Can i run this game on my laptop?

[kevinmack7771]

Hey, i was just wondering if i could run Medieval 2 total war on this laptop im looking to get. Thanks.
Here is a link to the laptop:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP---ENVY-17.3%26%2334%3B-Laptop---6GB-Memory---750GB-Hard-Drive---Black/6914563.p?skuId=6914563&id=1218813786446#tab=specifications[/URL]

[Vissewalde rex de Gerzika]

Post your dxdiag, im sure that irishron will help you out once he comes by.

[Aeratus]

Hey, i was just wondering if i could run Medieval 2 total war on this laptop im looking to get. Thanks.

Yes.

[irishron]

It will run it but how well will depend on Dedicated graphics memory in BIOS, something HP does not put in their specs and lock the BIOS so customer can't change it, and if it contains a dedicated graphics card.

[Sitalkes]

More information available here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=107263

[Comrade Roboto]

It seems like a fairly modern laptop so yeah, I think you should have no problems playing this game on the higher settings.

[Eisenhart_IV]

Hey, i was just wondering if i could run Medieval 2 total war on this laptop im looking to get. Thanks.
Here is a link to the laptop:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP---ENVY-17.3%26%2334%3B-Laptop---6GB-Memory---750GB-Hard-Drive---Black/6914563.p?skuId=6914563&id=1218813786446#tab=specifications[/URL]

Easily. Enjoy the game.

[Krάtos]

Hey, i was just wondering if i could run Medieval 2 total war on this laptop im looking to get. Thanks.
Here is a link to the laptop:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP---ENVY-17.3%26%2334%3B-Laptop---6GB-Memory---750GB-Hard-Drive---Black/6914563.p?skuId=6914563&id=1218813786446#tab=specifications[/URL]

It will run this game quite easily enough. But if the higher limits of it are pushed then this laptop also might fart, despite being latest and everything. If you're buying this laptop for latest games then i would seriously advise not to purchase it. Follow my post further to understand why.

First of, the screen size of this laptop is 17.3 inches so the native resolution for this is 1600x900. Resolution and the hardware it runs on determines the amount of frames we will get. Generally anything greater than 30+ fps (frames per second) is playable. Anything below looks trashy. The movies we see are 30 fps approximately, 23.6, 29.9 fps etc to be precise. If you play your games at a lower resolution than 1600x900, then you will get a fps boost of about 15-20, which is quite enough. As the same amount of procssing is done on a smaller scale which exerts less pressure on the machine.

Hardcore gamers prefer 60 fps, which has a completely different feel. So one should aim for that before purchasing.

Now for running this game the graphics provided is more than enough, considering the resolution, but the bottleneck it at the CPU. It's only 1.9 Ghz and this game, medieval 2, only uses the primary or single core so if you increase the number of troops on the battlefield, to huge etc, then your game will hang or lag. Remember such games, especially total war games, are CPU intrinsic.

Moreover it is not a dedicated card and depends on the system RAM for memory. Another drawback in this is RAM used is DDR3 while dedicated graphics card have GDDR5 VRAM, which is faster in execution.

Overall, buying this and then thinking that it's a gaming machine is a serious misconception.

It will run it but how well will depend on Dedicated graphics memory in BIOS, something HP does not put in their specs and lock the BIOS so customer can't change it, and if it contains a dedicated graphics card.

I urge you to see the link again. It provides all the info needed. This HP Envy comes Radeon HD 7640G embedded GPU, meaning integrated. Radeon HD 7640G got considerably high results in 3D Mark 11 benchmarks, putting it on level with a dedicated GeForce GT 630M.

However, according to several gaming benchmarks very graphically demanding games like The Witcher-II and Max Payne-III are unplayable even at the lowest settings. Surprisingly enough, Metro 2033 ran fine on medium settings, most likely because HD7000 series can handle tessellation well now. But then there are older examples also from 2010, just cause 2, that is also not playable.

See this video test on metro 2033:

Note the resolution he's testing it on is 1366x768 not 1600x900. SO like i said, for gaming on this machine one has to step is down a notch, it will help a lot.

Therefore, we can only conclude Radeon 7640G's performance depends a lot on driver support & optimization and varies from game to game. Considering this is M2TW, a very old game and not graphically superior to the latest ones, it will run quite easily if ran in a controlled manner. Technical details for 7650g is given below:

• Core Speed: 655 MHz
• Architecture: Devastator
• Memory: 512 MB
• Maximum Shared Memory: (Depends on how much you set, generally it's 768 by default i think)
• Memory Speed: 800 MHz (from system RAM)
• Memory Bus: 128 Bit
• Memory Type: DDR3 (from system RAM)
• Memory Bandwidth: 25.6GB/sec (From system RAM obviously. All IGPs (Integrated graphics solutions) can have up to 29.856 GB/s of memory bandwidth from system RAM, however dedicated graphics cards can enjoy up to 264GB/sec of bandwidth over its memory-bus. That's the main punch line here)
• Pipelines: 256
• Direct X: 11
• Shader: 5.0
• Open GL: 4.1
• Resolution (WxH): Max 2560x1600
• Max Power: Only 35 Watts. Modern day cards are power hogs and can eat 300 watts of power.

More information available here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=107263

It's an outdated trash mate, this shouldn't be recommended to anyone. Thread is from 2007.