Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 will this do for general use and maybe some games...lets say GR1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Giampi 39 Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 My advise (I owned already 5 laptops, all from different brands) is to go surely for a laptop with dedicated graphic card and not shared with the motherboard, Nowdays the microprocessors do not make the difference. 512 MB are quite enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted November 24, 2005 Author Share Posted November 24, 2005 My advise (I owned already 5 laptops, all from different brands) is to go surely for a laptop with dedicated graphic card and not shared with the motherboard, Nowdays the microprocessors do not make the difference. 512 MB are quite enough. ← so technically this is wife's surfing internet pc and pictures album. no game at all for me. that sucks. but its still a good buy for travelling, watching DVDs and photo/movie storage? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 ok, let just say, what kind of games can I play on this? Rainbow 6 Eagle Watch or Urban Operations? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dannik 43 Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Mirage 2 Integrated Graphics A big feature of these SiS760GX motherboards is the integrated Mirage 2 graphics. Having used the Intel Media Accelerator 9000, I can say that the Mirage 2 is far superior in visual quality. The biggest improvement over Intel's graphics is the text quality - on the Mirage 2, text is sharp and clear as you'd expect, not grey and fuzzy like on Intel. As good as this sounds, the Mirage 2 graphics on the ECS, Foxconn, and AOpen boards is only good for 2D applications. Mirage 2 is only DirectX 8.1 compliant so it won't be playing any of the latest DiectX 9 games. Mind you, they were benchmarking using Half Life 2 and Doom 3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pz3 338 Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 im seriously looking at these gaming laptops from alienware and dell, thoes things would be fkn sweet to own. especially the top of the line alieware mode, mind you it will cost around 3,000$ but gaming on the go with wireless internet anywhere could be fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 Mirage 2 Integrated Graphics A big feature of these SiS760GX motherboards is the integrated Mirage 2 graphics. Having used the Intel Media Accelerator 9000, I can say that the Mirage 2 is far superior in visual quality. The biggest improvement over Intel's graphics is the text quality - on the Mirage 2, text is sharp and clear as you'd expect, not grey and fuzzy like on Intel. As good as this sounds, the Mirage 2 graphics on the ECS, Foxconn, and AOpen boards is only good for 2D applications. Mirage 2 is only DirectX 8.1 compliant so it won't be playing any of the latest DiectX 9 games. Mind you, they were benchmarking using Half Life 2 and Doom 3. ← Does that also mean you can't download and install DirectX 9c.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dannik 43 Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Sure, you can. The problem is the hardware won't speak DX9... only 8.1. You'll get simulation, not effect. Shader 1.3, etc. DX9 effects are well beyond what your hardware will bring... software simulation, sure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted November 25, 2005 Author Share Posted November 25, 2005 beggars can't be choosers...kewl! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted November 26, 2005 Author Share Posted November 26, 2005 Sure, you can. The problem is the hardware won't speak DX9... only 8.1. You'll get simulation, not effect. Shader 1.3, etc. DX9 effects are well beyond what your hardware will bring... software simulation, sure. ← DX9c is pre-loaded from factory. It plays RB6 at lowest setting!!!! Thats it. I can't handle anymore. LOL I just had to do a full install, coz the DVD-ROM goes nuts when I do a custom install. Got one game! LOL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specter 0 Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Sure, you can. The problem is the hardware won't speak DX9... only 8.1. You'll get simulation, not effect. Shader 1.3, etc. DX9 effects are well beyond what your hardware will bring... software simulation, sure. ← DX9c is pre-loaded from factory. It plays RB6 at lowest setting!!!! Thats it. I can't handle anymore. LOL I just had to do a full install, coz the DVD-ROM goes nuts when I do a custom install. Got one game! LOL ← DX9c may be installed, but that still doesn't mean the hardware will talk to it natively. If the hardware isn't DX9c compatible, then DX9c won't come through, but since 9.0c can speak 8.1, that is all you will get. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 UPDATE: I was digging up some old games---Rainbow Six:Urban Operation---hmmm, the Lockdown demo got me all teary eyed down memory lane. If I could only find all my RB6 mods, esp the DTD collections. Highly recommended. Anyhoo, I came across an older game. Colin Mcrae 2! It runs great no hiccups but graphics wise---eeeeeerrrrr, ooooooo Anyhooo part twooo, anyone can help me play this game in a window instead of taking the entire 15" WXGA TFTLCD of our laptop? Reducing the playgame area should make this game less pixelated--in theory? Specs: Acer 5002LMI AMD TURION 64 ML-30 1MB L2 Cache 1.6Ghz 100GB HDD 1GB DDR Sis 760_M760GX: Sis Mirage 2 video memory: 64Mbytes video memory clock: 166MHz BIOS (OEM productRev):2.27.g8 video bridge chip type: Sis 302 Rev E1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dannik 43 Posted January 22, 2006 Share Posted January 22, 2006 Oh dear, no. Running in a window only puts more strain on your video chipset, as it has to render your desktop as well as the window, which being 3d, chews up your performance. I'm afraid that without heavy tweaking, that aged SiS video chip is doing the best it can. I tried playing GR on my wife's computer, with an Intel 3d GPU built in, and it ran... poorly. I then ran it in a window. The computer chugged to almost a halt. P42Ghz with half a gig of RAM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cpl Ledanek 247 Posted January 22, 2006 Author Share Posted January 22, 2006 There goes my theory: OUT THE WINDOW!!!! Thanks Dannik! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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