world of warcraft performance Hi, I'm considering to buy this laptop while its price is cut by $100. Do you guys think the su7300+210m can handle a 25 man raid in world of warcraft: lich king at at least 25 fps and up?Whether it can or can't is really a deal breaker! :D world of warcraft performance Hi, I'm considering to buy this laptop while its price is cut by $100. Do you guys think the su7300+210m can handle a 25 man raid in world of warcraft: lich king... » Read More world of warcraft performance Hi, I'm considering to buy this laptop while its price is cut by $100. Do you guys think the su7300+210m can handle a 25 man raid in world of warcraft: lich king at at least 25 fps and up?Whether it can or can't is really a deal breaker! :D « Show Less
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I think he means that it would perform better due to increase in cpu speed.Anyways, I bought the ul30vt, couldn't pass on the 699 price for this computer.WOW runs nice and smooth and maintains 30-50 fps in 10 man raids such as ICC, and a little less in 25 man raids with settings all set to high.It even runs games with very high shader requirements such as TF2 without a hitch.Fantastic notebook for those looking to do work, but still be able to enjoy multimedia such as hd video and gaming.
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It plays EverQuest 54-man raids. I'm not sure if thats a valid comparison at all, but better than nothing. :)
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I play world of Warcraft on it, works good but not as good as my Alienware.
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It averages around 75 frames a second playing world of warcraft windowed at 1280x800. Most settings are high and distance to ultra.Hope that helps.
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i have minecraft for this and it works great. this laptop can even handle complex online games such as half life and halo and left 4 dead. i was very suprised. this is a great gaming laptop for not huge but popular games
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My guy has played Starcraft on it and says it runs slower/the graphics were better on his old gaming computer, but he added a graphics card and it runs smoothly now. But no, I would not recommend this computer for gaming as is.
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Well, i have one configured in SLI and the performance is very good. For StarCraft 2 a play in high setting and could play in ultra setting but in some cases have little lags. Perhaps this can do because i have processor core dos duo extreme, maybe in the new porccessor like a i5 or i7 the perfomance is best.
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It runs it well as long as you are not wanting to run the highest end settings. I run at settings at the default "Good" setting with resolution of 1920x1080. The frame rate averages 35-45. It is definitely not the same as running on a powerhouse desktop, but it runs well enough to enjoy questing, pvp, and even some raiding. I am not an avid pvp or raid player so I can't say how the system runs when there are large numbers of players in confined areas. I have participated in some of the Celestials groups and never saw any issues there. The frame rate is usually on the lower side, 35 or even down to 30, but it still processes well enough to keep up with everyone. It runs it well as long as you are not wanting to run the highest end settings. I run at settings at the default "Good" setting with resolution of 1920x1080. The frame rate averages 35-45. It is definitely not the same as running on a powerhouse desktop, but it runs well enough to enjoy questing, pvp, and even some raiding. I am not an avid pvp or raid player so I can't say how the system runs when there are large numbers of players in confined areas. I have participated in some of the Celestials groups and never saw any issues there. The frame rate is usually on the lower side,... » Read More It runs it well as long as you are not wanting to run the highest end settings. I run at settings at the default "Good" setting with resolution of 1920x1080. The frame rate averages 35-45. It is definitely not the same as running on a powerhouse desktop, but it runs well enough to enjoy questing, pvp, and even some raiding. I am not an avid pvp or raid player so I can't say how the system runs when there are large numbers of players in confined areas. I have participated in some of the Celestials groups and never saw any issues there. The frame rate is usually on the lower side, 35 or even down to 30, but it still processes well enough to keep up with everyone. « Show Less
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I don't know about those 2 games, but I run World of Warcraft and Star Wars on Good settings and it's perfect - I love being able to see even grass moving and shadows I couldn't see before - not a bit of lag. Those 2 games are very graphic intensive and now with this PC I have not trouble at all. LOVE this computer!!
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I purchased this card as an upgrade for my wife's aging Dell. I also added 1G of RAM to max it out. It increased the Windows performance score by 0.4 on the graphics. We play WoW and it did help but not substantially. My system is considerably newer runs a Win score about twice hers. It might be able to run Warlords of Draenor but I doubt you will be pleased with the performance. The bus for this card is just not fast enough to support the new video games. Good luck on your gaming endeavors!
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Well, this laptop is years old. In it's day, I played games on it like Warcraft III... not World of Warcraft, before World of Warcraft existed. If you want games, HP Elitebook Workstation, Toshiba Qosmio, Origin PC, and Alienware would be the places to go for a great gaming laptop. Macs can play games, with the caveat that the graphic card selection always rests with the pcs, and no mac laptop ever has a workstation graphics card for 3d rendering and some fun.
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I just purchased the iMac 21.5 with ATI Radeon 4670 & I've played SC2 beta. It runs sooo smoothly. If you're an avid gamer, I'd recommend the 27" with the i5/i7 processors. They have a better graphics card than the 21.5" but I'm sure if you wait until August, they'll get an upgrade.I played SC2 with my friend yesterday with Photoshop running in the background. I didn't realize it was running but the fan was incredibly quiet & he was the one who got dropped from the game. The iMac will handle.
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I honestly do not know. I think it is a bit cheaper, but packs enough for more games. My frame rate playing WOW went from 35 pfs [ using a Nvidia 295] to over 100 fps using the 650. That is at the highest settings
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I purchased this computer not too long ago and this computer is a beast. She's run every game i've thrown at her. You can definitely play Nether and LoL, without a doubt. It runs Guild Wars 2 perfectly, even on it's highest settings. I've had no problems with it what-so-ever!
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I can't remember the exact fps and such but it can run Ultra without much trouble, it's funny because that's the whole reason I bought this pc, my laptop would crash while trying to arena for some odd reason so I picked this up in order to play the way I like. It works fine will run other games on high settings as well Borderlands etc..
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It runs it well as long as you are not wanting to run the highest end settings. I run at settings at the default "Good" setting with resolution of 1920x1080. The frame rate averages 35-45. It is definitely not the same as running on a powerhouse desktop, but it runs well enough to enjoy questing, pvp, and even some raiding. I am not an avid pvp or raid player so I can't say how the system runs when there are large numbers of players in confined areas. I have participated in some of the Celestials groups and never saw any issues there. The frame rate is usually on the lower side, 35 or even down to 30, but it still processes well enough to keep up with everyone.
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Recent high-end games may have minimum requirements that surpass this machine, which you can check on the game's site or info. The old Starcraft would probably be fine on it though. And you can look for one with a lot of RAM in it since that can be different each time.
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I have had this machine for about three months and so far I love it. The SSD is composed of 3 drives at Raid 0 total size when combined is 384 GB. Windows 8 is installed on the SSD as are all Apps and programs, the 1 TB drive comes named "Data", the SSD is named "OS". It is lightning quick and is the fastest booting laptop I have ever owned or seen. I have a Dell 30" ultra sharp hooked up via the Display Port and a Lacie 321 via the VGA so have quite a setup. I use it for Visual Effects (Nuke, Combustion, Moca, Photoshop) but have not used it for gaming at all so can't comment on that aspect but for VFX it kicks butt. I have had this machine for about three months and so far I love it. The SSD is composed of 3 drives at Raid 0 total size when combined is 384 GB. Windows 8 is installed on the SSD as are all Apps and programs, the 1 TB drive comes named "Data", the SSD is named "OS". It is lightning quick and is the fastest booting laptop I have ever owned or seen. I have a Dell 30" ultra sharp hooked up via the Display Port and a Lacie 321 via the VGA so have quite a setup. I use it for Visual Effects (Nuke, Combustion, Moca, Photoshop) but have not used it for gaming at all so... » Read More I have had this machine for about three months and so far I love it. The SSD is composed of 3 drives at Raid 0 total size when combined is 384 GB. Windows 8 is installed on the SSD as are all Apps and programs, the 1 TB drive comes named "Data", the SSD is named "OS". It is lightning quick and is the fastest booting laptop I have ever owned or seen. I have a Dell 30" ultra sharp hooked up via the Display Port and a Lacie 321 via the VGA so have quite a setup. I use it for Visual Effects (Nuke, Combustion, Moca, Photoshop) but have not used it for gaming at all so can't comment on that aspect but for VFX it kicks butt. « Show Less