Gaming On A Netbook? 13 Great Titles Playable At 720p
Gaming On A Netbook? 13 Great Titles Playable At 720pSure, that little netbook you bought might offer admirable battery life, and it might be the perfect size for your carry-on luggage. But what if you want to play a game? Is there anything that such entry-level hardware can handle smoothly at the full 1280x720 resolution typical of many netbook form factors?
We were curious ourselves, so we tried out a number of our favorite games known for their low system requirements, both old and new, on an Acer Aspire One 522 with AMD’s C-50 APU running at 1 GHz, armed with 2 GB of RAM, and equipped with a 250 GB hard disk. You might be surprised by the performance this machine can deliver at 720p. You might also be surprised how many games it can’t handle, and we'll cover all of those titles on the last page of this piece. Of course, because netbooks are too small to include built-in optical drives, external storage is necessary for many of these games.
Your netbook might not be as powerful as ours when it comes to gaming. But if it sports a C-50-or-better APU and at least 2 GB of memory, you should see similar results. Stronger APUs like the E-350 should perform even better, while Intel Atoms with integrated video will perform poorly in comparison. This list is also useful for folks with older desktop hardware.
Plants vs Zombies is always great as well
No s h i t?
Plants vs Zombies is always great as well
Has always worked right out of the box for me after installing the latest official patch.
You, sir, have not tried hard enough:
http://lgponthemove.blogspot.com/2011/08/tech-tips-gaming-on-atom-n570.html
The N570 is better than you suggest, never mind a Cedar Trail N2800. All rather moot though, as upcoming 11.6" ULV Ivy Bridge flavors will form a new class of netbook in 2012.
http://www.wsgf.org/software/star-wars-knights-old-republic
http://www.wsgf.org/dr/star-wars-knights-old-republic-ii-sith-lords
not sure 'bout laptops, but i played the game on my desktop on win 7
- the original ghost recon+the 2 expansions+numerous mods
- rainbow six raven shield+the 2 expansions
- unreal
- deux-ex
- swat 3
- serious sam
- prince of persia - sands of time
- GTR2
- C&C generals+zero hour
- empire earth
- Far cry (?)
No s h i t?
Also + 1 to jtt283's comment. I was playing Diablo 2 on my quadcore system with GTX570 lol the game is amazing it should be on this list (I stopped playing cause of Diablo 3
You could get Unreal Tournament 2004 to run on a netbook. I know I got that game to run on some seriously low end hardware back in 05'
Great list, though. First one of these articles that I've read in a while that was agreeable. Oh and NSF Hot pursuit, now that is a game I miss playing.