Oblivion Lag

[DRADIS C0ntact]

Laptops are worthless for gaming.

My Alienware laptop would like a word with you....

 

[Daveman]

Its the fact you're trying to play it on a laptop thats more than two years old and didn't cost $6000 at the time of purchase.

Laptops are worthless for gaming.

I got my laptop for £500 this summer, it has a 17" screen and runs anything I put on it. I therefore disagree.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Check this website. It scans your computer and tells you what is lacking in order to play the game of your choice. Life saver when looking at buying new PC games when you're unsure if you can run it or not.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srl

That's a fantastic find. My laptop is crappy but it's nice to know what it can and can't handle! Kudos.

 

[Eagle Est1986]

what video card are you using?

There I was, quite content and secretly smug with how few posts I'd made in just over 2 years, then you come along and destroy me in 6 words. Well played Sir, well played....

 

[Ze_Reaper_Of_Zeath]

Dang,

Check this website. It scans your computer and tells you what is lacking in order to play the game of your choice. Life saver when looking at buying new PC games when you're unsure if you can run it or not.

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srl

Thanks for the website. Works great. Now I know that I shouldn't buy Fallout 3 because it isn't supported on Windows 7.

 

[Katana314]

Now I know that I shouldn't buy Fallout 3 because it isn't supported on Windows 7.

The good news is, when you try to run it in Windows 7 64-bit, the error message that appears in fullscreen looks and plays just like Fallout 3, in full 3D. I imagine if you beat the game it displays a cute error that "the actual game isn't supported". Almost as if it wasn't an error at all. =p

But yeah, for PC gaming the big concern is the graphics card. Unfortunately very many laptops will skimp on that, which is why I try to warn away anyone buying one who DOESN'T switch desks 15 times a day.

If you're interested, you can find your graphics card as follows:
Right-click on Computer/My Computer
click Manage
click on Device Manager on the left side
look for a Display listing (there may also be a seperate monitor listing)

Unfortunately there's no simple numerical judge for graphics cards. Whereas a CPU is either 2 Ghz or 3 Ghz, dual-core or quad-core, a graphics card largely depends on the technology inside it (meaning some with lower numbers like core clock can outperform big-number ones)