OK, I'm looking at getting a laptop as I'll be going off to college soon, and the Sentia seems to be the best choice for me.
I've searched the threads for gaming on the Sentia, and apparently World of Warcraft, Quake III engine games and other games of similar graphics intensity are actually fairly playable on it even though the Sentia is not a gaming laptop.
Now my questions are these... for you Sentia users, what are the best playable games on the system? What's the most graphically-intensive game that can be played on it?
I know it's not a gaming system. But I'd only be playing a few things on it. I've done some reasearch, and apparently there's quite a few games that are supported by the integrated graphics Intel provides:
http://www.intel.com/support/graphic.../CS-020153.htm
Maybe it's just me, but I have a hard time believing Half-Life 2 plays even decently on it. Has anyone tried playing Half-Life 2 on it -- what were your settings and FPS you were getting (and can you post screens if you did)? I'm just curious as to how it'd play. I read a few topics where people said they were going to try Counter-Strike: Source, but they never replied again.
And again, to emphasize -- I know it's not a gaming laptop. I'd be using it for school work more than anything, but I figured I may have a game or two on there that's playable. I may just get the m5500, but I think the Sentia would be best for the use I'm getting.
Thanks!
I've searched the threads for gaming on the Sentia, and apparently World of Warcraft, Quake III engine games and other games of similar graphics intensity are actually fairly playable on it even though the Sentia is not a gaming laptop.
Now my questions are these... for you Sentia users, what are the best playable games on the system? What's the most graphically-intensive game that can be played on it?
I know it's not a gaming system. But I'd only be playing a few things on it. I've done some reasearch, and apparently there's quite a few games that are supported by the integrated graphics Intel provides:
http://www.intel.com/support/graphic.../CS-020153.htm
Maybe it's just me, but I have a hard time believing Half-Life 2 plays even decently on it. Has anyone tried playing Half-Life 2 on it -- what were your settings and FPS you were getting (and can you post screens if you did)? I'm just curious as to how it'd play. I read a few topics where people said they were going to try Counter-Strike: Source, but they never replied again.
And again, to emphasize -- I know it's not a gaming laptop. I'd be using it for school work more than anything, but I figured I may have a game or two on there that's playable. I may just get the m5500, but I think the Sentia would be best for the use I'm getting.
Thanks!
I doubt I'd get it, though... I've had bad experiences with Dell computers (a laptop, specifically), and if I don't get the Sentia I'd likely just get the m5500 instead. Thanks for the other opinion, though.
