requirements

on the steam page it says Q4 needs this:
Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce 6600 or better or ATI Radeon® 9800Pro or better


what does the above mean? It does not give me the 'MB' needed. will
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2 dedicated graphic memory one of those cover it.

I am so blonde when it comes to computers, help would be wonderful. I'm buying a laptop and don't want to buy it and find I cant play the game.

rofl im running it on nvidia 6200 basic 256 lol so yer dattle cover it loooool ull b able to run full i recon

My old computer has a Geforce 6600, Athlon 3000+ and 1GB RAM and COD4 wouldnt run on it. So it seems to be very hardware hungry as its the first game i have ever come across that wont run on it.

Tink, the 8600M GT should run it comfortably enough. What processor/RAM in the laptop your looking at?

I have copied and pasted evrything which I am buying, There is no securety protection as I am installing AVG. This is evrything about the laptop im buying, I customized it myself with bf's help o'course.
hope you get jelous, means I did good. It is costing about £829, with P&P and del charges.


ComponentsIntel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7500 (2.20 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 4 MB L2-cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish & 2.0mp camera
17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
320GB (5400RPM) SATA Dual Hard Drives (2X160GB)
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2 dedicated graphic memory
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7500 (2.20 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 4 MB L2-cache)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
Jet Black Colour with Matte Finish & 2.0mp camera
17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™
2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
320GB (5400RPM) SATA Dual Hard Drives (2X160GB)
nVidia® GeForce™ Go 8600M GT with 256MB DDR2 dedicated graphic memory
Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
AccessoriesNo Carry Case
Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data rate - Eur
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe
Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
No Carry Case
Dell™ Wireless 355 Bluetooth 2.0 Module (up to 3Mbps) with Enhanced Data rate - Eur
Intel® Pro Wireless 3945 802.11a/b/g Mini-Card - Europe
Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
Services & SoftwareNo Accidental Damage Support
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
No Accidental Damage Support
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
Also Includes
N0172011
Inspiron Order - UK
English Documentation with English/Irish Power Cord
Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
90W AC Adapter
56.6k V.92 Capable Internal Modem & Adapter - UK
Internal Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
Dell™ Travel Remote Control
Dell Internet Order.

Ya problem is on line 2 of the list
"Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English"
That will fuck up just bout any pc

lol true that doughnut trust me i have 3.06 gh/z dual core intel 1 gig crappy ram nvidia 6200 cost me 20 pounds and it was new lol agp =S and it runs fine =D

Doughnut wrote:

Ya problem is on line 2 of the list
"Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English"
That will fuck up just bout any pc

its fucked mine...me and system restore are good buddies now..

What ye on about guys? Ye just gotta know how to work with it. I got Business edition on my laptop and everything runs fine!

Don;t forget, that hardware was built for Vista.

Turning system restore off would be a good start, I've never used it myself and it just slows shit down as its making backups of ye every move, also disabling sommink they call 'superfetch' and 'search indexing' in the admin / services area makes a big difference.

Dont use AVG, use aVast Antivirus and never ever turn it off. If you can;t gain access to sommink because of the antivirus... you don;t want what you're trying to get.

Install DirectX9 Redist that will run along side the native DirectX10 of Vista.

Also, visit www.laptopvideo2go.com to get the latest drivers if you get the feeling the newer games arn't running how they should be.

COD4 will deffo work super well with that setup, even better if ye do those few things to enhance ye system

AND even better if you cough up for a better GFX card... not sure what ye options are.

I will do what you say Oz once I got the machine as you always seem to know what your going on about, and there are no other GFx options, I had to search the entire dell site to find one which would gimmie a semi good one, I like dell, bf bought two comps from there and so far they don't suck as much as mine does. Thanks for telling me it will run . Now just got to count the pennies, and buy evrything .

www.novatech.co.uk/novatech for gaming pc bundles or www.overclockers.co.uk if ya feelin adventurous and wanna build ya own lol trust its not hard

dell just cost tooo much for what u buy really im building 1 atm amd 6000+ cpu nvidia 8800 gt 2 gig ram 1tb hd the bollox basicly and costin 450 inc case n psu plus dell normally give 300w psu which would just enialate that loverly 8600 card lol

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?PC-1110

theres a good 1 cheaper no screen though =(

also unless u got dial up scrap the 56k modem and save yaself 15 pounds lol

thats a laptop shes buying there mate.

she'l be able to play cod4 and cs:s wherever she goes

lool fort was pc lol well den yer dats a good buy tbh =D and vista is kl long as u acctually need it loool

*edit* Enough of the text speak please buckshot -Admin

am i correct in saying you already have a pc with windows xp?
if so save yourself some money, forget vista and re-install xp on the new laptop:-)
good setup otherwise

I have xp on my desktop, but it just fucked up as I lost a file which is needed to setup the comp when it is turned on. My dad just fixed it which means ill be playing again but I want a totally new system on the laptop, also I like vista, its swich and new, fancyful. Just somthing new to tinker with.

@ Buck, your dumb.

np just a suggestion, dont like giving dell to much money

screw u

ahem...Buck shot...whats with the negitive vibes man....An admin has "asked" you to be nice and type so other people can understand...and the best you can come up with is..."screw u" ???

Not nice at all at all

Tink wrote:

I have xp on my desktop, but it just fucked up as I lost a file which is needed to setup the comp when it is turned on. My dad just fixed it which means ill be playing again but I want a totally new system on the laptop, also I like vista, its swich and new, fancyful. Just somthing new to tinker with.

@ Buck, your dumb.

thats where the screw you came from loool =D soz i wasnt tryin 2 b harsh just funny lol

cok sukr...

Forget the laptop, apprently bf is buying me a desktop and then im buying a laptop for work, talk about keeping work and play seprate. ><. Anyway the desktop will be something like quad-core I duno. Once we work out the specs (its going to be a custom build) ill post them for you all to.... drool over. x

Just get a damn pc so you can play again.....ditch the vista on dear god that is crap...and ill only droool if it beats my 8gigs of ram on my pc atm

It will be awhile, I have to do it however he wants me to as it's his money and 'he knows more than I do' which is becoming debate-able. He justs wants to be in control. I am getting the work laptop first o.0 for some stupid reason. Work, why do I want to do work... and once we got enough like £500 or so, he will look into makeing me some quad core thingie thing. *sigh* it seams whenever I get close to what I want, it runs away from my outstretched hands. sucky-ness

We spent time thinking, and decided on a work laptop and a gameing desk top.. I think this will run evrything.. I was going to go for the quad 3.4 but I thought it was over kill for simple games and sims 2 LOL
If anyone is intrested this is under £700.


PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core™ Processor Q6600 (2.40GHz, 8MB, 1066MHz)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year XPS Premium Hardware Support (incl. Gaming and On-Site Support)
MONITOR Monitor Not included
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 500GB Dual Hard Drive Raid 0 Stripe (2x250GB - 7200rpm)
GRAPHICS CARD SINGLE 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT card

I can't change he GFX or I would add more, I don't know how good that one is.
OPTICAL DRIVE 16x DVD +/- RW Drive