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Suddenly, Daniel Damouth sprang forth and uttered these pithy words:
> I was wondering if anyone out there is playing UT on a laptop, and if
> so, is there a performance hit compared to a decent desktop such as my
> 2.4 P4, 512, 7200rpm drive, Geforce 9800 Pro 128bit.
"Generally", yes, there is a big performance hit, because laptops simply
can't fit the high end graphics and cpus - heat and power consumption.
That said, you can get laptops now that are just desktop parts crammed
into a tiny space - pitiful battery life, but still portable.
On my 2.4 P4 laptop, I get reasonable framerates on UT2004 with most of
the details on low. It's not so good in fights though, when there are
lots of people around to render. (My definition of reasonable is around
30 - looks smooth to the eye, but alot of FPS players would demand more
and would laugh at this).
Worst thing about a laptop is control - make sure you take a real mouse
with you!
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