Will it run on a netbook?

[defrisselle]

Anyone have this running on a netbook? My netbook has an Moble Intel 945 Express Chipset. It handles Half-Life 2 well enough.
I just want to make sure as it's a much bigger download than HL2, looks to be over 3 hours.

[Kringe]

OS: Windows® XP/7
Processor: Intel Pentium® 4 3.0 GHz, AMD Athlon™ 64
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: 256 MB Video RAM/Shader Model 3.0 compatible
DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
Hard Drive: 5.5 GB space free
Sound: Windows® XP compatible
Other Requirements: LAN (TCP/IP) or Broadband Internet connection

Seeing how most netbooks barely beat out 1.5 ghz, I dought it. Halflife 2 only requires a 1.7 ghz processor. A regular dual core laptop should be ok.

[NWN DM]

I can play NWN2 on my laptop;

Intel dual-core @ 1.6 ghz
3 gb DDR2 ram
256 mb dedicated nvidia GPU
250 gb HD

I can even use the Toolset to do mundane things like make items and creatures.

This laptop was behind the curve when I bought it 3 years ago.

I doubt a netbook has enough juice to run NWN2, but pretty well any laptop you buy new in 2011 should handle the game, provided in has a dedicated GPU (i.e. "shared" memory is no good no matter what the salesperson tries to tell you).

Might not play on maximum settings, but should work.

[ItzzNinja]

I can play NWN2 on my laptop;

Intel dual-core @ 1.6 ghz
3 gb DDR2 ram
256 mb dedicated nvidia GPU
250 gb HD


So can I;

AMD Athlon II 64 X2 @2.0GHz
4GB DDR2 SDRAM
"384" MB AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4200 (256 dedi/128 "shared")
320 GB HDD

Just because it's advertised to play better on nVidia (Hell, everything under the sun is these days) doesn't mean it can't play equally as well on AMD/ATi. ;)

[defrisselle]

Well, I tried it. No Direct3D supported. Seems the Intel 945 chipset does not support the needed features. A google search indicates it would be shadders.

[Skywing]

You're not going to get this to run on an Intel 945 as your video source.

Realistically, if you want to play the game smoothly on a small form factor machine, you're probably going to need hardware on a similar level to the Alienware M11x (which plays it fine, but is considerably more expensive than your average netbook, not to mention nominally heavier).