Upgrade a laptop?

[WWM]

ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300  128MG MEMORY

Its running over a 1.6 pent processor  in a Dell Inspiron 9300

Am I wasting my time?  Should I just look for a cheap tower just to run the game. I'm not real computer literate   I had to quit when the update came out a few months ago everyone was complaining about but now with the WW1 planes coming out I want back in the fun.

Thanks

[Noir]

You won't be able to upgrade that laptop.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

ATI MOBILITY RADEON X300  128MG MEMORY

Its running over a 1.6 pent processor  in a Dell Inspiron 9300

Am I wasting my time?  Should I just look for a cheap tower just to run the game. I'm not real computer literate   I had to quit when the update came out a few months ago everyone was complaining about but now with the WW1 planes coming out I want back in the fun.

Thanks

Yeah get a cheap tower setup, only sensible solution for gaming.

[WWM]

alrighty then.....I'm on a new mission.

Thanks

[bravoa8]

Yeah computers are almost always better than laptops.

[skribetm]

sell the laptop and build yourself this. will play AH2 like it's minesweeper.

highlights:

• DX 11 support, newest DirectX implementation.
• QUAD CORE
• BLU-RAY, play movies on your HDTV!
  

you can make this a flat $500 build or even go cheaper if you get a DX10/DX10.1 card (GT200 series, HD4800), and swap blu-ray out for a cd-rom.

good luck!

[WWM]

WOW  Thanks for all the info

[Fulmar]

Unless you have a real need for a blu-ray reader, you could save $30 and get a DVD-RW drive.

[skribetm]

lol i forgot about the DDR3! and win7 64-bit or winXP 64-bit recommended.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178238

[WWM]

I've got XP pro I'll put on it.  I'm not putting anything on this other than what is needed for this game.  Hopefully that will cut down on some processes.

Thanks again for the responses....very helpful!

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I've got XP pro I'll put on it.  I'm not putting anything on this other than what is needed for this game.  Hopefully that will cut down on some processes.

Thanks again for the responses....very helpful!

Make sure your motherboard has drivers for XP. It's not automatic to have them anymore. No drivers -> mucho problems.

[AKDogg]

lose the green series of the Western digital Hard drive.  Get at least the blue series or black.  The green drives are slow and u will see it in the game when cache loads or a plane comes in with a different skin. 

O btw, u are better off with a dual core system with a higher clock rate then a quad core.  The game is processor dependent as far as clock speed is concerned.  A 3ghz dual core will run the game better/ faster then a quad core running at 2.0 ghz.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

lose the green series of the Western digital Hard drive.  Get at least the blue series or black.  The green drives are slow and u will see it in the game when cache loads or a plane comes in with a different skin. 

O btw, u are better off with a dual core system with a higher clock rate then a quad core.  The game is processor dependent as far as clock speed is concerned.  A 3ghz dual core will run the game better/ faster then a quad core running at 2.0 ghz.

While what you say is partly true, nowadays you can't tell anything from clock speed only. A good example is this review http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=384&Itemid=63 where a 3.4Ghz AMD quad core is pitted against 2.66Ghz Intel i5 and the 'slower' running processor beats the AMD counterpart in most of the tests. Without even thinking what would happen should the i5 get overclocked mildly.

[skribetm]

ahhh. lovely benchmarketing with icc-compiled software. effective for selling inferior architectures. 

The Core i7 870 more frequently came out ahead, but still the AMD Phenom II X3 710 had a number of strong finishes especially considering its only a triple-core processor and costs just over $100 USD. Even the Core i5 750 will cost more than the AMD Phenom II X3 710. What is important to keep in mind though is that Intel Turbo Boost Technology was disabled on the processors during testing, since this functionality had not worked under Linux for increasing the clock frequency but instead appeared to cause some sporadic performance problems.

Surprisingly, the Phenom II X3 710 actually outperformed the Core i7 920 when it came to the Blowfish performance within John The Ripper, where AMD processors have a strong upper-hand. The AMD processor was faster than the Core i7 920 by about 7% and about 75% faster than the Core i7 870.

imagine if it were that same 3.4GHz AMD processor in that review. only way for intel to sell is to pay-off oem's: http://www.pcworld.com/article/181401/ny_attorney_general_files_antitrust_lawsuit_against_intel.html

.. while publishing biased benchmarketing results with cheats enabled. http://techreport.com/articles.x/17732

got to say its effective. 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

ahhh. lovely benchmarketing with icc-compiled software. effective for selling inferior architectures. 

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imagine if it were that same 3.4GHz AMD processor in that review. only way for intel to sell is to pay-off oem's: http://www.pcworld.com/article/181401/ny_attorney_general_files_antitrust_lawsuit_against_intel.html

.. while publishing biased benchmarketing results with cheats enabled. http://techreport.com/articles.x/17732

got to say its effective. 

If that 'cheat' means my whatever-compiled game gets better fps as a result I don't give a rats bellybutton about some linux benchmark.