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Happy holidays all. New system video question...

GlidmyuerGlidmyuer Member Posts: 4
in Dark Age of Camelot
Hello all.. First I'd like to wish everyone a happy holiday.. Second I WANT TO COME BACK!   I used to play years ago, and Im am tired of the WoW kids.   I'd like to get back into a real MMORPG again.  




For the holiday I asked Santa for a new laptop.   This is going to be used for graphic work mostly, but I want to know if it would run a semi recent version of DAoC, probably Darkness Rising, maybe older, maybe newer.  Im wondering what it could handle.
The Specs are:
Intel Dual Core 2 2.0 Ghz
1 GB ram (probably upgraded to 2 GB ram)
and here is the show stopper
and intel 950 Video card.   Ohhh I can hear everyone groaning now.  LOL   
Im just curious to know up to what expansion I could run and get decent framerates (20-30)

Thanks all and don't mock me to much.

   

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  • JulianDracosJulianDracos Member UncommonPosts: 1,528
    There is only going to be one client soon so this is a moot
    point.  Cats/DR/LotM all use the same client.  ToA is free
    now and will be discontinued in the coming months.  As it is, it
    is no longer supported but an available option for a little longer.



    The only issue I see is that you went with an integrated video
    card.  If you want a gaming machine of any type it is best to get
    rid of that. 



    But with that said, there are people playing with worse machines now
    and an intergrated card.  The vid card supports directx9 and that
    is all that is required.  Your CPU will just do more work than if
    you have a better video card.  You might have some lag in RvR, but
    you can turn down your vid settings if necessary.



    But, if you really want to see how your machine performs, DL the
    trial.  You can upgrade the graphics to the latest engine and see
    how it plays. 




  • GlidmyuerGlidmyuer Member Posts: 4
    Well this is going to be run on a laptop, so the video card upgrade isn't possible.  The laptop is ment to be a work comptuer, but you know the saying, all work and no play....  I was wondering if anyone has any real world experience with the onboard video.  We'll see what happens. 



  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 44,093
    Any chance of upgrading your laptop choice to one with a better video card option?  If so, go with one from NVida because DAOC seems to hate ATI video cards......

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