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    Gaming on the TZ

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by carroto, Jan 12, 2008.

  1. carroto

    carroto Newbie

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    Yeah I know the TZ is by no means a gaming machine and I'm normally no gamer either anymore. However at times i feel like wasting my freetime (on train,plane) on something else than watching movies.
    And what is more fun, than digging out one of those classics one used to play years ago ?
    I'm pretty sure I'm not alone with this opinion.

    I guess making a small list of playable games is no bad idea and will give other viewers looking for information about the TZ also an idea what the TZ is capable of and what it can't do.

    This is why I would like to know, if anyone tried to play dated or graphically less demanding games on their TZ machines such as Civilization or Half Life ( read before, that someone tried this).
    Share with us your positive or negative experiences with games!

    Thank you.
     
  2. |SONY|

    |SONY| Notebook Evangelist

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    Civ III works fine at max res
    CounterStrike works fine at max res
    Day of Defeat works fine at max res
    Diablo I works fine at max res
    Diablo II works fine at max res
    Diablo II Expansion works fine at max res

    For anything beyond this I have a PS3
     
  3. roor

    roor Notebook Deity

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    im sure you could play red alert, red alert 2, and c&c generals as well at good settings
     
  4. nonamelol

    nonamelol Notebook Consultant

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    lol c&c generals on tz? impossible, itll lag so bad and glitch so much.
    say who plays c&c generals? im pretty good at that game. hehe
     
  5. |SONY|

    |SONY| Notebook Evangelist

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    C&C Generals will work just fine. You are out of your mind :)

    It was flying on my ATI 9200.
     
  6. Carlos_milos

    Carlos_milos Notebook Consultant

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    If you want to play games, you can always overclock the TZ. I got mine up too 1.41Ghz and fully stable. no issues. Search the forum for TZ overclocking.
     
  7. calot

    calot Notebook Evangelist

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    I wish I could play red alert 2... but where can I find it :(
     
  8. carroto

    carroto Newbie

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    I just ordered my TZ91 at Sonystyle Japan. Looking forward to get it the next few days and try some games on it.

    Will report back then!
     
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    overclocking is not necessary. All of the above games are graphics intensive, not cpu intensive.
     
  10. fmc159

    fmc159 Notebook Guru

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    i have played GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas (san an only needs to be on 'low visual fx's') with no probs at all on a tz50b
     
  11. Jirka_koffee

    Jirka_koffee Notebook Geek

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    CoD 1, TMN ;)