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    How well does a SZ play games?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jasonconley33, Mar 17, 2008.

  1. jasonconley33

    jasonconley33 Newbie

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    How well can a VGN-SZ780 CTO with 3 GB of ram and a T8300 processor run games?
     
    jasonconley33, Mar 17, 2008
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    It blazes through Minesweeper and Spider Solitaire.
     
    Lithus, Mar 17, 2008
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    SPEEDwithJJ NBR Super Idiot

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    LOL! :laugh: That's a good one.
     
    SPEEDwithJJ, Mar 17, 2008
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    karimnacer Notebook Consultant

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    Seriously...
    It depends of the game...
    I can run crysis and cod4 smoothly but on medium, maybe low AND on low resolutions, like 800X600...

    EDIT : and that with a SZ650 (T7500 and 2gb RAM)
    I think for an occasional player, there should be no problem at all...
     
    karimnacer, Mar 17, 2008
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    roor Notebook Deity

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    i only really play c&c generals but i play everything on high on a 27" monitor and it runs fine.
     
    roor, Mar 17, 2008
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    thanks thats all i needed
     
    jasonconley33, Mar 17, 2008
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    cowsmoo Notebook Enthusiast

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    can the sony sz780 play games with minimum requirements of 128mb graphics cards? The sz780's 64mb geforce can use shared RAM and thus run those games right? e.g. bioshock, gears of war, etc
     
    cowsmoo, Mar 17, 2008
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    yep, i ran BF2, Oblivion, FEAR, and NWN2, and they all seem to work fine.
     
    treb0r, Mar 18, 2008
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    SirRobin Notebook Evangelist

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    I've the european sz1 with an 7400 go and i'm playing C&C Tiberium Wars and Company of heroes without problems - sure, the desktop with 7800 gt is much better but for a mobile it's very nice! :)
     
    SirRobin, Mar 18, 2008
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    elizabex Notebook Evangelist

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    I know I ran Halflife 2 on my SZ360 (with 2 gigs of ram) on high settings with very good results --- I'd imagine that the upgrade to the graphics cards would only help matters.

    And yeah, minesweeper ran like a goddamned charm. Incredible!
     
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  11. -=ToRoNtO-GuYY=-

    -=ToRoNtO-GuYY=- Notebook Evangelist

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    Yea I was wondering the samething but the one im getting is the T9300 cpu wth 4 gigs of ram. U think ill be able to play Cysis on medium and also BF2 on High settings??? Cheers!
     
    -=ToRoNtO-GuYY=-, Mar 18, 2008
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