What games could run on my Laptop?

[Civ001]

I have a 5 year old laptop and I always seem to be getting games to powerfull for it. I would like to know what games can run really well on it. I'm new to the posting specs part but here they are.

•Intel® Pentium® Processor T3400
•Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (SP1, 32-bit)
•2GB PC6400 DDR2 800MHz SDRAM
•160GB HDD (5400rpm, Serial ATA)
•DVD-SuperMulti drive (+/-R double layer)
•Atheros® Wireless LAN (802.11b/g)
•No Bluetooth (No Antenna)
•86 key US keyboard
•CD/DVD Buttons (Play/Pause, Stop, Prev Track, Next Track)
•Media button
•Mute button
•Touch pad pointing device
•Li-Ion (4000mAh, 6-Cell)
•3-USB (2.0)

Here is the site where I found the specs for my Laptop
http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/retail-product.jsp?poid=431233

 

[Maniacal]

Graphics Engine*
Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500M

Probably some (though not all) simpler and/or indie games since you bought it, and most games from before ~2005 (nothing like Oblivion though). I can't really get anymore precise than that though unless you have something specific in mind.

 

[Civ001]

Probably some (though not all) simpler and/or indie games since you bought it, and most games from before ~2005 (nothing like Oblivion though). I can't really get anymore precise than that though unless you have something specific in mind.

I can get Oblivion to run pretty well on the low graphics quality. It runs pretty well then.

I am mostly looking for old PC games like X:Com and some late 90s or early 2000s games. I am also interested in trying Warcraft III for it.

 

[Maniacal]

Oblivion on low is not really worth playing. You should be fine playing those other games on it (probably, my own laptop can run some games but not others even if they should run okay on at least min/low settings).

 

[The_J]

I am mostly looking for old PC games like X:Com and some late 90s or early 2000s games. I am also interested in trying Warcraft III for it.

Probably all of them will run on the hardware. The bigger problem might be Vista ^^.

 

[da dick]

http://netbookist.com/loggon/

this list of games SHOULD work on your laptop ...except those that hate Vista like Warcraft 3...

so it's best to upgrade to win7. or you could dual-boot to another disk partition with winXP/98SE installed on it, though that requires a lot more work and your partitioned OS might not run as fast.

 

[PeteAtoms]

I'm in the same boat, OP. I'm not actually sure how my specs compare to yours, my video card is an integrated Intel 945 Express Chipset Family, or something like that. I got my laptop in 2006.

But if you can play Oblivion on your system than mine is definitely worse than yours. I have to play games like Morrowind and M&B on pretty low settings. I can't play any Source games and I have to play Killing Floor on such a low graphical setting that it makes the game annoying/not-fun.

I think if you are just looking at late 90's, early 00's, then you should be good to go.

 

[GoodGame]

Probably some (though not all) simpler and/or indie games since you bought it, and most games from before ~2005 (nothing like Oblivion though). I can't really get anymore precise than that though unless you have something specific in mind.

Based off the wikipedia it's a DX10 and shader model 4 GPU, so probably the CPU is the worst bottleneck on the machine (~a 2 GHZ dual core).

According to Tom's Hardware, the X4500 is roughly equivalent to:

Discrete: 3 Ti500, FX 5200 Ultra, FX 5600, FX 5700 LE, 6200 TC, 6600 LE, 7200 GS, 7300 LE

Go (mobile): 5700, 8200M, 9200M GS, 9100

Integrated: 8200, 8300
Discrete: 8500, 9100, 9000 PRO, 9600 LE, X300 SE, X1150

Mobility 9700 (64-bit)

Integrated: GMA X4500

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html



As for WC3, it should be perfect.
And good with these games:
http://www.nvidia.com/page/5200_games.html


FPS games at about 2005, like Doom3 might be a bit laggy though.

Anything older than 2004 should absolutely work well.



@Pete Atoms, check the Tom's Hardware listing I linked. X4500 >>> than your chipset. I highly recommend even a rudimentary GPU if you want to play games.

 

[Maniacal]

According to Tom's Hardware, the X4500 is roughly equivalent to:

A bunch of ancient low end cards from the previous decade.

 

[GoodGame]

Well you are correct that 2004 is in the previous decade.

 

[PeteAtoms]

But if you can play Oblivion on your system than mine is definitely worse than yours

@Pete Atoms, check the Tom's Hardware listing I linked. X4500 >>> than your chipset.

I agree.

 

[cardgame]

A bunch of ancient low end cards from the previous decade.

Hey, was that a GeForce 9100 or something different?

 

[Maniacal]

The 9100 was outdated long before it was made, that was the lowest end 9XXX.

 

[cardgame]

Yeah, but mine still managed to run Rome: Total War on medium detail with 4400 bodies on the field. Of course, I also had a 2.6ghz dual-processor and 4GB of ram...

It also ran L4D(1) on medium graphics at respectable FPS. Really not bad for an integrated card.