my new laptop good 4 gaming

First of ram... vram means nothing. Ghz means nothing. You do not compare cpu's in different families by mhz, it is useless. 2.2 ghz can be a Pentium M 3 gigs of ram, well that's fine except this won't be running in dual channel. (2x1+1x1) 256vram, what graphics card is this? It could be a 6200m,8400mgs, intel intergrated card.

Tell us the cpu and videocard, that's basically all that matters.

Those games you mentioned run great on my laptop, I got it for free. 8400mgs, 2.1ghz c2d t8100, 4 gigs of ram. 13in laptop, not really for gaming just quick work. I also bought a 17in laptop which I heavily regret, a laptop is not a desktop, I learned that the hardway. I brought that thing to class, yeah... not cool. Thankfully I gave that to my dad and he uses that in his office. 13in laptops are the sexy.

you need to check on the video card if you are going to buy a laptop. most laptop have lower video cards. that why playing games on it sucks

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ppl say most laptops suck for gaming , i'm buying a new 1 in a week which has dual core 2.2Ghz, 3GB RAM , and dedicated 256mb VRAM , for $550. that should run alot why such a bad rep? not amazing but it runs spore orange box mass effect etc darth-pyschosis

That wont play most games, sorry to burst your bubble

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"]ppl say most laptops suck for gaming , i'm buying a new 1 in a week which has dual core 2.2Ghz, 3GB RAM , and dedicated 256mb VRAM , for $550. that should run alot why such a bad rep? not amazing but it runs spore orange box mass effect etc joshuahaveron

That wont play most games, sorry to burst your bubble

ppl say most laptops suck for gaming , i'm buying a new 1 in a week which has dual core 2.2Ghz, 3GB RAM , and dedicated 256mb VRAM , for $550. that should run alot why such a bad rep? not amazing but it runs spore orange box mass effect etc darth-pyschosis

That wont play most games, sorry to burst your bubble

why? spore needs for recommended specs 2.0Ghz CPU, 128mb Video Card, 768mb of RAM

so tell me why 2.2Ghz Dual Core, 256mb Dedicated Video Card, 3GB of RAM would have trouble running that?

orange box needs 1.7Ghz CPU, 128mb Video Card, 1GB RAM, once again this laptop is very over the specs

even Crysis (which i've played i have no interest in trying it anymore) needs 3.2Ghz (yea a little too high) but I need 1.5GB RAM, and 256mb video card. thats what it says for Crysis

now with spore and orange box, tell me why something that exceeds specs needed wouldn't run them? there must be something i don't know

It's a bad video card. The vram doesn't mean anything. That card won't even use up all of it anyways. Probobly won't use 128mb of vram (meaning if it had less vram it would be the same performance).mattpunkgd

why won't it use all? CNET's review of this very laptop said it had dedicated 256mb video memory, and i checked the video card at the store on the computer, it says 256mb dedicated AND an additional 1GB can be shared from the RAM

so why won't games use the dedicated video memory from the dedicated video memory card ATI radeon 3200? wouldn't that defeat the point of it being "dedicated?"

what you want to look for in a gaming laptop is a good GPU or (graphics processing unit ) a good gaming laptop start st $1200 or 1300 and can go as high as $5000, , let me give you an example =

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/25/asus-w90-gaming-laptop-now-shipping/

this laptop has a good videocard it can play almost any game AND still this videocard doesn't compare with the desktop counterpart

[QUOTE="mattpunkgd"]It's a bad video card. The vram doesn't mean anything. That card won't even use up all of it anyways. Probobly won't use 128mb of vram (meaning if it had less vram it would be the same performance).darth-pyschosis

why won't it use all? CNET's review of this very laptop said it had dedicated 256mb video memory, and i checked the video card at the store on the computer, it says 256mb dedicated AND an additional 1GB can be shared from the RAM

so why won't games use the dedicated video memory from the dedicated video memory card ATI radeon 3200? wouldn't that defeat the point of it being "dedicated?"

i'm sorry to irritate you guys but i'm not finding out why i'm being told a video card that says its 256mb of dedicated memory won't dedicate the 256mb towards randomily accessed video memory

what people is trying to tell you is that IF you want to play games on a laptop ram or processor speed is not the most important thing (of course it's great if you have that in the laptop) BUT the GPU is basic (graphics card) if you have a great processor and 8 gb of ram but a cheap GPU, the laptop is not good for gaming, and most cheap laptops have a integrated graphic card or a very simple card for simple tasks.

I think this will Help

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2526

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what people is trying to tell you is that IF you want to play games on a laptop ram or processor speed is not the most important thing (of course it's great if you have that in the laptop) BUT the GPU is basic (graphics card) if you have a great processor and 8 gb of ram but a cheap GPU, the laptop is not good for gaming, and most cheap laptops have a integrated graphic card or a very simple card for simple tasks.hrah

i'm telling you guys the grapihcs card is 256mb dedicated memory, ugh, i looked up feedback on this card for a while just now and found the answer i was looking for that it will play most PC games (except i've read it runs into problems with Crysis)

so thanks guys

[QUOTE="hrah"]what people is trying to tell you is that IF you want to play games on a laptop ram or processor speed is not the most important thing (of course it's great if you have that in the laptop) BUT the GPU is basic (graphics card) if you have a great processor and 8 gb of ram but a cheap GPU, the laptop is not good for gaming, and most cheap laptops have a integrated graphic card or a very simple card for simple tasks.darth-pyschosis

i'm telling you guys the grapihcs card is 256mb dedicated memory, ugh, i looked up feedback on this card for a while just now and found the answer i was looking for that it will play most PC games (except i've read it runs into problems with Crysis)

so thanks guys

[QUOTE="joshuahaveron"]

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"]ppl say most laptops suck for gaming , i'm buying a new 1 in a week which has dual core 2.2Ghz, 3GB RAM , and dedicated 256mb VRAM , for $550. that should run alot why such a bad rep? not amazing but it runs spore orange box mass effect etc darth-pyschosis

That wont play most games, sorry to burst your bubble

Basically the graphics card is not even a proper graphics card, its integrated which means its built into the motherboard, it is a half assed gpu that is only good for office work. You need a dedicated gpu for gaming, that can process all of the data neeeded to render a game, the memory doesnt matter if the graphics card is pathetic but has like 4gb ram it will still be pathetic, you need to look at the whole of the graphics cards specs rather than just the ram. It's like saying that a car is fast because its got really good wheels, but it has no engine. Please don't not listen to our advice, it ended up in you getting a terrible laptop and wasting all of your money.

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"][QUOTE="joshuahaveron"]

That wont play most games, sorry to burst your bubble

joshuahaveron

Basically the graphics card is not even a proper graphics card, its integrated which means its built into the motherboard, it is a half assed gpu that is only good for office work. You need a dedicated gpu for gaming, that can process all of the data neeeded to render a game, the memory doesnt matter if the graphics card is pathetic but has like 4gb ram it will still be pathetic, you need to look at the whole of the graphics cards specs rather than just the ram. It's like saying that a car is fast because its got really good wheels, but it has no engine. Please don't not listen to our advice, it ended up in you getting a terrible laptop and wasting all of your money.

I didn't know that playing Far Cry 2 with that card is office work... If you think that integrated graphics are made for office work only, then look at name of this card: It's ATI not Intel. Intel cards are only capable of old games and office work.

Ye, I suppose but people mainly use them for office work, if any gamer that knows anything about computers had an integrated graphics they would get a dedicated card.

The lowest priced "gaming" laptop i would consider would be the Dell XPS 1530 which starts at around $900, and that only has a GeForce 8600, i own a Dell Studio XPS 16 ($1,199) which has a Radeon HD 3670 which benchmarks close to the same as a GeForce 9600, i can max most games out except like Crysis, which i can only do medium.

The lowest priced "gaming" laptop i would consider would be the Dell XPS 1530 which starts at around $900, and that only has a GeForce 8600, i own a Dell Studio XPS 16 ($1,199) which has a Radeon HD 3670 which benchmarks close to the same as a GeForce 9600, i can max most games out except like Crysis, which i can only do medium.

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