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[albval]

Hi,

I looked at the technical specs, but I'm still abit unsure how my Geforce 8600 M GS (M as in mobile, this is a laptop) compares with the minimum 7600 GT or the recommended 8800 GTS. And of course I don't want to buy a game I can't run...

86XX should normally be faster than 76XX, but I'm just wondering if the M(obile) or GS make any difference. Any ideas if I can run the game or not?

(For what it's worth, I can run Mass Effect with full settings no problem, but that recommends only a 7900 GTX)

[Gorath Alpha]

Laptops have no official support for any game because the laptop makers tend to ignore the formal standard set by ATI and / or nVIDIA with their reference sample and engineering paperwork.  There is at least on web site by and for laptop owners, at which comparative bench marking is available.  I would never waste my time on a game with any ordinary laptop, and I object to the premium cost of those that should be game-capable. 

If, and only if, the card you have followed exactly with the reference sample, you would be at the official minimum. 

Gorath
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[albval]

Thank you for your reply. I know there is no official support, but that doesn't mean the games won't run or work. I've never had any problems running games on my "regular" laptop. I'm just wondering about the performance here. Does your official minimum comment mean that performance-wise 7600 GT = 8600 M GS? Could you also give the URL or the name of the site you mentioned?



And as a side note: I dont want to waste my time tinkering with tabletop computers:-) Therefore my 2-year old Mass Effect capable laptop is all I have...

[Gorath Alpha]

I suppose Google knows where it is. I have a typical, old laptop, use strictly for keeping up with eMail when I travelled a bit more than I do now, and unused the past year or so, at least. I don't waste any time at all on such tinker toys.

[albval]

Tinker toys or not, they've filled my gaming needs so far. Seems that waiting for polite answers to my questions is also a waste of time, so I won't continue this exchange further.

[tyke46]

i have a nVidia 8400M and it works fine so u should be ok

[Aghix]

why not compare the specs of the mobile gpu to the 7600

[albval]

tyke46 wrote...

i have a nVidia 8400M and it works fine so u should be ok

Thank you for the info very much! Do you need to use close-to-the-minimum graphics settings or does the game actually look good?

Aghix wrote...

why not compare the specs of the mobile gpu to the 7600

I would, if I understood anything about them. The specs are in wikipedia, but I don't know how they transform to performance. (Computer illiterateness is one major reason why I use laptops, a minor one is my very mobile job )

(edited for grammar)

Modifié par albval, 05 décembre 2009 - 10:52 .

[gloves8]

I play on a Macbook Pro using Bootcamp. It's a Santa Rosa version from I think 2007 or 2008 and it uses the 8600 nVidia chip with 256MB. I've been messing around with the settings to see if I'm able to play at my 17" screen's native resolution (1920x1200).



But to answer your question, if your chip is like mine then you could have the game playable definitely at 1280x800 with high textures, medium or high quality and maybe 2x AA (it probably varies depending on what the laptop's native screen res and aspect ratio is, but this is how I've generally played mine and it feels ok).



Since then, I've been trying to play at a higher resolution but I notice I have to drop quality settings to medium and turn off the frame buffer effects and V-Sync (not sure if this one helps but I turned it off anyway) and it makes the game playable at 1920x1200! However without the Frame Buffer effects the game gets a little bit darker cos the bloom light effects etc. are turned off, but my eyes got used to it after a while of playing. While I'd prefer to keep it on, it does make my frame rate choppy so I play with it off from now on.



Textures I kept at high as it didn't seem to impact much. I don't use FRAPS or anything to gauge my performance, I just do it by eye and see if I notice a difference or not.



Hope that helps some! I did a lot of reading and this is more or less what our 8600 is capable of unfortunately - but definitely playable! : )

[DoctorGackt]

http://www.notebookc...ds.13849.0.html

I think this might be the site gorath was talking about.

[albval]

Thank you a lot guys! Now I probably have no excuse but to order the game today...