AAAH, just read some people saying how good dragon age origins is and how addicting it is. Dragon age origins vs orange box ? =( (why can't I have both)

Hey, my laptop should be coming in the next few days, here's the specs:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P7450 (2.13Ghz, 3MB, 1066MHz)

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English

Black Leather back cover : 15.6" (inch) Truelife 1080p Full HD WLED Edge to Edge Display

1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 graphics card

4096MB 1067MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]

320GB Free Fall Sensor (7200RPM) Hard Drive

- So after becoming increasingly bored in the evenings on a weekday, with a lot of time to spend - I'm looking to buy a pc game that shall last me a long time, whilst being a great game. As I just bought a laptop, I'm pretty tight on money and would like a game that has a great amount of fun and will last me a long while.

I'm getting Modern Warfare 2 on the Xbox 360 already (yet I can only play this on weekends, due to it console being someone elses and its not in my house).

I initially looked at dragon age origins, yet after many complaints on the forums, I am becoming quite skeptical. So could you please recommend a game that has a good length, is fun and a very good game. If as many people possible can post that would be fantastic!

Thanks

"Pc has higher standards" Dragon age graphics are kinda dated for pc standards. Also the consoles have lower standards and usually games are rated with high scores for no reason like Halo ODST but whatever the case may be i find kinda weird and cheesy that the reviewer (Kevin V) who usually rates games lower than most cirtics has given such a high score. Esepcially if you consider the ign 8.4 rating. It looks cheesy to me. There is no way a game like that could get a 9.5.dakan45

Well most high rated games got graphics, the review is coming from someone who is usually rating lower. I just cant believe it got a 9.5 on gs by that specific reviewer and in the other sites it didnt. Gs used to hold back the 9.5s but now they are given like cake. For all those reasons i cant believe its that good. It seems weird to me.

Now if you hook it up to a 720p TV then you wont have much trouble.04dcarraher

Yeah, running high performance games at that resolution will be pretty difficult. There is really not much you can do. You can turn down the resolution, but will look rather ugly on the screen.

And note, Laptops aren't typically meant for gaming.

Luminouslight

First of all please bare in mind I do not know very much about pc hardware and I'm just beginning PC gaming.I'm not going to be buying too intensive games (although I will be getting dragon age: origins) and am fine not running games on high due to my graphics card

I bought my laptop yesterday witht the specs:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P7450 (2.13Ghz, 3MB, 1066MHz)

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit- English

Black Leather back cover : 15.6" (inch) Truelife 1080p Full HD WLED Edge to Edge Display

1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670 graphics card

4096MB 1067MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]

320GB Free Fall Sensor (7200RPM) Hard Drive

So as it has a native resolution of 1080p, I have heard there will be problems running games on this resolution and you need a good graphics card to do so, is this true? Will the 4670 limit me from running games due to the detail? If the graphics card does limit me, is it possible to just turn down the resolution and then set the details to high, or does this make the graphics look fuzzy? (I know nothing about PC games)

Thanks