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    My laptop has Intel GMA950. Can I play the following games?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by JoeJimGregory, Aug 21, 2006.

  1. JoeJimGregory

    JoeJimGregory Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have some classic games like StarCraft, Total Annihilation and Worms World Party in my 5-year old desktop. Now I want to play these games in my Dell E1505. However, I didn't purchase a premium graphics card since I didn't have money at that time. Can the Intel GMA 950 be enough for StarCraft, Total Annihilation and Worms World Party? [My other laptop specs are listed in the signature.] :confused:
     
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    I used to play Starcraft on my old IBM 300MHZ computer with integrated graphics (up to 8mb I think) without any lag of any sort. I believe I had 32 or 64mb of ram (don't quite remember). I think your specs will be fine. I have never played the other two games but if they are as old as Starcraft they should be fine too.
     
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  3. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    You can play pretty much any game on a 950, its whether or not they look good thats another story, but playing it should not be a prob. Now as far as those games are concerned, the gma950 will do just fine with those games.

    Think about it, if ur 5 year old desktop can handle them, then a core duo and intel gpu should definately do so also.
     
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    Wow....Total Annihilation is a REALLY OLD game....haha....i still remember playin it when i was a wee lad. Well, i believe that TA is able to play on E1505 without hesitation :)
     
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    Hehe, yeah, even my OLD 500mhz with (i think) 8 mb integrated graphic or lower plays TA and StarCraft smooth most of the times. So your E1505 has PLENTY.

    JC
     
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    Starcraft doesn't even need 3D acceleration nor does total annhilation or worms. They use software acceleration.

    I played those on my pentium 200 MMX with 64MB RAM and non-3D card (8MB). The good ol' days :p

    Any built in graphics card can handle them (810 (P3) / 855 (PM) / 950 (Duo))
     
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