Samsung NC10 or NC20

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I`ve never owned a laptop or a netbook before.
I`m thinking about buying a samsung NC10 or a NC20...not really worried about playing the latest games, but would these netbooks be able to play the following games?
COD2
Medieval II Total War
Doom 3

If not a laptop...budget £500

Thanks
 
In short no.

Cod2 will work but you need to use something like 3danalyze to enable emulated TnL, thus frame rates will suck big time.
Medieval II Total War will not run.
Doom 3 will certainly run on the NC10 at least, playable? I highly doubt it.

That a side the NC20 is better, better res, bigger keyboard, faster nano chip, supports 64-bit, will be upgradeable to 4gb when single 4gb modules are affordable. However it isn't *as* mobile also the chrome on board gfx are marginally worse than the NC10's GMA.

Edit: £500 will buy you a 13.3" lappy like the dell xps1330 with a proper core2duo and nvidia gfx which will play all them and more.
 
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Strangly i was looking at both these this morning, the NC 20 really appealed to me as a portable laptop for doing work and so on, but they both really arn't well suited for gaming. The NC10 has the poor GMA 945 as a graphics chip that can't do some basic graphics work (cant remember what off the top of my head) and the NC20 only has a via nano cpu which is too slow (like the intel atom) to run medieval 2 or doom 3 (well i wouldnt really want to try it).

As for a laptop sub £500 something like http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-067-SA&groupid=959&catid=1072&subcat= or a dell might do (though im not 100% up on what sort of graphics chips you can get in laptops these days)
 
Jamesdavid3 said:
no 3D games will run on the Samsung Notebooks. If they do run it will be non-playable!

You can run older 2D games like Theme Part etc.
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Thats not true, some games scale down far better.

I have fear working fine on my AAO which is identical spec to the NC10, people can even get halflife 2 playable with a bit of tweaking.

Sounds like you'd be surprised with what you can run at 30+fps: http://www.aspireoneuser.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=2201
 
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What about Samsung R610
Specs...


Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo processor T5800.

2GHz processor speed.

2Mb cache.

2Gb DDR2 RAM.

16in screen size.

Resolution 1280 x 800 pixels.

Widescreen.

250Gb SATA hard drive.

Blu-ray read and multi-format dual layer optical drive.

24x CD-ROM read speed.

16x CD-RW write speed.

8x DVD-ROM read speed.

4x DVD-RW write speed.

nVidia GeForce 9200M GS graphics.

512MB graphics memory.

3-in-1 media card reader - compatible with SD, MMC SDHC cards.

4 USB ports.

1 Ethernet port.

HDMI output.

RealTek ACL262-GR sound card.

1.3Mp webcam

802.11a/b/g wireless enabled.

Microsoft Vista Premium operating system installed.

Software included: Play Camera, Easy Network Manager, Easy Battery Manager, Samsung Update, Magic Doctor, Easy Display Manager, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Office 60 Day Trial.

Up to 3 hours battery life.

Size (H)3.77, (W)39.5, (D)27.9cm.

Weight 2.8kg.
 
I`ll think i will go with this...over budget about 250 over:(;)

Samsung Q310-ASS3UK Laptop

General
Platform Technology Intel Centrino 2
System Type Notebook
Built-in Devices Stereo speakers, wireless LAN aerial, Bluetooth aerial
Width 32.2 cm
Depth 24.1 cm
Height 3.9 cm
Weight 2 kg
Localisation United Kingdom
Processor
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 / 2.4 GHz
Multi-Core Technology Dual-Core
64-bit Computing Yes
Data Bus Speed 1066 MHz
Chipset Type Mobile Intel PM45 Express
Cache Memory
Type L2 Cache
Installed Size 3 MB
RAM
Installed Size 4 GB
Technology DDR2 SDRAM - 800 MHz
Configuration Features 2 x 2 GB
Storage Controller
Type Serial ATA
Serial ATA Interface Serial ATA-150
Storage
Hard Drive 320 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Optical Storage
Type DVD±RW (±R DL) / DVD-RAM
Read Speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD)
Write Speed 24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 6x (DVD±R DL)
CD / DVD Rewrite Speed 24x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM)
Disc Labeling Technology LightScribe Technology
Card Reader
Type 7 in 1 card reader
Supported Flash Memory Cards SD Memory Card, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, MultiMediaCard, xD-Picture Card, MMCplus, SDHC Memory Card
Display
Display Type 13.3" TFT
Max Resolution 1280 x 800 ( WXGA )
Widescreen Display Yes
Features Super Bright Gloss
Video
Graphics Processor / Vendor NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
Video Memory GDDR3 SDRAM - 256 MB
Audio
Audio Output Sound card
Compliant Standards High Definition Audio
Audio Input Microphone
Notebook Camera
Camera Type Integrated
Sensor Resolution 1.3 Megapixel
Input Device(s)
Type Keyboard, touchpad
Features Anti-bacteria coating
Networking
Networking Network adapter
Wireless LAN Supported Yes
Wireless NIC Intel WiFi Link 5100
Data Link Protocol Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft), Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
Compliant Standards IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n (draft), Bluetooth 2.0
Expansion / Connectivity
Expansion Slots Total (Free) 2 ( 0 ) x memory ¦ 1 ( 1 ) x ExpressCard/34
Interfaces 1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX/1000Base-T - RJ-45 ¦ 3 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A ¦ 1 x microphone - input - mini-phone 3.5mm ¦ 1 x headphones - output - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm ¦ 1 x display / video - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) ¦ 1 x audio / video - HDMI - 19 pin HDMI Type A
Miscellaneous
Features Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately), system password, hard drive password
Power
Power Device External
Battery
Technology 6-cell Lithium Ion
Installed Qty 1
Operating System / Software
OS Provided Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Software McAfee VirusScan, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Samsung Update Plus, Magic Doctor, CyberLink DVD Suite, Microsoft Office Professional 2007 (60 days trial), Samsung Easy Battery Manager, Samsung Easy Network Manager, Samsung Easy Display Manager, Samsung Easy Speed Up Manager, recovery DVD, Samsung Recovery Solution III
Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support 1 year warranty
Service & Support Details Limited warranty - parts and labour - 1 year - pick-up and return
 
Trust me , look for nothing less than a 9400m gt - I have this in my macbook, and its not the best, but certainly plays games like battlefield 2 and stuff ok.

If I was you though - I would look out for a 9600m gt or 8600m gt - not a lot of difference really, and you would get a massive jump in performance for games - look for a m1530 :)
 
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