Games that'll work w/ the T40?

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Fergy · #1 Post by **Fergy** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:11 pm

Howdy,

I have a true gaming PC (7950gx2, 3800x2, 2gb DDR500 RAM, etc.) but I bought this laptop for business (stock market research) and school (love taking notes via typing).

However, I'm curious what games this laptop will play "OK"?

I have Call of Duty 1, and it meets the minimum, and beats the minimum CPU wise, ram wise, etc.

I just bought it on Ebay and it's supposed to ship tomorrow, yay!

It's model 2373-82U if it matters, upgraded the RAM to 512, may go to 2gb if I see I "need" it.

sparta.rising · #2 Post by **sparta.rising** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:21 pm

My T43 has x300, 2.0ghz, 768mb ram

and I was able to run Half-Life 2 Episode One with great frame rate at medium settings. I was really suprised. especially because i've tried Rainbow Six Ravenshield and it was choppy at low. Myst Masterpiece runs great

Cmdr.Keen · #3 Post by **Cmdr.Keen** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 12:09 am

sparta.rising wrote:My T43 has x300, 2.0ghz, 768mb ram...i've tried Rainbow Six Ravenshield and it was choppy at low...

I've got a T43 w/spec in sig and Raven Shield plays great...I've got the following on my T43 that I play on regular rotation (med-high settings) and they run fine:

Raven Shield (+AS and IW)
Jedi Academy
KotOR
Republic Commando
B1942 (+Desert Combat and Forgotten Hope)
Elite Force
Quake 3 (oldie but a goodie)

I wonder, sparta.rising, why you're running into issues with RS?

-Andrew

FTC · #4 Post by **FTC** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 1:54 am

Hi,

I have played COD2 in my T40 w/Radeon 7500 great, set up with DX7 acceleration (not DX9) at my native 1024x768 resolution and with playable frame rates (30+).

Just remember that the radeon mobility 7500 is in fact almost the same as the radeon 8500 desktop core, so yes, it is a bit more powerful than what it could be expected at first sight...

Fergy · #5 Post by **Fergy** » Wed Jul 12, 2006 7:22 am

Well that's great to hear.

I COD and COD2, and wasn't even expecting to be able to even launch COD2.

But yeah, the DirectX 7 rendering of COD2 really makes it easier to run.

As for why Ravenshield is causing some problems is mainly because the game, from what I've read, is a real system hog.

ParzanM · #6 Post by **ParzanM** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 8:36 am

Well that's great to hear.

I COD and COD2, and wasn't even expecting to be able to even launch COD2. But yeah, the DirectX 7 rendering of COD2 really makes it easier to run.

As for why Ravenshield is causing some problems is mainly because the game, from what I've read, is a real system hog.

Running DX7 with the 7500 is better than running dx9? i thought it would run dx9 just without the extra features?

anyone got a link to DX7?

Fergy · #7 Post by **Fergy** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:08 pm

There is no "link" to DirectX 7, it's probably already on your laptop, as it has been since you bought it.

Just go to run and type "dxdiag" and your DirectX is in there under one of the tabs.

ParzanM · #8 Post by **ParzanM** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:02 am

"link" as in a website link... i mean link to a download site lol sorry i might be using street lingo.....ye i checked my dx when i got my laptop a while back though dxdiag and it was dx7... .thanks though..

Fergy · #9 Post by **Fergy** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:01 pm

I knew what you meant by "link," but I was saying you shouldn't really need to downoad DX7 unless you are updating your DX7 files.

raabjerg · #10 Post by **raabjerg** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 3:17 am

Civ4 will be very choppy on T40-T42, but is playable... (this was actually the primary reason that I got the T41p)

ParzanM · #11 Post by **ParzanM** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:45 am

does anyone know if counterstrike(original) will work with the ati 7500 32mb and with how many fps? thanks

bfgun · #12 Post by **bfgun** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 11:35 am

I heard the original Doom will work.

heeheheeheh

ParzanM · #13 Post by **ParzanM** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:29 pm

sorry havent played doom 1....is it same graphics level as counterstrike?

BikerMike · #14 Post by **BikerMike** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:49 am

Your leg is being pulled (re: Doom 1)
It is a hacker badge of honor to get Doom to run on really improbable devices - cell phones, PDAs, iPods, etc.

christopher_wolf · #15 Post by **christopher_wolf** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:56 am

ParzanM wrote:sorry havent played doom 1....is it same graphics level as counterstrike?

As to the Hacker badge of honour? Well, there are versions of Doom that can be downloaded onto some phones, PDAs obviously, etc...

Oh wow people....

bfgun · #16 Post by **bfgun** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:20 am

not to mention i saw it on an ipod once.
that was SLICK!

BikerMike · #17 Post by **BikerMike** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:37 pm

Here's the site I was thinking of when I posted that comment:
http://www.itplaysdoom.com/

From the home page:
'You're visiting the official It Plays Doom website. Our goal is to bring together every gadget enabled to play DOOM. From watches to refrigerators, if it's out there we'll find it."

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