ATI Mobility M3 16mb Can I play Quake 3 and other similar games well with this?

[jediphx]

My previous laptop had a horrible Savage IX video card so im wondering if this is an improvement?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Maybe at 640x480 "No Detail" mode.

- M4H

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: jediphx
My previous laptop had a horrible Savage IX video card so im wondering if this is an improvement?

i had an ati mobility radeon in my inspiron 4100 - its 16MB ddr, right? It'll play games with a recommended 32MB video ram . . .

i never played quake 3 but Unreal I, Nolf and Max Payne ran fine on it . . . Q3 would be a "stretch" but would probably run . . .

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: jediphx
My previous laptop had a horrible Savage IX video card so im wondering if this is an improvement?

i had an ati mobility radeon in my inspiron 4100 - its 16MB ddr, right? It'll play games with a recommended 32MB video ram . . .

i never played quake 3 but Unreal I, Nolf and Max Payne ran fine on it . . . Q3 would be a "stretch" but would probably run . . .

M3 and M4 are two very different chip generations, never mind the M6. If Max Payne and NOLF ran though, Q3 definitely will.

- M4H

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: jediphx
My previous laptop had a horrible Savage IX video card so im wondering if this is an improvement?

i had an ati mobility radeon in my inspiron 4100 - its 16MB ddr, right? It'll play games with a recommended 32MB video ram . . .

i never played quake 3 but Unreal I, Nolf and Max Payne ran fine on it . . . Q3 would be a "stretch" but would probably run . . .

I have the 320M IGP with shared ram and a t-bred 2000+ in my 2yr old 900z and it is definitely able to play QIII@10x7 no problem. The 320/340M is faster than the old M3 rage based solution though if I don't miss my guess here, and I doubt his CPU is that fast either. I really can't say how the M3 does though so I'll stfu now.

 

[jediphx]

these are the specs of the laptop i will be using

IBM A21P (2629-HWU)
P3/850
512mb Ram
30gb HDD
15" TFT LCD
ATI Mobility M3 16mb Video
CDRW 8x4x24: Removable
Flopy Drive: Built In
Mini PCI NIC
Xircom 10/100 NIC
Mini PCI 56k Modem

 

[Bateluer]

I had a Mobility Radeon U1 32MB in my old Compaq notebook. It would run UT2k3 at 640x480, low quality settings at a playable framerate. I mainly played 2D RPGs like BG, PS:T, and IWD on it though. NWN ran alright most of the time when using low textures and 6x4 resolution.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: jediphx
these are the specs of the laptop i will be using

IBM A21P (2629-HWU)
P3/850
512mb Ram
30gb HDD
15" TFT LCD
ATI Mobility M3 16mb Video
CDRW 8x4x24: Removable
Flopy Drive: Built In
Mini PCI NIC
Xircom 10/100 NIC
Mini PCI 56k Modem

Your mobility Radeon - 16MB sdr or DDR?

Your TFT - VGA or SVGA (what's the res?)

it's gonna depend on these 2 variables . . . your P3 and system RAM is sufficient.

(mine was a 933mhz P4-M and the 16MB DDR mobility Radeon with a 10x7 LCD . . . ran NOLF/Max Payne and Unreal fine . . . and i almost forgot - Star Trek Voyager: Elite Forces . . . that's based on the Q3 engine [i believe - only requires a 8MBmin-16MBrecommended video card])

you should be fine!
(unless your tft is hi-res)

 

[jediphx]

well the specs say this:

Display Max. Resolution 1600 x 1200
Display Tech TFT Active Matrix
External Video Resolution 1600 x 1200

Display 15 in. TFT Active Matrix

Does that tell you?

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: jediphx
well the specs say this:

Display Max. Resolution 1600 x 1200
Display Tech TFT Active Matrix
External Video Resolution 1600 x 1200

Display 15 in. TFT Active Matrix

Does that tell you?

Yes . . .

. . . unfortunately for you . . .

it's gonna SUCK.

You will NEVER be able to play at your LCD's native resolution . . . 16x12 will "destroy" your FPS. You'll have to try 8x6 and put up with the blurriness . . .