ATI Radeon Xpress 200m: will it play...

im looking to get battlefiled 2 or battlefiled 2142  and im looking to play it online. my cpu and ram etc are good to go but im not sure about my card. this guy says itll play fine: (on the link control+F BF2)

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/post_msg.php?board_id=314159272

but some people say it wont...i figure that if it runs bf2 itll run 2142 cause they both use the same engine.

im using it at 128mb at the moment but when i get more ram im gonna up it to 256mb

whats also strange is that some people say its good others say it absolutly sucks.

You can get away with it, but its gonna be played on low @ 1024x768. It does suck for a GPU and its in the middle for intergrated graphics. Now why some say it wont run BF2142 is cause its an upgraded engine. So same engine, just with some extras.

 Look at Half Life 2 for instance. HL2 looks great, but HL2:E1 looks better. SWAT 4 looks awesome on the Unreal 2 engine, but looks okay in Unreal Tournament 2004. So you would have better frames on the non upgraded engine. You will still run it, cause you meet the standards, but you will be slower then BF2.

BTW, dont bump it up to 256mb, cause that GPU is too weak to handle 256mb, infact 128mb is probably pushing it.  Since it uses system memory, you will want as much system memory focused on the loading times and so on.  Cause BF2/2142 use a good amount of Memory.  So since the GPU is too weak to handle the 256mb, keep it at 128mb and save the rest for your system Memory in games
9mmSpliff

ok now i have one last question:

i looked at the hardware performence guide for bf2142. it says i can run it with the ati x300. the one i have is quite similar to the x300. i have a intel celeron M 1.7ghz which is faster than a p4. this game isnt processor dependant so im all set to go with that. and i now have 1280mb ram pc4200 so im all set to go with that. the last thig is my chipset. ive got that bumped upto 256mb and i have bf2 and can run it fine. what do you guys think? will it be playable?

why not give your self a massive paging file if your desperately low for ram??muppet1010

dude, do you have a Laptop? Anyway, if you can run BF2, you can run 2142, but it won't look pretty.frost_mourne13

I used to have an X600 and I would get anomolies playing BF2 (and even BF1942) even on low to meduim settings. It was annoying. You might be able to play it but it won't be any fun if you have to see the screen tearing, etc.

my friend has a x200 built in gpu and it runs the game fine 800*600 medium, 1 gb ram, he can run it on 1024*768 low without a single choppy frame. he has a p4 3.4 ht. Dont worry it'll work fine.r3351925

ok now i have one last question:

i looked at the hardware performence guide for bf2142. it says i can run it with the ati x300. the one i have is quite similar to the x300. i have a intel celeron M 1.7ghz which is faster than a p4. this game isnt processor dependant so im all set to go with that. and i now have 1280mb ram pc4200 so im all set to go with that. the last thig is my chipset. ive got that bumped upto 256mb and i have bf2 and can run it fine. what do you guys think? will it be playable?

ahmedkandil

my friend has a x200 built in gpu and it runs the game fine 800*600 medium, 1 gb ram, he can run it on 1024*768 low without a single choppy frame. he has a p4 3.4 ht. Dont worry it'll work fine.r3351925

I also have a lappy (Core Duo, 1gb ram) with this gpu, I can run most of the games I play with medium settings or so, even Need For Speed: Carbon works with 1024x768 with medium settings.

It won't run games like Oblivion, well, it can but the framerate will be like 10-15 fps/s.

The gpu itself is very underrated, most of people think it's weak because it's the same as x300 :P

I also have a lappy (Core Duo, 1gb ram) with this gpu, I can run most of the games I play with medium settings or so, even Need For Speed: Carbon works with 1024x768 with medium settings.

It won't run games like Oblivion, well, it can but the framerate will be like 10-15 fps/s.

The gpu itself is very underrated, most of people think it's weak because it's the same as x300 :P

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If you're curious about rough comparisons, here's a list of various notebook cards' 3DMark06 scores.

Needless to say it becomes fairly obvious that the 200m can only run games at the lowest of settings and resolutions. Apparently Intel's 950 integrated video is faster.