Netbook playable games

[Wolfdog0]

I also have a Toshiba NB505-N500BL netbook that I got around the end of 2010 at Best Buy. Now my question is that what kind of games can a netbook play? Like what year of the games it will play? I would assume around 2004 games should run fine but are there any games that are made today that will run it? Or games made the same time the netbook was made basically in 2010? I have the DDR3 version so it has the faster ram than DDR2. I have 2GB of ram so the video ram is 256mb. When I only had 1GB it only had 250mb of video ram.



Specs



Operating System
 Genuine Windows® 7 Starter 32-bit
Processor3 and Graphics
 Intel® Atom™ processor N455
1.66 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache
 Intel® NM10 Express Chipset
 Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 with 0MB-250MB dynamically
allocated shared graphics memory
Memory
 Configured with 1GB (max 2GB-see note accessory section)
 1 main memory slot. Slot is occupied.
Storage Drive
 250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive
Display
 10.1” diagonal widescreen TruBrite® display at 1024 x 600 native
resolution (WSVGA)
o 16:9 aspect ratio
o LED backlit

 

[jbrown156]

I also have a Toshiba NB505-N500BL netbook that I got around the end of 2010 at Best Buy. Now my question is that what kind of games can a netbook play? Like what year of the games it will play? I would assume around 2004 games should run fine but are there any games that are made today that will run it? Or games made the same time the netbook was made basically in 2010? I have the DDR3 version so it has the faster ram than DDR2. I have 2GB of ram so the video ram is 256mb. When I only had 1GB it only had 250mb of video ram.



Specs



Operating System
 Genuine Windows® 7 Starter 32-bit
Processor3 and Graphics
 Intel® Atom™ processor N455
1.66 GHz, 512KB L2 Cache
 Intel® NM10 Express Chipset
 Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3150 with 0MB-250MB dynamically
allocated shared graphics memory
Memory
 Configured with 1GB (max 2GB-see note accessory section)
 1 main memory slot. Slot is occupied.
Storage Drive
 250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive
Display
 10.1” diagonal widescreen TruBrite® display at 1024 x 600 native
resolution (WSVGA)
o 16:9 aspect ratio
o LED backlit

it cant play any games it its time.. you can probably play games from early 2003-2006
call of duty 1 to 3
max payne
doom
unreal tournament
fifa 06 and older
nfs underground 1 and 2
those will work like a charm on your system.

 

[Vynavill]

Anything before 2004-2005 should run relatively ok-ish at the right settings. Otherwise, light MOBAs, pixel-based games (games like Faster Than Light, to give you something to compare), light RPG-Maker/ASCII Game-Maker games, flash games (to some extent), MS-DOS games (if you're the nostalgic type 😉), light retro-gaming...

There are probably more options, but that's what I would think at if I had your laptop.

 

[James Mason]

Games without 3d should be okay.

 

[Wolfdog0]

Well I do play Doom 3 and it works fine but I saw a video that someone is playing Crysis on a netbook. Also they said it will play for sure but I didnt know that. I dont know if WoW will run or The Sims 3 those are low demanding games. Even The Sims 2 is older and low demanding.

 

[Vynavill]

Doom 3 is quite light tbh, so yeah, no wonder.
Maybe crysis will slightly struggle, but yeah, the Sims 2 or 3 will probably run at the right settings.

That being said, keep in mind that runnable doesn't necessarily mean playable. Any game can run on any pc, provided there aren't any hardware restrictions (like the most recent dx10.1+ only games). Playing it at 10, 30 or 60 fps? A completely different matter.

We're still talking about an Intel atom paired up to an entry level integrated card with a 256mb vram. Anything running any higher than low settings at 800x600 (1024x768 on some games), varying from game to game, will struggle more or less at keeping constant framerates with that hardware...

 

[Feel_Happy]

Cave Story should work if you're cool with 2D games. (It's free too!)

 

[Wolfdog0]

This netbook has shader model 3.0 and directx 9.0c so thats pretty nice. I looked at the specs on intel.

 

[XaXa]

Try counterstrike: source.
That game is pretty fun also Garrysmod, though not too sure about that one..
I used to play on something worse x.x

 

[Raechuchu]

You can always play terraria. Great gameplay,bosses,dungeons to explore. That should keep you busy.