Questions about DV9500t and Crysis

Hi i am new to this forum but have been reading a coupleof the threads here and found a lot of you know what your doing

My question is based on my notebooks specs would i be able to run the game Crysis on my laptop

i am a casual gamer and if this type of question has already been posted by someone else sorry

 

I ran the demo at almost all Medium settings, some low. The game looks pretty nice even at those settings. I recommend going all the way down to 800x600 res for best fps though.

 

Here's a video of someone running it at almost the same settings, just so you can get an idea of what it will look like. Note: I still have Vista installed and it still ran good.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pehWBWYpDfI

 

thanks
i am going about to start watching the video right now

also not trying to be nosy but how much did you pay for yours
i paid $1498 including taxes with the use of their 30% off coupon

just asking because i ordered it Dec.7 and waiting for it to come in

 

doesn't look to bad from a casual gamer's point of view

 

what are your notebook specs?

 

i thought it showed at the bottom?

The specs are:
2.2 ghz dual core with 4mb of cache and 800mhz FSB
2 GB of ram
256 MB 8600m GS
HD dvd rom drive
320GB hard drive
a wsxga+ display (1680x1050)
and other extras

 

Not a problem. I paid around $1500 and some change with a printer included. Very Nice rig so far no problems whatsoever.

 

just got an email from HP

my notebook shipped last night and it is expected to come in Dec. 19 at 10:30

 

i have read some post about drivers and was wondering if i should upgrade the 8600m gs driver when i get it

thanks

 

Congrats on your new notebook. As for the drivers I got mine about 2 weeks ago, with the 163.75 drivers. I definatley recommend you update them.

 

Always update drivers.
ALWAYS.

 

thanks

also any games you guys recommend my girlfriends getting me crysis and
age of empires III gold edition and im getting fear and the expansion extraction point
any other good games i should look at?

 

hey guys just got my laptop i know you guys have already shown how to do this but can anyone show me how to get the drivers for the 8600m gs

 

If you've never played Half-Life or Half-Life2 I highly recommend it. You can go out and purchase the Orange Box, which includes Half-Life2 and Episodes 1 & 2, Team Fortress, Counter Strike Source, and another puzzle game. You can also go out and purchase Half-Life for probably under $20. You can also go take a look at Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare.

If you haven't played these games yet go out and get them, they are amazing!

 

counter-strike source!!! best game ever(well at least the only one I can play without losing interest quickly). I'm not into games to much. I just went ahead an bought the orange box. Anyway I have the same setup I've had the best results with the 169.04 driver from laptopvideo2go web site. There are clear instructions on how to install them. You really do need to upgrade your video drivers...big difference. You may also want to try installing rivatuner and increasing the hp's stock core/mem speeds. 600/1200/450 works well for me. You will get around a 500 point increase in the popular benchmark program 3DMark06 from stock drivers and settings. I would also like to recommend www.tweakguides.com he has a great vista setup/tweak guide and nvidia control panel setup guide.

 

I had problems at first being the noob I am but, ive managed lol. Go to laptopvideo2go.com and find the latest drivers, download that along with the modded inf.file which is right next to the driver download once thats done, you'll have two folders on your desktop the driver folder and the inf. folder, extract the driver folder, then copy and past the inf. file into the driver folder. (Note: You have to uninstall your old drivers from the control panel)

reboot the computer and proceed with the new install. Reboot again and there you go.

 

thanks
probably do it today been work all day the last 2 days

call of duty 4 looks good but heard the game was really short

 

oy yea on my computer i have to put all the settings at low with crysis

will installing the drivers let me go to medium or at least put some of the settings to medium?

thanks to everyone that is replying

never heard of riva tuner? is it free and easy to use?

 

I've heard it was short as well, but the reviews for the game are amazing. I'm getting it in the next week and I'm excited! Anyways, even though the storyline might be a little short I heard the online experience is amazing as well, and we all know that online play can go forever. I've been a huge online game player since Counter-Strike Source, and the PS3 came out as well.

 

not bad. i have the 8400m gs though

not always the case though

 

Yes. I have all settings to medium, and certain things turned off and low, it runs pretty good. I find the game still looks great, even at the lowest settings it wont look any worse than far cry which still looks good after the years.

Just update your drivers asap. The stock ones provided with HP are terrible, they do not show the true potential of the 8600gs.

 

at laptoptogo.com do you have the very newest driver or the newwest one with the mod file?
just asking cause i got the one with the mod file cause i wasnt sure about the other drivers?

with crysis i got everything on low and the game looks pretty good for low settings

and thanks for the help everyone

 

hey zero88 will my computer see a big jump if i install 4GB of ram

i was looking at this one from newegg

happy holidays to everyone and thanks

 

Yes. You will see a jump I would think. I have 2GB and as I've heard the rule of thumb for even casual gaming is to get at least 2GB of ram.

 

I have no problem running Crysis on my 9225 with the medium settings as high is just a tad too taxing on my measly 2 ghz cpu & 256 mb Nvidia card.

 

thanks

thinking about getting hellgate london has anyone played it?
hope it doesnt need the same kind of requirements crysis does