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    Call of duty 2 & Civilization on SZ110?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by graph101, Mar 9, 2006.

  1. graph101

    graph101 Notebook Geek

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    Is the sz110 powerful enough to play call of duty 2, civilization, battlefield or Total war ROME?

    What other laptop 13-14" with more than 4 hours batt life can run those games?

    FIRST POST by the way!!
     
    graph101, Mar 9, 2006
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  2. darrensen

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    Try looking into the Asus W3J. It's just aboout to be released. (Already released in the UK)

    That will run it fine
     
    darrensen, Mar 9, 2006
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  3. ostack

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    I haven't run either one of those games yet, but you won't get 4hrs of battery out of ANY laptop while playing games like that. If you are going to spend hrs playing games, you'd better be plugged in.

    I may pick up COD2 later today...
     
    ostack, Mar 9, 2006
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    I play Civ IV and it runs fine at native resolution with all settings enabled. I have not loaded one of my older, large well developed maps yet on it but it plays fine on mine so far. I'll try to load an old game that made my previous laptop stutter and report back here for you.
     
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    Civilization IV needs at least 1GB RAM. At least that's on my S560
     
    Valkyrie, Mar 9, 2006
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    Call of Duty 2 ran on my sz, but it was averaging ~15-20 fps @ 800x600.
     
    flashram, Mar 9, 2006
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    I just got back with it. I'll be installing in a little bit.

    Installed-
    At default settings, it is pretty slow. After a couple minor tweaks, I was running 1024x600, 2xAA in DX7 mode, and fps never dropped below 35., and often bounced into the 60's.

    Plays great!
     
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  8. graph101

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    Thanks for the answer. it seems that sz is the only choice for gaming at 14. Asus W3J looks good but when will it be available in the US?
     
    graph101, Mar 9, 2006
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    You really are pretty limited. Dedicated mobile GPU's are just now coming into the mainstream, so you can bet options will be better in the future. But you know how that goes. The longer you wait for hardware, the more demanding the software gets.
     
    ostack, Mar 9, 2006
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  10. Bossy573

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    Rumor has May for the W3J in the US.

    CIV IV runs absolutely flawlessly on my SZ 160.
     
    Bossy573, Mar 10, 2006
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