The PC (Personal Computer) is a highly configurable and upgradable gaming platform that, among home systems, sports the widest variety of control methods, largest library of games, and cutting edge graphics and sound capabilities.
Absolutely...if you can find a copy that is Sunny. The game's riddled with bugs and the company went bust years ago. Thankfully there's a fan-made Unofficial patch that fixes most things. If you don't know what it is, think of it as Fallout 2 but with a steampunk/fantasy setting.
@DanielJW: I'm sure there's better people to ask around GB then me since it's been a while I've done anything very techincal with PCs. I'm not saying no to you of course. At a glance I'll say your laptop's pretty good but more importantly is there any game in particular you want to play? You've got a proper graphics card so that's good (well, I say "proper" as in a good card as opposed to an integrated card).
@eroticfishcake: I don't know, I've been eyeing Star Wars the Old Republic, but I figured I wouldn't have problems running that.
Just things like Assassins Creed, Borderlands, or any this generation game on steam. Back when I played World of Warcraft on this I had some pretty bad frame rate issues, which is why I've been hesitant to try newer games.
" @DanielJW: I'm sure there's better people to ask around GB then me since it's been a while I've done anything very techincal with PCs. I'm not saying no to you of course. At a glance I'll say your laptop's pretty good but more importantly is there any game in particular you want to play? You've got a proper graphics card so that's good (well, I say "proper" as in a good card as opposed to an integrated card). "
Actually it is integrated. The only laptops that don't have integrated cards are the super high-end Alienware or maybe Dell laptops. But yeah, it's at least ATI as opposed to some generic card. But I really don't know a whole lot about integrated cards. I mostly just keep up on desktop hardware since I'm planning to build one.
scratch warcraft III as it will only work in low settings... And bioshock. Try some classics... there are games out there that are more than worthwhile to play. "
I play it on my netbook on lowest settings and still looks pretty great and is awesome as hell, I'd recommend it.
@DanielJW: I'll say KoToR would run fine as it's not a very graphic intensive game. You always check the minimum requirements anyway. As for games in this generation? Sorry to tell you this but I don't think you can play any games yet, let alone start them up.
The primary reason is your processor. It's just too slow. Half-Life 2 only requires 1.2Ghz as a minimum since that was released about five years ago. By then, games have taken leaps and bounds in graphics and intensity. Assassin's Creed requires 2.6Ghz at least to play it, also the the PC port has horrible PC optimisation. Put it this way. Anything game more intensive then HL2 is a game I wouldn't plan on playing on your laptop. As for Borderlands? That requires 2.4Ghz. 4Ghz too much for your laptop.
" @JJWeatherman: Huh? My $1300 Asus laptop has a GTX 260. That's nonsense. "
I'm gonna assume it's really a GTX 260M, which is an integrated mobile version of the GTX 260 proper. the 260M however is only about as powerful as a desktops 9800 GT. That's not bad by any means, but yeah. You can shove all that back in my face if I'm wrong about this, which is possible. :P
" @eroticfishcake: Could you help me with stuff that can run on mine? You seem like a tech-savvy individual. System Manufacturer: Acer System Model: Extensa 5420 Processor: AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (2 CPUs), 2.0GHz Memory: 2814MB RAM Page File: 1410MB used, 4431MB available DirectX Version: DirectX 10 Then the graphics card stuff. ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 ATI Radeon X1200 Series (0x791F) Internal DAC(400MHz) Approx. Total Memory 1406 MB "
I found this article on the internets, and I gotta say it looks grim. Here's a paragraph from it:
"ATI Radeon Xpress X1200 is hardly apt for gamers. Only old games like Quake 3 Arena can be played in 1024x768 with high/medium details fluently. Even Warcraft 3 runs fluently with minimum details. Current, damanding games like FEAR, Doom3 and Quake 4 can hardly be played (e.g. 2 frames per second in battle scenes in Quake 4). Some strategy games like Age of Empires 3 can only be played with minimal details (20-25 fps, tested with a FSC Amilo Pa 2510)."
@JJWeatherman: Pretty much all integrated graphics card not manufactured by ATi or nVidia tend to be crap so chances are that they are crap!
@DanielJW: Yeah. Shit. : /
Well you don't need good graphics for a good game. Do you know how to use DOSbox? There's some really old games that you can run on it. Since they're so old, chances are that you could find them free to download off any site. Hell, even Daggerfall is free to download from the Bethesda site!
@JJWeatherman: I had no idea it was that bad. I ran Team Fortress 2 alright, and Left 4 Dead was pretty janky, but I thought I could do some more modern games. Ah well.
@JJWeatherman: It is the same architecture as the 9800 GT (G92B). It is not integrated into the mainboard however, it is a discreet card. It's memory is also clocked about twice as fast, and uses GDDR5 vram. Other than that, yes, it is a laptop card- it is slower and more expensive than it's desktop counterparts; however, I am able to play every game I've thrown at it so far quite respectably (I get about 35-40 fps in Crysis at 1440x900 on high settings).
" @JJWeatherman: It is the same architecture as the 9800 GT (G92B). It is not integrated into the mainboard however, it is a discreet card. It's memory is also clocked about twice as fast, and uses GDDR5 vram. Other than that, yes, it is a laptop card- it is slower and more expensive than it's desktop counterparts; however, I am able to play every game I've thrown at it so far quite respectably (I get about 35-40 fps in Crysis at 1440x900 on high settings). "
daaang. Those be good Crysis frames on a lappy. lol
Is "high settings" the max for Crysis, or is there like "ultra" or something like that? Also is that the original Crysis or Warhead? Impressive either way. :P
It's a pretty complex game to run on a modern day OS though. Thankfully, this guide fixes most things. Worked for me. Speaking of which, Deus Ex is a great game you should try.
@JJWeatherman: Crysis Warhead, with the high resolution texture pack. The card has 1 gig of vram :D
And Crysis Warhead has 1 setting above High. When I say high, I mean a range of things from very high, to medium, to off, depending on what makes the most difference. For instance, I don't play with antialiasing, but textures and geometry are at very high. Postprocessing is only on high, but particles and volumetrics are very high. I tweaked the configs quite a bit too.
@Jeust: Ah yeah. Well I'll look for Thief next, but right now, I;m having some trouble getting System Shock. How does this download partner thing work? Is there any way to get it without this crap?
@DanielJW: How could I ever forget the Thief series? Again, that's not an easy game to get working so this guide will help you if you ever plan on playing them. Personally I prefer Thief 2.
" @DanielJW: How could I ever forget the Thief series? Again, that's not an easy game to get working so this guide will help you if you ever plan on playing them. Personally I prefer Thief 2. "
Haha. Well I'm excited now. I got a torrent of System Shock 2 going, and afterwards I'll look around for Thief 2. Is it free as well?
@DanielJW: Unfortunatly it isn't as Eidos owns it and they're still alive (but not kicking as they've been doing fuck all recently). You could torrent it since it's easy to find but it'll much better to buy a copy. It's not too old so you can probably find a copy of it in your game store for about $5-10. I still see it on the shelves anyway.
" @DanielJW: Unfortunatly it isn't as Eidos owns it and they're still alive (but not kicking as they've been doing fuck all recently). You could torrent it since it's easy to find but it'll much better to buy a copy. It's not too old so you can probably find a copy of it in your game store for about $5-10. I still see it on the shelves anyway. "
Yeah I'll have a look around for it some time this week. :D
@DanielJW: No problem. Your laptop may be old in comparison to today's computers but there's still a massive library of great games for it. You just need to know which ones to look out for. Good luck anyway!
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