New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Games On The 5320-v

post #1 of 6
12/18/05 at 11:52am
Thread Starter 
Bottom line is this.

I travel alot and I play WoW...if my connection is not an issue will this machine be able to play WoW in full resolution without a hiccup?


basic stats of teh 5320-v
15.4" WUXGA options
Pentium M 2.0GHZ (2.1GHZ option)
ATI X700 256MB
1024 MB DDR533 (dual channel)
80.0 GB 5400rpm SATA HD



also i have been reading here forever just never posted, does th ati x700 with 256 is that shared or is that dedicated video memory, because from what I've gathered shared video memory card blow!

thanks in advance
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 6
12/18/05 at 12:16pm
That computer has dedicated video memory. That'll play wow fine, probably with most things maxed but not everything. To play with max everything at top resolution you'll need at least a 6800 ultra. Further, a bit more memory helps. I've noticed WoW thrashes the hard drive much less with my girlfriend's inferior laptop with 1.5gb of memory vs my all around faster laptop with only 1gb (of faster dual channel memory).

Don't get me wrong, that's a very nice computer and anyone would be happy to play WoW on it.

You can find benchmarks on various video cards by searching on google. Unfortunately few people ever try to benchmark mmorpgs, despite thier popularity. I guess Sony and Blizzard need to put out some static benchmarks so testers wouldn't have to use FRAPS.
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 6
12/18/05 at 5:50pm
I have a 5320. Mine has the WSXGA+ native 1680x1050 screen. I can tell you that I can play WoW at native resolution with every setting maxed and AA at 4x and the game never even hiccups.

By the way... it looks Gorgeous with everything maxed.

The video memory is dedicated, but i would recommend to you the WSXGA+ screen over the WUXGA because you will get some added performance over the fact that its a bit smaller in resolution, its Still Ultra sharp though, and looks great. You can configure a 5320-C just like a 5320-V and get the WSXGA+ screen.
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 6
12/18/05 at 11:22pm
I had one and returned it (to get the 5720) but the only drawback i see is if you plan on playing WoW wirelessly as the wireless network card is low quality, other than that it most definately should be able to play WoW with no problems.
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 6
12/19/05 at 12:20am
Quote:
Originally Posted by RabenWolf
I had one and returned it (to get the 5720) but the only drawback i see is if you plan on playing WoW wirelessly as the wireless network card is low quality, other than that it most definately should be able to play WoW with no problems.
A little off topic... I went on a road trip to jacksonville last year to see the superbowl. I was actually able to play wow over my cell phone's bt connection without major issues. I could only gather resources and buy/engineer stuff as the lag was too much for serious fighting, but it was still fun none-the-less. I think I had a connection for 45 minutes straight and this was on a non-evdo sprint network.
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 6
12/19/05 at 1:16am
I've played wirelessly on my Verizon cell phone extensively via thier x1rtt network. It worked fine for solo and small group things, but instances with 10 people caused major problems any time the action got hot. Latency was usually 500-700 with spikes to 1000+.

Since it uses my plan minutes (free after 9pm, which is when I need to play via cell), I'm happy with being able to play at all!
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Sager & Clevo Notebooks