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lunarwalker   07-10-2002 at 12:52:15 PM

Hi guys. Im looking to get a notebook (Athlon 1600+ 256MB Ram) but graphics card is (and I quote the only details they give) "32MB 4x AGP" . As I understand it, the 32MB is shared from system memory.

Anyway, what I want to know is whether this kind of non-descript graphic card can provide any sort of performance in running today's latest games? Could I get Warcraft 3 to run on it well, or how about a more power-hungry 3D game like Soldier of Fortune 2???

any help would be much appreciated.

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marneus   07-10-2002 at 02:34:02 PM
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at the mo, with an athlon notebook U dont get much in the way with graphics performance... there is no Gforce go or Radeon Motability here... yet UMA is shared from system memory and is of relatively low performance, I doubt U would get much out of WC3 or SoF2 even if U were to run the game at its most minimum settings (but that would make the game look c**p) unfortunately if U want good game performance, get a (I shudder to say) Intel...

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UoMDeacon   07-10-2002 at 08:26:14 PM
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I can't say I agree with the other guys post. There are notebooks out there with the mobile Athlon proc that have the mobile graphics chips from nVidia and ATi. Those will provide passable gameplay. In your notebook, it's not actually a 'non-descript' graphics card. What it actually is, is the built in 3D functions of the mobile motherboard. But using the shared memory of a built-in video processor really isn't going to cut it with those games. I'm not sure playable frame-rates are achievable period.

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marneus   07-26-2002 at 06:40:59 PM
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no offence lad but any notebooks with Althons in them in the UK I have looked at all have relatively basic graphics (even ones at £1500) wheras intels @ £1200+ come with ATI motability M6 or better

Though hopefully soon ATIs 320 series onboard graphics should help AMD Notebooks everywhere...

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