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    Anyone with a Studio 1555 + Radeon graphics been able to play Starcraft II?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by tracerit, Apr 19, 2010.

  1. tracerit

    tracerit Notebook Consultant

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    My brother is looking for a new laptop and I'm thinking about giving him mine (Studio 1555 radeon) so i can pick a new one up. Just wondering if it'll hold up.
     
    tracerit, Apr 19, 2010
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    I can play SCII on low settings on a Mobility Radeon X300. Not sure if the 4570 will be able to max out the game with acceptable frames, but it'll most likely be close.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 20, 2010
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  3. Ice Cold

    Ice Cold Notebook Deity

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    The Radeon X300 is seriously crippled by its 64-bit memory bus.

    I am playing SCII on my 1737 only has a 512MB Radeon 3650, but I play on Max settinsg no problems.

    They key is that the 3650 has a 128-bit memory bus wider pipe = better.


    http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-3650.8839.0.html


    If I had DDR3 RAM it would be even better I only have DDR2 RAM but 4GB 800 is good enough.

    The 4000 series of the Mobility Radeon are much better.
     
    Ice Cold, Apr 20, 2010
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