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Title: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: viper38 on October 28, 2009, 04:26:23 PM
windows 7 home premium 32-bit
Intel celeron 900
2GB DDR2 RAM, 250GB HDD
 :pray
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: Spikes on October 28, 2009, 04:26:59 PM
Need the GPU, but Celeron probably won't.
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: viper38 on October 28, 2009, 04:32:24 PM
where in the computer do i find that?
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: Spikes on October 28, 2009, 04:55:03 PM
Depending on where you found that computer there might not be a dedicated graphics card...where are you looking?
BTW...to find a graphics card it will say something like "ATI" or "nVidia" and then a few numbers/letters.
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: xtyger on October 28, 2009, 05:06:50 PM
I have a laptop that's probably about the same as yours. I can play the game but it's far from optimal. The video card can't handle the video so there's a dark line about an inch and a half along the horizon. If a plane is close enough to you in the middle of the screen you'll see him but the rest of the horizon is all dark. You'll also get low frame rates.

You probably won't be able to play on battery power. If I started up the game on battery it would just sit there, frozen. You couldn't play it. Cooling might be an issue, too. The only time I ever heard the fan go on in my laptop was when I'd start up Aces High. I wouldn't even have to start playing, just starting the game would cause the fan to go on. I never had an overheating problem that I knew of but I suppose it could happen to other laptops.

Despite all the above, I played for some months on my laptop and actually improved my game. Once I got my Alienware system up and running again, I stopped using the laptop for the game entirely. There's just no going back from an Alienware.

About the only way to know for sure if your system will handle it is to do what I did and give it a try.
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: Noir on October 28, 2009, 07:04:05 PM
win7 on a Celeron 900 ? Does it take 2 days to boot ?  :devil
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: Fulmar on October 28, 2009, 07:20:05 PM
win7 on a Celeron 900 ? Does it take 2 days to boot ?  :devil
Not 900mhz, its the series of Celeron.  It's 2.2Ghz 800mhs FSB.  It wouldn't be 900mhz in the first place since he has 2Gb DD2.  It would have had SDRAM yet.
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: viper38 on October 28, 2009, 08:16:48 PM
I found out that i have a Directs 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver model 1.0  is that a good enough graphic card?
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: Plazus on October 28, 2009, 10:25:19 PM
Viper. It seems that your laptop can handle the game. The only thing you need to worry about is frame rate issues. Install the game and try running it. You will see what I mean by frame rates later on. To fix the frame rate issues, you will need to purchase a graphics card that is compatible for your laptop.
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on October 29, 2009, 01:41:44 AM
No way but to go wrong with a genuine celeron..

Another tic-toc warp machine to the skies.
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: airhog99 on October 29, 2009, 05:47:00 AM
I found out that i have a Directs 9 graphics processor with WDDM driver model 1.0  is that a good enough graphic card?

That's just the software interface to whatever graphics card you may have.
Best would be if you gave us the model number and make of the laptop, or a link to a webpage describing it.
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: viper38 on October 29, 2009, 08:25:44 AM
http://laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/satellite/L450/L455-S5975
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: Noir on October 29, 2009, 08:54:29 AM
I'm afraid your laptop's videocard will have a hard time handling Aces High II
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: TilDeath on October 29, 2009, 09:26:27 AM
This is the killer for this laptop "Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M" its a chip on the MB and not a graphics card.  It may play the game, but at very low framerates even with the graphics turned way down.
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: viper38 on October 29, 2009, 03:08:25 PM
what is the fram rate on aces high if i put on low detail?
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on October 30, 2009, 01:30:46 AM
what is the fram rate on aces high if i put on low detail?

You have a very weak CPU and a very weak GPU, your framerates will be very low even on low settings.
Title: Re: can this labtop handill ah2 ???
Post by: Max on October 30, 2009, 08:45:03 AM
what is the fram rate on aces high if i put on low detail?

You won't know until you load the game and run it. A decent frame rate (V-synch on) is 45-60. Based on the other replies, I don't you'll see anything close to that. Frame rate of 20 - 30 is playable but visually annoying. Anything under 20 will give you migraines.