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    NVIDIA® GeForce™ 4 420 or 440 Go

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Ethan, Dec 28, 2004.

  1. Ethan

    Ethan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anyone with a Compaq/HP notebook containing this video card tried playing 3D games with it? If so what has been your opinion of it. What can it run?
     
    Ethan, Dec 28, 2004
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    I have heard it is not that great for gaming. Its ok for some minor but not for the average gamer. You want an ATI radeon 9600 or 9700.


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    I mean this on both. If you are an average gamer i would get out of HP and look for maybe an emachine,dell,or acer.

    PS: those graphics cards can probably run Halo on lowest settings SEMI moderate its still going to lag a little probably

    hope i helped, Matt

    If you need more help AIM ME: Pimpernuckle

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    The card is OK for gaming, but if you are a big fan of FPS games, then a better video card would be the ideal choice (better frame rates). My brother played Doom 3 with his old NVidia GeForce 3 card and it played OK, just had to drop the graphics settings to low. There was some screen lag in the heavy action scenes, but generally performed OK.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Jan 1, 2005
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    Me? ZV5340US with MX440 at 64megs.

    I've used mine for some light duty gaming as a loaner at a couple of LAN's and honestly, it's surpassed my expectations. It scored 8200 3DMarks in '01. It runs Call of Duty at 1024x768, low settings, at 55 fps +/- 10 fps.

    My main game box is a FX53, 6800Ultra, 1gig of Corsair RAM, SATA, scoring 25k 3DMarks, etc. So I had little hope for this notebook. And certainly, the people borrowing it don't even notice the "low" settings.


    While I've only played Enemy Territory, CoD, and Painkiller, I am certain games like Far Cry, Doom3, and HL2 would give it some issues.

    Enjoy

    Jason
     
    UberFalcon, Jan 7, 2005
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    I had the 440 go and it sucks for gaming it wouldn't even play Prince of Persia Sands of time let alone Doom3 or HL2
    get at least a ATI 9600 or Navida equivilant



     
    Gargoyle, Jan 8, 2005
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by UberFalcon
     
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by zeanimal2001
     
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    Actually the Geforce 440 and 420 are only Dx7 hardwere capable, they do not possess DX8 pixel shaders.
     
    AJVETT, Jan 9, 2005
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    <blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by zeanimal2001
     
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