I just ordered a new laptop and I'm wondering if this game will run on it nicely, or if I should get FarCry2  for my xbox. The laptop's specs: Celeron2 duo @ 2.26ghz, geforce 9600 with dedicated 512mb ram, 3gb sys ram. I would rather prefer to play on a pc, since i just got my console before a month and im still not friends with aiming on a gamepad. Thanks for your replies.

hmm, thats a toughy. Im not a 100% sure, but it will probly run better on the pc. after all it was originally designed for it

I'm pretty surprised you went with a video card like the 9600 512mb and then opted for a Celeron processor.  I mean really, a Celeron?

i just payed 1000$ for this laptop. i didn't really want to take my time to investigate the whole big landscape of laptops, but as far as my research went, the T8400 should be more than capable of what I'm doing and shouldn't be the bottleneck for games, as it should still be the graphics. I just was looking for a solid laptop to do my work on, for about 700$. then i found this offer with a dedicated graphics card and thought i give it shot. i least this way i can try spore some time or some other game. Actually, I heard the Celeron2 is pretty neat, mb you know more than i do.
ps.: i couldnt chose another processor. the highest possibility was a p9500 @ 2.56, which is still a c2.

That's a tough question. Uhm, I think you can get by with your video card okay (probably have to set your settings to medium which is about the same graphical visuals as consoles). But your celeron processor is probably the main factor in me saying no. Celerons are great in openning apps and for basic usage, but for heavy duty work like playing video games it will likely fail. I mean it may be a great celeron processor, no doubt about it, but the architecture and things like L2 cache memory and so forth isn't meant to process those large operations. So if I were you, I would go with xbox 360 version.

yea, the CPU is what kill it here, great for everyday used but once you in to gaming or worse photo/video edition (photoshop), the CPU get crush really fast. I don't know this but how is PC gaming is on the laptop.

It will run better on PC

It will probably run better on your 360.

Now I feel betrayed. I read in forums that the 3mb-6mb difference in l2 cache won't make a difference for gaming (Since as I wrote earlier, the graphics card is the bottleneck). It will only matter for heavy duty applications like Photoshop. Maybe there will be a demo, so I can try.

"Now I feel betrayed. I read in forums that the 3mb-6mb difference in l2 cache won't make a difference for gaming (Since as I wrote earlier, the graphics card is the bottleneck). It will only matter for heavy duty applications like Photoshop. Maybe there will be a demo, so I can try."

In reviews of a configuration of this laptop with similar specs someone ran Crysis medium with a avg of 27.8 frames (on 1280). He benchmarked COD on two different levels on a mixture between medium and high settings with 37.9 respective 50 fps average.  The processor is actually called Intel Core Duo 2 Mobile (the model is P8400) - but as far as I know its the C2.

Thanks for your help!

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I am going to tell you one thing, you don't need a pc of Crysis Porportions to run this game, I can run this game on Very High with one of 2 frame-rate hiccups.