R3120US FOR GAMING CHECK OUT SPECS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How would this notebook do for some occasional gaming?

Processor and Processor Cache

Mobile AMD™ Athlon™ XP-M processor 3000+(a) (with PowerNow!™ Technology and 256KB L2 Cache
Memory

512MB DDR SDRAM at 333MHz
Maximum Memory 1280MB DDR SDRAM (1x 1024MB 1x256(on board))
Video Graphics and Video Memory

NVIDIA GEFORCE 4 go 420 4X AGP and 3D architecture with 32MB DDR dedicated)
Hard Drive

60GB (4200RPM) Hard Drive
Multimedia Drive

DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
Display

15.4" WXGA TFT (1280 x 800) Display
Fax/Modem

56KB modem modem

Network Card

Integrated 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
54g(TM) Broadcom 802.11b/g Wireless LAN
Audio

JBL stereo speakers
Volume control button and mute button
Keyboard

86-key compatible
Pointing Device

Touch Pad with On/Off button and vertical Scroll Up/Down pad
PC Card Slots

1 Type I/II/III32-bit card bus (also supports 16-bit)
Ports

3 Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0
1 Parallel SPP/ECP standard interface
1 Serial
1 extension port
1 headphone-out
1 microphone-in
1 VGA (15-pin)
1 TV-Out (S-video)
1 RJ-11 (modem)
1 RJ -45 (LAN)
Power

135W AC adapter
8-Cell Lithium-Ion battery
Software
Operating System

Microsoft ® Windows ® XP Home Edition
Software

Microsoft ® Works
Microsoft ® Money
Microsoft ® Office 2003 Trial (Student/Teacher)
Quicken New User's Edition
Internet Solutions
Norton Anti-Virus Software 2004
Warranty and Support

Limited Hardware Warranty and technical phone support provided by manufacturer (until 4/24/05)
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Depends on the game. The GeForce 440 Go, having 32MB of dedicated memory, is better than any shared memory video solution. That said, it's still weak. Modern 3D games will require you to turn down resolution and detail levels an awful lot (but they will run). If you're more into strategy games (Rise of Nations, etc) you'll be fine.

Outside of the weak GPU (and the Linux-hostile WiFi card) the R3000z/zv5000z series notebooks are great machines. Very solid. Fedora Core 3 Linux works well with them (64-bit FC3, if you pick a model with the Athlon 64 CPU).

 

youll be getting like 50fps on Counter strike if you play it at 800x600 resolution. Thats not really the right notebook for gaming. Actually i dont see any advantage to that notebook except as expensive paperweight. Sorry.

Victor O'Connell

 

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