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Playing COH when I'm on the go

Father Xmas

By Father Xmas,
Posted on: 2011-02-21 15:50 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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I'm looking for a very light weight system that will allow me to play COH when I'm on the go. I understand that I will have to turn the graphics options way down for the game to run on a less expensive portable.

Two options that I've considered are the ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1215N and the HP Pavilion dm1z.

ASUS Eee PC Seashell 1215N-PU17-SL with Intel Dual Core Atom D525 (1.8GHz); Nvidia ION 2 graphics with 512mb dedicated video memory

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0041G5XII/

HP Pavilion dm1z with AMD Dual-Core FUSION Processor E-350 (1.6GHz, 1MB L2 Cache)+AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6310M Discrete-Class Graphics

http://www.amazon.com/Hewlett-Packar...dp/B004IN85QQ/

Does anyone have any experience with running COH on either of these systems? Any idea if either or both will run the game reasonably on low graphics settings? Any other options in the 3.5 lb and $500 range?

Thanks for your help!

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Since the HP system is less than a month old, if that, I doubt anyone has experience with one. The Asus yes, there's been a thread or two about it.

City of Heroes on a Asus Eee PC 1215N?
Can CoH run on a netbook?

Reviews of the E-350 platform with the HD 6310M are up on a number of sites over the last few weeks. The E-350 is faster than the Atom and the HD 6310M is as good as the ION2. But we are still talking about playing the game with the majority of graphic options turned way down.

The Brazos Review: AMD's E-350 Supplants ION for mini-ITX
Brazos comes to Acer's Aspire One 522 netbook (look at the Zacate entry in the charts)

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I appreciate the links to the poster with the 1201 experience and to the Anandtech dm1z review. The 1201 poster makes it sound like the 1215 could play with minimal settings. The Anandtech review suggests that the 1215 and dm1z have similar gaming performance. However the charts in the dm1z review suggest that sending an extra $100 and moving up to a 13-14" laptop with a better graphics card might make me happier in the long run. Thanks for your help!

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