this is the laptop im planning on getting. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2371892 Im good with desktops, but ive never had a laptop before. can i add another 512MB RAM stick in there? will 1GB RAM and X1100 128MB shared let me play some games at least at low-res, low-detail settings? thanks. -turk :cheers:
you should be allowed to add another 512 stick in. the x1100 should allow you to play some games in low-res. but it depends which games your talking about im not sure if it'll handle fear, bf2, and hl2. but im sure it'll handle the old games like cs 1.6, starcraft, warcraft 3 just fine.
The laptop is not that bad but if that is your limit it is OK for such specifications. As said above the Video Card is faitly limited to what games you will be able to play.
put it this way, that card is a slightly crippled x700 using shared memory , itll handle tm nations fine swat yes at med-low hl2 will run fine at medium
I guess you mean the Sempron 3400+ ?? I believe that is a desktop processor although I am not too sure about whether its a mobile version or not. If it is a desktop version CPU it will have a heafty cooling system and be quite heavy, but it will probably play Trackmania Nations on around Med without dynamic lighting or AA/AF, it looks like a good laptop for the price, and if you can get another 512mb of RAM, you would probably be able to run a bit more than TM Nations, DEFCON and Swat 4.
It is a mobile version, even using socket s1 so the laptop could be upgraded to a turion x2 down the road.