Running BF2 Special Forces on Laptops

spaceman

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Anyone run the BF2 special forces on a laptop? thinking of trading my sli rig for a gaming laptop and was wondering what specs I should look at getting.
 
I run it on my Dell i9300. I have it running at 1280x1024 medium everything and its silky smooth. With 2 gigs of ram I can probably get more settings to high.

I run a pretty low end 9300 as well:
1.73Ghz P-M
1 gig DDR2
100gig 5400rpm
6800Go

As for a recommended laptop, the 9300 is a pretty good value for the price if you grab one with the Dell coupons.

I would also suggest looking at the Sager 5720
http://www.pctorque.com/sager-5720-gaming-computers.php
Comes with the 7800GTX Go for even more gaming pleasure.
 
really? huh. special forces night maps? lol I doubt those run good at medium.
 
looking at trading 2x7800gt, 3800 venice, 2x1024 OCZ gold, msi sli mobo + some cash for this

17 inch Super glossy WSXGA (1680x1050)
Intel P4 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB
6800 256MB GDDR3 nVidia Ge Force
1 GB PC4200 RAM
60 GB hitachi Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
DVDR/24x10x24 CD-RW
Blue tooth Combo
Wireless card
7 in 1 Memory card Reader
Ditgital built in Camera
Targus Messanger Carrying case

would I need to add a usb soundcard for eax?
 
spaceman said:
Anyone run the BF2 special forces on a laptop? thinking of trading my sli rig for a gaming laptop and was wondering what specs I should look at getting.

I run BF2 SP on my Inspiron 6000, 1.5 pentium M, 2gigs ram, X300 64mb. I run it at 800x600 at med settings 100% draw distance just fine. Its slow on the load times but its great in game. Been thinking about a 7200rpm hdd.


 
BF2: SF runs pretty well on my Inspiron 9300 as well.

1.73GHz Pentium-M
1GB RAM
6800 Go
60GB 5400RPM HDD

Just turn off the fancy things like dynamic shadows/lighting and AA, and run at 1280x800 or something.
 
spaceman said:
looking at trading 2x7800gt, 3800 venice, 2x1024 OCZ gold, msi sli mobo + some cash for this

17 inch Super glossy WSXGA (1680x1050)
Intel P4 3.0 GHZ 800 FSB
6800 256MB GDDR3 nVidia Ge Force
1 GB PC4200 RAM
60 GB hitachi Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
DVDR/24x10x24 CD-RW
Blue tooth Combo
Wireless card
7 in 1 Memory card Reader
Ditgital built in Camera
Targus Messanger Carrying case

would I need to add a usb soundcard for eax?
Yuck!!!! Here;s what you want to do. Buy a bone stock 9300. Use the EPP Deals if you want. Get a Pentium M 1.6 400FSB Dothan, Pin mod it to 533FSB 2.13GHZ, get 2GB of ram from newegg(2x1GB Sticks) grab a 7200 RPM HD, and lastly get a 7800GTX Go. Under 2K easy if know where to look and its by far the best bang for buck DTR/Gamming notebook out!
 
Ram, ram and more ram.... 2gb x-cept nothign elese.

mine had a 6800ultra go, and a 2.0 Pentium M with 2gb DDR, it runs really good. Not as good as my desktop when i had my 6800GT and certianly not as fast as my desktop now with a 7800GT...

but it still ran jsut fine with great eye candy.
 
Vengance_01 said:
Yuck!!!! Here;s what you want to do. Buy a bone stock 9300. Use the EPP Deals if you want. Get a Pentium M 1.6 400FSB Dothan, Pin mod it to 533FSB 2.13GHZ, get 2GB of ram from newegg(2x1GB Sticks) grab a 7200 RPM HD, and lastly get a 7800GTX Go. Under 2K easy if know where to look and its by far the best bang for buck DTR/Gamming notebook out!

yea the Pentium Ms own the 2.8ghz+ P4
 
Vengance_01 said:
Yuck!!!! Here;s what you want to do. Buy a bone stock 9300. Use the EPP Deals if you want. Get a Pentium M 1.6 400FSB Dothan, Pin mod it to 533FSB 2.13GHZ, get 2GB of ram from newegg(2x1GB Sticks) grab a 7200 RPM HD, and lastly get a 7800GTX Go. Under 2K easy if know where to look and its by far the best bang for buck DTR/Gamming notebook out!


You wouldn't need a USB sound card, but this would definitely be a good choice for gaming sound on the go....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102185
 
Runs fine on my emachines m6809
amd64 3200
756 ram
ati 9600

all for ~$1000 or less
 
my cuzin has a 9600 64mb in his computer. Everyhting on low with max viewing distance, at 800x600 works fin 940-70fps
 
Technically you can run it on a 9600. However it gonna look a little rough. For some people all that matters is gameplay and that is enough. I believe spaceman is looking for eye candy however. I would say x800 or 6800 and above would do what you are looking for in BF2. 2 gigs of RAM would almost be necessary also.
 
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