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07-17-2006, 05:50 AM
| | Flickshot | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: Waterloo
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| | | Yeah, Yankee's right about having to lower the resolution. I did it once on my current laptop (back when I only had 512 RAM, not even a gig) and what you get is a bearable drop in FPS, and some serious stuttering in the movie (in the case of a DVD). I don't reccommend it, but it can be done. Lower your game settings enough and you might even get half-decent performance. |
07-17-2006, 05:56 AM
|  | OVER THE LINE! | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Coruscant
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Originally Posted by Guntizzle
well... its wishful thinking, but if u play any game in a window it still takes up massive memory and cpu, hence u really cant do too much while playing a game
| i can play aoe3 online windowed and watch godfather special edition at the same time.
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07-17-2006, 10:50 AM
|  | Call my Slappy | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Gotham...well, the outskirts.
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| | | Windows Vista will probably help with the game + other apps scenario. I heard that since Vista runs in 3D accelerated mode, it's supposed to naturally allow 3D windowed apps (games) with fewer/no problems.
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07-17-2006, 12:58 PM
|  | Jack pwns my FACE | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Well above sea level.
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| | | That would be cool... I'm curious as to how well Vista will run all the games i currently have..
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07-17-2006, 03:37 PM
|  | Horrendiculous! | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: S. Jerksey
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| | | even with onboard dvd playback (something actually still relatively new), I'd think the main concern would be a dual core CPU. takes some muscle to just get the video stream, not necessarily to draw it to the screen. so with a multi core or dual cpu setup, and a decent graphic card, I'd think this would run futuristically smood (smood!) on vista... or xp
i can't wait for aero. like I don't have enough distractions at work
like this forum :laughing:
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07-17-2006, 04:13 PM
|  | Err0r | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: South Carolina
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Originally Posted by chode messiah
i can play aoe3 online windowed and watch godfather special edition at the same time.
| You can handle lag in aoe3, and still play. :P
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07-18-2006, 03:17 AM
|  | lawlkill | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boston
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| | | Why not get 2 or 3 monitors? I have 2 it is great. I usually keep the game on one at full and have Firefox, little clips, vent on the other. |
07-22-2006, 09:47 AM
|  | Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The arctic North Coast
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| | | I run 32" LCD, and most of the newer TVs have a "PC mode" where you can have your desktop as your main view with a picture in picture of any other source (In this case, component video from a DVD player.) So, I have either TV or a DVD in a small square in the lower right when CS is playing and just use the Windows key to tab out of the game to answer an IM, or whatever. As far as CS windowed, or any FPS windowed... I've never like the way it played that way... gotta go full screen for me. Just shop around for features when you look for TVs, ask to see the owners manual and see how user friendly it is when used as a monitor.
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07-22-2006, 10:06 AM
| | Horrendiculous! | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: S. Jerksey
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Originally Posted by Sysalis
You can handle lag in aoe3, and still play. :P
| LIES! you must have a super computer to window AOE3 and do anything else.. even windows calculator 
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07-22-2006, 10:25 AM
| | Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The arctic North Coast
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| | | Another Solution:
I just thought of this, for awhile, I did the multiple monitor thing in a different way. 32" LCD as main monitor, 20" LCD atop my tower on the left for TV/DVD/etc, and networked laptop off to the right for mail, IM, etc.
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