Good games I can play with intergrated gfx

Bengaboy · 11 May 2008 at 21:15

Hey, bought a laptop and was looking to put a few games onto it - have you got any recommendations for a laptop with intergrated gfx? ATI 1250 btw.

Other specs are a T5550 1.83ghz dualcore , 2gb RAM.

Cheers guys!

P.S tried putting KOTOR 2 on it, and everytime I go to play it, I get an error saying :

KOTOR 2 has stopped working.

A problem caused the problem to stop working correctly.
Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.

Anybody know any fixes at all?

Indy500 · 11 May 2008 at 21:18

Using the latest graphics driver?

As for other games, anything pre-2005 should work ok if you don't overdo the settings (don't expect to play at 1280x800 either).

Monkeynut · 11 May 2008 at 21:24

OpenTTD
www.openttd.org

Bengaboy · 11 May 2008 at 21:25

sr4470 said:
Using the latest graphics driver?

As for other games, anything pre-2005 should work ok if you don't overdo the settings (don't expect to play at 1280x800 either).

Downloading the latest drivers now - good idea!

Why would I not expect to play games at 1280x800 btw? Sorry if thats a thick question!

Frapple · 11 May 2008 at 21:32

KOTOR2 seems very unlikely to play at all, you might get lucky though.

Baldur's Gate II, well over 300hours playtime if you look for it =D

Devil_Spawn · 11 May 2008 at 21:33

solitaire?

Indy500 · 11 May 2008 at 21:37

Bengaboy said:
Downloading the latest drivers now - good idea!

Why would I not expect to play games at 1280x800 btw? Sorry if thats a thick question!

Too many pixels, simply put. Most IGPs have a lousy pixel fillrate (thanks to having just 2 pipelines), they just can't redraw that amount fast enough to keep pace with the action. I don't want to go on in case I've already confused you

Uriel · 11 May 2008 at 21:38

Deus Ex 1, Half Life 1, Football Manager 2008, Battlefield 1942, Medieval: Total War (not Medieval 2), Final Fantasy VII...

Bengaboy · 11 May 2008 at 21:39

sr4470 said:
Too many pixels, simply put. Most IGPs have a lousy pixel fillrate (thanks to having just 2 pipelines), they just can't redraw that amount fast enough to keep pace with the action. I don't want to go on in case I've already confused you

I R NOT RETAAAAARD...

What your basically saying is that the gfx chip wont be able to keep up with filling the pixels, and would therefore blow up or keel over and die?

Bengaboy · 11 May 2008 at 21:41

Would the game before oblivion play on my laptop?

Morrowind I think lol.

Indy500 · 11 May 2008 at 21:45

Bengaboy said:
I R NOT RETAAAAARD...

What your basically saying is that the gfx chip wont be able to keep up with filling the pixels, and would therefore blow up or keel over and die?

Certainly not fast enough for you to play the game

Morrowind will be fine, forget Oblivion though..

ryder · 11 May 2008 at 21:48

I had a 1.6ghz dual core dell laptop with ATI x1300 - don't know if that is similar or how different the "1250" is.

I was able to play HL2 with no problems.

If it can't handle that, I never get bored of live for speed, and the graphics are pretty basic.

Steve09 · 11 May 2008 at 21:57

Call of Duty and Call of Duty United Offensive.

Bengaboy · 11 May 2008 at 23:05

KOTOR 2 is playing quite nicely actually - at a 1280x800 res , which Im happy about

steve258 · 11 May 2008 at 23:09

Currently replaying max payne 1 & 2, starcraft, warcraft and UT2004. And I'm on Intel X3100 integrated. But with Max Payne there is a problem with sound on Vista but that's been fixed with an unofficial patch (go to the official forum for details).

Will try the original COD on it later.

Bengaboy · 11 May 2008 at 23:18

steve258 said:
Currently replaying max payne 1 & 2, starcraft, warcraft and UT2004. And I'm on Intel X3100 integrated. But with Max Payne there is a problem with sound on Vista but that's been fixed with an unofficial patch (go to the official forum for details).

Will try the original COD on it later.

Ive never actually played the original COD before - may have to give it a go

iamdjdz · 12 May 2008 at 00:30

I've a similar spec machine and have been playing:

The Orange Box and all its wonderful contents
The Witcher (some cut-scene flaws otherwise ok, few (normal!) crashes)
Battlefield 2142
Harry Potter and the order of the pheonix
Bioshock (Slow loading but fine gameplay)
Lemmings

All with no problems with integrated graphics - nvidia geforce go 7400 chip (iirc).

Bengaboy · 12 May 2008 at 01:24

iamdjdz said:
I've a similar spec machine and have been playing:

The Orange Box and all its wonderful contents
The Witcher (some cut-scene flaws otherwise ok, few (normal!) crashes)
Battlefield 2142
Harry Potter and the order of the pheonix
Bioshock (Slow loading but fine gameplay)
Lemmings

All with no problems with integrated graphics - nvidia geforce go 7400 chip (iirc).

Yea thats quite a big jump from what Ive got mate - bioshock no way, and I can play BF2 on the lowest setting at the lowest res - aint good lol

NuclearWinter · 12 May 2008 at 03:40

Civ 4 plus expansions should work fine on that, and who needs anything else?!

Tefal · 12 May 2008 at 04:48

Fallout 1&2

Good RPG very good story, and excellent humor, very dark.

If you play them then you'll come to love the phrase

"hey Loyd catch" (if you ever find that point

)