The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    ATI Radeon Mobility 3650 Question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Dr. Doak, Jun 24, 2008.

  1. Dr. Doak

    Dr. Doak Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    16
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hey. What would be the max resolution that I would be able to play HalfLife 2: Episode 2 with high settings and great fps with an ATI Radeon Mobility 3650 512MB? I need to know this in order to decide which resolution to buy for a new laptop.

    Edit - I guess this can apply to an 8600M GT as well, considering they're in the same price range.
     
    Dr. Doak, Jun 24, 2008
    #1
  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

    Reputations:
    4,412
    Messages:
    8,077
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    205
    It depends on the laptop. If the laptop can support 1920x1200 resolution, I cant see it not being able to play at that resolution.
    Your best resolution will probably be 1440x900 since it is a good size to play games. It is hard to see things when you game at 1920x1200 or so.
    The 3650 is a powerful card so it shouldnt have any problem playing the games you want to.

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, Jun 24, 2008
    #2
  3. TheGreatGrapeApe

    TheGreatGrapeApe Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    322
    Messages:
    668
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    IMO go with the WUXGA 1920x1200, because while it may be the very edge of perofrmance for HL2-EP2, I think for other titles, you'd be working to try and play at 1440x900.

    So if you get the WUXGA you can run a 4:1 pixel ratio without interpolation and run 960x600 instead and have a nice crisp image running smoothly than trying to interpolate a lower resolution image on the 1440x900 screen.

    As someone with an HD2600-GDDR3 and a 14x9 LCD, I can tell you, you'll have trouble playing games like Crysis and even COD4 at full res anywhere near high settings, and I'd prefer the option to play a reasonable 960x600 and keep some thing on rather than disable a bunch of features and/or play with interpolation ontop of everything else.
     
    TheGreatGrapeApe, Jun 24, 2008
    #3