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    Gaming on TZ Revisited

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by TechMoments, May 17, 2008.

  1. TechMoments

    TechMoments Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can someone recommend some games that run acceptable on a TZ? I play peggle, but have nothing to tide me over until Peggle 2. Games like that run perfectly. What other games are you guys playing that install and play fine? I saw another thread recommending some C&C games, but that was a while ago. What about puzzle games or SimCity and such?
     
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  2. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    What is the configuration of your TZ? And specifiacally what graphics card does it have?
    Personally i love civilization 4 but thats turn based and maybe a little slow for a peggle fan :D
     
    WILLY S, May 18, 2008
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    1.2 Ghz ULV proc with the the same onboard video as every other TZ. :)
     
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  4. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    A quick search reveals graphics media accelerator 950.
    Some fun light games would be:
    The sims, tomb raider 3\4, sim city 4 should run well too :)

    More along the lines of c&c, try rome: total war or the age of empires series.

    There should be demo's for some these which should give you an idea :)
     
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    AOE III runs good too
     
    thelead, May 19, 2008
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    played warcraft 3 - dota. runs great
     
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    I'm looking forward to Monkey Island 2 (using SCUMM) on my TZ, when I get it. :)

    That probably dates me quite badly. Ah well.
     
    InfyMcGirk, May 19, 2008
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    Is AoE like C&C? I wonder if the newer C&C's would work, I haven't played it since the very first 2 entries in the series.
     
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    I've also been able to connect a Gamebridge to my Vaio TZ150 and play console games on it. I have 2 GB of RAM and a 1.06 GHz processor, and I'm able to play Super Smash Bros Brawl on the Wii smoothly, using the TZ as a screen.
     
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    Very interesting, I'm reading about it now. I had never heard of this before.
     
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    So, I tried C&C 3 and the demo bombed when I tried to load the campaign. Now, the catch here is that I'm sure the demo isn't updated, but the game is. Could I possibly run this if I buy it? Because if it doesn't run, I won't be able to return it.

    On a more positive note, I tried GameTap and after modifying some settings, it worked ok. I was able to play some old arcade games, but the real test will be Psychonauts. If that runs, I'll be impressed, it's an older game, so I think i'll be ok, especially while under the GameTap wrapper.
     
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  12. WILLY S

    WILLY S I was saying boo-urns

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    Demo's are usually only optimised for gaming cards so it should run on the lowest settings :)
     
    WILLY S, May 22, 2008
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