Games that my Toshiba Satellite P745 could handle?

[Turborama]

Hi guys, just got a new laptop and looking for a couple of games to play on it.


I've been checking on Can You Run It?, but all the games I check out seem to need more video RAM.

I got this for Borderlands:

Because of this:



Which kind of confuses me, as all the requirements listed seem to be well well under what I have.

Also, wouldn't my 6GB help?

Here are my specs:

Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

CPU
Intel Core i3 2350M @ 2.30GHz 134 °F
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology

RAM
6,00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)

Motherboard
TOSHIBA POQAA (CPU 1)

Graphics
E2250 (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics Family

Hard Drives
699GB TOSHIBA MQ01ABD075 (SATA)

Optical Drives
ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SN-208AB

Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

Thanks in advance for any suggested games/solutions...

[Evoman]

1. Weird...never heard of the e2250, whatever it is.

But good luck with that integrated graphics card. I always wonder why they would hobble what sounds like an okay laptop with such limited graphics....sigh. Especially with all that ram....why So much ram, when anything that uses that much Ram would be graphically intense.

My advice to you? Download steam. try some demos to see how far you can push it. I'm actually thinking borderlands 1 would actually work, even with your card and that much video ram. I'm sorry I can't help more. Also, steam has a lot of older games and Indy games that would work great with your comp.

On edit: I think that a lot of games would probably work with your comp, but you might have to do really low settings for newer games. Steam is your best bet. Older games from GOG not a bad option either.

[Turborama]

2. It's an LG LED 21" monitor (sorry for the confusion, wasn't necessary to add it)

Here's the more detailed specs of the video card...

Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
Driver version 8.15.10.2430

OpenGL
Version 3.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.2430
Vendor Intel
Renderer Intel HD Graphics Family
GLU Version 1.2.2.0 Microsoft Corporation

Values
GL_MAX_LIGHTS 8
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE 8192
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_STACK_DEPTH 10

There's a list of about a hundred GL extensions as well.

I'll check out Steam, thanks for the tip. How fast does the internet connection need to be, though? I've got a crappy satellite connection...

[Evoman]

4. Oooohhhh

Steam itself isn't so big, but depending on the games you buy, might have some problems. Some Indy games are really great (and small....I've been enjoying the hell out of FTL and Binding of Isaac), and you'll be fine downloading. But it is digital distribution. Big Gig games can take me a pretty long time.

Still recommend you get steam. I personally love it. GOG is also great, and they have a downloader you can....errr....download that helps speed things up.

To actually play the games, unless they are persistent online games, you just need the net to " check into" steam, so it's not a big deal. It has an offline mode to that you can set so you don't even have to do that.


Whatever you play, welcome to the group and keep us updated on what your playing.

[Turborama]

8. WOW! I just got Crysis 2 as I thought, what the heck, if it works it'd be a good benchmark

And lo and behold it works fine on normal settings with no lag at all!

I'm not sure about the game itself, but I've only been playing it for half an hour so hopefully it'll end up being quite good. The last game I played was the awesomeness that is Half Life 2 & Episode 1, and I can't stop thinking about it and comparing when I play Crysis 2.

Next on my shopping list is Deus Ex Human Revolution, which should work, judging by how well Crysis 2 is running.

Thank you for the warm welcome and the tips!

[Evoman]

10. Sweet!

Crysis 2 is a pretty good benchmark....you should be able to play most games out there. Just watch out that your comp doesn't run too hot.

And you're absolutely welcome. Always glad to have more gamers on board.

[jeff47]

3. Well, you'll definitely be able to run all the games here

http://www.gog.com/

Good Old Games - they take old but great video games and make them work on modern systems.

[Apophis]

5. I have a Toshiba Satellite.

1.4 GHz quad-core, 4 GB of RAM, and AMD A6-3400M APU with HD graphics and the computer can handle Skyrim with the highest graphics setting. I even d/led the HD texture pack and it works perfectly.

[Egnever]

6. Tottaly different machine

The AMD A series are apu's designed to combine grafics and cpu in one and are really quite impressive.

What the OP has is a hobbled intel chip with weak onboard graffics.

[Egnever]

7. Dont know when you bought this

If you bought it with the intention of playing games on it though it was a poor choice.

The onboard video on this machine is incredibly weak.

If i were you I would take it back and get a machine with an amd A6 or higher if you want to run games. You can probably find one for the same price you paid for the one you have or less.

You will never get good video performance from the machine you have now. Intell does not do onboard graffics well.

[Turborama]

9. Hi. I bought it as a stopgap after my old Vaio died on me

I use it mainly for photography and it's doing an excellent job. And, as it turns out, it's pretty good at coping with fairly recent games too, judging by how well it's handling Crysis 2.

For the next stage I'm in the process of building a full case PC. I have the case so far (HAF-X) in anticipation, and next thing to get is the motherboard, but I'm waiting for the Haswell processor to be released later this year before I even think about which one I'll get.