City of Heroes on a Asus Eee PC 1215N?

Not a hardware guy (anymore) by any means, so while looking at the specs... I still don't know if this little guy would/could handle City of Heroes on modest settings. If anything, I was assuming it would *have* to perform better than my eMachine. I saw this reviewed on Attack of the Show the other day, curious if anyone has picked one up and tried City of Heroes. OR, if any of you tech savvy people knew enough about the Nvidia ION graphics controller to judge it's power.

PC Mag Review:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2368387,00.asp

Attack of the Show: Gadget Pron
http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/gadg...ok-Review.html

Thanks in advance!

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Somebody (Failure to Sense) mentioned playing CoH on the older 1201N which has an older Atom CPU and previous nVidia ION graphics. Here is his post. You could PM him with additional questions.

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Tempus unum hominem manet

Thank you! PMed him right away, looking for a decent upgrade to my own pathetic rig and going mobile would be even better.

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Well remember, it's still a netbook not a laptop. Netbooks are designed around the idea of small size, lightweight, inexpensive and long battery life but NOT performance. The keyboard is still small and cramp and the squeakers (speakers) are a slight step up from what you find on a cell phone. (I'm talking netbooks in general)

The Atom CPU isn't really all that powerful, even a dual core one. And the ION is really a revamp version of nVidia's integrated graphics controller. Still better than Intel's, which isn't much of a challenge, but still slower than 99.9% of any video card released in the last two years.

What the 1215n has going for it is unlike most netbooks it can actually play modern 3D game at minimum settings and a semi reasonable framerate with a display that's at least larger than 1024x600 found in most netbooks. It's a "need my gaming" fix while at the coffee shop instead of just "need to check the forum" fix while at the coffee shop. However all that extra "power" takes power so it's battery life isn't as great as a normal netbook.

As long as you go into this not expecting outrageous performance then you shouldn't be disappointed. Most people who regret getting a netbook didn't really understand what it's for, expected too much and quickly discovered it's shortcomings.

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Father Xmas - Level 50 Ice/Ice Tanker - Victory
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I guess I should have stated that my PC is so incredibly pathetic that it can't even handle something like Starcraft 2, while Attack of the Show is stating this little guy can handle it on medium settings. While Starcraft 2 would be nice, I'm more concerned with having City of Heroes be playable than anything else. I'm used to bare minimum settings on this rig, so a boost in FPS and the ability to move about the house would be excellent.

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