ArtreriGreyjoy said:
Who here plays on a laptop and what do you have? My parents are getting me a laptop but since the only (specific) thing I said I wanted was for it to be able to play The Witcher. (There's no point in getting a brand new laptop that can't play my favorite addiction!)They said laptops don't have the right video cards and they don't want to get a different card for a brand new computer. However, my desktop has a lame video card anyway, so I don't think it will be an issue. Suggestions?And, many thanks of course!
Sure you can play on a laptop and yes, you can have a laptop with a Video card that will enable you to play any games.If your parents want to, they can contact me on my email (see my signature) as i offer a free guiding service for those who know less about the mysterious and filles with scammers world of computer. To explain it briefly, cause sadly we had before a nice post explaining it but i van't find it anymore, the numbers of the video card have a meaning. The number of the Thousands is the generation, the number representing the hundreds tells you the strength of the card, if it can run games or not and finaly, the last 2 numbers, unity and tens are for extra features. (hey you techies out there, it is meant to be easy to understand so please, dont come and a screw it up with too much details.So, as i said, the Thousands is the generation. So for Nvidia the latest generation is the 9 (as in 9000) and for Ati it is 4 (as in 4000). This is something to look for if you want your card to be DirectX 10 capable.Second, the magic number, the one that many can get ripped with. The Hundreds. the higher the number, the better the card will be to play games. 100, 200, 300 and 400 are only good for Office work. Those cards are not strong enough for games. 500, 600 & 700 are in between cards, you could be able to play a game with fairly high graphic details with a 700 card. What you are looking for is 800 and 900 as those are cards beefed up to run Graphic intensive application (IE: GAMES).So, what you should look is a Laptop with either an Nvidia Geforce 9800 or Ati Radeon HD4850, you will be in business. You though it was over, JUST NOT YET, games now demand more than just Video, and The Witcher is one of those, they also need a good processor. All those scripts to make the town alive are hard on the processor and if it cant keep up, you will suffer from slowdowns big time
So as i have said, if you want more info or if your parents have questions, i am available either on the forum here or to my email address in my signatures
PS: Nvidia has released nes GPU (video card) for Laptop that have things like GTX 280M just dont be fooled, the second number is the good one so, yes, this card is good for gaming.
