Games for 8400M GS ... Hi,I have a Dell Vorstro with a 1.8GHz duel core processor, 2GB ram and a GeForce 8400M GS graphics card (128MB dedicated memory). This ...

Ninja Duck · 12-23-2007, 01:28 PM

Hi,
I have a Dell Vorstro with a 1.8GHz duel core processor, 2GB ram and a GeForce 8400M GS graphics card (128MB dedicated memory). This laptop wasn't bought for gaming, but I'd like to pick up a game it'll run well. It runs half life 2 well with reasonably high settings, and handles FEAR pretty well at medium high settings. Can anyone recommend a game (probably from around 2005 maybe 2006) which will run reasonably well at high or medium high settings? I'm looking for any type of game, but the best of the best from that year if possible. Also, I take it it won't manage Oblivion?
Cheers.

Steve@NBF · 12-23-2007, 08:06 PM

Far Cry maybe?

dajohu · 12-23-2007, 10:35 PM

Ya Far Cry would be great. It will handle Obivion fine if you can handle a low resolution. I used to run it on a Dell 1210 with a Nvidia 7400. You may want to try Call of Duty 2, looks great and doesn't require a powerhouse to run it. Titan Quest may be worth trying as well.

Ninja Duck · 12-27-2007, 03:18 PM

Cheers for the ideas guys, I'll try one of those. Since you mention far cry, I tried the demo of this a while ago, and everything just showed up blue: sky ground, trees etc. I tried latest graphics drivers, lowest and highest graphics settings etc. Any ideas why this might be?

sedition00 · 01-01-2008, 11:55 AM

you should be ok for Oblivion just turn your resolution down a little lower, I ran it on a 6600gt and the 8400m has to better than that card was.

gerryjoson · 01-06-2008, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninja Duck

Cheers for the ideas guys, I'll try one of those. Since you mention far cry, I tried the demo of this a while ago, and everything just showed up blue: sky ground, trees etc. I tried latest graphics drivers, lowest and highest graphics settings etc. Any ideas why this might be?

There's patches available for the full game to fix this.

Ramyon · 02-02-2008, 05:02 AM

Dude, check out this review!!!!!

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4223

Seems to be playable for most games except Crysis....

12-23-2007, 01:28 PM	#1
Ninja Duck Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3 Credits: -350	Games for 8400M GS Hi, I have a Dell Vorstro with a 1.8GHz duel core processor, 2GB ram and a GeForce 8400M GS graphics card (128MB dedicated memory). This laptop wasn't bought for gaming, but I'd like to pick up a game it'll run well. It runs half life 2 well with reasonably high settings, and handles FEAR pretty well at medium high settings. Can anyone recommend a game (probably from around 2005 maybe 2006) which will run reasonably well at high or medium high settings? I'm looking for any type of game, but the best of the best from that year if possible. Also, I take it it won't manage Oblivion? Cheers.

12-23-2007, 08:06 PM	#2
Steve@NBF Dukefrukem Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Boston Posts: 33,387 Reviews: 18 Benchmarks: 177 Credits: 1,893,748	Far Cry maybe? __________________ A.D.I.O.S ^ (my stuff)

12-23-2007, 10:35 PM	#3
dajohu Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 257 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 7 Credits: 679	Ya Far Cry would be great. It will handle Obivion fine if you can handle a low resolution. I used to run it on a Dell 1210 with a Nvidia 7400. You may want to try Call of Duty 2, looks great and doesn't require a powerhouse to run it. Titan Quest may be worth trying as well. __________________ Main Rig Dell 1730 Sapphire: X9000 @ 3.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 8 Gb ram Dual NVidia Geforce 8800M GT 512mb in SLI Hard Disk: 1TB - 2x500 Gb 5400 rpm hd in RAID 0 Vista 64 Ultimate 3dmark01/40K 3dmark03/59K 3dmark05/21K 3dmark06/15K

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12-27-2007, 03:18 PM	#4
Ninja Duck Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3 Credits: -350	Cheers for the ideas guys, I'll try one of those. Since you mention far cry, I tried the demo of this a while ago, and everything just showed up blue: sky ground, trees etc. I tried latest graphics drivers, lowest and highest graphics settings etc. Any ideas why this might be?

01-01-2008, 11:55 AM	#5
sedition00 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: the North's most southern city and the South's most northern city Posts: 65 Credits: 253	you should be ok for Oblivion just turn your resolution down a little lower, I ran it on a 6600gt and the 8400m has to better than that card was.

02-02-2008, 05:02 AM	#7
Ramyon Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 37 Credits: -88	Dude, check out this review!!!!! http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4223 Seems to be playable for most games except Crysis....