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How can I tell if my notebook can run a game?

post #1 of 10
8/18/06 at 1:25pm
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Hi all, I'm new to the land of laptops and was wondering if anyone could help me with a question, I've just recently purchased a Toshiba Satellite P100-188 notebook with a T2400 1.84GHz dual core processor which is capable of playing games, the question is when a CPU recommendation is listed on a game box like 2.5GHz how can I be sure it will run on my notebook.

Is there a way of relating one to the other, I mean is a Pentium 4 3.0GHz single core equal to a 1.84GHz dual core processor? Is there a rule of thumb that can be followed or can they be compared like that at all? The reason I ask is I've installed the game F.E.A.R onto my notebook and it runs a hell of a lot better than it does on my desktop computer which is an older Pentium 4 2.3GHz machine. I can't believe the performance increase is down to just the graphics card alone, which is a Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 against the older GeForce 5950 ultra in my desktop machine.

Any help would be appreciated.
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post #2 of 10
8/18/06 at 1:35pm
Try www.srtest.com
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post #3 of 10
8/18/06 at 2:25pm
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Originally Posted by aftersh0ck
that website is fine. make sure you pass the recommanded level if want to get pleasure from playing. at minimal settings the new games look horrible
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post #4 of 10
8/18/06 at 3:50pm
Before the CoreDuo the rule of thum with the Pentium M was about 1.6X the PM value would give you an approximate P4 value. That would only be a ballpark figure for comparing is some areas.

Now that the CD is supposed to be even quicker and is two cores you can expect that value to go up more.
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post #5 of 10
8/18/06 at 5:30pm
I was wondering about this as well. Good tips.
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post #6 of 10
8/18/06 at 9:33pm
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Originally Posted by aftersh0ck

I can't get this site to work for me, even after installing the ActiveX/Java browser component and switching off popup blocking, all I get is a page with the name of the game and a picture of the game cd case, the rest of the page is blank, or adverts for mice and keyboards. Well that one was a damp squib lol.

Thanks for the replies guys, g00nter would it be safe to assume that if a game runs on a standard 3.0GHz P4 that it will run on my 1.84GHz dual core? I promise I won't hold you responsible for it not working lol. I guess with these new processors coming out games developers are going to have to re-evaluate their recommendations, I wonder if they have even considered it at all? A lot of retailers now won't refund games once the shrink-wrap seal has been broken.
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post #7 of 10
8/18/06 at 9:59pm
Processor speed is the least of your worries. Make sure you have enough ram and a decent video card.
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post #8 of 10
8/19/06 at 2:44am
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Originally Posted by thricemike
Processor speed is the least of your worries. Make sure you have enough ram and a decent video card.
quoted because i can and its rather truthfull :O

but having a decent cpu to back up the 2 gigs of ram and l33t video card is a great add on :O

i had a 1.66 duo core, ran games perfect, along with a x1400

soulsaver
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post #9 of 10
8/19/06 at 3:10am
True, but you could have the fastest processor in the world and it won't due you much good if your video card is slow and your ram is low.

On the other hand you can have a low to mid range processor with a decent/good video card with enough ram and it would do much better.
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post #10 of 10
8/19/06 at 3:18am
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Originally Posted by g00nter
Before the CoreDuo the rule of thum with the Pentium M was about 1.6X the PM value would give you an approximate P4 value. That would only be a ballpark figure for comparing is some areas.

Now that the CD is supposed to be even quicker and is two cores you can expect that value to go up more.
Its 1.7
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