Performance on 8400M GS?

from Sins Forums
Hey guys, before I buy this game. Could anyone tell me how the performance will be on my laptop with a 8400m GS at 1280 x 800 resolution?

Will I be able to play on medium, high?

Thanks
7,250 views 4 replies
Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Refresh my brain, the 8400M is a high end laptop card isn't it?
Oh nope, ignore that, I just googled it.
Going by review's ive read, its not great and only runs current game fluient with reduced graphics for "occasional" gamers.
I doub't you'll get high graphics, but I think maybe medium.
But we don't know how the game will run on full graphics as the Beta isn't maximum quality
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
I've played the beta on my crappy laptop with an ONBOARD INTEL GRAPHICS CARD and it was playable at low settings at 1024x768. So there you go.
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
i can confirm it runs fine im running it on a duel core 2hz laptop with 2gb ram and a 8400M GS runs amazing in medium could do some things on high most likely!.

You will need a mouse though using a touch pad is kinda annoying
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
I run on a HD2300, slightly below the 8400 performance, and the game runs fine on medium. During big fights it will slow down, during huge fights it will bring your comp to its knees, so turn down to low if your going to have a huge battle. However, You can always zoom out and just watch the battle from icons and it will run fine if it comes to this.

In short the game will run smooth 95% of the time.

BTW Core 2 Duo T7100 (1.8ghz), 2.5gigs of ram. Your processor speed matters as well (Ram only if its too low as this game doesn't need tons), but as long as your around 1.6 you should be fine.