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ut3 and the 8400gs

post #1 of 7
10/14/07 at 1:55am
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Was just about ready to pull the trigger on a 1330 or a 1420 with a 8400gs in it.... was thinking.. heck why not I'll just do most of my gaming on the 360. Then noticed UT3 came out.. and was thinking will the 8400 cut it for the newer games .. even at really low quality/res. So anyone out there have any input.. playing anything like quake wars or the new unreal beta... or crysis.. with an 8400
Will any of these work and how well at low res and medium quality?
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post #2 of 7
10/19/07 at 6:26am
It will work, but it won't look pretty. You'll have to set options to very low to keep it playable.
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post #3 of 7
10/21/07 at 5:24pm
I can run CS:S at high settings at 1920x1200 on my m1330. Granted, I only get about 27-30 fps, which.. Makes it not worth it when I could just use my desktop to play.. But the fact that it CAN handle that means a lot.. Now, as for next-gen games.. Not sure I'd have high hopes..
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post #4 of 7
10/22/07 at 12:50am
I've played the UT3 demo at great framerates at native 1280x800. I don't know how the 8400 compares to the X1400 though.
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post #5 of 7
10/22/07 at 7:05am
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Originally Posted by sorienor View Post
I've played the UT3 demo at great framerates at native 1280x800. I don't know how the 8400 compares to the X1400 though.
7400Go share the same class as the X1400(albeit X1400 performing slightly better). Given that 8400Go is the a newer generation but in the same class, it should play UT3 fine. Knowing that 8400 gives 2k score(if I am not wrong) for 3Dmark 06 while the 7400 can barely 1k when OC-ed.
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post #6 of 7
10/22/07 at 9:48am
The 8400gs is surprisingly good. I've been able to play pretty much any game I've thrown at it with decent framerates (even Bioshock and Supreme Commander at 1280x800 native res), even if it means that I have to crank down some of the detail. Once you have stable framerates, the games look pretty darned good. It's definitely a GPU chip for light / occasional gaming, where you value the other aspects of the laptop (size, weight, etc) far more than you value raw graphical power.

And yes, the 8400GS more or less doubles the 3dmark06 scores from the 7400gs GPU, and scores somewhere in the 2200-2400 range.
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post #7 of 7
10/22/07 at 12:18pm
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Originally Posted by kent1146 View Post
The 8400gs is surprisingly good. I've been able to play pretty much any game I've thrown at it with decent framerates (even Bioshock and Supreme Commander at 1280x800 native res), even if it means that I have to crank down some of the detail. Once you have stable framerates, the games look pretty darned good. It's definitely a GPU chip for light / occasional gaming, where you value the other aspects of the laptop (size, weight, etc) far more than you value raw graphical power. And yes, the 8400GS more or less doubles the 3dmark06 scores from the 7400gs GPU, and scores somewhere in the 2200-2400 range.
Yep, My OC-ed 7400go only gets 974 for 3Dmarks06 I reckon that the 8400gs should be good for about 2 years of light gaming
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