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    ZV5320US FOR GAMING? PLEASE CHECK SPECS!!!!!!!!!!!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by zeanimal2001, Nov 12, 2004.

  1. zeanimal2001

    zeanimal2001 Notebook Evangelist

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    How is this laptop for some occasional gaming?http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31550&item=6718836229&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW


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    this has the gforce420 32mb dedicated.will it work ok also?
     
    zeanimal2001, Nov 13, 2004
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    Isn't this a similar question you've asked (a lot) a few months back for the HP ZV5000 series (AMD & Intel models)?

    Without bringing all that back up again, all somewhat new and new games all require a fast GPU to work well. With the ZV5000 series, the Intel models will have an ATI Integrated video controller with shared video memory. While the AMD64 models have an Nvidia Go440 GPU with dedicated video memory. In this specific model you listed, the Go440 GPU will be able to play a lot of games (including Doom 3). It may not be able to play at max settings with all features enabled, but it will work ok. Any DirectX 9 games may work, but not guaranteed & definitely will not benifit from any of the DirectX 9 features/enhancements.

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    Venombite, Nov 13, 2004
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    The 440 & 420 is the exact same GPU with some minor tweaks in memory/core speed (I believe). The 32MB is a bit on the low side. You may have problems plsying Doom 3 with only 32MB.

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    Venombite, Nov 15, 2004
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