any1 used an alienware laptop to play CSS?
02 June 2005, 09:21 AM
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any1 used an alienware laptop to play CSS?
I have an Alienware tower at work, stonking but want to know how the laptops perform with a game like counter strike source and half life 2.
02 June 2005, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by bioforger
If the lappy has the radeon mobility chip for it's graphics, they will run fine. But don't expect high end PC performance or quality.
02 June 2005, 11:45 AM
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Do you mean the Radeon X800? The mobility chip on my sony only has about 16MB
There are newer versions of the mobility chip now which rival desktop cards. If u want decent gameplay in a laptop u need to look for one of these desktop replacement lappies, which have fast cpus and the latest mobility chip.
02 June 2005, 10:18 PM
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I've seen it run on a Dell Latutude XPS laptop. It's Dell version of the Alienware laptops and it runs very well. I am not sure which model and extras were added though.
I would find it difficult to use the keyboard on a laptop for gaming though, they are not as well spaced out IMO.
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I would find it difficult to use the keyboard on a laptop for gaming though, they are not as well spaced out IMO.
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05 June 2005, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by HOUSEQUAKE
OK, thanks but has anyone seen a highly graphics intensive game like CS running on a hi spec laptop like an alienware?
Come on guys, someone must have :|
Come on guys, someone must have :|
Alienware do a laptop with the GeForce Go 6800 and ATI Mobility RADEON X800.
I chose the Geforce.
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CSS is crap still to many bugs. 
No doubt the lap top in question would run CZ fine though.
06 June 2005, 10:48 AM
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I have an Alienware and tbh, I thought it was cheaply made, unreliable, and not that quick (despite the 3.2ghz P4 processor and Radeon 9700 gfx card).
I've now switched to using a Dell XPS Gen 2 machine. It's much quicker than the Alienware machine, and seems to be much better made. It come with a Nvidia 6800 Ultra pci-express gfx card with 256Mb of memory, so gfx performance is very good indeed. I can run Doom3 at max res, max detail, and still get over 60fps. Not done any benchmarking with HL2 yet, but it runs very smoothly indeed at high detail levels / resolution...
I'd never buy an Alienware machine again after my experiences with them (and their tech support)...
I've now switched to using a Dell XPS Gen 2 machine. It's much quicker than the Alienware machine, and seems to be much better made. It come with a Nvidia 6800 Ultra pci-express gfx card with 256Mb of memory, so gfx performance is very good indeed. I can run Doom3 at max res, max detail, and still get over 60fps. Not done any benchmarking with HL2 yet, but it runs very smoothly indeed at high detail levels / resolution...
I'd never buy an Alienware machine again after my experiences with them (and their tech support)...
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