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| 11 MAY 2009 at 1:28pm |
shadow9d9Sorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 295
Joined: 17 JUN 2006
Status : Offline | Some games should be ok. Most adventures are not graphic heavy. Just look at the requirements ahead of time.
It is an on board card, not meant for games.
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| 11 MAY 2009 at 1:37pm |
KarstenSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 347
Joined: 23 SEP 2006
Location: DK
Status : Offline | Here is a site I've found just to compare against or with other cards:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Graphics-Media-Accelerator-4500MHD-GMA-X4500MHD.9883.0.html
As you can see (if your scroll down a bit), you r card is betwen the Gefoce 8200M and the Geforce 8400M (better cards are listed at the top). It will probably be closer to the 8400M card than the 8200M card would be my qualified guess?
The thing is how many many MB videoram does your card have, 32MB, 64MB or maybe 128MB or 256MB...
Newer adventures like Art of Murder or Scorpio Ritual will demand at least 32MB or 64MB or ram on your videocard while the Sherlock Holmes adventure games require a bit more ram, I think.
If you only play adventure games my best qualified guess is that you should do just fine...
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| 11 MAY 2009 at 2:13pm |
| Deleted User | All the above is true, but I want to add a word of caution. Since laptops (unless it's specifically a gaming laptop of course) are not really built for gaming, their graphics cards tend to get hotter while stressing them with gaming activity, than what is really healthy for it - since there is less space for ventilation in a laptop, even with the more expensive cooling technology they use. The last time that I gamed regularly with a laptop, the graphics card eventually blew.
I do tend to game a lot though, so if you only plan to play adventure games that don't have very demanding graphics or action, and only game occasionally, or for short periods at a time, (2-3 hours at a time or less), I guess you wouldn't really have to worry about overheating your card.
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