help on system requirement

[Jobo]

i am planning to buy starcraft 2 and call of duty modern warfare but i'm not sure if these games will play on my laptop. im doubting if my video card can handle with these games and i want your advice if these two games will play given the specs below:



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if the two games, starcraft2 and cod modern warfare, won't play what other interesting and good games will play w/ these specs? what would be a good alternative that would play with these specs? please suggest as many as you can.

thanks!

[Bobsama]

It'll probably run but it will not run on medium or high settings.

Other games you'll want to consider are quite venerable. CSS (Counter-strike: Source), Civ4 (Sid Meyer's Civilization IV), TF2 (Team Fortress 2), HL2 (Half-Life 2, and Episode One & Two), Overlord (and Overlord II), and I personally enjoy Mount&Blade: Warband. Take a look around Steam (if it's available in your country) as they often have a lot of specials and other deals. The "Games under $5" is a solid section. I'm actually thinking of buying Gratuitous Space Battles.... :p

[Jobo]

hi bobsama, thanks for replying.

so it will "probably" work eh? hehehe.

i already have civ4 but i am starting to get bored with it. :/
as to the other games you suggested, i can't really play some of them since online multiplayer requires a fast internet connection and i dont have a fast connection (the speed of our internet in our home is 1mbps [bits not bytes] and a pc, and 2 laptops share on that connection. most of the time simultaneously). i guess our internet speed is only good for surfing and not for playing. ive tried playing starcraft online using Garena but it lags all the time.

but i'll probably try the halflife series. i've wiki-ed it and it looks good. i'm excited with it.

any other games that will play in that specs? :DD

[Bobsama]

hi bobsama, thanks for replying.

so it will "probably" work eh? hehehe.

i already have civ4 but i am starting to get bored with it. :/
as to the other games you suggested, i can't really play some of them since online multiplayer requires a fast internet connection and i dont have a fast connection (the speed of our internet in our home is 1mbps [bits not bytes] and a pc, and 2 laptops share on that connection. most of the time simultaneously). i guess our internet speed is only good for surfing and not for playing. ive tried playing starcraft online using Garena but it lags all the time.

but i'll probably try the halflife series. i've wiki-ed it and it looks good. i'm excited with it.

any other games that will play in that specs? :DD

I can't attest to how well Starcraft 2 would run; I don't have a copy and I haven't kept an eye on benchmarks. Other games to consider may be Evil Genius, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., the Hitman series, and a good number of others. Depending on your interests, perhaps X-Plane or FSX (Microsoft's Flight Simulator X). Other worthy mentions include indie games like Osmos or World of Goo.


What I mean by "probably" work is that even very outdated computers will typically be able to launch a game, though it may be unplayable. For example, my old computer was a Netburst-based Celeron at 2GHz, had 512MB RAM, and the graphics card was a (don't laugh) GeForce FX 5200. Games like Battlefield 2 ran, but not very well and not very smoothly.

[Photolysis]

You're running on an integrated graphics card. There's no way anything like Modern Warfare will work on that. Your ability to run 3D games is basically limited to older RTS games or even older FPS games.

Starcraft 2 also requires a minimum of a 128MB graphics card which is beyond yours. Judging by the fact your machine can't run Aero (which requires at least 128MB), and the amount of RAM in your machine (3000MB), it looks like yours is 64-72MB.

since online multiplayer requires a fast internet connection

Not at all, especially if you're not hosting. What online multiplayer needs is a consistent and reliable connection. If you can't play something like Starcraft online, then there's a serious problem somewhere. The game was released when dialup was the norm! A 1Mb/s connection will be around 20 times faster than that.

RTS games are also not that prone to lag either. It doesn't really matter if it takes 100ms to start building, or 150ms. In a FPS game then that extra 50ms can make all the difference.




the graphics card was a (don't laugh) GeForce FX 5200

That's far more powerful than any integrated card.

[NobodyCares]

Yes, most integrated cards just can't run games like COD.

I don't even bother trying to run games on my laptop which is equipped with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M card. I prefer to allow my real machine (desktop) do all that work. Laptops are great, just not for gaming IMO. I don't even like the idea of having a gaming laptop.

[Jobo]

@bobsama, are you sure stalker will play on my laptop? the graphics looks too good. hehehe. thanks a lot for the suggestions.

Not at all, especially if you're not hosting. What online multiplayer needs is a consistent and reliable connection. If you can't play something like Starcraft online, then there's a serious problem somewhere. The game was released when dialup was the norm! A 1Mb/s connection will be around 20 times faster than that.
what do you think would be the possible problem with the lag? what should i do?

[Bobsama]

That's far more powerful than any integrated card.

Not anymore it isn't. Back in the day, it was. It's about equal to Intel's GMA X3100 and the GeForce 6100/6150 IGPs, and slower than the GMA X4500. My HD3850 would eat it as though it was a single M&M. Even so, my HD3850 is showing its age. I have one of the original batch HD3850's with only 256MB GDDR3. I want/need to replace it with something a bit faster and with at least triple the amount of RAM. Eying the GTX460, of course, as well as used RV770's.

[HackerX]

i am planning to buy starcraft 2 and call of duty modern warfare but i'm not sure if these games will play on my laptop. im doubting if my video card can handle with these games and i want your advice if these two games will play given the specs below:

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Not a chance.

Intel chipsets, not precluding the fact that they're onboard chips, have always had notoriously poor 3D acceleration support. It's not just a matter of having a chip that's of comparable power to an nvidia/ati card, they simply don't have the on board hardware to handle the 3D stuff that these games throw at them*. The mobile versions of nvidia/ati cards that some laptops have aren't totally terrible in that regard, but still not close to what a proper desktop card is capable of.

* This is supposeably changing, though I haven't seen Intel actually put anything out to the contrary.

CSS (Counter-strike: Source),TF2 (Team Fortress 2), HL2 (Half-Life 2, and Episode One & Two),

All these source engine games will have as much trouble with performance as the above.

[Jobo]

All these source engine games will have as much trouble with performance as the above.
So these games won't play? Too bad.. Can you suggest good games that will play on that specs?

[Bobsama]

All these source engine games will have as much trouble with performance as the above.

Really? I've heard (second hand) that Source games (sans L4D2) tend to run decently on X3100 & X4500 IGP, though you'll of course have to drop graphics settings a few notches.

(My only computer with IGP is my netbook)

[paulm]

I have a gaming laptop, I wanted something to play World of Warcraft on. That was a few years ago. Gaming laptops tend to cost more, weigh more and get warm even when not gaming. Bloody hot when gaming. So if you're gonna do a lot of typing on it, a separate keyboard might be nice.

A gaming laptop is awesome for when you still have a normal PC too, because you can do multiplayer with a friend.

If your laptop is not very impressive, you can still game but the choice in games will be severely limited. Emulation, such as with DosBox to play old classics is a good choice. Many 'indie' games, or casual games are not heavy on your computer either.

[chaostheory]

The easiest thing to do is download demos for each game if they are available and see how your PC can handle them before buying the full retail version.

Good luck.