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panchoviapanchovia Member Posts: 31
in Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
Ok, thiers nothing i can do now but hope and wonder wether my new laptop being shiped will run vanguard ok. so heres my question its got a 3.2 dual core intel processor 1.5 gigs of ram and the shitty part is integrated graphics card. am i gonna be able to run vanguard ok? i cant upgrade at all ive spent to the max of my budget. my question is just am i gonna be able to play vanguard on bal-low settings ok? or im i just gonna see a slide show?

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  • RedRabRedRab Member UncommonPosts: 280

    The integrated graphics will make it a non-starter unless you have an ATI mobility or Nvidia Go series. My Laptop has a far lesser processor, an AMD Athlon 64 2800+ with 1GB RAM and a Radeon mobility 9800. It runs but on high performance only and struggles badly in towns/dungeons/busy areas. If you don't have Radeon mobility or Nvidia Go series graphics then you will have a problem.

    “Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.”
    ― William S. Burroughs

  • panchoviapanchovia Member Posts: 31
    so if its integrated by* nvidia or radeon it should run? u confused me a little someone else plz translate to non super computer hacker plz
  • panchoviapanchovia Member Posts: 31
    ok i called the company i bought from and its a Ati Radeon xpress 256 hyper memory

    question is will i be able to play vanguard on mid-low setting? PLZ answer. i dont got any more money to upgrade since i spent my entire budget buying this lappy, just wondering if itll run ok or if ill see a slideshow  http://www.gateway.com/home/products/ret/ret_MT3705.shtml

    heres the spec on the laptop(hope the link works) plz tell me it will be ok plz plz plz lol
  • RedRabRedRab Member UncommonPosts: 280

    I'd say you're screwed for decent game play even on high performance. You have a Radeon Xpress 200M with 256Mb HyperMemory. That offers a graphics core that is a derivative of Radeon X300 technology. The Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory 256MB is way down the graphics card food chain. HyperMemory also means that the card takes its memory from your RAM, it doesn't have it own dedicated memory on-board, therefore it reduces (steals) the 256Mb from the amount of available RAM in your system.

    Vanguard needs a high spec GPU, as they offloaded as much as they could to the GPU. The minimum specs for playing Vanguard reasonably well are 2GB RAM and a Nvidia 7xxx or ATI XT16xx GPU. For gaming it is GPU > RAM > CPU. Still you have a nice laptop for business and general use there, but not for gaming with modern games unless you enjoy slide shows. You should have gone with at least the Gateway NX860X with NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 graphics or better still the GeForce Go 7900 GS graphics option. If you want a laptop to play games well then you really need to buy a gaming laptop, not a general or business orientated one. Sorry.

    “Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.”
    ― William S. Burroughs

  • panchoviapanchovia Member Posts: 31
    damn it
  • panchoviapanchovia Member Posts: 31
    ide rather not double the cost of my laptop to play a game, the laptop is coming if vanguard dun work then i dun know what to do... maybe lotro would work?
  • RedRabRedRab Member UncommonPosts: 280

    I'll repeat what I stated in my last post. If you want a laptop to play modern games well then you really need to buy a gaming laptop, not a general use or business orientated one.

    “Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.”
    ― William S. Burroughs

  • panchoviapanchovia Member Posts: 31
    i know i know, evrything is good on that laptop but the graphics card. stupid graphics card im still gonna pla vanguard even if i turn of clouds flowers blah blah blah ill play it
  • panchoviapanchovia Member Posts: 31
    *points at self* * doesnt have the monet to pay 1200 dollars+ to play a game
  • RedRabRedRab Member UncommonPosts: 280

    Originally posted by panchovia
    *points at self* * doesnt have the monet to pay 1200 dollars+ to play a game

    Not 'a game'. Any recent/new/forthcoming game. It's nothing to do with Vanguard.

    “Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.”
    ― William S. Burroughs

  • jimmyman99jimmyman99 Member UncommonPosts: 3,221
    Originally posted by panchovia

    i know i know, evrything is good on that laptop but the graphics card. stupid graphics card im still gonna pla vanguard even if i turn of clouds flowers blah blah blah ill play it
    Sorry to hear this m8. I guess your have to play VSoH at the "noob" level, which means all elven characters are shown as squares, all Humans are triangles, all orcs/goblins are piramids, all mobs are circles



    J/K bro Hope you get a decent performance from your puter!

    I am the type of player where I like to do everything and anything from time to time.
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  • tachgbtachgb Member UncommonPosts: 791
    I believe your integrated graphics card supports Vertex and Pixel Shaders 2.0, most modern games require this, as does Vanguard. You can probably get Vanguard running, although you'll have to try very very hard to make it look as ugly as possible, there's a few precaching tweaks to help with the game hitching, you said you had 1.5GB RAM, try to get 2GB of RAM if you intend to play games on it since your graphics card shares it.

    No matter what you do, you're really going to struggle with Vanguard, you'll just have to put up with it.
  • panchoviapanchovia Member Posts: 31
    god damn, u gott luv grandmothers :P



    1. she called gateway sumhow cancelled the order when my mom said they said order was final

    2. she gave me 600 bucks to add on

    3. now on sat im picking up my 3.0 gigahertz duel core, 2 gig, vista premium, nividia geforce 7600 lappy :P vanguard here i come
  • RedRabRedRab Member UncommonPosts: 280

    Originally posted by panchovia
    god damn, u gott luv grandmothers :P1. she called gateway sumhow cancelled the order when my mom said they said order was final
    2. she gave me 600 bucks to add on
    3. now on sat im picking up my 3.0 gigahertz duel core, 2 gig, vista premium, nividia geforce 7600 lappy :P vanguard here i come

    Yep, that will do nicely. I hope you gave your grandmother a big sloppy kiss and a hug.

    “Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.”
    ― William S. Burroughs

  • panchoviapanchovia Member Posts: 31
    i also promised ide make her a website for her business so we both won in the end :P but yay vanguard here i come
  • weg886weg886 Member Posts: 318

    Pal  word of advice never use a laptop to play a graphic game!

     

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  • RedRabRedRab Member UncommonPosts: 280

    Originally posted by weg886
    Pal word of advice never use a laptop to play a graphic game!

    What an ignorant comment! Check this out from a UK company: http://www.rockdirect.com/viewNotebook.php?pName=XTREME%20SL%20PRO.

    There are many other manufacturers of high end gaming laptops.

    You may also have heard of Alienware?

    “Hustlers of the world, there is one mark you cannot beat: the mark inside.”
    ― William S. Burroughs

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