good games for a laptop with no video card

SpeedZealot369

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just looking for great games that dont require a video card i.e. can run on intergrated graphics. just any free 2d games or stuff like that to pass the time during class.. suggestions?

 

murban135

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Starcraft. It is one of the best games ever made, can be found for cheap and will run fine. It will be perfect for you, it even has Zealots.
 

Tipsy Turtle

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Try the various versions of Command & Conquer.

Like someone else already mentioned, Startcraft is also an excellent choice.
 
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Is this a GMA950, because it's not as much of a slouch as you'd think. GTA:SA willl run decent on it. You can even force newer games to run in DX7 mode and get mostly playable frames from what I've read.....HL2 for example.

Also, if you haven't played it, Age Of Kings is a great game still and looks far better than Starcraft. The original HL and Counter-strike. Torment.
 

SpeedZealot369

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Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Is this a GMA950, because it's not as much of a slouch as you'd think. GTA:SA willl run decent on it. You can even force newer games to run in DX7 mode and get mostly playable frames from what I've read.....HL2 for example.

Also, if you haven't played it, Age Of Kings is a great game still and looks far better than Starcraft. The original HL and Counter-strike. Torment.

Yepp it's the 950
 

BirdDad

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Zeus(the best game ever really addictive city building game),Majesty(a fantasy RTS that the units do what they want you cannot directly control them and they can get scared of the enemy very good)
 

BladeVenom

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Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Baldur's Gate I / II
PlaneScape Torment
Fallout I / II

Those are all good choices. Just look around for older games that you missed.

Have you played No One Lives Forever? American McGee's Alice? System Shock 2? Battlefield 1942 plays ok, on integrated graphics. Unreal 2004 should also work.

For a new game, I think Galactic Civilizations 2 can run on integrated graphics. Just don't design ships with millions of polygons.
 
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Well, like I said, you'll be surprised what runs on the 950. Sure it's a DX9 GPU, but forcing games to run in older versions of DX will disable a lot of the pretty stuff and make games playable. If I recall, it's roughly as powerful as the GF3 which puts it on par with an XBox. Memory prices are falling like rocks, and upgrading that could give you a small boost.

Best thing to do would be to go read over Games Of The Year from various sites for years past (2005 and below) and check out the top 4 or 5 from each year.
 

secretanchitman

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warcraft 1/2/2 BNE
starcraft
diablo 1/probably 2 as well
half life
nes/snes/gba and gbc/genesis/n64 (project64 runs fine on the laptops i use at school that have gma950) emulation
halo (my friend ran it on his laptop that had gma950)

plenty of games...
 

SpeedZealot369

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thanks for all the suggestions guys, also i dont really carry my mouse around so try to keep in mind that i will be using the touchpad (sucks for games i know) and keyboard