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    Gaming w/ 7150gx?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by versus, Jul 31, 2005.

  1. versus

    versus Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey, im seriously considering buying this notebook but i want to be able to play some games with it. how is the gaming with ATI Mobility Radeon X600 Graphics, 128MB Dedicated VRAM?
     
    versus, Jul 31, 2005
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  2. LuckMC11

    LuckMC11 Computer Extraoirdinaire NBR Reviewer

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    it is pretty good...and i think can handle any game out right now...maybe not at the highest highest settings..but pretty good settings
     
    LuckMC11, Jul 31, 2005
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  3. Xerxes

    Xerxes Notebook Consultant

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    Even with the slow hard drive it should play just nicely out the box... Pulp did a review that may help you finalize you decision on gaming... With a gig of RAM it's doing pretty good, but you can always up it to a 1.5 gigs... But everyone is saying Doom 3 and HL2 is a ago...

    Angel got a 1700 on his/her laptop with different drivers as well, I guess that's supposed to be good...

    http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2470
     
    Xerxes, Jul 31, 2005
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  4. ccr2005

    ccr2005 Newbie

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    i got 1702 on 3dmark05.
     
    ccr2005, Aug 1, 2005
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  5. Xerxes

    Xerxes Notebook Consultant

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    Is 1700 good cause i'm seeing other people getting waaay more...


    Oddly enough i did a 3dmark05(free edition) on my current desktop... I got a 1594...
    128MB Radeon 9800 Pro
    Athlon 1600 @ 1150Mhz
    1 gig of ram pc2700..
    :(


    I play Guild Wars and WoW max settings just fine... I don't get it..
     
    Xerxes, Aug 1, 2005
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  6. PhysicalEd

    PhysicalEd Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's pretty darn good for a cheap laptop :)

    I get about 30fps in Battlefield 2, Guild Wars and World of Warcraft with medium settings and at least 1024 res. HL2 at 1280x800 and mostly high settings (no AA and water simple reflections) runs at about 30 fps average. I ran the CS:Source video stress test with same settings and it reports 46 fps. Warcraft III runs great. Trackmania Sunrise runs great.

    Oh, and that is with all stock drivers, no Omega ATI drivers or anything yet.

    So yeah, it's a pretty adequate gaming laptop :) I'm quite pleased with it, especially the beautiful screen and how quiet and cool it runs.

    PhysicalEd
     
    PhysicalEd, Aug 1, 2005
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  7. optendo

    optendo Notebook Consultant

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    Just put BF one all high settings and AA on x2, reso on 1024x768. Ran perfectly when I played a match 10v10.
     
    optendo, Aug 1, 2005
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