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Sparks Of Fire · Nov 23, 2008, 11:42 PM // 23:42

I have not opened it yet but now I am wondering how well it will run GW.

Here are the stats:

The Pavilion dv9999us offers:
17"-diagonal widescreen WXGA+ (1440 x 900) BrightView LCD screen
AMD Turion X2 dual-core mobile technology TL-60 operating at 2.0GHz
1MB (512KB+512KB) L2 cache
Up to 1600 MT/s frontside bus
4GB of DDR2 SDRAM memory (the maximum configuration, on 2 DIMMs)
250GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive
LightScribe SuperMulti DVD drive with Double Layer support (reads/writes DVD±R/RW, DVD-RAM, DVD+R Double Layer, CD-R/RW)
ExpressCard/54 slot; also supports ExpressCard/34
802.11b/g wireless LAN
10/100Base-T Ethernet network interface (RJ-45 connector)
56K V.92 modem
4 USB 2.0 ports
1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) port
1 S-video out port
1 notebook expansion port 3
Built-in webcam with integrated microphone
5-in-1 memory card reader: reads SD, MMC, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro and xD-Picture Card
nVidia GeForce Go 7150M graphics with up to 1071MB shared memory
Altec Lansing audio with stereo speakers
2 headphone output jacks and 1 microphone input jack
HP mobile remote control
Rechargeable 8-cell lithium-ion battery; 65W AC adapter
Dimensions: 1.65"H x 15.6"W x 11.22"D
Weight: 7.7 lb

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1

Thank you in advance for any replies.

Kokuyougan · Nov 23, 2008, 11:51 PM // 23:51

Definitely not a gaming notebook. It has a 5400 RPM HDD. It should be able to run GW on medium settings with 30-35FPS.

moriz · Nov 24, 2008, 02:53 AM // 02:53

the speed of the harddisk hardly matters in gaming. rather, what you should look for is the graphics chip.

you have a geforce 7150M, which is an integrated graphics solution (this means it uses system RAM and does not come with RAM for itself). while it is a fairly good integrated chip, it is still too slow by today's standards. with that said, you should be able to run GW at low to medium settings.

Quaker · Nov 24, 2008, 03:41 PM // 15:41

As Moriz says, the 7150M, while not the best, is a lot better than many others. At 1440x900 you should be able to play GW at medium settings.

The speed of the hard drive mostly affects how fast you can load an instance (level). So, you'll be loading into a level about 0.1 sec slower than your buddy with the 7200 rpm drive. (or maybe even a whole 0.5 sec slower than the guy with the 2 x 10k raptors in RAID0) (all else being equal

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Elder III · Nov 24, 2008, 06:06 PM // 18:06

I concur - Medium settings should give you more than playable FPS with that setup.