[Dan the audioman]

Hey can I get get by with most games with an ATI Mobility RADEON 7500 with 32mb of Video RAM and 256 mb of normal memory (RAM)?

its on an IBM laptop...

thanks,
Dan

 

[Hajime]

I actually do this with my laptop. It works for just about any game, but sometimes it's very slow. The processor is a Pentium 3, though.

 

[Dan the audioman]

What games work the best?

thanks,
Dan

 

[lan]

I guess that depends what you mean by get by. I think it's too slow and there's not enough video ram. I don't really consider playing at 640x480 and details turned off in the game pleasurable.

You should be able to play games from 2 years ago fine. The latest games maybe a bit too slow.

 

[Hajime]

Dan,

I'm not really into gaming anymore, but I used to play Counterstrike, Shattered Galaxy, Starcraft/Warcraft, etc. They all worked fine if a little slow. My operating system was Windows 2000 pro.

 

[Dan the audioman]

thanks

BTW ill be using xp pro.

 

[Cyntax]

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Originally posted by Dan the audioman thanks BTW ill be using xp pro.

If your going to be using XP I would recommend 512mb of RAM minimum for playing games.

 

[Dan the audioman]

arg...I only have 256mb and no way will I have enough "cha-ching" to buy more...

It seems almost all of my earnings are going into audio...AHHHH!!!

 

[Cyntax]

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Originally posted by Dan the audioman arg...I only have 256mb and no way will I have enough "cha-ching" to buy more... It seems almost all of my earnings are going into audio...AHHHH!!!

It really depends on what games you want to play. The good news is that most games have free demo's you can try out. You can see how the game runs on your machine before buying it.

 

[Dan the audioman]

Ahh yes the power of freebies...

 

[lan]

Do you already have this laptop or are you considering it? If you are considering, maybe save up and get a better one. And please TRY not to spend the saving ALL on audio

 

[davei]

Depends which games. Older games should be fine, for the latest games, some yes, some no. Most sports games should be OK. I've played all of this year's EA Sports games on a 7500 with good results. Driving games, probably not... Colin McRae Rally 3 was slow, Need 4 Speed Underground was slow, F1 99-02 was OK (used same engine as last year though), NASCAR was slow but not bad. Call of Duty was playable at low res, but barely. I have a GeForce3 in another computer and I'd consider that the absolute bare minimum for games released these days. Max Payne 2 with the GF3 isn't bad, but even something seemingly simple like Simpsons Hit and Run is slow at high res (1024x768).

 

[Dan the audioman]

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And please TRY not to spend the saving ALL on audio

Its too hard... I must resist though...

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Do you already have this laptop or are you considering it?

I already have it and love it too much to get another one...maybe an upgrade in the future...when I have settled down as far as audio purchases