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Title: Laptop Spec
Post by: Yarbles on July 21, 2008, 05:39:17 AM

I need to get a laptop for various domestic reasons.

What is the minimum spec particularly graphics card that would make the game play well?

Title: Re: Laptop Spec
Post by: Yarbles on July 21, 2008, 06:20:53 AM

Here is one I could get:

Acer Aspire(horrible name) 7720G

1) HD Quality Screen

2) Intel Core Duo 2ghz 2mb cache

3)Nvidia Ge Force 9300 graphics card 256 MB

Will this give reasonable performance? 

Title: Re: Laptop Spec
Post by: Hoarach on July 21, 2008, 08:34:07 AM

I got my laptop from here, http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/ (http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/).....cheap gaming laptops.  Mine was $750 for the laptop.

It should as the laptop I got from them was a AMD dual core, nvidia 7600 256MB GO, 2GB ram, and it had Vista.

It ran AH on full graphic settings and high res pack easily....

That should be fine considering its also Intel duo as I had to run AH on 1 core with my AMD as there was no dual core fix for vista users.  :(

Title: Re: Laptop Spec
Post by: Max on July 21, 2008, 08:48:53 AM

Quote from: Yarbles on July 21, 2008, 06:20:53 AM

Here is one I could get:

Acer Aspire(horrible name) 7720G

1) HD Quality Screen

2) Intel Core Duo 2ghz 2mb cache

3)Nvidia Ge Force 9300 graphics card 256 MB

Will this give reasonable performance? 

You should be more than fine. My old eMachine laptop ran an integrated Radeon Mobility 9600 card and gave me a frame rate of mid 50's - 60's. The card's such a fossil that Tom's Hardware doesn't list it anymore.

Title: Re: Laptop Spec
Post by: BaldEagl on July 21, 2008, 10:48:26 AM

As I posted in another thread, when my brother went to buy a computer I recommended a Toshiba laptop.  He picked up a nice one for ~$700 at Office Deopt or one of those places.  It plays AHII, MSFS10 and other games surprisingly well but it's big for a laptop as it's got a 17" widescreen.

Title: Re: Laptop Spec
Post by: Enduro on July 25, 2008, 01:06:47 PM

I love my Gateway P6860FX, and it plays all games very well (except, the power-hungry Microsoft Flight Sim gets a little laggy with high settings).  This particular model is only available at Best Buy, though.

I'd buy it again if I had to.

Title: Re: Laptop Spec
Post by: Fulmar on July 25, 2008, 01:09:11 PM

Also to consider, the larger the screen, the less battery life you have on a charge.

Title: Re: Laptop Spec
Post by: Enduro on July 25, 2008, 05:56:52 PM

Quote from: Fulmar on July 25, 2008, 01:09:11 PM

Also to consider, the larger the screen, the less battery life you have on a charge.

Yea, but if someone is going to use a laptop to play games, like I do, gotta have a larger screen.  Gaming/simming on a 15" screen...lol...haven't done that in 10 years! 

Title: Re: Laptop Spec
Post by: Nilsen on July 26, 2008, 02:40:38 AM

My vintage 17" HP lappy runs it very well. T2300 cpu, nvidia 7600go 256mb gpu, 2gb ram.

Title: Re: Laptop Spec
Post by: mechanic on July 26, 2008, 04:47:29 AM

im on a 2.2gh laptop with widescreen and onboard 64mb vid card! runs 60 fps on 256 textures and 1024x1240 or whatever it is.