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Answer» My friend got a laptop that has an ATI radeon X1200 graphics card and I was wondering what the equivalent of this would be for a desktop. Would it be able to play some older games like rome total war?Here's a link to the the laptop- http://www.emachines.com/products/products.html?prod=eMD620-5777Are you thinking of upgrading a video card in a desktop computer? Why your question?I just want to know if the graphics card on that laptop could support rome total war because i have no idea how good laptop graphics cards are.I can't answer that; I'm not a gamer. Maybe Calum will see your post. He can probably give you some good info on this.i don't think so quake 4 gets 2fps in battle scenes age of empires III gets 25 on the lowest settings you might be able to get away with only playing small games- but as i remember even my old ATI 9800Pro (or something like that) lagged on MEDIEVAL II total war.Quote from: Blade285 on January 09, 2009, 03:58:16 PM i don't think so quake 4 gets 2fps in battle scenes age of empires III gets 25 on the lowest settings you might be able to get away with only playing small games- but as i remember even my old ATI 9800Pro (or something like that) lagged on medieval II total war. I had a 9600 pro in an old computer that could run medieval 2 total war pretty good. The games played on it would be older than quake 4 and far less demanding on the laptop well if you already have it, give it a go. you might need the graphics on very low and lower resolution, but it should be able to run here are the min reqs... Minimum Requirements * P1GHz 256MB RAM 64MB 3D accelerator 8xCD-ROM 2.9GB free disk space Multiplayer Functions * Online Multiplayer * GameSpy Comrade Support Functions * EAX * Memory Card the x1200 has 126mb max memory, so it should be able to run (depending on the rest of the computer)Your laptop would meet the minimum requirements, but it wouldn't play well unless you reduce the game's quality/detail settings. The desktop equivalent of the X1200 is the X1200, which would possibly be slightly faster as the laptop version may be clocked slower depending on the manufacturer. The 9600 Pro you cite is far superior to that integrated chip - integrated graphics are not meant for gaming. Hope this helps.Quote from: joevh09 on January 09, 2009, 12:09:12 PM My friend got a laptop that has an ATI radeon X1200 graphics card and I was wondering what the equivalent of this would be for a desktop. Would it be able to play some older games like rome total war? Are there multiple "Rome" games for the PC? Because a friend of mine had a SIMILAR sounding Rome game, and he couldn't get it to do anything on a laptop he had, that was brand new about 3 years ago. Being brand new didn't mean much, but he did play other games games on it that were also new at the time. I just remember him saying that Rome was a game that he couldn't get to play on any of his PC's.Quote from: t_blake07 on January 11, 2009, 11:10:26 AM Quote from: joevh09 on January 09, 2009, 12:09:12 PM My friend got a laptop that has an ATI radeon X1200 graphics card and I was wondering what the equivalent of this would be for a desktop. Would it be able to play some older games like rome total war? Are there multiple "Rome" games for the PC? Because a friend of mine had a similar sounding Rome game, and he couldn't get it to do anything on a laptop he had, that was brand new about 3 years ago. Being brand new didn't mean much, but he did play other games games on it that were also new at the time. I just remember him saying that Rome was a game that he couldn't get to play on any of his PC's. I think there is a empire earth rome expansion or something like it.

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My friend got a laptop that has an ATI radeon X1200 graphics card and I was wondering what the equivalent of this would be for a desktop. Would it be able to play some older games like rome total war?Here's a link to the the laptop-
http://www.emachines.com/products/products.html?prod=eMD620-5777Are you thinking of upgrading a video card in a desktop computer? Why your question?I just want to know if the graphics card on that laptop could support rome total war because i have no idea how good laptop graphics cards are.I can't answer that; I'm not a gamer. Maybe Calum will see your post. He can probably give you some good info on this.i don't think so
quake 4 gets 2fps in battle scenes
age of empires III gets 25 on the lowest settings
you might be able to get away with only playing small games- but as i remember even my old ATI 9800Pro (or something like that) lagged on MEDIEVAL II total war.Quote from: Blade285 on January 09, 2009, 03:58:16 PM

i don't think so
quake 4 gets 2fps in battle scenes
age of empires III gets 25 on the lowest settings
you might be able to get away with only playing small games- but as i remember even my old ATI 9800Pro (or something like that) lagged on medieval II total war.

I had a 9600 pro in an old computer that could run medieval 2 total war pretty good.
The games played on it would be older than quake 4 and far less demanding on the laptop
well if you already have it, give it a go.
you might need the graphics on very low and lower resolution, but it should be able to run
here are the min reqs...
Minimum Requirements

* P1GHz
256MB RAM
64MB 3D accelerator
8xCD-ROM
2.9GB free disk space

Multiplayer Functions

* Online Multiplayer
* GameSpy Comrade

Support Functions

* EAX
* Memory Card

the x1200 has 126mb max memory, so it should be able to run (depending on the rest of the computer)Your laptop would meet the minimum requirements, but it wouldn't play well unless you reduce the game's quality/detail settings.
The desktop equivalent of the X1200 is the X1200, which would possibly be slightly faster as the laptop version may be clocked slower depending on the manufacturer.
The 9600 Pro you cite is far superior to that integrated chip - integrated graphics are not meant for gaming.
Hope this helps.Quote from: joevh09 on January 09, 2009, 12:09:12 PM

My friend got a laptop that has an ATI radeon X1200 graphics card and I was wondering what the equivalent of this would be for a desktop. Would it be able to play some older games like rome total war?

Are there multiple "Rome" games for the PC? Because a friend of mine had a SIMILAR sounding Rome game, and he couldn't get it to do anything on a laptop he had, that was brand new about 3 years ago. Being brand new didn't mean much, but he did play other games games on it that were also new at the time. I just remember him saying that Rome was a game that he couldn't get to play on any of his PC's.Quote from: t_blake07 on January 11, 2009, 11:10:26 AM

Quote from: joevh09 on January 09, 2009, 12:09:12 PM
My friend got a laptop that has an ATI radeon X1200 graphics card and I was wondering what the equivalent of this would be for a desktop. Would it be able to play some older games like rome total war?

Are there multiple "Rome" games for the PC? Because a friend of mine had a similar sounding Rome game, and he couldn't get it to do anything on a laptop he had, that was brand new about 3 years ago. Being brand new didn't mean much, but he did play other games games on it that were also new at the time. I just remember him saying that Rome was a game that he couldn't get to play on any of his PC's.

I think there is a empire earth rome expansion or something like it.

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