[QUOTE="sadikovic"] Crysis would run fine at everything on low at 1024-768 the framerate wouldn't be that great but I think it would be playable.
Stalker and COD4 are more than playable if you keep them at 1280*1024 or lower with some things bumbep to medium quailty nothing more.
The 8400 runs as well as a 7600gs with modern games and it fairs quiet fine at lower resolutions... just dont expect anything more than medium quiltiy if you want a steady framerate.
This is a good card and would suit perfectly as a shoe in untill you can afford anupgrade... but if your happy with the performance you get from it their would be no need for an upgrade.
Infact my laptop has the same GPU and it runs my fravourite game CSS at high settings with a very steady 40-60FPS at 1280*720, and the BF2 runs great at medium as well as Oblivion with bloom view distance 100% including the "make it pretty mod".
leilamayhem
Thanks for this! How much would the framerate improve if I chose a lower resolution that 1024-786?
Like I said, the gaming is a bonus, not the main intention so I don't mind playing on low settings - my workload is too heavy right now for gaming to be more than an occassional release
Lower the resolution lower than 1024*768 wouldn't give much of a boost at most it would give you an extra 5fps with moder games... but in all honest use the native resolution of the screen and work the settings around that for the best performance/quaility ratio.
From experiance the 8400 is a nifty laptop GPU it will play most games at medium and some of the more demanding ones at low, but the majority of the games I have tested i,e oblivion and HL2 engine based games run great on the card and I still use my laptop for some heavy Counter Striking lan parties.
If you dont expect much from the card it will suprise you at what settings it runs some newer games lile Stalker/the Whitcher.
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