Can the Surface Pro 2 play modern games?

[baydude]

Like BF4?

 

[gorcorps]

can the tablet that doesn't exist yet play the game that doesn't exist yet?

sure... why not

NOTE: I'm not trying to be a dick, I'm just pointing out that we can't really determine how an unreleased product will perform on an unreleased game. It has the built in graphics to start the game, but will it be worth playing with everything you have to turn down? We simply can't know until they're both out to be tested.

 

[386user]

not everyone plays crsyis, bf3 on max

it can play simpler games with older engines on low just fine

im not sure about the fan situation on the surface though...but it will probably get hot, loud and drop in performance...

 

[Zodiark1593]

If your goal is to to game, don't even bother looking at the Surface Pro, (nor any other ultra thin laptops for that matter)

 

[Imaginer]

Considering I have loaded and played FFXIV:ARR (Surface Pro 1), yes it should be able and 'can' play modern games. (based on analysis on the first Pro)

BUT it depends on the game ultimately.

 

[Imaginer]

Battlefield, due to the textures and multiple fast moving objects being rendered, I would say no to that game. But like others said, one does not get the Surface Pro for gaming as a primary point.

 

[386user]

He asked about Battlefield.

And really it's not good for any gaming. Nothing remotely serious. It's a bad price/performance value for gaming. That is coming from someone who ordered a Surface Pro 2 today.

well..im sure battlefield will run the surface pro 2...

on 800x600 low everything/off where applicable..

it probably wont be too great of an experience though

 

[blackened23]

Like BF4?

No? Not unless you have low framerate expectations. Not sure what the basis of this question is, the Surface Pro 2 isn't designed for gaming - it is designed, as most ultrabooks and portables are, for general use. With that being the case it should be using HD4400 or HD5000 which could probably run a few indie games, but don't expect anything substantial like bf4.

If you want to game, get a fullsize gaming laptop with a discrete GPU.. That's really all there is to it...

 

[ultimatebob]

well..im sure battlefield will run the surface pro 2...

on 800x600 low everything/off where applicable..

it probably wont be too great of an experience though

In other words, you could run Battlefield 4 but it would look more like Battlefield 1942 🙂

 

[Wolfpup]

For what it's worth, I ran 2004's Half Life 2 on a Sandy Bridge (12-core) just to see if it could do it. It actually ran well, to my shock.

I tried Crisis on Ivy Bridge (16-core) and it was an utter joke. It couldn't render it quite right, but was just a slideshow. 15fps would have been astonishing next to what 16-core Intel video can accomplish.

And haswell ups it to 20 cores...

So yeah, I think older games will run, but newer stuff, no way. Maaaaybe what, 2004 and earlier will probably run? Anything with that level of graphical complexity, which of course includes a lot of new games too, but I'd assume Battlefield 4 would barely run.

Dang, wouldn't it be awesome if Surface 2 COULD run stuff like that well though?

Darn, I was going to run Battlefield 3 for you on my Ivy Bridge, see how it did (I suspect horribly) but it turns out Battlefield 3 on PC requires a browser plug-in. Granted it's a real developer, and it's EA, but I'm not super comfortable with that. May just play it on console, if I ever do (got it cheap/free-ish from that Humble Bundle charity thing).

Believe it or not, my Geforce 680m runs Crysis even better than Ivy Bridge's magnificent video! 😉

 

[Wolfpup]

well..im sure battlefield will run the surface pro 2...

on 800x600 low everything/off where applicable..

it probably wont be too great of an experience though

I don't know...I don't even know if that's guaranteed. Ivy Bridge can't run Crysis at all, even with everything shut down, it just really can't do it. Can't hit 10FPS lol.

I'm not sure that Crysis is super well optimized, but Battlefield 3/4 are supposed to be post-current-gen console too, in terms of their engines, sooooo...