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Old 03-05-2004, 03:05 PM
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these are the minimum system requirements



* Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP OS (Windows NT 4.0 not recommended for clients)

* 100% Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP compatible system (including all 32bit drivers)

* Intel® Pentium® III 600Mhz processor or AMD equivalent

* 128 MB RAM

* 32 MB 100% fully OpenGL® compliant 3-D video card

* Microsoft® Direct X® 8.1 or higher (not included)

* 271 MB total disk space for game files

* 500 MB free disk space for swap file

* 100% Microsoft® Windows® compatible keyboard

* 100% Microsoft® Windows® compatible mouse

* 100% Microsoft® Windows® compatible sound card

* For internet play, 100% Windows® 98/ME/2000/XP compatible 56.6k modem or better internet connection. 56.6k modem play is not recommended for games with more than 8 players total; broadband players should be able to handle up to 32 depending on their connection with the server on which they're playing.



The following video cards were fully tested with Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory:



GeForce 4 Ti 4600

GeForce 4 MX

GeForce 3

GeForce 2 Ultra

GeForce 2 MX

GeForce256

Radeon 8500/64

Radeon 7200/64

Radeon 9700 Pro/128

Xabre 400
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Old 03-05-2004, 03:45 PM
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theres some sager lappys i saw with 9700pro 256mb or 9600pro turbo 128mb.



I think those should run ET.



By the way, what ET servers you play on? I play on Az_linux_1 a lot heh.
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Old 03-05-2004, 05:15 PM
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whatevers open, dont have a prefference i just play everywhere.
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Old 03-05-2004, 05:42 PM
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keep in mind that laptops break, plain and simple... so all the people complaining about hard drives breaking in their brand of laptop, ignore it. Hard drives don't like being in a mobile environment, no matter what laptop the dude had the hard drive would have likely died. The manufacturers all use mostly the same drives, there are not that many companies making hard drive these days.



What you should look at is the warranty, how quickly they will fix your laptop (not if but) when it breaks, and if they will be replacing parts with new or remanufactured parts, and how long the warranty lasts.



Personally, I prefer solid state devices for mobile use... something like a PDA without a mechanical hard drive as it's primary storage. Then I'd just put together a decent machine for the desktop.
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kinda off topic... what would be features to look for on a strictly tunning laptop?
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Originally Posted by BigTurbo74' date='Mar 6 2004, 12:06 AM
kinda off topic... what would be features to look for on a strictly tunning laptop?
that depends heavily on the software you use for tuning, if it's dos/linux based you can get away with something alot older & slower (and cheaper, and often more rugged & reliable) but if your tuning software requires windows xp or whatever latest windows junk you will need a relatively modern laptop with enough speed and memory to run the operating system and tuning software.



basically, the requirements are dictated by the tuning software you will be using, so consult the software provider / documentation for guidelines here.
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