play MII on laptop

**wilfredo** · February 23, 2009, 12:09 AM

i want to buy a laptop at most 400 dollars. and well I found this notebook online that has a intel atom processor n270. will that work? i know that intel : pentium III, pentium IIII, atom, celeron , dual core, core exist but i dont know which one is more powerful than the other. is there any computer in this price range that can run MII total war

**D.B. Cooper** · February 23, 2009, 12:26 AM

Sorry but no, it's simply not fast enough.

**irishron** · February 23, 2009, 03:01 AM

Want a notebook to play this game minimum? Plan on a 1000 American plus.

**wilfredo** · February 23, 2009, 07:01 PM

what laptops do you suggest? do you think these will work "Toshiba Satellite® L305-S5921 15.4" Widescreen Notebook Computer With Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor T3400 " or
"Acer 14.1'' Extensa 4220-2148 PC Notebook with Intel Celeron Dual-Core Processor T1400"

because honestly i cant spend 1000 right now. the absolute most i can spend is 500

**Hilarion** · February 23, 2009, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by irishron

Want a notebook to play this game minimum? Plan on a 1000 American plus.

Bah. $1000 and you can play this game on maximum, easily.

**wilfredo** · February 23, 2009, 09:30 PM

i looking to buy the laptop in a store like office depot or walmart can any one lead me to good computer/laptop in these or other stores. 600 or less

i also found this dell laptop in best buy
Dell - Inspiron Laptop with Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor T3400 - Pacific Blue

this would all be better if i could pay monthly

**irishron** · February 24, 2009, 03:20 AM

I work at Walmart and they don't have a laptop that will play this game unless you want to slam it off a wall out of frustration.

Save your money up and get something worthwhile.

**pwf224** · February 23, 2009, 08:31 PM

If your looking for a good brand name laptop I suggest the Dell XPS. It has a pretty fast processor and video card (I have the nVidia 8600 series I think), that runs smoothly on large and huge unit sizes , and runs between 1000-1500 USD depending on what you put on it and what sales dell is giving at that particular time. I know people say dell isn't always reliable but I received great in-home service when i had a problem. And when people say M2 can't run on a laptop, they obviously haven't played on any recent laptops. I play M2 only on a laptop and I have better graphics and unit sizes than alot fo desktop users. What you invest in your system reflects what you will get out of it.

Here are some recommended specs if you are looking into laptops:

CPU: Pentium 4/Athlon 64
CPU Speed: 2.4 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD® Athlon™ 64 processor or equivalent recommended
RAM: 1GB or more
OS: Windows XP or Vista
Video Card: 100% compatible DirectX 9.0c 256 MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 3 support and the latest drivers (NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7300 or greater or ATI® Radeon® X1600) <very important for gaming, get the best one possible

**Mythic_Commodore** · February 25, 2009, 05:42 AM

If you want a good, under $600 solution, then buy a refurbished desktop from TigerDirect, as well as a graphics card. Only problem is, you'll have to get the graphics card installed somehow, which isn't a problem if you're comfortable with fiddling around inside your computer case.

**wilfredo** · February 25, 2009, 06:29 PM

i tink you're right desktops are the way to go. ive been told though that although dell has good warranty its has alot of problems. and i just wanted to ask if i could buy a desktop computer from another place instead of tigerdirect. like target, walmart, best buy, office depot, or frys.

im just wondering would this work
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE Graphics with TurboCache with 128MB dedicated graphics memory

**Celsius** · February 25, 2009, 06:45 PM

Don't get a deal unless it's an XPS. And yes, I got my HP from Walmart. It can run MEdieval II fine. NVIDIA GeForce graphics and a fast enough processor. But if you plan on getting just a dell, don't. They are way to slow.

-Celsius

**wilfredo** · February 25, 2009, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by Celsius

Don't get a deal unless it's an XPS. And yes, I got my HP from Walmart. It can run MEdieval II fine. NVIDIA GeForce graphics and a fast enough processor. But if you plan on getting just a dell, don't. They are way to slow.

-Celsius

im just wondering will this work
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE Graphics with TurboCache with 128MB dedicated graphics memory

**irishron** · February 25, 2009, 07:08 PM

Got two things against it because it isn't made for 3d gaming per se. It's an onboard chip and it shares your ram with the processor. It will play but if you're looking for instant graification on high settings, in my opinion, you're wasting your money.

**wilfredo** · February 25, 2009, 08:50 PM

ive decided to buy
this ill be going to today to check it out-the brand is EMachines

CPU: AMD Athlon™ 2650e Processor
64-bit processor with AMD HyperTransport™ 1.0 Technology
(1.6GHz, 512KB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic SP1
Display: 14.1" WXGA high-brightness TFT LCD (1280×800)
Chipset: AMD RS690MC
Memory: 1024MB 800MHz DDR2 (1 × 1024MB)
Expandable to 2GB
2 DDR2 slots total, 1 DDR2 slot available
Hard Drive: 160GB SATA II (5400rpm, 8MB cache)1
video:
ATI Radeon™ X1200 Graphics
With up to 1919MB of HyperMemory™ supporting Shader Model 2.0, Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0