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    COD4 on this notebook?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Vostro Guy, Nov 24, 2007.

  1. Vostro Guy

    Vostro Guy Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys, just wondering if I have any chance at all at playing games like COD4 on this notebook.

    Dell Vostro 1000
    Windows Vista Premium | AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core TK-53 (1.7GHz/512KB) | 2 GB RAM | ATI Radeon Xpress 1150 | 120 GB HDD

    Thanks for the help.
     
  2. lennynjnets

    lennynjnets Notebook Consultant

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    It runs on my xps 420 desktop
     
  3. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    Sorry you can't.
     
  4. dmacfour

    dmacfour Are you aware...

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    It'll be tough with an integrated graphics card. maybe on the lowest settings.
     
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    H3rmaN Notebook Evangelist

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    I doubt even on the lowest settings that it'll be playable.
     
  7. Vostro Guy

    Vostro Guy Notebook Consultant

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    Well I guess the only thing to do is try out the COD4 demo when the Vostro arrives next week. I doubt it will work but I will let you guys know the outcome.
     
  8. Vostro Guy

    Vostro Guy Notebook Consultant

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    In your guys opinion, what kind of games will run smooth on this system? What is the best looking game that this system will run? Thanks guys.
     
  9. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    you bought the wrong laptop if you are looking to game. imo, id say nothing unless it was made 2005 or earlier.
     
  10. Polsta

    Polsta Notebook Evangelist

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    if thats intergrated graphics, then i dbout it will run cod4 at all, really if that is intergrated graphics your going to struggle with anything, if you wanted to play games, that was definatly not the graphics to have in a laptop, it scores (720 3d mark 05)

    it says here its slower than an x300 which scores 200 (2500 3d mark 05 - over 3 yimes as much), ive had an acer aspire the last couple of years that had an x700, and that scores 900, and that ran battlefield 2 and pro evo soccer 6 top settings, but only ran the new pro evo 2008 on medium and it wasnt all that, so your card is 1/3rd of the power of that card, so you have no chance with any new games in the last 12 months and i wouldnt even try it with cod4 or anything like that,im not even sure battlefield 2 would run on the lowest settings ?

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Radeon-Xpress-1150.2173.0.html


    ATI Radeon Xpress 1150

    The successor of the Xpress M200 integrated shared memory graphic card for notebooks from ATI shows a good performane for graphic cards without own memory. According ATI, integrated X300 graphics are implemented. The Xpress 1150 is the faster clocked version (Xpress 1100 is slower clocked). Furthermore it was praised as Windows Vista Premium Ready by ATI (shall support Aero Glass fully).

    Supports the processors: Mobile Sempron, Mobile Athlon 64, Turion 64 (X2)


    The performance is sufficient for elder games and the performance should be below a normal X300.
    Specifications

    * performance class: 5
    * series: Radeon Xpress
    * pipeline: 4 pixel-pipelines and 2 vertex-pipelines
    * clock: chip: 400 MHz
    * memory: HyperMemory up to 128 MB
    * directX: 9b, Shader Model 2.0
    * features: 130nm, PCI-E, SMOOTHVISION 2.1, SMARTSHADER 2.0, POWERPLAY 5.0 and VPU RECOVER I
    * manufacturers site: product page
    * application area: small and light-weight notebooks
    * other informations: same features like Mobility Radeon X300

    Benchmarks

    Here you find a list with approximative benchmark values, which can be achieved with this video card. The values can strongly deviate due to different hardware (processor, memory).

    * 3DMark05: 720 points
     
  11. Vostro Guy

    Vostro Guy Notebook Consultant

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    ok, thanks guys. i didnt buy it for gaming. got it for basic needs because my current laptop is about to take a dump. i was just wondering what i could do with it.

    question though. for a game like World in Conflict. according to the minimum requirements my notebook should be able to handle it correct?

    Here are the minimums required for World in Conflict.

    OS: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista.
    CPU: 2.0GHz Or Higher, 2.2GHz For Vista, if dual-core: Any Intel or AMD
    RAM: 512MB, 1GB for Vista.
    Disc drive: DVD-drive
    Hard drive: 8GB or more.
    Video: 128MB video RAM Direct X 9.0c Compatible
     
  12. bustabo

    bustabo Notebook Enthusiast

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    your video card is INTEGRATED, u are below the minimum specs with a video card of NO MB of ram.
     
  13. DeusEx

    DeusEx Notebook Evangelist

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    cancel and reorder the vostro 1500 if you want gaming dude... integrated graphics are a joke.
     
  14. sleey0

    sleey0 R.I.P. AW Side Topics

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    You'll be able to play quake 3 and the original unreal tournament, but that's about it (and any other game from that era).