The 8400GS in my laptop runs Halo PC and Counter Strike: Source at 1280x800 with all the settings at their highest and maintains a playable framerate. Benchmarks show it handling games like Quake 4 and Prey at reasonable settings as well. I've found 1024x640 scales pretty nicely on my laptop, so I can always drop down to that resolution and medium settings and probably still manage 30FPS in some newer titles.
Is it a high-performance video card? Nope. But will it run a good selection of current games with reasonably good visuals and playable framerates? Yes. As long as you don't expect miracles out of it, it's a decent card. It's no substitute for a higher-end card, but it's holding me off until I get the money together for a gaming desktop.
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DWells55 @ Aug 16th 2007 2:59AM
The 8400GS in my laptop runs Halo PC and Counter Strike: Source at 1280x800 with all the settings at their highest and maintains a playable framerate. Benchmarks show it handling games like Quake 4 and Prey at reasonable settings as well. I've found 1024x640 scales pretty nicely on my laptop, so I can always drop down to that resolution and medium settings and probably still manage 30FPS in some newer titles.
Is it a high-performance video card? Nope. But will it run a good selection of current games with reasonably good visuals and playable framerates? Yes. As long as you don't expect miracles out of it, it's a decent card. It's no substitute for a higher-end card, but it's holding me off until I get the money together for a gaming desktop.