Hey everyone, I will be buying a new computer sometime soon, probably Thursday. I dont play many games, but everyone i've talked to says i need a decent graphics card. I figured I could probably run CSS, because it's fairly old, if I am not mistaken.

Anyway, if you could do me a huge favour and just tell me which games out of the following list would run, and how high i would have to put the setting on a Intel GMA 4500MHD I would love you forever.

Ex. World of Warcraft - Would run - Low settings.

Ok, so here's the real list.

Counter-Strike: Source
Garry's Mod
The Sims 2
Half Life 2
World of Warcraft

I am aware it is not a laptop for gaming, but having a few would be nice, so if you could tell me, some info on those games, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.


PS, FIRST POST!

My laptop is a 1.73 ghz duo core with the intel 945 express chip set. I know its not the same, but the performance shouldn't be too different. Its not really meant for gaming but..

Sims 2 - A little laggy when you're picking a house/family but when you actually play, it runs fine. I've had 8 people in one house and it ran okay.

CS:S - I play at 800x600 on low settings. Grenade explosions cut my fps by like 20, and on servers with more than 15 people, my fps drops as well. Its playable, and not completely ugly, but its not pretty either.

I don't play any of the other games you listed. I really recommend saving an extra 2-300 dollars and getting a laptop that has dedicated video ram apposed to one thats dynamically allocated.

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