Which games will work on a T60 with ATI x1400?

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thnkpd · #1 Post by **thnkpd** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:50 pm

Hi,

I want to buy a (second-hand) Thinkpad T60 with 1GB Ram and an ATI x1400 card.
The seller says that even Bioshock works on a x1400.
I have checked this at the minimum system requirements of this game, and it seems to be true.
But I was wondering how good Bioshock will run on that Thinkpad?
Will it be playable?
And what other games (some examples are really welcome) can I expect to be working on a x1400?

Many thanks

#2 Post by **ryengineer** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:38 pm

No gamer here.

If Windows Vista rating matters to you then the 128MB ATI Radeon X1400 graphics card on Thinkpad T60 is rated more than the discrete GPU on Thinkpads T61 (non p) series.

eghck · #3 Post by **eghck** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:54 pm

My experience so far

Company of Heroes will run smoothly at the lowest settings but it won’t be pretty. I forget at what resolution

Command and Conquer 3 will run smoothly on mostly low settings. I can get a smooth frame rate regardless of whats going on with Med Decals, Textures, Terrain, the second setting for VFX and everything else on the lowest setting. 800x600.

I can run Team Fortress 2 & Portal very smoothly under Directx 8.1 in 1024x768 with Med Textures and everything else on low and no shadows or AA. Under Directx 9 it’s a bit choppy even with everything on low for 1024x768 but still very playable. Personally I don’t think it looks that much better in DirectX 9 and I want a smooth frame rate above everything else.

Im using the older Lenovo supplied Radeon drivers though (8.293). Newer drivers may improve performance.

thnkpd · #4 Post by **thnkpd** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:22 am

@eghck and @ryengineer: many thanks for your replies.

But other examples of games running on a x1400 are of course still welcome.

bento · #5 Post by **bento** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:19 pm

There's a useful comparison table at:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Gra ... 844.0.html

Bioshock is a demanding game. My current machine can run it tolerably at medium to high graphics settings (3dMark05 at 5600 with version 163.44 drivers).

I had earlier tried running the game on a similar machine with NVS 140M, but it was poor at anything above the lowest settings.

Diehard · #6 Post by **Diehard** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:58 pm

Bioshock is a demanding game. My current machine can run it tolerably at medium to high graphics settings (3dMark05 at 5600 with version 163.44 drivers).

I had earlier tried running the game on a similar machine with NVS 140M, but it was poor at anything above the lowest settings.

Did you play with 2GB or 1GB? I'm playing Bioshock with t61, 2GB, and it runs just fine! With only 1GB, it ran not good!

bento · #7 Post by **bento** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:10 pm

It was 2GB, but with older (stock) driver, so maybe not a completely fair comparison.

Which games will work on a T60 with ATI x1400?

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