Will I be able to run Fallout 3?

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I'm on a Dell (yea, yea I know... but it was the only laptop that could handle games at the time I bought it besides an Alienware, and I didnt want to pay the extra 2k just for the novelty of that) Inspiron XPS (gen. 1) with Windows XP and wanted to pick up (or find somewhere to DL) Fallout 3, but before I do that I'd have to upgrade my ram first and was wondering if the rest of my PC would be up to spec before I drop the cash on it.


processor: Pentium 4 3.4ghz with H/T

graphics card: 256mb ATI Radeon Mobility 9800

harddrive: not sure how much space the game requires but I'll free up w/e is needed

memory: currently at 512 but I plan to upgrade 2GB of this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144183


I don't expect to be able to handle max settings or anything like that, but just have enough to enjoy the game. My main concern is wether or not my graphics card is good enough.

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Fuck.No.

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You can.. But itll be like really low fps. 9800 mobility. Laptops ftl.

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i would have to say no.. i just cant see that being able to play it smoothly since you are below the minimum requirements.

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UHHHH NO

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He can play it. Just not well.

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well ya he can, but it will be like a slide show.

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try installing it and find out if you can play it ;)

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My advice to you is use that laptop what it was made for, which is mobility.

So I would say go about 120MPH Down the highway and throw it out the window and buy a new PC.

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LOL


Wow that was funny as fuck Ni


Ram wont boost your fps that much lol adding 2 gigs will probably just bottleneck your system


either way


laptops ftl


You could probably run it VERY low setting at best expect 20 fps

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Jason, Laptops are ftl depending on what laptop it is. About 95% are ftl. There are the select few that are good. That Gateway FX or MX (w/e) is a good one, with RAID 0, 4 gigs of DDR3 and a Geforce 9800 GTS mobile =O. And a few of the toshibas that have 8600 GTs SLIed and stuff. But still. Desktops ftw. On the topic, it will most likely run Fallout 3, but at extremely extremely low framerates.

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(From Past experience.) Expect to see 8-15 FPS on that rig you're using now. (On low.)

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the min gpu it asks for is a ATI X850 which was like a new 500 dollar pc gpu that came out roughly the same time as that laptop one came out


hears how the two compair from benchmarks i could find

ATI Radeon Mobility 9800-Doom 3 1600x1200 2xaa=14fps

ATI X850- Doom 3 1600x1200 2xaa 8xaf=53


and the x850 is a minimum requirement so unless they redid the Radeon Mobility 9800 and those benches aren't accurate anymore there isnt much chance it will be playable.

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i can run crysis on my laptop lol sry just wanted to make you jealous but no dude just get a new computer

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Crysis+Laptop=Hot Lap

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yah its pretty freaking hot my 9700gt get hot

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It would be like playing a slideshow.

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I tried somthing like that, i put crysis on my moms 1.8ghz, ati x200m laptop....

It broke the cpu fan, no joke. she was soooo pissed at me, im not really sure how it did, but it did. I got like 1/20000th of a frame per second, and it coulent even bring up one frame before it crashed.

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[quote]lol buy a new pc lol[/quote]


i have a pc back at home that could definitely run the game, i was just hoping i could half-ass it with my laptop, guess ill just have to wait till after the semester is over. bringing an expensive rig to college is not a good idea. either way, thanks for the input guys.