#X4500mhd 720p
The YouTube 720p video we looked at didn't require nearly as much CPU power, and it didn't drop any frames. Both Hulu videos had CPU utilization at above 70%, with spikes hitting 95%. CPU usage was rather high on the 2.1 GHz T6500 processor, but there were no noticeable frame drops.
#X4500mhd full
First, we really didn't have any trouble watching any of the videos in full screen mode using Flash 10.0. Things were a bit more interesting on the NV58. Moving on to the Gateway NV58 with GMA 4500MHD. Needless to say, your typical netbook using an Intel GMA 950 isn't going to be able to do any of this stuff, regardless of which version of Flash you're running. Hulu's 720p Legend of the Seeker (one of their few HD videos at present) ran at a buttery smooth 24 FPS. Average CPU utilization drops by 20 to 35% and every video we tested worked without a hitch (provided we used the &fmt=22 workaround mentioned earlier).
#X4500mhd upgrade
Upgrade to Flash 10.1 and pretty much all of the problems mentioned above are gone. Hulu is even worse, with SD video managing just 7.1 FPS and a 720p video running a 1 FPS slideshow. We averaged around three frames per second on a 30 FPS video.
#X4500mhd 1080p
With YouTube now starting to support 1080p videos, things only get worse. HD movies range from dropping about one third of the frames to dropping well over half of the frames, and that's at 720p. Standard definition movies on YouTube are about as good as it gets, and there's still obvious frame dropping when running in fullscreen mode. Using Flash 10.0, the ION netbook is horrible for Flash video. I conducted all of the laptop testing with the videos running in fullscreen mode. The difference between Flash 10.0 and 10.1 is absolutely stunning on an ION-based netbook. My results with the ION LE laptop are similar to Anand's experience, except that I didn't have an external display so I used the native 1366x768 laptop LCD. Besides the AMD numbers (ATI HD 3200 using a Gateway NV52 laptop), I also ran tests on an HP Mini 311 (NVIDIA ION LE) and a Gateway NV58 (Intel GMA 4500 MHD). Look out for nVidia or ATi graphics when looking at specs, and use the chart above to compare cards, in order to see if it'll meet the requirements of games.As Anand mentioned, I ran some tests on laptops as a sanity check. It also should be noted that Intel makes really crappy graphics cards.
Laptops that would run GTA IV well would come from the likes of Alienware or Dell XPS. That's probably also why your desktop doesn't run games well - invest in a dedicated graphics card, and you'll be sure to see smoother framerates, provided you also have a good CPU and enough RAM. GTA IV needs at least a good mid-range card, like a 9800 GT, to play the game well. ), the X4500MHD, equivalent to a GeForce FX 5200 Ultra, is well below the 7900 GS requirement, performance wise. I don't think that laptop is meant for gaming, rather for business or entertainment.Īcording to this graphics card hierarchy chart (. I'm afraid the graphics card in your laptop, Intel GMA X4500MHD, isn't powerful enough to run the game competently. Even on my Vista Desktop thats more powerful, cant even handle games. I'm no tech guru but I never thought this laptop was terrible for playing games by the specs. Even on the minimum settings in GTA, it says I'm over the limit. I suppose it may have to do with Windows 7 but I've been looking and a lot of other people ahve had this problem. Its running Windows 7 with 4 gigs of ram. I am using a laptop I just bought a few weeks ago. Anyways, I updated the game again because I think the updates let you play online and fix some bugs so you can change graphics settings and I definantly need that since the game lags but when I reinstall the game with updates it refuses to run agian. I have 3 computers and games lag on all of them.
I'm so mad because almost all games lag on my computer and I don't know why. So Uninstalled it and reinstalled it and it ran but lags really bad. I installed it and updated it and it gave me an error.
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