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Title: Laptops
Post by: Noodles123 on March 08, 2008, 09:29:39 PM

Hi all,
Is Aces High good on a laptop?
I am interested in using aces hi, but a game I had previously purchased a CD had very slow graphics.  Is this game good on a laptop?

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: Motherland on March 08, 2008, 09:35:41 PM

Yes. Heck, you can play this game on dialup.

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: Hoarach on March 08, 2008, 09:48:55 PM

Depends on the guts in the laptop.

I have a laptop and it runs AH great...all graphic sliders all the way up, high res running, and Im using Vista on it.

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: Spikes on March 08, 2008, 09:57:01 PM

I have a laptop that runs it, not great, but it runs.

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: ASP4422 on March 08, 2008, 09:59:43 PM

I also use a laptop for AH and it does work.  Just make sure you have a good graphics card, and plenty of memory.  Also, if you run wireless - you might have to reset your router every now and then or you'll have packet loss.

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: Nilsen on March 08, 2008, 11:55:06 PM

I play on a laptop and it works great. Not the latest and greatest either.

Intel T2300 dual core, nvidia go 7600 gpu and 2gig ram.

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: LePaul on March 09, 2008, 12:03:46 AM

Good to know, I'm about to buy one with an nVidia8600 onboard.  4gb RAM, Intel Core Duo, etc

What kind of frame rates do you get, Nilsen?

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: Nilsen on March 09, 2008, 12:13:10 AM

Dont remeber 100% but i belive i was pretty steady at 60 even on heavy loads at the native resolution (1440x900)

The one you get should really be awesome.  :aok

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: LePaul on March 09, 2008, 12:41:08 AM

Thanks...good to know!

My old laptop fried, thankfully all my programming work is saved on a network storage unit.  Poor R2's AI program almost went boom!

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: Nilsen on March 09, 2008, 01:37:01 AM

Glad you saved R2  :D

What brand is it? (the laptop)

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: LePaul on March 09, 2008, 03:24:53 AM

Spartan

Local retailer resells them.  Spartan laptops are pretty popular with some of the other hospital IT groups.

I could save a few bucks buying online...but I like to support the local guy.  And I like knowing if I have issues, I drop it off to him, not nag on the phone for an RMA, etc etc

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: Nilsen on March 09, 2008, 05:48:30 AM

Beeing able to drop it off locally is worth alot

Title: Re: Laptops
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on March 09, 2008, 06:02:53 AM

I build stuff myself so I'm able to drop it off on my lap if something breaks..  :D

It's a real pain to deal with serviceproviders. For this POS macbook pro I have to travel all the way to Helsinki to get instant service. And it looks like I have to now, it's dead slow despite it's only 3 months old. Or maybe it's Leopard who knows?