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I was wondering if I could play STO with a laptop with 4g ram and this grapics card-
ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics ? I have never had a laptop, so I wanted to see if someone knew about this. Im looking at one on sale and it is a duel processor as well. thanks!
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    stucool wrote: »
    I was wondering if I could play STO with a laptop with 4g ram and this grapics card-
    ATI Radeon HD 4200 graphics ? I have never had a laptop, so I wanted to see if someone knew about this. Im looking at one on sale and it is a duel processor as well. thanks!

    How much dedicated memory for that 4200?
    # 205 million transistors on 55nm fabrication process
    # PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus interface
    # Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 support
    * Shader Model 4.1

    Can you send a link to the product or the brand and model number?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    here it is

    ProcessorAMD Athlon™ IIProcessor Speed2.0GHzBattery Type6-cell lithium-ionDisplay TypeUltrabright LED-backlit high-definition widescreen (1366 x 768)Screen Size (Measured Diagonally)15.6"System Bus667MHzCache Memory1MB on die Level 2System Memory (RAM)4GBType of Memory (RAM)DDR2Hard Drive TypeSATA (5400 rpm)Computer Hard Drive Size320GBOptical DriveDouble-layer DVD±RW/CD-RWOptical Drive Speeds4x DVD+R DL; 4x DVD-R DL; 8x8x8 DVD+RW; 8x6x8 DVD-RW; 5x DVD-RAM; 24x16x24 CD-RWDirect-Disc LabelingNoDigital Media Reader or SlotsYes, digital media card readerGraphicsATI Radeon HD 4200Video MemoryUp to 1919MB total available with HyperMemoryTV TunerNoMPEGYesBuilt-in WebcamYesModem56 Kbps*
    *Capable of receiving 56 Kbps downloads. However, current regulations limit download speed to 53 Kbps.Networking10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Radeon-HD-4200.20493.0.html
    The AMD ATI (Mobility) Radeon HD 4200 is an onboard (shared Memory) graphics chip (on the RS880M chipset). It is based on the HD 3400 graphics core and features the UVD 2 video engine to decode HD videos (Avivo HD - can decode two HD streams simultaneously).
    Still older games like Doom 3 or Quake 4 should be barly playable. Compared to older onboad graphic chips (e.g., GMA X3100), the HD 4200 is much faster. Even the Centrino 2 graphics core (GMA 4500M HD) is noticeable slower than the HD 4200. Compared to the HD 3200 the performance should be similar

    At the bottom they list games and most of them say it wouldn't work.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Please dont say thats a single core cpu tryint to act as a dual core. That alone will make this game almost unplayable on a laptop.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Get a buddy key from someone and DL the client if possible, give it a shot anyway. If it doesn't work, at least you're not out +$50.

    If you already play on your desktop, then nevermind.
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