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    Sony AR31S (AR290G) Graphics Performance (NVIDIA 7600GT)

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by eoindoyle, Feb 27, 2007.

  1. eoindoyle

    eoindoyle Newbie

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    I am looking to get the Sony AR31S in the near future (if they ever arrive in this part of the work....Ireland).

    I am not a huge gamer and that is not the purpose of purchasing the laptop (its more for 3-D video editing, sports analysis, blu-ray storage, etc.)

    However there is game/simulator I have quite an interest in, the Microsoft Flight Simulator X (latest version). I hear and have read that this game requires "intense" CPU performance and I am wondering if this laptop (as powerful as it may be) with its NVIDIA 7600GT 256MB graphics card will be capable of running the game at full detail (or quite close at least). Oh and it will be using VISTA and DirectX 10 as well hopefully. (Full Spec below)

    If graphics card is not good enough would the NVIDIA 7900GTX like with Dell make much difference and can it even be installed on a Sony??

    I hope there is much more knowledgeable people than me about gaming and graphics performance so I would much appreciate any suggestions or feedback?? Thank You!

    Regards,
    eoindoyle

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    The full spec is detailed below:

    # Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology with Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7200 (4 MB L2 cache, 2.00 GHz and 667 MHz FSB) and Intel® PRO/Wireless 802.11a/b/g
    # Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
    # 240 GB Serial ATA 5400rpm hard disk drive (2 x 120 GB, RAID 0 and 1 supported)
    # 2 GB DDR2-667 SDRAM (2 x 1024 MB)
    # 17" WUXGA (1920 x 1200) widescreen X-black LCD with double lamp technology
    # NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 7600 GT notebook graphics processing unit with Total Available Graphics Memory of 527 MB and dedicated Video Memory of 256 MB
     
    eoindoyle, Feb 27, 2007
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  2. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    Flight Simulator requires a VERY powerful GPU to run at full detail, I would absolutly recommend the 7950GTX for this purpose, I'm not even sure if that will run it fluidly at full detail but it will come about as close as you will get in a notebook. 2GB of RAM will also come in very handy, as far as CPU power goes you will be fine with a T7200 2GHz Core 2 Duo as it's rated at 4.99GHz overall.

    You won't be able to use DirectX 10 until DirectX 10 compatible notebook GPU's are actually out which at this time none are, so it will render in the default DX9.

    It just may be worth waiting for the DX10 cards to come out, unless you want to buy now.
     
    Airman, Feb 27, 2007
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