Good laptop for playing old games (especially MTW)?
I would like to invest in a cheap old laptop that can play the old classics like MTW. I plan on getting one with XP, which I guess is OK?
The main issues I have had with MTW in the past is graphics card incompatability. So a bit of advice in that regard would be helpful.
I was wondering in particular if anybody here had a laptop/OS combination that successfully runs this game...
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Re: Good laptop for playing old games (especially MTW)?
The main issues with laptops and games is when they have an inbuilt card, usually labelled as 'Intel' blahblah. Recommended for game purposes that it comes with a separate one.
Though being honest... last time I played MTW was around 7 years ago, time really does fly.
Last edited by Beskar; 11-28-2013 at 00:22.
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Re: Good laptop for playing old games (especially MTW)?
For MTW, Windows XP/Vista/7 are doable, I would avoid 8 though. Intel graphics adapters are evil, for best results get a laptop with an ATI card. I think most of the newer nVidia cards work as well, but avoid the 8/9XXX series cards. There may be some issues depending on what you you end up with, but there are workarounds for most of them (not the Intel graphics problem though).
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Re: Good laptop for playing old games (especially MTW)?
Win7 is better than XP too, so I would recommend that.
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Re: Good laptop for playing old games (especially MTW)?
Well I think XP would be best for compatibility for some of the other old games, I know one does not work beyond XP.
What about this laptop? I know it is Intel but it is old so I would guess it might be OK?
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Re: Good laptop for playing old games (especially MTW)?
Win7 comes with XP Compatibility mode. So anything that works for XP should work for Win7.Originally Posted by Rhyfelwyr
The laptop itself is worse than a netbook you can pick up from Tesco for similar prices, but the issue with laptops is the them having 'intel graphics accelerators' opposed to actual graphics cards and it is this which cause the vast majority of issues with games. So if you want to go something oldest or refurbished, having an independent card for maximum compatibility is best.
Last edited by Beskar; 11-28-2013 at 15:04.
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