Will this laptop run CoH/CoV decently?

Psynder13 · 11-17-2009 06:41 PM

I have been looking to buy a laptop that will be able to run CoH/CoV without to many problems. How well will this laptop be able to run CoH/CoV if at all?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220640

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Father Xmas · 11-18-2009 12:30 AM

Oh yea, it will run. Not sure if it can run at full 1600x900 native resolution at a decent clip but relatively speaking, according to Notebookcheck, the Mobility HD 4570 is reasonably powerful and the CPU is pretty much an Athlon X2 4200 in power.

I did a quick little search over at NewEgg for similar notebooks and I got this list. However if you can live with a 15+" 1366x768 screen then (and God, I hate saying this) for $50 more either HP Pavilion is a better buy. They have a faster CPU, faster video with more dedicated memory and a faster hard drive (7200 RPM Vs 5400 RPM).

And in case I confused you, it's not that I hate HP, I hate saying "for $50 more". That kind of logic always seem to end up costing a lot more than $50 because once you start down that path then another "for $50 more" and another and yet another until you notice your emergency money nowhere to be found and you are desperately need four new tires after that incident with the "Do Not Enter" one way spike strip.

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AwesomusPrime · 11-18-2009 06:09 AM

Sometimes the ASUS laptops come with a spare battery too, which is interesting.

Bubblerella · 11-18-2009 09:54 AM

The only thing in question for me would be the GPU. Having done a bit of checking I'd say you'll be much happier spending that extra $50 as Father Xmas suggested. Looking in the link I sent, you can scroll and see how much better the video on the HP(4650) is than the Asus. If you scroll to near the bottom of the page for each of the GPUs you can see a benchmark for another MMO (not that you can compare the 2). It may give some indication of what you can expect.

A year ago I had a laptop that had the Nvidia M7600 for video, it sucked! This isn't that much better. Bite the bullet and get something you'll be happy with.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-ATI...0.13885.0.html

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