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Aug 05, 2006, 03:41 PM // 15:41
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Will GW run on this laptop?
I'm about to get this laptop:
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...&browse= &s=1 How well will GW run on it? Thanks for the help! |
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Aug 05, 2006, 03:58 PM // 15:58
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Furnace Stoker
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: United States
Guild: Dark Side Ofthe Moon [DSM]
Profession: E/
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Short Answer Yes.. but it will be low to medium graphic settings.
The Intel 950 on-board video card is holding it back. From what I've been reading on the web (not just guru) it will run GW but it's not officially supported. |
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Aug 05, 2006, 04:34 PM // 16:34
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Do you think it's worth trying to play GW on it? I'm getting this laptop for college and I'm taking GW with me...
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Aug 05, 2006, 04:47 PM // 16:47
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Underworld Spelunker
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Quote:
ask the clerk test their demo lappy. microsoft/futuremark approved for privacy and no nastys http://gameadvisor.futuremark.com/ga.../game_scan.jsp |
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Aug 05, 2006, 08:48 PM // 20:48
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Says I don't have Internet Explorer 6.
 I already got the laptop I posted before so I guess I'll just see how it does. :/ |
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Aug 05, 2006, 08:55 PM // 20:55
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Also, I have anther question. I just installed GW on my laptop and right now it's playing on widescreen so it alters the video a bit. How can I change the resoution to normal settings? Thanks for the help guys.
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Aug 05, 2006, 08:58 PM // 20:58
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Desert Nomad
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Toronto, Canada
Profession: R/
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NO... mostly no anyway.... intel integrated cards are known to have problems with GW ... many of my friends could not run it... from what i can see the card is the only thing that will give you the problem...
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Aug 05, 2006, 09:00 PM // 21:00
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jul 2006
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Well actually, I'm playing it right now...and it's not bad. My desktop is, of course, much sharper but nothings fuzzy. It's a bit faster on my laptop too b/c it has more memory and stuff.
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Aug 06, 2006, 02:52 AM // 02:52
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Jun 2005
Profession: E/Me
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well it's not a bad laptop....but the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator part... it's not equivalent to a dedicated graphic card!!
Unless something goes wrong with this build (like sektor said, GW just don't like it), it should probably take most of the games (except the high end ones). However the graphics and performance are definitely not going to be as good, cuz the software is doing what the hardware suppose to do. but if you have been playing on an old machine, you should still see some improvement.....like when I switch from a pentium with 256+128MB of ram to my laptop XD but the one I have now is Pentium M 1.73GHz, 1GB ram, with ATI radeon X600 64MB. any ATI or nVidia that a laptop comes with would definitely help In general, this is a good laptop, but if GW is a big part or your life (which I assume it is), I'd see if there are other good deals with a graphic card. PS. just for a fact....I DO work at Canadian Costco's electronic department this summer ^.^ Last edited by threedices; Aug 06, 2006 at 02:56 AM // 02:56.. |
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