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[Neil Decurio]

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor QX9770 OC@3.67Ghz, 4096MB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM OC@1333MHz, two in CrossFireX - 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD3870 X2 (or read 4xHD3870). I think I should be set for the game. My specs are getting dated though, might upgrade at the very least my RAM and GPU soon. Perhaps I'll wait for the next batch of ATi or nVidia..

[Guy4142]

Neil Decurio wrote...

Intel® Core™2 Extreme Processor QX9770 OC@3.67Ghz, 4096MB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM OC@1333MHz, two in CrossFireX - 1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD3870 X2 (or read 4xHD3870). I think I should be set for the game. My specs are getting dated though, might upgrade at the very least my RAM and GPU soon. Perhaps I'll wait for the next batch of ATi or nVidia..

What a waste of money, could of taken a holiday!

[lizardglenn]

The new mid range ATI 5770 & 5750 cards are an option i was thinking of for myself later when the prices drop they look to be a good card even though DX11 wont start getting used in games for a while

[Packetdancer]

flem1 wrote...

Packetdancer wrote...

You actually have one faint glimmer of hope.  If I'm not wrong, your laptop *does* have an ExpressCard port.  There is an external graphics solution for laptops called ViDock 2 which connects via the ExpressCard port and, via the PCIe channel that ExpressCard ports expose, provides an external Radeon 4670 with 512M of RAM.  (That's the desktop form, not the laptop form.)

Well, at least one poster was encouraged enough to start a thread on it here.  :happy:

Reading the Notebookreview forum thread has me somewhat less skeptical, though my first reaction is that $300 could get you a whole new desktop...

Actually, I'm glad to see that other thread and know that someone here has had good luck with the ViDock solutions.  I'd read good stuff about them, but I'm always hesitant to recommend hardware I've only read about and not tried myself!  

And yeah, $300 could buy you a new desktop, though not really the highest-end of machines.

[Beriks]

So I'v been looking for any similar setups as mine, but none do totally fit my spec. My guess is that i should compare my Geforce 9650M with the 9600 series, but thats only by looking at the numbers so I might be way off target. But if I am correct I guess I will be able to run DA:O on something between Low and medium (I wont dare hope for medium-high). But I would like to ask you to confirm this.

Zepto Laptop - NOX A15
Geforce 9650M
Intel C2 DUO P8600 2,40 GHz 1066 MHz 3
4GB DDR2 PC6400 800MHz
320GB SATA 2,5" 7200rpm - HDD
OS Vista Ultimate 64-bit

so what kind of settings am I looking at?

//Beriks

Modifié par Beriks, 30 octobre 2009 - 07:34 .

[MingWolf]

y'know, I recall sometime back, maybe about a month or two ago when a dev mentioned that he managed to get medium settings on a 9200M, abeit at 800x600 resolution and getting about something like 15-20'ish fps. Your 9650M outperforms it by a large margin, and I reckon you can score a smooth 25+ fps on medium at around 1024x768 or even higher. I would not be surprised if you can score high or near max settings (so long as you tone down AA). Besides, since you are on a laptop, you do not need ultra high resolutions to run the game at.

Modifié par MingWolf, 30 octobre 2009 - 07:44 .

[Beriks]

MingWolf wrote...

y'know, I recall sometime back, maybe about a month or two ago when a dev mentioned that he managed to get medium settings on a 9200M, abeit at 800x600 resolution and getting about something like 15-20'ish fps. Your 9650M outperforms it by a large margin, and I reckon you can score a smooth 25+ fps on medium at around 1024x768 or even higher. I would not be surprised if you can score high or near max settings (so long as you tone down AA). Besides, since you are on a laptop, you do not need ultra high resolutions to run the game at.

That is sweet reading indeed, thank you for you answer! I did take my time to look around abit and found this discribtion

"The 9650M is a higher clocked 9500M GS and the successor of the 8700M GT (same chip but other spinning). Therefore, the performance should be on par with the 8700M GT."

Combined with what you say im confident that my laptop is going to cope with the game just fine

Thanks!

Modifié par Beriks, 30 octobre 2009 - 07:49 .

[Jackrabbit_Slim]

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flem1 wrote...

Jackrabbit_Slim wrote...

@GhoXen

I have a 300w power supply. Its what came with my machine

If it's a Dell, I think you could do either this 4670 or this low-power 9800GT.  The latter is faster but uses a bit more power (not much, they're both still under 75W -- your 9400GT is 50W).

If it's not a Dell, you could still probably use these cards, but might have more to worry about.    There's also the 4650 which is about part with your current card wattage-wise, but is much faster (still significantly slower than the 4670 though, not to mention the 9800GT).

Might you offer up some suggestions for a new power supply and video card that will work with my machine? I don't want to say money is no object, but i don't mind spending a little more if i won't have to upgrade for a while.

I currently have a Dell Inspiron 518
 
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200@2.33GHZ

6GB of Ram

Vista 64-bit

300w power supply
 

[flem1]

Beriks wrote...

So I'v been looking for any similar setups as mine, but none do totally fit my spec. My guess is that i should compare my Geforce 9650M with the 9600 series, but thats only by looking at the numbers so I might be way off target.

It's part of the 9600M series.  32 shaders (desktop 9600GT has 64), 128-bit memory bus (desktop 9600GT has 256), but decently clocked.  Medium, in other words.

[flem1]

Jackrabbit_Slim wrote...

Might you offer up some suggestions for a new power supply and video card that will work with my machine? I don't want to say money is no object, but i don't mind spending a little more if i won't have to upgrade for a while.

I currently have a Dell Inspiron 518
 
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200@2.33GHZ

6GB of Ram

Vista 64-bit

300w power supply

Sure.  You in the US?

Seasonic 500W - $70 shipped / Antec 650W - $80 shipped / Corsair 550W - $80 + shipping - $20 rebate

plus

Powercolor 5750 - $130 + shipping / XFX 4870 - $145 shipped / Gigabyte 5770 - $160 + shipping / XFX 5770 - $175 shipped

Speed-wise:  5750 < 4870 ~= 5770
4870 needs more power, and doesn't do DX11
Warranty-wise:  Powercolor < Gigabyte < XFX
XFX has "double lifetime" so you can resell the card and transfer a lifetime warranty

If you *really* have the budget, the 5850 is a real step up for $270+.  Hard to find in stock, however, and overkill for anything current.

[Tianwyn]

I'm a bit worried about my PC being able to run the game. It runs NWN2 and Oblivion smoothly, but DA:O is much newer. And yeah, I know laptops aren't great for gaming, but it's what I've got atm.



Intel Core 2 Duo CPU @ 2.10 GHz

2 GB RAM

Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS

Vista 32 bit



If it runs at all, even on low settings, I'll be happy . . .

[wrexingcrew]

Tianwyn wrote...

Intel Core 2 Duo CPU @ 2.10 GHz
2 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS
Vista 32 bit

You should run fine on medium, maybe with occasional minor performance issues.  Definitely on low with zero problems.

[Jackrabbit_Slim]

Thanks flem1.



What do you think about this combo deal?



http://secure.newegg...bmit=ChangeItem

[flem1]

That's not a combo deal, it's your cart.

[Jackrabbit_Slim]

No its a combo deal. I had just hit add to cart *grin*



try this link instead



http://www.newegg.co...st=Combo.281242

[wonko33]

I don't think it is possible to make a good guess for a video card without knowing the resolution



going from 1280X1024 to 1920x1080 is 50% more real estate. That's a big difference.

[flem1]

Jackrabbit_Slim wrote...

No its a combo deal. I had just hit add to cart *grin*

try this link instead

http://www.newegg.co...st=Combo.281242

No... just no.  Don't cheap out on the power supply, not for a few bucks.  Would you put low-octane gas in your Ferrari?  No.  So don't mess around with a no-name PSU that doesn't even have active PFC.

Now this is a deal, or this (that TP New is a *really* good unit) if you do rebates, or the XFX versions of these bundles.  But seriously, no Diablotek PSU.

[Tianwyn]

wrexingcrew wrote...

Tianwyn wrote...

Intel Core 2 Duo CPU @ 2.10 GHz
2 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 8600M GS
Vista 32 bit

You should run fine on medium, maybe with occasional minor performance issues.  Definitely on low with zero problems.

Thanks!  That's a relief.

[jayheld90]

my pc is above recommended specs on all points and its is almost 2 years old, (except the updated graphics card, gts 250) should be able to run high, with no issues.

[Orfinn]

I know the CC aint the proper saying on how good I will run DAO, but these specs made sure that at least the CC runs reeally good with top-notch graphics for my standards.



Acer Aspire 5739g Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7350 (2.0 GHz, MHz FSB)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M up to 2286MB TurboCache

4 GB DDR3 Memory

[Maugrim]

Intel Core 2 Duo e6850 3.0ghz, XFX 8800gt 512MB Alpha Dog Edition and 4gb ram



Looks like med-high settings for me, with higher end looking good but possibly running at an unacceptable framerate will have to see the game in action to tell most likely.

[I HAS A FLAVOUR]

If I can run this at a decent resolution/FPS I will be happy:



AMD Athlon™ 64 Processor 3500+

2.21 GHz, 2GB of Ram

Service Pack 2

GeForce 7600 GT, 256

Windows XP



Current Display Mode: 1680 x 1050

[rpgmastermind]

My last question cause I paid alot for this card... dig i get yoked?
can this play DA:O on max?

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814143081

Modifié par rpgmastermind, 30 octobre 2009 - 11:40 .

[AngelofDeth99]

I hope you didn't pay a lot for that card recently... But it is basically the recommended card so you should be fine.

[rpgmastermind]

AngelofDeth99 wrote...

I hope you didn't pay a lot for that card recently... But it is basically the recommended card so you should be fine.

nah, about a 2yrs ago. But still i paid for it, and cant afford another... I was just trying to see if it were possible to run on max with this card...

Modifié par rpgmastermind, 31 octobre 2009 - 12:42 .