raviNe said:
I hav a laptop Dell Inspiron 6400/E1505 and was thinking about upgrading it
to vista. but i'm confused whether next gen games like Crysis, Bioshock,or
even Gears of War, will work on it properly after I'll install vista. Its
got
a Core 2 duo processor 1.8Ghz - 1.8GHz, 1 gigabyte of RAM and ATI Mobility
Radeon X1300 256 MB PCI Express card. Pls tell me whether upgrading would
be
a wise decision or not!
Currently I have XP media center edition and Rainbow 6 Vegas has to be
played in 640x480 resolution keepin all other graphics options ultra high.
Next Gen games like Bioshock, Crysis and Gears of War are going to require a
LOT more umph than a 1.8Ghz processor (although a core 2 duo is a good
start) with a ATI Mobility x1300, your video card, while it is PCI-E is
basically an integrated video card and not really designed for high end
gaming.
Yeah, not all the games you list are going to be playable at 640x480, so you
might be able to run some of them at 800x600 with low settings.
Of all the games you list, I think Bioshock will have the lowest system
requirements, here's the official system requirements, keep in mind the only
system requirments that have been released.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/stickershock/bioshock-pc-hardware-requirements-revealed-276512.php
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Operating Systems: Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) orWindows Vista
Minimum System Requirements:
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor
System RAM: 1GB
Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600
or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).
Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard disk space: 8GB free space
Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
System RAM: 2GB
Video card:
DX9: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900
GT or better)
DX10: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
Sound Card: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series (Optimized for use with Creative
Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)
Important Note: Game requires Internet connection for activation
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If I were you I'd stick to Windows XP, and drop in another Gig of RAM at
least. Don't worry about DirectX 10, your video card doesn't support it.
Your video card is a at the minimum, but you have a decent CPU, everything
else though is min spec for that game, and I know Crysis is going to have
crazy specs, but I'd wager Gears might be around Bioshocks range. (Unreal 3
engine)
Laptops, unless it's a $3000 gaming laptop just aren't designed for high end
gaming.