Would this run Morrowind and a bunch of good mods?

Post » Fri May 04, 2012 2:05 pm

I am looking for a cheap laptop to drag around with me to play older games on - stuff like Neverwinter Nights, Galactic Civilizations, Baldur's Gate, and especialy Morrowind.

But only if I can run it modded. Would this little guy do the trick? http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/lenovo-lenovo-15-6-amd-dual-core-e-300-laptop-b575-black-b575/10193311.aspx?path=fbd9822e83e1cbae1ab721aeb798a0f7en02

I know there are some crazy graphics mods out there. While I wouldn't mind updating the graphics, the old graphics don't bug me. I am more concerned with adding more content, total conversion type stuff, new weapns, items, quests, etc.

I don't know much about computers. Would this do the trick?
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Dewayne Quattlebaum
 
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 1:51 pm

I may be missing something, but I don't see any mention of RAM, or video card. Those are important, even for a game as old as Morrowind, especially if you want to add in a lot of mods.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 11:54 am

I may be missing something, but I don't see any mention of RAM, or video card. Those are important, even for a game as old as Morrowind, especially if you want to add in a lot of mods.

It's all there if you scroll down.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 3:32 pm

It would run Morrowind, I believe. But with a lot of good mods? Well it depends...if you just want some 'lite' alterations like better bodies, better heads, then sure. But if you're going to use big graphical conversion packs like MGSO, with high res textures and meshes then no, you'll have a lot of problems.
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Post » Fri May 04, 2012 4:38 pm

RAM speed is 8GB :blink: ?!...
and I'm pretty sure the AMD APU E-300 has the Radeon 6310 chipset.... but anyway. Radeon 6320 in the AMD APU E-450 (1.6GHz)

It will run Morrowind easily, but due to the lack of dedicated graphics memory and a weak clock rate of the CPU it most likely will not run ANY demanding mods. The good thing is that its known to run some modern games, although the playability is subject to opinion. For example is Skyrim playable on Low settings/low resolution at an average of 16fps with lows at 9fps?
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