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Acer notebook -- gameworthy or not?

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hawkunit   01-09-2008 at 06:39:34 PM

The below notebook I received as a gift over the holidays. Initially I thought it was outfitted well enough to run a few games albeit on reduced settings. Much to my dismay, I've discovered that about the best I can get away with is GalCiv2, as every fps I've loaded is virtually unplayable. I have updated the vista display drivers, but this has had a negligible impact on the frame rate. Is there something wrong with the hardware, the configuration, or is the problem just with my expectations?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] s7520-5311

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jflongo   01-09-2008 at 09:27:18 PM
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Unfortunately this laptop comes with the weakest card of the 8400M Series.

They mention this for games, but they may be talking more about the 8400M GT, not the 8400M G that you have.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_8400M_games.html

You may have to upgrade to the 8600 or 8800 versions, and sell yours on Ebay if you expect to play the latest games.

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quantumsheep   01-10-2008 at 12:30:59 PM
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I agree with the post above, the 8400 isn't really gameworthy in my opinion. You'll be able to play World of Warcraft but that's about it!

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