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-Ever- · 01-18-2005, 02:56 PM

My friend has a nice Sony Vaio laptop that's about six months old. He plays lots of video games, but up until now it was only casually (Warcraft, Doom 3, etc.) He's now playing World of Warcraft and while I personally think the game runs well on his computer, he's only getting around 15-20 frames per second at high resolution. After he saw how it ran on my desktop, he began bugging me asking if I could help find him an upgrade. Here's his current basic specs:

Sony Vaio pcg-grt360zg (http://www.epinions.com/pr-Sony_PCG-...ay_~full_specs)

Pentium 3.06ghz 533fsb
512 ram (not sure what kind)
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20030311316029.html

I figure that while his current GFX card seems to be pretty high-end already, there's got to be something a step up or two from NVIDIA or Radeon that he can look into. The only problem is that I have virtually zero experience with upgrading laptops and the possible hardware options involved. Can anyone recommend a higher-end GFX card than the one above that you think will be able to get him up in the 25-35 fps range running at high to the highest resolutions in such a game?

Thanks for any info guys. Take care.
-T

01-18-2005, 02:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
-Ever- Junkie Location: San Francisco	Laptop- Recommend a gaming GFX card. My friend has a nice Sony Vaio laptop that's about six months old. He plays lots of video games, but up until now it was only casually (Warcraft, Doom 3, etc.) He's now playing World of Warcraft and while I personally think the game runs well on his computer, he's only getting around 15-20 frames per second at high resolution. After he saw how it ran on my desktop, he began bugging me asking if I could help find him an upgrade. Here's his current basic specs: Sony Vaio pcg-grt360zg (http://www.epinions.com/pr-Sony_PCG-...ay_~full_specs) Pentium 3.06ghz 533fsb 512 ram (not sure what kind) NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5600 http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20030311316029.html I figure that while his current GFX card seems to be pretty high-end already, there's got to be something a step up or two from NVIDIA or Radeon that he can look into. The only problem is that I have virtually zero experience with upgrading laptops and the possible hardware options involved. Can anyone recommend a higher-end GFX card than the one above that you think will be able to get him up in the 25-35 fps range running at high to the highest resolutions in such a game? Thanks for any info guys. Take care. -T __________________ Embracing the goddess energy within yourselves will bring all of you to a new understanding and valuing of life. A vision that inspires you to live and love on planet Earth. Like a priceless jewel buried in dark layers of soil and stone, Earth radiates her brilliant beauty into the caverns of space and time. Perhaps you are aware of those who watch over your home And experience of this place to visit and play with reality. You are becoming aware of yourself as a gamemaster... --Acknowledge your weaknesses--