Posted August 4, 2015 So I recently took out my old "gaming" laptop and cleaned the whole thing. The graphics card in is a Geforce 425m. Just wanted to know if it could run games well. Swtor is the primary game I will play. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 4, 2015 I really don't know, that's an olllllld laptop GPU if that's the case. I would say it won't be running the latest games at all, maybe some Source games at low, but that'd be pushing it tbh. Older laptop GPUs were far lower performance compared to desktop counterparts than they are now (they're getting on to 80% the performance nowadays. Pretty good.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 4, 2015 It's around Haswell integrated graphics (a bit slower than HD4600 iirc)...so, it won't run any current games well (or even any games from the past couple years well) -- at least not above 720p. PSU Tier List | CoC Gaming Build | FreeNAS Server Spoiler i5-4690k || Seidon 240m || GTX780 ACX || MSI Z97s SLI Plus || 8GB 2400mhz || 250GB 840 Evo || 1TB WD Blue || H440 (Black/Blue) || Windows 10 Pro || Dell P2414H & BenQ XL2411Z || Ducky Shine Mini || Logitech G502 Proteus Core Spoiler FreeNAS 9.3 - Stable || Xeon E3 1230v2 || Supermicro X9SCM-F || 32GB Crucial ECC DDR3 || 3x4TB WD Red (JBOD) || SYBA SI-PEX40064 sata controller || Corsair CX500m || NZXT Source 210. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 4, 2015 Author It's around Haswell integrated graphics (a bit slower than HD4600 iirc)...so, it won't run any current games well (or even any games from the past couple years well) -- at least not above 720p. I really don't know, that's an olllllld laptop GPU if that's the case. I would say it won't be running the latest games at all, maybe some Source games at low, but that'd be pushing it tbh. Older laptop GPUs were far lower performance compared to desktop counterparts than they are now (they're getting on to 80% the performance nowadays. Pretty good.) Haha yea I know it's old. I just wanted to see if I could play atleast Swtor on it. If not I'll just use it for school and for older games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 4, 2015 Haha yea I know it's old. I just wanted to see if I could play atleast Swtor on it. If not I'll just use it for school and for older games What's the CPU? if it's at least a Core 2 machine you could probably do some other useful things with it if that suited you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 4, 2015 Haha yea I know it's old. I just wanted to see if I could play atleast Swtor on it. If not I'll just use it for school and for older games I had a 435m in my old laptop and I was able to play games (BF3/Borderlands 2/Arkham Asylum & City/Dota) decently well at 720p, I'm not sure about Swtor, but I'd say try it out and see how well it performs. What's the CPU? if it's at least a Core 2 machine you could probably do some other useful things with it if that suited you. If it has a 425m it's probably an i3/i5/i7. PSU Tier List | CoC Gaming Build | FreeNAS Server Spoiler i5-4690k || Seidon 240m || GTX780 ACX || MSI Z97s SLI Plus || 8GB 2400mhz || 250GB 840 Evo || 1TB WD Blue || H440 (Black/Blue) || Windows 10 Pro || Dell P2414H & BenQ XL2411Z || Ducky Shine Mini || Logitech G502 Proteus Core Spoiler FreeNAS 9.3 - Stable || Xeon E3 1230v2 || Supermicro X9SCM-F || 32GB Crucial ECC DDR3 || 3x4TB WD Red (JBOD) || SYBA SI-PEX40064 sata controller || Corsair CX500m || NZXT Source 210. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 4, 2015 Author What's the CPU? if it's at least a Core 2 machine you could probably do some other useful things with it if that suited you. I had a 435m in my old laptop and I was able to play games (BF3/Borderlands 2/Arkham Asylum & City/Dota) decently well at 720p, I'm not sure about Swtor, but I'd say try it out and see how well it performs. If it has a 425m it's probably an i3/i5/i7. The GPU is a Intel Core i7-740QM 1.73GHz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 4, 2015 The GPU is a Intel Core i7-740QM 1.73GHz You could turn it into a media PC or a fileserver, or a firewall if that floated your boat at all. It's not a bad throw-around laptop in all honesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 4, 2015 Author You could turn it into a media PC or a fileserver, or a firewall if that floated your boat at all. It's not a bad throw-around laptop in all honesty. Yea I might just take it and run an HDMI to my tv to watch Blu-Rays and netflix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted August 4, 2015 It's around Haswell integrated graphics (a bit slower than HD4600 iirc)...so, it won't run any current games well (or even any games from the past couple years well) -- at least not above 720p. Lies my HD 4600 killed at Scribblenauts at 1080p |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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