Findles Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 My Desktop is 6 years old and the graphics have failed to run when installing the game. I have been wanting to get a laptop for a while and have decided to get one now. i only need it for FM2009 and browsing the internet. i do not play other games and do not download music/films etc. i have been looking around and have found a few laptops that i can get cheap through work. can anyone tell me if they will run FM2009? HP 550 Cel-530 1024MB 120GB VHB HP 6720s Celeron 560 1GB 120GB Vista Basic Asus X58C Celeron-M 220 1GB 160GB DVDRW Vista Home Basic i have looekd at the system requirements and i have no idea what i am reading! help please as i just want to play FM! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpico Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Any modern laptop will play FM ifit has a proper graphics card with 128MB of ram or more. I'll happily look some over for you if you provide links. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Findles Posted November 17, 2008 Author Share Posted November 17, 2008 Any modern laptop will play FM ifit has a proper graphics card with 128MB of ram or more. I'll happily look some over for you if you provide links. this link should provide you with the details. i only have around £300 quid at the moment due to xmas. the three cheapest are the ones i mentioned http://www.shop.bt.com/productlist.aspx?&NavigationKey=11105&NavigationKey=50220000&NavigationKey=51340000&CategorySelectedId=11105&PageMode=1&PageOffset=0&RecordOffset=0#Paging Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashOverride Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Any modern laptop will play FM ifit has a proper graphics card with 128MB of ram or more. I'll happily look some over for you if you provide links. Sorry Im gonna jump on this will it run?? http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1027552000.1226936950@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfjadefjldhhfkcflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=188410&category_oid= I need a new Laptop really even if it does mean moving to Vista! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpico Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Findles, can't find any data on the graphics card on the cheapest. The next two cheapest will run 3D BUT only jerkily according to this thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpico Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Sorry Im gonna jump on this will it run?? http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1027552000.1226936950@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccfjadefjldhhfkcflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=188410&category_oid= I need a new Laptop really even if it does mean moving to Vista! From what others have written I'd expect it to run jerkily in 3d if it runs at all. Avoiding Intel graphics would be a good starting point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres09 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 To be honest, If you are looking for a laptop for gaming (even FM09), it will cost over £600. It is a bit of a false economy to buy a cheaper one as it will give you so much hassle, and you will need another one in a year or so as things move on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serpico Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 To be honest,If you are looking for a laptop for gaming (even FM09), it will cost over £600. It is a bit of a false economy to buy a cheaper one as it will give you so much hassle, and you will need another one in a year or so as things move on. And £600 will buy you a stonking good desktop pc that will annihilate not only FM, but any other game including the latest 3d shooters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torres09 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I had to suck it up and get a Dell XPS M1530 last week. It is expensive, but AWESOME! It batters FM09, C&C etc, but, as I say, it is expensive. However, no need for me to get another one for ages. So, I would seriously reconsider getting a low-end laptop for FM09. Maybe spend the money on a PC if poss? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismacq Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Hi, I bought my Toshiba Satellite Pro A100-198 (PSAACE-0076002EN) about 2 years ago for about £600, plus I recently installed an extra 2Gb RAM.....otherwise standard issue Without meaning to upset any other users on this forum but FM09 loaded first time for me, I was lucky enough not to have any 1s or 0s in my activation code and the patch took about 30mins to download....but all working perfectly....even the 3D Very,very happy man !!!! :D Hope that helps, spec wise... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimony Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 My cousin has my old A100-225 which I bought nearly 2 years ago, runs FM09 flawlessly as a standard issue. If you really want a laptop for this, go refurbished and pick one with dedicated video memory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RICO Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 I had to suck it up and get a Dell XPS M1530 last week. It is expensive, but AWESOME!It batters FM09, C&C etc, but, as I say, it is expensive. However, no need for me to get another one for ages. So, I would seriously reconsider getting a low-end laptop for FM09. Maybe spend the money on a PC if poss? Very nice, I got the M1330 a few weeks ago. Impressed with the Dell build quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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