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    Is this Laptop Good For Gaming?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Rodster, Jul 2, 2007.

  1. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    Inspirion 1501 and here are the specs:

    AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TK-53
    Genuine Windows® XP Home
    15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLife™(glossy)
    1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
    Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
    8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
    ATI RADEON® Xpress1150 256MB HyperMemory™ (Integrated)

    I'm wondering if it can handle games like Age of Empires III, Warcraft III, Age of Mythology, Civ 4, and other RTS games. :)
     
    Rodster, Jul 2, 2007
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    redzapper Notebook Consultant

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    The graphics card should be sufficient for older games - perhaps AOE3 - but not CIV4. CIV4 is surprisingly graphics intensive for a turn-based game.
     
    redzapper, Jul 2, 2007
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    Wu Jen Some old nobody

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    Those games? Should not be much of a problem.
     
    Wu Jen, Jul 2, 2007
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    Atriya Notebook Geek

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    You should be able to run all these games, however performance on Civ 4 will be low.
     
    Atriya, Jul 2, 2007
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    Rodster Merica

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    Thanks fellas I went ahead and ordered one and even found a better deal by doing a Google search. It led me back to Dells website and I saved an extra $100 but it comes with a 80GB instead of the 120GB but no real biggie, 80GB is plenty.

    So total cost for the laptop excluding tax was $449 and it comes with free shipping :D
     
    Rodster, Jul 2, 2007
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