Question about laptop

nymusicman · 09-20-2011, 03:21 PM

I'm thinking of purchasing the following laptop. I don't have a lot of money to lay down and this was the best I could find for $500. I don't even care if I run regnum on the lowest settings possible, I just want to make sure that when I go to war this laptop won't come to a screeching halt. I'll post the link and important specs below.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834215120

CPU: AMD Phenom II Quad-Core N970 2.2GHz
RAM: 4GB DDR3
Video: AMD Radeon HD 6470M [512 MB DDR3] (This is mostly what I'm asking about. I know the CPU will run the game and I know 4GB will do just fine)
Hard Drive: 500 GB 5400rpm

I appreciate your input. Like I said this was the best deal I could find especially with dedicated graphics. I'm just wondering if it will be enough.

I have already found notebookreview saying that it will run WOW nicely at medium settings, but I don't know if that includes really heavy activity or not and I know they can be skewed sometimes as well (as in the case of the Intel 3000 graphics).

I've also checked passmark's results and 363 for the video card seems low but I'm not really sure what it takes when this game gets intense.

I do know that I've grinded on an old Intel GMA 950 card, but I'd prob never take that laptop into the warzone. It would halt.

Thanks for all your input.

Cuchulainn · 09-20-2011, 06:01 PM

I usually play RO only on an Radeon HD 3200 in Fixed pipeline, but your gpu should be fine for shader 4. If you use direct3D, you can probably enable shadows too. In OpenGL it might be too laggy, if shader 4 with shadows is used.

I also have experience with a Radeon HD 4650 (desktop card) + Regnum which is faster than this Radeon HD 6470M. When I played on this card, I mostly used shader 4 with OpenGL sometimes with shadows enabled, sometimes disabled shadows then without lags.

Btw. notebooks with a Llano notebook APU should be about as fast as this GPU, about the same price with much better battery life. But CPU performance is lower. I use wikipedia to compare Radeon GPU's.

nymusicman · 09-20-2011, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cuchulainn

I usually play RO only on an Radeon HD 3200 in Fixed pipeline, but your gpu should be fine for shader 4. If you use direct3D, you can probably enable shadows too. In OpenGL it might be too laggy, if shader 4 with shadows is used.

I also have experience with a Radeon HD 4650 (desktop card) + Regnum which is faster than this Radeon HD 6470M. When I played on this card, I mostly used shader 4 with OpenGL sometimes with shadows enabled, sometimes disabled shadows then without lags.

Btw. notebooks with a Llano notebook APU should be about as fast as this GPU, about the same price with much better battery life. But CPU performance is lower. I use wikipedia to compare Radeon GPU's.

Thanks so much for increasing my confidence in this card. I just don't want to lay down 500 then have to return it.

Thank you so much for the llano suggestion but I'm not in need of super battery life and I'm coming from a core2duo. I can't go slower. But thank you.

I'm still open to hearing other comments, but I think this one is nailed.

Minorian · 09-20-2011, 10:35 PM

Youll be fine.

Lekarz · 09-21-2011, 08:20 AM

I have only faster hard disk 7200rpm and a bit better graphic card. It will work ok. Game give you many things to tweak in options.

09-20-2011, 03:21 PM	#1
nymusicman Pledge Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Aurora, IL USA Posts: 13	Question about laptop I'm thinking of purchasing the following laptop. I don't have a lot of money to lay down and this was the best I could find for $500. I don't even care if I run regnum on the lowest settings possible, I just want to make sure that when I go to war this laptop won't come to a screeching halt. I'll post the link and important specs below. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834215120 CPU: AMD Phenom II Quad-Core N970 2.2GHz RAM: 4GB DDR3 Video: AMD Radeon HD 6470M [512 MB DDR3] (This is mostly what I'm asking about. I know the CPU will run the game and I know 4GB will do just fine) Hard Drive: 500 GB 5400rpm I appreciate your input. Like I said this was the best deal I could find especially with dedicated graphics. I'm just wondering if it will be enough. I have already found notebookreview saying that it will run WOW nicely at medium settings, but I don't know if that includes really heavy activity or not and I know they can be skewed sometimes as well (as in the case of the Intel 3000 graphics). I've also checked passmark's results and 363 for the video card seems low but I'm not really sure what it takes when this game gets intense. I do know that I've grinded on an old Intel GMA 950 card, but I'd prob never take that laptop into the warzone. It would halt. Thanks for all your input.

09-20-2011, 06:01 PM	#2
Cuchulainn Master Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 303	I usually play RO only on an Radeon HD 3200 in Fixed pipeline, but your gpu should be fine for shader 4. If you use direct3D, you can probably enable shadows too. In OpenGL it might be too laggy, if shader 4 with shadows is used. I also have experience with a Radeon HD 4650 (desktop card) + Regnum which is faster than this Radeon HD 6470M. When I played on this card, I mostly used shader 4 with OpenGL sometimes with shadows enabled, sometimes disabled shadows then without lags. Btw. notebooks with a Llano notebook APU should be about as fast as this GPU, about the same price with much better battery life. But CPU performance is lower. I use wikipedia to compare Radeon GPU's.

09-20-2011, 10:35 PM	#4
Minorian Master Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Peterborough ON Posts: 597	Youll be fine.

09-21-2011, 08:20 AM	#5
Lekarz Master Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Poland Posts: 285	I have only faster hard disk 7200rpm and a bit better graphic card. It will work ok. Game give you many things to tweak in options.