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Playing Skyrim on an Intel 4400?

Mai72

Mai72

Lifer
Hello All,

I had a gaming laptop with a decent Nvidia card, but I sold it last year. I was getting out of gaming and I wanted to purchase a laptop with an integrated video card. The laptop I'm using now has an i5 processor, 8gb ram, 5400 hd, Intel 4400 card, and win 8.1.

I'm getting the urge to game again. I could kick myself in the ass for not purchasing a gaming laptop. Anyway, the game I'd like to play is Skyrim. My guess is I'm not going to be able to play it with the graphic mods that are out there today.

Will I be able to play Skyrim?
 
Darksiders 1, 2
Fallout 3, New Vegas
Oblivion
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Torchlight 2
Path of Exile

you can get a lot of mileage out of the Intel HD 4000 series
 
using the custom config file I played it on the HD 2000 and single channel ram at 720P, it was fine, mostly around 30FPS or at least over 20, with the default low settings it was much worse,

HD4400 is way better, it should handle the default low or medium OK.
 
tential said:
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=HD4400+skyrim

I'm going to just assume you're joking about playing modded skyrim on an HD4400....
Clearly you can "play it". 720p/Lowering Settings is what you're looking at (So like High, and lower from there).
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By graphic mod I meant mods that incorporate the high rez textures into the game. I thought that high resolution would mean a slow down in the game. I like to crank up the graphics when I play a game. I guess I'm not going to be able to do this until I purchase a new gaming laptop.
 
Mai72 said:
By graphic mod I meant mods that incorporate the high rez textures into the game. I thought that high resolution would mean a slow down in the game. I like to crank up the graphics when I play a game. I guess I'm not going to be able to do this until I purchase a new gaming laptop.
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LOL I'm not sure any laptop out there can handle high rez textures of Skyrim. Especially not your 4400.
 
Clinkster said:
LOL I'm not sure any laptop out there can handle high rez textures of Skyrim. Especially not your 4400.
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This. Why are you even thinking about running powerful mods on any type of notebook? You are going to need a more powerful desktop or workstation.
 
Mai72 said:
I was trying to get away from gaming. :|
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Society can be rough on us gamers, huh?

If you aren't spending all your free time "networking" and "social climbing" you are basically seen as a child. Or go sit in a bar somewhere, drink what they are serving.

How dare you entertain yourself in the comfort of your own home, must be a loser.

:colbert:
 
Ignore the nay-sayers. I play Skyrim @ medium x768 on Intel HD 4000.

The 4400 is better than mine, so it'll work okay. Not great, but playable.
 
Yes, you can run Skyrim on an HD4400. Search Youtube, its absolutely do-able. You won't be maxing out any settings, most likely you'll be on Medium presets at 720p resolution, but it will be playable.
 
Mai72 said:
I disagree. I had a CyberPower gaming PC with a Nvidia 560M and it ran Skyrim pretty good at max settings. This was with about 40 mods, including high resolution graphic mods.

A gaming station will always out shine a gaming laptop. Still, gaming laptops have come a long way.

http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/category/notebook/
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You have to be specific about which mods. Some high res mods won't hurt you that much (just use VRAM), but ENB Lighting mods? Grass mods? Things that make skyrim REALLY pop? Ya those are inaccessible to you without a desktop.

There are so many graphical mods that unless we specify exactly which ones we could be talking about two wildly different things.

Edit: On a Side note... Talk about an AMAZING PC Manufacturer
8GB (8GBx1) DDR3-1600 RAM
1 TB 7200RPM HDD

Why not reap the benefits of dual channel ram and an SSD HDD which are much more preferable for a gaming laptop? Just lol at how PC Manufacturers still push having "1000 GIGABYTES!!!" of hard drive space rather than a much faster SSD. God we suck as consumers...
 
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shortylickens said:
By contrast, I just installed a GTX 760 and now get 150 FPS.
:awe:
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I know if I keep pushing, that video card WILL get into that dang laptop!!!
 
Mai72 said:
Hello All,

I had a gaming laptop with a decent Nvidia card, but I sold it last year. I was getting out of gaming and I wanted to purchase a laptop with an integrated video card. The laptop I'm using now has an i5 processor, 8gb ram, 5400 hd, Intel 4400 card, and win 8.1.

I'm getting the urge to game again. I could kick myself in the ass for not purchasing a gaming laptop. Anyway, the game I'd like to play is Skyrim. My guess is I'm not going to be able to play it with the graphic mods that are out there today.

Will I be able to play Skyrim?
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Well dont because that HD4400 isnt bad at gaming. Its a far cry from the old GMA950 integrated garbage that could barely pull 5FPS in some of the least demanding games around.

Yeah Skyrim should be okay, unmodded, low settings, maybe medium but I would roll with low just to keep FPS high. Give it a shot, that HD4400 may surprise you.
 
Maximilian said:
Well dont because that HD4400 isnt bad at gaming. Its a far cry from the old GMA950 integrated garbage that could barely pull 5FPS in some of the least demanding games around.

Yeah Skyrim should be okay, unmodded, low settings, maybe medium but I would roll with low just to keep FPS high. Give it a shot, that HD4400 may surprise you.
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I'm playing AoE3 and RtCW right now. I think I'm going to hold off playing Skyrim until I get a new system. I tried playing it and I was getting bad frame rates. If I'm going to play Skyrim I need to play it with all the bells and whistles. I can't play it on lowered settings.
 
Like I said, it looks good @768P on medium settings with my HD4000. If you consider lowered settings "unplayable" then we can't help you - get a $2000 laptop. 😉
 
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