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Timrek
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| Will MW run good on a laptop |
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Looking to buy a laptop. Was wondering if anybody is doing this and which ones work good with Morrowind? |
Wed May 08, 2002 5:09 pm |
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Danicek
The Old One
Joined: 15 Dec 2001
Posts: 5922
Location: Czech Republic |
If you will by best graphic card they sell into notebooks, you will be able to play it, but you will be somewhere below average in details. |
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Wed May 08, 2002 5:12 pm |
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Timrek
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So if I get something with 32MB Video. Would that run good enough to play without much lag? |
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Wed May 08, 2002 5:14 pm |
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Danicek
The Old One
Joined: 15 Dec 2001
Posts: 5922
Location: Czech Republic |
It depends on which card with 32MB.
In notebooks they usually give something like S3 Savage 32 MB etc. You need something from NVidia, or possible something like Radeon. But I am not sure which card they produce for notebooks. I heard about GForce2 GO, this should be good enough for playing on lowest details without much lags. I do not know if they do something from newer models GF3 or GF4 for notebooks. |
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Wed May 08, 2002 5:21 pm |
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ALobos
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I'm running Morrowind on a Laptop. Specs are as follows:
P3 1Ghz Processor
256mb RAM
Nvidia GForce2 Go 32mb
WinXP
Running game at 1024x768
Shadows off
View Distance about 1/3
AI about 1/4
3D Sound Low
I'm getting frame rates in the mid 20s, with rates in the mid teens in towns. Inside buildings my rates go up into the 30s. Not exactly stellar, but definitely playable. I also installed the NO CD crack which is supposed to disable SAFEDISK. Seemed to give me a few more FPS, but nothing major.
Hope this helps. |
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Wed May 08, 2002 5:28 pm |
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Timrek
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Would this laptop be good to run Morrowind
Toshiba Satellite 5005-S507
Equipped with an Intel® Pentium® III processor 1.1GHz, 512MB SDRAM, Toshiba Personal Theatre 15" UXGA active matrix display (1600 X 1200), NVIDIA® GeForce4™ 440 Go graphics controller with 32MB DDR VRAM, DVD/CD-RW multifunction drive, 40GB1 Hard drive, Yamaha Sound System featuring harman/kardon® Stereo Speakers with subwoofer, 10/100 Ethernet, V.90/56K modem, and Windows XP Home Edition.
Also would a system with a Radeon 16MB Video card be okay? |
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Wed May 08, 2002 5:34 pm |
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Danicek
The Old One
Joined: 15 Dec 2001
Posts: 5922
Location: Czech Republic |
This is nice notebook  .
It will work. I suggest that GForce 4 Go (I didnt know that they already make GForce 4 Go cards). It will be very good experience with more details that I will have with my standart PC. |
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Wed May 08, 2002 5:37 pm |
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freakinaye
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Joined: 02 May 2002
Posts: 542
Location: Oahu, Hawaii |
I am playing on a laptop with the same stats that you gave except my processor is 1.8Gig instead, and I run great. |
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Wed May 08, 2002 8:25 pm |
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Timrek
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How will it run on a Savage4? |
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Wed May 08, 2002 9:35 pm |
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loomer
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it won't run on a savage video card |
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Wed May 08, 2002 10:10 pm |
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Timrek
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Okay,
Picked up the Toshiba S507. It runs very good. In fact, it runs just as good as my desktop or even better. I just might playing it only on the Toshiba. |
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Thu May 09, 2002 6:42 pm |
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Bea
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Joined: 08 May 2002
Posts: 19
Location: Netherlands |
quote:
Originally posted by Timrek
Okay,
Picked up the Toshiba S507. It runs very good. In fact, it runs just as good as my desktop or even better. I just might playing it only on the Toshiba.
and how is the quality of the screen? Good or do you have to put the lights of?
I heard and know that LCD is too slow for gaming??
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Fri May 10, 2002 5:28 am |
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Garfink
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I have the forementioned Toshiba and it runs great with all 3D games, the LCD monitor is the best 15 inch on the market and I often play racing car games on it, so don't worry about it, its not an issue (maybe if you play quake 1 on it at 360 fps, it may be noticible, but I haven't tried). Morrowind works great, and you get the water effect as well, because its a GeForce 4. I have the setting on at 1/2 distance and everything else almost max. Haven't regretted getting it once yet, and I have had regrets on some retired laptops.
I have the S507 with the PIII 1.1, if money wasn't an issue the P4 1.8 would be the best buy, because 1) its a P4 1.8 and 2) its got a 7200rpm Harddisk (the other laptop bottle neck). But there is a price premium and its too rich for my blood, the S507 is better bang for the buck |
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Fri May 10, 2002 10:37 am |
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