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    Games I can play on a laptop...

    So here's the bind - I'm about to be sent to set up a new office which is going to mean spending the best part of the month in a hotel room on an evening. Thanksfully I have my work laptop, so I thought I could take some games to help pass the time - here's the bind - they have to be playable (and I mean playable, rather than "they will install") on a machine with a 1.4Ghz Pentium M, 512Mb RAM with a (nasty I know) Intel 915GM integrated graphics chip.

    So then - what can you all recommend? I'm thinking it's time to dig out Football Manager 2005...

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    surely you should be ok with old games like command and conquer red alert or deus ex. just go back a few years, should be able to find something.

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    Lol @ schmunk. Seriously though - I'm going to go crazy in hotel rooms - I'll be testing FM2005 out this eve...

    Deus Ex isn't a bad idea though - haven't played that one in ages, and it would fulfill the criteria of "killing as much time as humanly possible"

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    a 1.4 pentium-m is fast. the i915 is not.

    guild wars is fine on that spec (if you have intarweb access) though, so anything around that sort of level should be fine

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    or if you wanted online gaming you could try your hand at quakeworld, think you can even get that free

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    yeah, intarweb is unlikely tbh. Damn work and them buying "corporate spec" laptops!

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    so bring along baldur's gate 2, the expansion, NWN, the two expansions, morrowind, the 2 expansions, some cheetos and some jolt cola.

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    Yew Cheetos...

    Never played, erm any of those... Will hit their websites etc tonight for info. Are they still readily available?

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    NWN and morrowind are. BG2 is hard to track down - which is a shame as it's by far the best of them

    don't let me stop you from playing Deus Ex though.

    oh, civ4 should run fine, if you like civ

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_games

    That'll fill up the HDD quickly

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    another vote for morrowind, if you go for it get the game of the year edition as it includes the two expansions

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    Does morrowind cope with an intel gfx chip?

    But yeah, there are tons - what kind of games are you into? Most RPGs work great on low spec. Older fps' are fine - unreal, unreal tournament, half life etc. Most RTS are fine too.

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    "Does morrowind cope with an intel gfx chip?"

    I'm not convinced that it will. Got ok Frame rates out of a Radeon 9800 Pro, but it was suffering on a 9600 something chronic. had to turn off all pretties and reduce the draw distance to minimum. Wasn't much fun.ne
    BG2, Icewind Dale 1&2 etc should be fine. I got them to run on my work laptop with integrated graphics.
    I'd recommend games like Fallout 1, 2, and Fallout Tactics to fullfill your killing needs. How can you fault a game with a perk called "Bloody Mess" and a gattling laser amchine gun?
    Just make sure that you get the patches though from No Mutants Allowed www.nma-fallout.com.

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    i always find it odd to see PC gamers discuss requirements for games.

    morrowind needs a 500MHz P3, 128MiB RAM, and a 32meg 3D card. the recommended spec details a geforce2. another popular game (CS) needs a Pentium 120, with 24MiB RAM.

    GMA900 might not be bleeding edge, but it's a DX9-class 3D accelerator.

    games *HAVE* to run on a normal person's PC, if it wants to sell. more people have intel onboard than anything else. your radeon issues are very likely down to your kit, not a game made long before 9600's existed

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