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    Games on my new Thinkpad Edge

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by smithnb42, Dec 2, 2012.

  1. smithnb42

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    Hello, I just purchased a Thinkpad edge after being a Mac user for years. I bought it for work and school purposes but was wondering i I can play any games on it? I know its not a powerful machine but here are the specs.

    AMD A Series Dual Core
    4GB memory
    320 GB hard drive
    AMD Radeon HD 7420G graphics

    Im not looking to play anything graphically intensive but possibly Microsoft flight sim or something like that.

    Thanks for any input

    Mike
     
    smithnb42, Dec 2, 2012
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  2. Andrew Baxter

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    hey Mike, MS Flight Sim can actually be pretty demanding if you have graphic detail set to high. I assume you have an AMD A4 processor there, you could play MS FS but you may have to bump down the graphics from the highest level of detail to something in the middle level graphics settings to get smooth play. It's been awhile since MS has updated that software now though so any of today's hardware should be able to run it at the very least on the minimal graphics settings.
     
    Andrew Baxter, Dec 3, 2012
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