Left 4 dead 2

[elliotbeken]

Hi all,

i have a compaq cq61-222sa and left 4 dead 2 but the laptop wont play the game...

does anyone else have a problem with this laptop playing games ???

there is no reason why the laptop cant play the game i have windows 7 and i have tried many things...
thanks

[_h_]

Most laptops can't handle the L4D2 graphics. Mine couldn't even handle the menu.

[FuturePilot]

What are your hardware specs?

[elliotbeken]

2.00ghz pentium D t4200
3gb RAM
1309 total video memory

the thing is my friend has the same chipset and video card as me and he can play the game the only difference between my laptop and his is mine has a faster cpu..

[aeiah]

shouldn't you take this to the steam forums?

ps: im addicted to l4d2 on the xbox :(

[3rdalbum]

but the laptop wont play the game...

there is no reason why the laptop cant play the game

Laptops are really not appropriate computers for playing games on (except for Solitaire). If you want to play graphically-intensive games you should use a desktop PC, they have much better performance. Those $4000 so-called "gaming notebooks" have inferior performance to a mid-range desktop PC and that's the way it will stay as long as the laws of physics are in effect.

[Lucradia]

2.00ghz pentium D t4200
3gb RAM
1309 total video memory

the thing is my friend has the same chipset and video card as me and he can play the game the only difference between my laptop and his is mine has a faster cpu..

Definitely not recommended though.

total Video Memory is not the same as dedicated memory (what the game sees.)

[pwnst*r]

Spec fail.

Most laptops are not meant for modern gaming. Be prepared to spend a lot of money on a gaming laptop.

[FuturePilot]

2.00ghz pentium D t4200
3gb RAM
1309 total video memory

the thing is my friend has the same chipset and video card as me and he can play the game the only difference between my laptop and his is mine has a faster cpu..

I still don't know what kind of graphics card you have (sounds integrated) but it probably doesn't really matter that much as that CPU won't be able to handle that much anyway.

[elliotbeken]

its only 64mb dedicated which i know is not enough the fact is my friend can play it on the exact same video card the only differece between my laptop is it has a faster cpu

[mengfei]

That's simple. First off, you don't have a Pentium D, it's a Pentium Dual-Core. Big difference.

Your integrated Intel graphics chipset offloads some of its work to the CPU, and in your case, your Pentium Dual-Core isn't as powerful as your friend's CPU, so performance suffers.

[Donalt2010]

Get yourself an xbox mate you'll save yourself alot of hassle faffing around with intensive games and laptops. Can I ask where and how you got your Cisco qualification?:-)

[Legendary_Bibo]

its only 64mb dedicated

Well there's your problem.

[FuturePilot]

This thread is old.

[Philsoki]

This thread is old.
Sure is... It's from July 2010! How did this even get dug up?:P

But reading through it... Someone had L4D2 running with a 64MB graohics card? It can't have been running too well:


Left 4 Dead 2 Minimum Specifications:
OS : Windows XP / Vista / 7
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Graphics Card : DirectX 9.0 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. (NVidia 6600/ ATI X800 or better)
RAM : 1 GB for Windows XP / 2 GB for Windows Vista (Assume 2 GB for Windows 7)
Hard Disk : 7.5 GB of free hard drive space
Sound Card : DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Direct X : 9.0c
Installation : DVD ROM
Left 4 Dead 2 Recommended Specifications:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4GHz or better
Graphic Card : DirectX 9.0 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0 (NVidia 7600 / ATI X1600 or better)
RAM : 2 GB
Hard Disk : 7.5 GB of free hard drive space
Operating System : Microsoft Windows® XP / Vista / 7
Sound Card : DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Direct X : 9.0c
Installation : DVD ROM