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    v2000 GAMES

    Discussion in 'HP' started by camel_456, Dec 8, 2004.

  1. camel_456

    camel_456 Notebook Consultant

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    I am really intrested in the v2000, i am thinking of customizeing it to 1gig of ram and 1.8ghz centrino.
    does anyone know whether this would be sufficient to play games like Halo?

    if not (i have been reading the graphics posts) can anyone suggest a notebook of similer size & weight that could be approite

    Camel
     
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  2. snake12

    snake12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have halo and I will try to install it to see if it will run. Last night I installed the Doom 3 demo and it did run. It was a little slow and you can't have all the special effects but I was able to play it. I will try to install Halo in the next hour and let you know

    HP DV1040US, Intel Pentium M 725 Centrino 1.6 ghz, 512mb RAM, 60GB hard drive, 14"WXGA High definition Brightview display, DVD+RW/CD-RW
     
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  3. snake12

    snake12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    By the way here is a list of games it will play right off of Intel's website

    http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-010471.htm?iid=graphics+852main&

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  4. snake12

    snake12 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yes it does play. I just got done playing a online game on Death Island. Again don't expect the textures and graphics to be great but there was no lag when playing.

    HP DV1040US, Intel Pentium M 725 Centrino 1.6 ghz, 512mb RAM, 60GB hard drive, 14"WXGA High definition Brightview display, DVD+RW/CD-RW
     
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  5. Rchou

    Rchou Notebook Enthusiast

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    did anyone tried world of warcraft on either the v2000 or the DV1000?
     
    Rchou, Dec 8, 2004
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    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    Warcraft should run fine on this system/video card. Warcraft is an older game and does not require a very new or powerful GPU for it to work. If you tried playing Doom 3, Half-Life 2 or FarCry, then that may cause a problem, but Warcraft doesn't even come close to the graphics requirements of the 3 listed games, so you should be fine.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Dec 11, 2004
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    jztennisplaya Newbie

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    *sighs*

    My v2000 is still two weeks away from costco.com, and I would like to know if world of warcaft plays too, though i doubt it does. I've heard even counterstrike has a hard time *shudders*.

    Sizzle
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    jztennisplaya, Mar 25, 2005
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  8. Venombite

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    Here's the link for the system requirements for World of Warcraft.

    http://wow.ogaming.com/faq/11.php

    It states that an NVidia GeForce 2 or better is required. I think the Intel graphics should be about the same as a GeForce 2. It doesn't have the GeForce's dedicated video memory, but it you have enough system ram and CPU power, it might balance out.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Mar 27, 2005
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