Gaming...... On a netbook.

Martini1991 · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:08

Hi there, first off we'll start with my netbook spec's

1.5GHZ dual core with HT (Atom N550)
2GB DDR3 1066MHZ RAM
Intel GMA 3150

While I'm waiting on there hopefully being an Intel GMA 3150 booster, or any other way to overclock my GMA 3150 and N550, are there any games that will run fine on the netbook that are enjoyable?

Rome Total War runs fine enough on low settings, even KOTOR to an extent is playable.

I was thinking Indie games on sales, but having just tried Limbo on my netbook, it errors with a shader model 3.0 error, which I was under the assumption that the Intel GMA 3150 had

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Cheers.

Jay794 · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:11

My netbook plays Red Alert 3 on lowest settings and plays Angry Birds, but netbooks aren't designed for mid/high end gaming, you'd be better off selling it and getting the M11X

King4aDay · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:12

Torchlight has a netbook mode, pretty fun game.

Or buy up a load of classic RPGs from GoG.

Semiskimmed · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:12

minecraft and terraria?

AHarvey · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:29

minecraft is actually quite demanding and I am always surprised to see it suggested for netbooks as it doesnt run very well.

your best bet is older games such as uplink, red alert 2, diablo 1 & 2, etc. dosbox games like Beneath a steel sky

Frozen synapse on steam works ok, ai times can lag it though!

Tibbz2 · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:30

My laptop has a 1.4GHz solo core and I can JUST run super meat boy so it is playable

Nothing else really though :/

Martini1991 · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:46

Hmm.
How would Bastion run do you think?

I'm not used to this low end gaming.

bushmins · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:51

Anything on GoG will run, except the Witcher 2!

I doubt Baston will run, but worth trying the demo first.

Check out wikis page on on board graphic controllers, theyll give you what its capable of i.e. dx9, open gl etc...

PhillyDee · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:52

This runs:
http://www.openttd.org/en/

Martini1991 · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:52

bushmins said:
Anything on GoG will run, except the Witcher 2!

I doubt Baston will run, but worth trying the demo first.

And the witcher

This Side Up · 17 Dec 2011 at 17:54

I play Ultima Online on my netbook. It's an Advent jobbie, N270 CPU, 1 GB ram.

Plays the old 2d games like UO perfectly. Not much use for anything else though.

AHarvey · 17 Dec 2011 at 18:00

unreal tournament works well on my netbook.

PESolution · 17 Dec 2011 at 18:14

Onlive - win

spudbynight · 17 Dec 2011 at 18:19

PESolution said:
Onlive - win

+1 - Is the game for £1 deal still on?

HangTime · 17 Dec 2011 at 20:32

Personally I'd look at old games rather than indie games, 2003 era or earlier. In particular games where framerate isn't that important such as RPG, turn-based strategy etc.

IIDeathCubeKII · 17 Dec 2011 at 21:10

Baldur's Gate 2 is still one of the best rpg's around. Do it!

shootersam · 17 Dec 2011 at 21:12

Space Invaders

OpenToSuggestions · 17 Dec 2011 at 21:15

My work laptop is quite good - HP elitebook, barely bigger than a netbook, 2nd gen i5, 3000 graphics and genuine 6 hours battery life with regular office use. It won't play anything with any sort of fancy graphics but at least it knows how to create a 3D polygon, which is something netbooks poo their pants at

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PESolution · 17 Dec 2011 at 21:16

spudbynight said:
+1 - Is the game for £1 deal still on?

not sure mate i dont think so, but for gaming on a low power netbook u cant get better than onlive (unless u want to go retro)

d_brennen · 17 Dec 2011 at 21:22

Quake and Quake 2 run buttery

Unreal (the first and UT) are great too

Jay794 said:
My netbook plays Red Alert 3 on lowest settings and plays Angry Birds, but netbooks aren't designed for mid/high end gaming, you'd be better off selling it and getting the M11X

Obviously spending a load of money is the best way around everything