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Games for my Lappy :/

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reddick
reddick Original post #1
Mar 21, 2011 at 8:41 AM
I've ACER Aspire 5336 series (15") lappy which is a basic one.
I want to play d games like of action or racing type bt dnt knw which wr d best n their compatiability vid my laptop :confused:

I visit systemrequirementslab.com/cyri n it shows sm matching games bt i dnt knw if they r gud or nt :?:

So plz guys tell me if u knw sm of them.

Spec. r :-
*Intel Celeron 925 @ 2.30GHz
*2 GB RAM
*250 GB HDD
*Video Card - Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset family
Video RAM - 797 MB
3D enabled
DirectX 11
*Win 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Thaks a lot for ur valuable sugestions :)
vamsi_krishna
Mar 21, 2011 at 9:02 AM
Most of the games that were released before 2005 will work in your lappy.
reddick
reddick #3
Mar 21, 2011 at 1:45 PM
Yeah I knw like NFS MW n HL 2 can b played.
Is there any other likewise of these games :cool:
Can I play Farcry or UT 2 on it?
vamsi_krishna
Mar 21, 2011 at 2:17 PM
Yes, Farcary and UT2 can be played with out an issue.
reddick
reddick #5
Mar 21, 2011 at 7:25 PM
Okay
Actually I've played them all since 4-5 yrs. earlier
Can u name sm other good games?
Thx anyways :cool:
Piyush
Piyush #6
Mar 21, 2011 at 8:18 PM
Max Payne series
IGI series
Quake series
arpanmukherjee1
Mar 21, 2011 at 10:54 PM
i may addd ::
Hitman series
Splinter Cell series (before Conviction)
reddick
reddick #8
Mar 22, 2011 at 4:39 AM
Wow
i dsn't knw tht i can play so many games on it :twisted:

I'l buy 2-3 tittles n gona tell u afterwards :D

A...
Is there any cricket or other sports game there? Actually m planning 2 av a gamepad , so may b used 4 sports game too :)
soumo27
soumo27 #9
Mar 22, 2011 at 8:41 AM
U can play cricket from ea 2005/2007. and also cricket revolution and icc cricket world cup 2011. Also ashes '09.

From other sports game, U can try Fifa 09, if u r a football fan. :)
gameranand
Mar 22, 2011 at 10:32 AM
If you like hack n slash games then you can play Devil May Cry 3. If you like RTS then Command & Conquer Series.
arpanmukherjee1
Mar 22, 2011 at 2:09 PM
piling up on RTS titles
Age Of Empires 3
Age Of Mytology
World Of Warcraft (if u want an online game)
reddick
reddick #12
Mar 22, 2011 at 2:26 PM
@ arpanmukherjee1

Which r these one - AOE 3,AOM WOW :?:
Please elaborate them.
Faun
Faun #13
Mar 22, 2011 at 2:35 PM
^^Age of Empires 2
Age of Mythology
World of Warcraft

I think so.
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #14
Mar 22, 2011 at 2:50 PM
@reddick: Buddy ur RAM is good & Video RAM is good....
just run GPU-Z & look for the Shader Model version(very important).
it cud be v2 or v3 etc....depending on the SM version u have..u can play games
which list ur SM version in their minimum system requirements...
arpanmukherjee1
Mar 22, 2011 at 5:41 PM
^^Age of Empires 2
Age of Mythology
World of Warcraft

I think so.

yup they are. i am sorry. i meant to edit it but the site was close due to heavy traffic.
reddick
reddick #16
Mar 22, 2011 at 7:59 PM
@reddick: Buddy ur RAM is good & Video RAM is good....
just run GPU-Z & look for the Shader Model version(very important).
it cud be v2 or v3 etc....depending on the SM version u have..u can play games
which list ur SM version in their minimum system requirements...

Okay so GPU-Z is inbuilt tool in windows or a 3rd party SW
Piyush
Piyush #17
Mar 22, 2011 at 8:02 PM
3rd party s/w
reddick
reddick #18
Mar 22, 2011 at 9:14 PM
U can play cricket from ea 2005/2007. and also cricket revolution and icc cricket world cup 2011. Also ashes '09.

Which one of them u guys think wud b d best ... I think d latest WC 2011 worth :cool:

I run GPU-Z n it shows SM ver. is 4
is it fine 4 fluent playing
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #19
Mar 22, 2011 at 9:18 PM
I run GPU-Z n it shows SM ver. is 4
is it fine 4 fluent playing

:surprised SM 4.0
buddy then u can play all games supporting SM4.0
such as DMC4 & Farcry 2,FEAR etc :grin:

I doubt CPU will be a bottleneck....
reddick
reddick #20
Mar 22, 2011 at 9:58 PM
Hmmm
Let's c

N u guys has recommended me so many games
nw i felt which one to buy :D

bt nfs mw n splinter tommarow pandora r my hot pick :twisted:

n wht is this SM...n it's importance?
arpanmukherjee1
Mar 23, 2011 at 1:30 AM
SM = Shader Model

if you have been on TDF long enough this image will be sufficient to ans all your questions
the website for the article

can you post screenshots from both CPU-Z and GPU-Z ???
reddick
reddick #22
Mar 23, 2011 at 5:10 PM
Thx 4 d info mate
It is an high tech article comparising SM 4 n 5

N which screenshots u wana c ... d intro page or of frm d game?
arpanmukherjee1
Mar 23, 2011 at 8:57 PM
i wanted the screen shot generated by the top right hand side button on GPUZ and CPUz ::

*imgur.com/NMIeY.gif

end result:*gpuz.techpowerup.com/11/03/23/hvp.png
reddick
reddick #24
Mar 23, 2011 at 10:04 PM
Okay here for CPU-Z CPU-Z Validator 3.1

and

GPU-Z techPowerUp GPU-Z Validation ha2ms

Hope it may help u :!:
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #25
Mar 24, 2011 at 10:51 AM
^^looking at the screenshot u have DX10 GPU..so u can play almost all games....
arpanmukherjee1
Mar 24, 2011 at 12:35 PM
^^ ummm... not definite that games like FEAR and FarCry2 will run smoothly

rest of the games discussed above will be a breeze
reddick
reddick #27
Mar 24, 2011 at 6:25 PM
R u sure abt tht?
It wud b miracle if it's true ;)
I can't believe tht i av so many options. . .
JojoTheDragon
Mar 24, 2011 at 7:12 PM
Yes it is indeed true. But it would be a miracle if those game runs smoothly.
Better try out the demos before you buy games.
reddick
reddick #30
Mar 26, 2011 at 7:38 AM
Hmmm
Well i dnt av so much time n enthusiasm to play all d games u av listed.
But M glad u guys av helped me so much :)
I'l pick up 2-3 selective ones n put up d results here.

Time to game nw :twisted:
Thx anyways
gameranand
Mar 26, 2011 at 6:36 PM
Sure but try ones that are older first because they have better chances of running.