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    Graphic card Question

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by NiSmO, Nov 19, 2005.

  1. NiSmO

    NiSmO Notebook Guru

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    Hi I'm a Young student and im just about to buy a sony FS315B for myself can anyone tell me if the graphic card in it (Intel graphics media accelerator 900 with 128mb max) will support Counter strike 1.6 because it doesnt take much to play this game and is it true that the card is that bad? im only gonna be doing some light gaming.
     
    NiSmO, Nov 19, 2005
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  2. sky123

    sky123 Notebook Consultant

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    You shouldnt have problem playing cs 1.6. Afterall, you dont need intense 3d graphic card for that game anyhow :)
     
    sky123, Nov 19, 2005
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  3. NiSmO

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    Yeah i no but it rules that game any other games i could play (at a strech) could i play Black Hawk down it say a 32mb card is required but 64 mb requmented these are stand alone cards im guessing (it plays great on my home pc with a 64mb geforce card)! thx alot for ur reply sky123
     
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  4. Charles P. Jefferies

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    I would really try to get a dedicated card if you plan to play games. You will be able to play CS 1.6 on the GMA900, but nothing any more intense than that. There are some FS models with dedicated cards, give those a look.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 19, 2005
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  5. NiSmO

    NiSmO Notebook Guru

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    yeah but that bumps up the price by 320euro and that money i dont have!
     
    NiSmO, Nov 19, 2005
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  6. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Ah ok. Have you looked into a Dell Inspiron 6000? You can get a dedicated X300 graphics card in it.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Nov 19, 2005
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    There certainly are other notebooks besides Sony with good GPUs.
     
    ZaZ, Nov 20, 2005
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  8. Zerodivine

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    if u r just doing light gaming.. then integrated gfx will do fine. But to be future proof at least get something like ati x300 or the nvidia 6200/6400
    just to be on the safe side..
     
    Zerodivine, Nov 20, 2005
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