Half life 2- Will it play on this system?

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imported_biyahero

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Jan 25, 2005
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I want to buy my son a ThinkPad to use while he is away at school, and also to play Counterstrike on, to avoid shipping his desktop back and forth across the world multiple times a year.

Currently he has been playing counterstrike on the following desktop machine.

ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard
Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz
2 Gigs Corsair RAM
PNY nVidea GeForce 5700 Ultra video card

Monitor:
IBM 19" Thinkvision C190 CRT

The Thinkpad I am looking at is:

http://www5.pc.ibm.com/us/products.nsf/$wwwPartNumLookup/_2373GVU

Model: T42p

Processor (CPU): Intel Pentium M Processor 745
Processor internal clock speed2: 1.80GHz
Front Side Bus: 400MHz

Graphics Subsystem
Video RAM std/max: 128MB / 128MB
Graphics chipset: ATI Mobility FIREGL T2
Graphics type: SXGA+
Video RAM type: DDR SDRAM
Max resolution (with max video RAM): 2048x1536 16777216 colors
Max colors (with max video RAM): 16777216
Graphics bus interface: AGP 4X

Memory
Memory (RAM) std/max: 512MB / 2GB
RAM slots total: 2 SODIMM
RAM slots available: 1 SODIMM
RAM speed supported: 333MHz
RAM type: PC2700 DDR SDRAM

If I get that or if I ship the desktop, he is thinking of hooking it to a:

PRINCETON SENERGY 714 17" Dual Input Flat Panel Display w/ Stereo Speakers

Specifications:
Panel Type: TFT Active Matrix LCD
Native Resolution: SXGA 1280x1024
Pixel Pitch: 0.264 mm
Brightness: 300 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio: 450:1
Response Time: 16 ms

With this notebook, do you think he will be able to play Counterstrike as satisfactorily as he was able to on the desktop machine described above, and is the response time of that LCD adequate whether he hooks the desktop or the notebook to it?
 

fbrdphreak

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Apr 17, 2004
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This more belongs in the notebook forums, but yes; he will play it well. I wouldn't say "satisfactorily" as on the desktop, but well enough. Regular CS will run without a hitch, CS:S will struggle more. Make sure if you get it to use the Omega drivers instead of the IBM ones, they seriously rock out the card's performance.
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