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    gaming with nvs 140m

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by koolier, Oct 15, 2007.

  1. koolier

    koolier Notebook Geek

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    can someone with a nvs 140m graphics comment on the gaming capabilities. interested in the r61 due to svideo and cam, thanks
     
    koolier, Oct 15, 2007
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    xecid Notebook Guru

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    with the right drivers you can run bioshock pretty well. i have a t61
     
    xecid, Oct 15, 2007
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  3. koolier

    koolier Notebook Geek

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    what are some spec u can run bioshock so that it is playable (res, low or high detail)
     
    koolier, Oct 15, 2007
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  4. Otter

    Otter Notebook Consultant

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    I use mine with a 22" LCD external, 1680x1050. I played Silverfall, Titan Quest, Mage Knight Apoc all on high settings.

    Silverfall crashed frequently, but from what I could find its the game itself that sucks. The framerates are generally OK, if you get 5+ people with lots of shadows it dies. So I turn shadows to low or off ( but I keep everything else on high )

    When I first got the laptop I got blue screens very often when playing, I used Windows Update to update the driver, and that resolved it - I had tried hacked drivers, and a reinstall of Lenovo's driver both didn't seem to make any difference, the only reason I used Windows Update was for the stability.

    It seems to be about on par with a moderate Desktop graphics card from last year. The benefit being it has DDR3 memory and DX10 support. But I use XP so DX10 is as usefull as a dead goat.
     
    Otter, Oct 15, 2007
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    Play Doom 3 with high graphics settings at 60FPS.
     
    braddd, Oct 15, 2007
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    martynas Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    IBM w nvs140/2 gb ram/7300:

    doom3, high graphics, original drivers:
    1028x768 timedemo demo1 - 36fps
    1280x1024 timedemo demo1 - 26fps

    EDIT: choppiness occurs when there is smoke effects (I guess because nvs140 is 64bit card)...
     
    martynas, Oct 15, 2007
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