be well set. Its the 2gb of ram that will really help you along. The 7600 is still very good for a notebook gpu.
The extra gig of ram and more memory on the gpu will make your notebook the more formidable gaming machine with the vast majority of games compared with your desktop.

 

You definitely need more ram though in my opinion. BF2, and especially BF2142, trash around an awful lot at the start of a game if you're running at max with only 1gb of ram...