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    Crysis CE only 19.99 at gamestop!

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by Halo360Fan, Dec 4, 2008.

  1. Halo360Fan

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    Halo360Fan, Dec 4, 2008
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    Great Deal! Repped.

    I was wondering how well my laptop can run this game (in my sig)
    Frames?
    Settings? med/high?
    Res? Thanks!
     
    cumbaya19, Dec 4, 2008
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  3. naticus

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    medium settings overall.
     
    naticus, Dec 4, 2008
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  4. The Commodore

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    Thanks...i just ordered it!
     
    The Commodore, Dec 4, 2008
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  5. masterchef341

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    meh... its an officially unsupported game from EA. why pay $20 for it? it should basically be free, or maybe $4.99-$9.99
     
    masterchef341, Dec 4, 2008
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  6. cumbaya19

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    how many frames?
     
    cumbaya19, Dec 4, 2008
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  7. jcm4

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    This should probably be moved to the "Tech Deals" forum...
     
    jcm4, Dec 4, 2008
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  8. foosa123

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    wow thats quite a deal there :)
     
    foosa123, Dec 5, 2008
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  9. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    Very nice. I think I got mine for $35 a couple of months ago.
     
    Slaughterhouse, Dec 5, 2008
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    I just love when they put these things on sale. Will this work on an ATI 3650 you think?
     
    akeefer, Dec 5, 2008
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  11. Slaughterhouse

    Slaughterhouse Knock 'em out!

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    Yup, will be fine at medium settings.
     
    Slaughterhouse, Dec 5, 2008
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  12. AznImports602

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    Thats an awesome deal, but I played the demo and mine kind of chugged a bit is the full retail with patches any better?

    Specs:
    2.0 Turion AMD
    1gig ram
    x1600 ati 256
     
    AznImports602, Dec 5, 2008
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  13. anothergeek

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    This system won't run medium shaders/shadows at a decent res, I wouldn't bother.
     
    anothergeek, Dec 5, 2008
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  14. AznImports602

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    , bringing my hopes down this morning... lol but its all good I guess ill have to wait till I get something better... Plus I have no hard drive space left.
     
    AznImports602, Dec 5, 2008
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  15. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    It'd be even cooler if that little truck(thing) came with it! VROOOOOOM!

    You'll be running the game in DX9 @ 1024 x 768. Not sure how the 1gig of ram will affect performance but if it doesn't then you should be able to play with medium textures and physics and maybe shaders on some of the non-ice non zero-g levels.
    Also: the patched version will bring performance up 10-15% and fix alot of bugs :)
     
    WILLY S, Dec 5, 2008
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    Yeah, Crysis uses a lot of RAM so that 1 gb is a problem. Also that x1600 is fairly old tech, it doesn't have the new SM 3.0.

    And the patches didn't change much, tbh. I only noticed performance increases by playing around with mods. The drivers helped alot more than patches for me.
     
    billiam, Dec 5, 2008
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    The RAM helps a lot with loading new textures. RAM was the last thing I upgraded on my desktop. When I had 1GB it took around 5 mins to load a level, then there was another minute or so when I watched the textures slowly load in. If you don't have enough RAM then it starts accessing the swap file on the HDD, which is very bad. Once you do get past the loading parts, it actually plays decently on 1GB.
     
    Delta_CT, Dec 5, 2008
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  18. AznImports602

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    Well despite my laptop flaws I went to my local gamestop and bought it anyways. They were surprise to see it at 19.99 and I bought the last copy! I have yet to install, I might wait till I get a new laptop to do so because I have less than 5 gigs in my HD. And yea I know I need more ram... Is there a site that can tell me what kind of ram I need and where is the cheapest?
     
    AznImports602, Dec 6, 2008
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  19. Ayle

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    Is the mechwarrior mod out yet?
     
    Ayle, Dec 7, 2008
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