Buying a new pc : IV

» Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:53 am

Hi, i want to buy a new laptop so i could run oblivion.
can this one run it?
http://bit2u.biz/en/computer_technology/notebooks/ibm_lenovo/LEN_IP_S10-2_N280_1G_250_10LED_W7S_WHITE.html

I know this PC got only 1.66 GHz.
but in my current PC i got 1.6 GHz too. i checked in canurunit&it says i got enuf GHz...
"CPU Speed
Minimum: 2 GHz
You Have: 1.59 GHz Performance Rated at: 2.385 GHz"

thanx&sorry about my English :wavey:

» Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:45 am

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

The game doesnt like to run on any of the Intel video chipsets. I would recommend getting one without that. (Also clock speed doesnt matter when comparing different CPU architectures). A 1.6Ghz CPU of one name is much different from a CPU at 1.6Ghz from another name.

» Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:59 am

what do u mean "doesnt like"?
just say yes or no?
if yes,will it run fastly?
if no,can u recommend for another laptop?

» Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:50 am

what do u mean "doesnt like"?
just say yes or no?
if yes,will it run fastly?
if no,can u recommend for another laptop?

It will not run without a fix.
How much are you willing to spend, and what country are you buying in?

» Wed Oct 07, 2009 10:57 am

Im buying it on Israel, i can pay like 50-60$
or 175 NIS

» Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:44 am

The Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (also known as Intel GMA 950) is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on the Mobile Intel 945Gx chipset for Intel processors. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and does not support hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) calculations (which is required for some games). Compared to the GMA 900 it now supports Shader Model 3.0 (instead of 2.0) and can decode 2 HD Streams simultaneously.

No - it does not have support for hardware transform and lighting which is used extensively in OB and the game will refuse to start when its check for compatibility fails !!

» Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:44 am

If you want to play games like Oblivion, don't get a laptop. They just aren't designed for gaming in mind unless you spend a whole lot of money on one. You won't be able to get a decent one for $50-60 that's for sure. And even after you've spent a bunch of cash on a decent laptop, you can't upgrade the components if you come across a game that might be even more demanding later on. Desktop systems are the way to go if you want a decent gaming rig. You can start out small and cheap and gradually upgrade the various components until you end up with a good gaming system.

BTW, that system you linked to is a netpad, not a real laptop. It most definitely is not going to be powerful enough for any games like Oblivion. It was designed strictly with internet surfing/email in mind, nothing more.