Please move if this is in the wrong section. Ok, i have a max of $400 and i wanna buy from amazon.com Ive seen a lot of people on youtube running games like GTA VC and audiosurf etc on there eeepc with, well pretty much no lag (low settings of course) well, i was going to buy the Asus EEEPc 1000HE. Most of the videos with the games and all were using aa 900MHz Celeron M, yet the 1000HE has a 1.6GHz intel atom. I'd like my eeepc to be able to run some games like gta vc, mabey in the car and stuff, ya know. so, what one should i get? thanks!!! aaorn
The graphics boards in the EEE PCs are diabolical, I'm not convinced they're up to the job of playing games like these, but perhaps they've improved since the original model. I sincerely hope they have. The 1.6Ghz Atom will be a much better buy than the 900mhz Celeron, in any case.
Ok thanks Sammorris also, have a look on youtube, there really nice systems, i like the idea of being able to work, and also able to play a few games on it away from home type in EEEPC Gaming
You want an atom-based book, but there are two basic flavors: The cheap ones have the Intel GMA graphics device and the better ones have an nVidia graphics device. The intel GMA graphics are terrible for gaming, as they have no hardware geometry processing, no hardware transform and lighting, and are not DirectX 7-10 compatable. This makes it impossible to play modern games, even if they are not resource-heavy. The newest netbooks have 1.66GHZ Atom processors, and also have the newest version of the intel GMA...it is still trash, but it has gotten about 10% better.
i see. well, what EEEPC should i get? the 1000HA, 1000HE, 900? im not sure... tanks in advance this is the one i want to get: http://www.harveynorman.com.au/products/index.php/computers/netbooks/asus-eee-pc-900-netbook.html i dont know how to tell the graphics chip thing... :/ thanks
Of those, the 1000HE is the best one. It has the best features and also the longest battery life. It is the only one of the three with the new 1.66GHZ (N280) chip. The 1000HA is about the same for games, but has a shorter battery life and the wireless features are lacking, plus no bluetooth. The 900 series all have 8.9" screens; so I would avoid those.
I think ill get the 900a one now, because its a lot cheaper... heres detailed specs: Manufacturer ASUS Model name Eee PC 900A Model id 900A CPU type Intel Atom (Diamondville) CPU speed 1600 Mhz Graphics Intel GMA 950 OS Linux Xandros Display Size 8.9" 1024 X 600 RAM 1024 MB Flash 8000 MB Keyboard YES Mouse Pointer YES Battery capacity 36 (W/hr) Weight 990 gm Size (w/h/d mm) 225/170/33 mm I had a read here: http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/gma950/index.htm It said: Microsoft* DirectX* 9 Vertex Shader 3.0 and Transform and Lighting supported in software through highly optimized Processor Specific Geometry Pipeline (PSGP) Graphics Intel GMA 950, is that good? thanks! =D
No, it can't play any games, short of DOS, and the less demanding browser-based flash games (even some of those will lag). It's cheaper for a reason, it's much worse!
I'm not looking on youtube, where the low res video masks the fact that the frame rate is unplayable. I know what the GMA950 is capable of. It can't even install Counter-Strike Source (as several people who come to our LAN parties keep finding out), which is a very lightweight FPS from over 4 years ago, and it wasn't especially demanding then. Audiosurf commands better graphics hardware than CS:S, and I imagine GTA Vice City does too. The nVidia powered ones may well do what you ask (just), but the Intels certainly will not. If you were never going to consider the better Atoms, you shouldn't have asked us in the first place.
ok thanks, does anyone know which ones have the nvidia? ive looked at many of them and cant find any, they all have the intel chips thanks
I'm not entirely sure if they're out yet. Killerbug does not make any suggestion that there's an EEE PC that does it, rather than just a netbook. However, all I can see are microboxes, like the iMac mini. There doesn't seem to be anything available for launch yet. I'm also a bit of a reliability sceptic for nvidia's mobile graphics solutions.
Notebpooks aren't gaming systems ffs.. They are for different uses. Nice little machines designed for work on the go.. foss operating system (horrid commercial flavour of it.. but many many others ARE free and work as well if not better) and dispite what the M$ crew would have you believe there are a lot of games which will run beaut on it. Mostly older games because of the specs.. but there are some games now which you wouldn't be able to run on anything sporting any M$ directx crap.. because that doesn't render fast enough. If you want to play the current (boring and all the same) games buy a desktop and spend $500 every 6 months for 2 years to end up with a worthless lump of junk after that time.
ok, thanks, ill see what i can find from here on sammorris. and varnull, i NEVER said they were a gaming system, or that i needed a portable one! i just said i would like to ALSO be able to run SOME games on it, aswell as work... geez... thanks
Yes, but the point varnull is trying to make is that the sort of games you'll be playing on an EEE are Minesweeper and Pong.
As someone who hates all netbooks in general I'm recommending saving another 100$ and getting a real laptop that will be 10X more powerful for a 25% cost increase. Even with an integrated chip on a low-end laptop you'll at least be able to play starcraft and warcraft 3. As well as having a usable screen and keyboard.
you can play some(not all) pc games on the eee pc( I bought a 900a(4gb ssd) Linux version and installed windows xp on it). I been playing revolt, mechwarrior 3( using an 2gb sd card for the iso images and a virtual dvd/cd drive) Playstation 1, n64, gba, snes, nes, genesis, sega cd emulators, you name it( no ps2 or dreamcast). You can also play dvd videos(if you rip the dvd and remove the copy guard)of a usb memory stick/ if you have portable dvd drive. You can't play games like ghost recon on there(got it free with my costume built pc(really pimped out(1tb drive, 4gb memory, cross fired hd video cards, gigabit ethernet, intel core 2 extreme). it doesn't have enough power(I tried).
You seem hell bent on an EEE pc, it's your money after all. I don't hate all netbooks, they fill a space that laptops can't fully satisfy, hence their popularity. Mine (Acer Aspire One) has more than enough grunt to run Urban Terror, Insane (very good, older driving game), Microsoft Madness, and Quake Arena too, network Quake and the olde worlde Doom. Older games but for me, that's fine, i have no interest in PC gaming anymore, lost interest quite some years ago. (Personally if i want to game i put on the xbox 360 or old box or some other console). The Acer is now used 24/7 as a torrent machine, not because it's low powered or crap, but because it's 30W PSU means it costs very little to leave running 24/7, plus hardly gets warm, so i can trust leaving it unattended, try that with a desktop or laptop . Anything else i've already covered in a recent thread re Asus or Acer thread here ~ http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/749142
Starcraft yes, Warcraft 3 no. I've seen Warcraft 3 on integrated graphics, not pretty. Emulators up to the N64 all really run off the processor not the graphics card, and the Atom CPU is quite the powerhouse for its size. The rest of the games listed should give you an idea of whereabouts the cut off point. Mainstream titles up until 2001-2002, lightweight titles about as far as 2004, basic freeware/indie games until recently.
