Does anyone else use a Laptop to play BF2?

2005-11-23 06:33:56

#1

CplGraveDigger: Member; +0|6738

I have been playing BF2 on my Dell XPS Gen 2. Specs
Cent 2.13
2 x 1Gb DDR2
6800 Ultra
80Gb 5400 HD

The only problem with my laptop is I play BF2 at work 4 hours a day.

What other laptops are out there?

Digger.

2005-11-23 06:49:33

#2

1234BGD: Member; +1|6757

interesting, please write more on laptos for battlefield - I am thinking to get my company to get me such thing. I was thinking of Fujitsu-Siemens machine....

2005-11-23 06:51:17

#3

IvysDad: Member; +0|6768|Jacksonville, NC

Dell Inspiron 9200

2005-11-23 07:59:02

#4

Mr_Spork: Member; +2|6748

Hmm I don't have a laptop but the Acer Ferrari series seem up for the job, but it's quite hard to find cheap laptops with 2GBs of RAM.

2005-11-23 08:04:36

#5

Vinny: Member; +7|6782| The Dirtty Dirtty

Thats off the chain i didnt no u could play this game on a Laptop.

Now i want to try it.

2005-11-23 08:06:02

#6

[1stSSF]=Nuka=: Banned; +23|6757|PDX Metro Area, OR, US, SOL

A clan-mate of mine plays BF2 on her second gen XPS laptop...and it's fantastic to behold...great graphics, plenty of RAM, etc...I was thinking about getting one, but the lack of upgradeability makes it a non-starter for me...

2005-11-23 08:06:58

#7

CplGraveDigger: Member; +0|6738

My Dell XPS Gen 2 came with 2 x 512Mb ram, I played BF2 for about 3 weeks with 1gb. The laptop ran like shit, so I bought 2 x 1gb. Runs 10 times faster with the extra 1gb. I must be lucky, my company bought my laptop and Ram for me. I love being a Network Administrator! I told them that I needed a good laptop for network Config Apps. LOL

Digger

Last edited by CplGraveDigger (2005-11-23 08:11:47)

2005-11-23 08:56:14

#8

ImaMedic: Member; +1|6774|Where ever there's wounded

I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 and my frind has the Acer Ferarri. Both run BF2 nicely.I can run mine with high settings no problem. But both are also a little heavy. Mines abou 8.5 lbs and my friend's is about 7.6 lbs.

2005-11-23 09:28:27

#9

Bubkin: Pay It Forward; +8|6789

I picked up a PowerPro A 2:21 "ELITE" from powernotebooks.com about 3 months ago. Didn't think it would handle bf2 too well, but I've been happily supprised.

I paid just over $2,100. I'm pretty happy with it.

It came with:
15.4" WSXGA+ (1680 x 1050) TFT
PCI-e nVIDIA GeForce Go 6600 w/128MB DDR2 Video Memory
2.0GHz "Sonoma" Intel® Pentium® 760 M w/2,048k L2 On-die Cache
2,048MB (2 SODIMMS) CORSAIR DDR2/533 Dual Channel Memory
60GB Hitachi Travelstar Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive at 7,200 RPM
Combo 8X DVD/24x10x24 CD-RW
Built-in Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 802.11b/g
1-Year "No Dead Pixel" Guarantee
3 Years Parts and Labor Warranty
Etc, etc.

Since I bought this pre-bf2, I'd spring for a better vid card now. The other downside is they didn't offer anything faster than a 7,200 RPM HD. However, I still load faster than about 90% of most people.

I used this to play almost exclusively now, until I can spring for a nice replacement desktop rig.

Last edited by Bubkin (2005-11-23 09:30:35)

2005-11-23 13:40:27

#10

Bloody Sky: Member; +2|6852|Texas

My friend (and fellow clan-mate) plays on an HP laptop. He actually plays it pretty well, also. Runs it at Medium and joins servers pretty much 30 seconds after I do. (Im always first in a server).

So, it can be done!

2005-11-24 09:06:49

#11

andy31419: Member; +1|6756|Savannah - GA

WidowPC has some that look awsome, I just can't se spending 5,000 on a laptop that I will use about an hour a day at lunch and then when I travel. I have been looking for something around 2000. I'm the NA also and have been trying to figure out how to justify it having been doing the job on a lesser machine.

2005-11-24 09:08:28

#12

imdead: Death StatPadder; +228|6776|Human Meat Shield

Thought the graphics card couldn't handle this game. Must've got better lappys out there, better throw away my commadore 64

2005-11-24 10:52:57

#13

lockandload: Member; +0|6737

I have an HP Pavilion zd8000
1gb of ram
3.0 P4
100 GB hd
17inch widscreen display
logitech G15 gaming keyboard
logitech MX518 gaming mouse
logitech 5.1 surround sound

works pretty damn good only thing is i might have to upgrade to 2gb of ram other than that it plays this game beautifully.

2005-11-24 11:31:11

#14

theoflow: Member; +1|6764

in terms of pure gaming on a laptop, i would have to agree that the Dell XPS's are the best for the money. You can get one that'll play at least 1280 x 1024 for under 2g's.

However, i wouldn't want 2 be carrying it around all the time. Sucker just weighs way 2 much for my taste.

In terms of portability, there are alot of laptops that carry the x700 or 6600 portable cards that run on athlon 64 cpu's. Your not going to get that great resolution, but you should get decent frame rates at 1024*768. In terms of manufacturers that carry the Athlon 64 cpu your going to have to look at other manufacturers like asus, acer, and abs. Should cost you around 1500 for something in that configuration.

Not to mention you can build one yourself to spec. This option i highly recommend for people who are confident enough to do it themselves and are looking for a portable (4-6 lbs) laptop.

2005-11-24 11:38:00

#15

fizz85: Member; +1|6797|Voice of reason

Inspiron 9100 P4 3.2 GHZ, 256mb Radeon 9800, 60G 7200RPM HD, 1Gig Ram. Zboard KB and Razer Mouse.

2005-11-24 11:39:09

#16

Dassador: Member; +0|6751|Europe => Czech Republic

I have a ECS EliteGroup G900, 1Gb Ram, 3.0Ghz dual intel pentium 4 , ati radeon 9700 and 80 GB hdd

2005-11-24 16:21:32

#17

deject: Got His War On; +37|6781|Golden, CO

I havea Dell Inspiron 8600

1.5 GHz Pentium M
512MB DDR333
ATi Mobility Radeon 9600 Pro Turbo 128MB
40GB Hard Drive

2005-11-24 16:51:10

#18

GotMex?: $623,493,674,868,715.98 in Debt; +193|6770

I have a Dell Inspiron 9300 with the 6800go card. 2GB of ram. 2GHZ speed. Runs BF2 perfectly, up till 1600x1200 with 2xAA. I get 30fps then, dropping to 20's when there's smoke and such.

Best part, I used one of those 30% off dell coupons you can find online and the laptop only cost me 1800 bucks. Recommend it to everyone, unless they have enough money to get the new XPS with the 7800go card

2005-11-24 17:45:30

#19

Dirrty_Bird: Dirtier than thou; +5|6748|Vermont

Two pretty solid sites with laptops to be customized

www.cyberpowersystem.com

www.ibuypower.com

some nice desktops as well

2005-11-24 17:48:16

#20

THA: im a fucking .....well not now; +609|6778|AUS, Canberra

im going over seas this year and wondered if i could play on the plane against my mate in the seat next to me...30,00 feet high lan party!! the prob is we wont be able to use mice, only the pad thing.....any thoughts?

2005-11-24 17:57:27

#21

Gesch: Member; +0|6739

Running an Inspiron 9100 that is a year old. It works, but I hate the load time. Only 1GB of RAM. Everyone says an upgrade makes all the difference in the world.

Just wish I could use the newer nvidia cards, stuck with a ATI 9600

2005-11-24 18:04:28

#22

RufusRex: Member; +0|6761

I am using a Dell Latitude D810 and enojoying my BF2 play.

2005-11-24 19:56:06

#23

Sprinks: Member; +0|6807

<-- runs a dell 9300
>.> i needed it for college

2005-11-25 07:10:33

#24

1234BGD: Member; +1|6757

What about Fujitsu Siemens Laptops - anyone got one of those?!

2005-11-25 07:22:58

#25

jag1973: Bushwhacker; +1|6852|Tegucigalpa, Honduras

the_heart_attack wrote:
im going over seas this year and wondered if i could play on the plane against my mate in the seat next to me...30,00 feet high lan party!! the prob is we wont be able to use mice, only the pad thing.....any thoughts?

yes, go first class!

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