Gaming Forums => General Gaming => Topic started by: kennyb27 on May 26, 2004, 09:24:36 AM
Title: New Laptop question
Post by: kennyb27 on May 26, 2004, 09:24:36 AM
Let me start off by saying I don't know much about PC gaming. I just recently purchased a new laptop without the intention of playing games on it. However, it does come with a 32 MB NVIDIA Geforce FX video card. If the minimum requirements for a game (like Halo) are a 32 MB video card, how well will the game run? Any help would be helpful.
Title: RE:New Laptop question
Post by: BigHit30 on May 26, 2004, 12:46:00 PM
You will probably have to play with less textures and a worse framerate. Halo was originally designed for XBox which has 64MB of memory. You really need more memory for optimal preformance. I recommend AT LEAST 64 MB for Halo and many other current 3D games. You said you already got the notebook right? If you havent and have the money, I suggest getting the new Alienware notebooks as you can actually update the graphics on them, something new to notebooks.
Title: RE: New Laptop question
Post by: kennyb27 on May 26, 2004, 06:56:03 PM
Yeah, I already bought it. I don't need it for gaming, but thank you for the response.
Title: RE: New Laptop question
Post by: KDR_11k on May 26, 2004, 10:45:48 PM
Halo will run like sh#t no matter how good your computer. Gearbox has done an awful job with porting it.
Title: RE:New Laptop question
Post by: Uglydot on May 29, 2004, 05:39:48 AM
Running Halo on a low end system is like brushing your teeth with a train.
Title: RE:New Laptop question
Post by: manunited4eva22 on May 29, 2004, 07:50:03 AM
That card is not well, good. If you want to do some real gaming, that probablly will only afford you the very lowest settings on a game like halo.
Title: RE: New Laptop question
Post by: KDR_11k on May 29, 2004, 09:23:56 PM
Well, you can't get the better cards in a laptop, so I'd say yu're actually pretty well off. Just try something else than Halo.
Title: RE: New Laptop question
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on May 29, 2004, 11:08:16 PM
Don't Alienware make good laptops for gaming? (well, not as good as desktops though)
I think some of their laptops allow for upgrading the graphics card.
Title: RE: New Laptop question
Post by: KDR_11k on May 30, 2004, 06:25:10 AM
Better graphics cards easily eat 70 Watt and more, you don't want that in a laptop, do you?
