Why does my Laptop play games it shouldn't?

nutty88 · Mar 25, 2005, 01:01 PM

I've got an old Compaq Evo N160, 1ghz P3, 384mb ram and ATI Radeon Mobility M6 8mb which I think is a Radeon 7000. The weird thing is the games I've tried according to the minimun sys requirements for the game the vram is far too low. For example I installed a demo of Unreal Tournament 2004 which according to the website needs 64mb of video ram. But my little Radeon Mobility using the newest cats runs it great. Although the graphics aren't groundbreaking stuff. Any ideas why? Also will I get better performance or image quality using Omegas, DNA, ect?

Powercolour · Mar 25, 2005, 05:21 PM

yea, ive played games on a simular lapy, 2mb vram..., played NFSU2, Halo, Q3, most of the time u just underestimate ur hardware, its playable even w/an old computer tho the gfx looks like crap imo

e v o · Mar 25, 2005, 05:50 PM

the old radeons were very good graphics cards. Esp the mobile ones like the M6

studbagel9 · Mar 31, 2005, 05:36 PM

The xbox has a total of, what, 32 megs of ram, and it plays games fine ;p

Zardon · Mar 31, 2005, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by studbagel9

The xbox has a total of, what, 32 megs of ram, and it plays games fine ;p

at 640x480.

Sandok · Mar 31, 2005, 06:49 PM

You simply cannont compare Consoles and PC games...

And Zardon, you know, GT4 on the PS2 in HDTV mode runs great and it is not 640x480... I think... I don't know much but all I know is that GT4 doesn't show the pixels as much on HDTV mode

Mar 25, 2005, 01:01 PM	#1
nutty88 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 13 Rep Power: 0	Why does my Laptop play games it shouldn't? I've got an old Compaq Evo N160, 1ghz P3, 384mb ram and ATI Radeon Mobility M6 8mb which I think is a Radeon 7000. The weird thing is the games I've tried according to the minimun sys requirements for the game the vram is far too low. For example I installed a demo of Unreal Tournament 2004 which according to the website needs 64mb of video ram. But my little Radeon Mobility using the newest cats runs it great. Although the graphics aren't groundbreaking stuff. Any ideas why? Also will I get better performance or image quality using Omegas, DNA, ect?

Mar 25, 2005, 05:50 PM	#3
e v o HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,037 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	the old radeons were very good graphics cards. Esp the mobile ones like the M6 __________________

Mar 31, 2005, 05:36 PM	#4
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	The xbox has a total of, what, 32 megs of ram, and it plays games fine ;p __________________

Mar 25, 2005, 05:21 PM	#2
Powercolour DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 411 Rep Power: 0	yea, ive played games on a simular lapy, 2mb vram..., played NFSU2, Halo, Q3, most of the time u just underestimate ur hardware, its playable even w/an old computer tho the gfx looks like crap imo

Mar 31, 2005, 06:49 PM	#6
Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	You simply cannont compare Consoles and PC games... And Zardon, you know, GT4 on the PS2 in HDTV mode runs great and it is not 640x480... I think... I don't know much but all I know is that GT4 doesn't show the pixels as much on HDTV mode