Personally Tested Games

Here are the results of some games tested using my stock Acer Aspire One (updated regularly)

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Intel Atom @ 1.6gh
Intel 945 Graphics (Driver Version 6.14.10.4926)
1GB DDR2 RAM
160 GB HDD
6 Cell Battery
Windows XP SP3

- Halo: Combat Evolved

INSTALLATION: ISO with Daemon Tools Lite 4.30.1
PATCHED VERSION: 1.0.8.616
SETTINGS:

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Resolution: 1024x600 / 800x600
Refresh Rate: 60 Hz
Framerate: 30fps
Specular: No
Shadows: No
Decals: No
Particles: Low
Texture Quality: Low

Hardware Acceleration: No
Sound Quality: Low
Environmental Sound: Off
Sound Variety: Low

COMMENTS: Playable at 1024x600 resolution but slower. Runs faster at 800x600 resolution at near full speed

- Counterstrike 1.6

INSTALLATION: Steam
SETTINGS:

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Resolution: 800x600
Color Quality: Highest (32 bit)
Renderer: OpenGL

Sound Quality: Low
Enable EAX Hardware Support :No
Enable A3D Hardware Support: No

COMMENTS: Game runs perfectly

- Starcraft [+ Brood War Expansion]

INSTALLATION: ISO x 2 with Daemon Tools Lite 4.30.1
PATCHED VERSION: 1.15.3
SETTINGS:

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COMMENTS: Game runs perfectly

- Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings [+ The Conquerers Expansion]

INSTALLATION: ISO x 2 with Daemon Tools Lite 4.30.1
PATCHED VERSION: 1.01e
SETTINGS:

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Screen Size: 800x600
Graphics Detail: High

COMMENTS: Game runs perfectly, the other screen resolution settings are not selectable

- Command & Conquer Red Alert 2 [+ Yuri's Revenge Expansion]

INSTALLATION: ISO x 3 with Daemon Tools Lite 4.30.1
PATCHED VERSION: 1.001
SETTINGS:

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Game Resolution: 1024x600x16
Visual Details: High

COMMENTS: Game runs perfectly

- TrackMania Nations Forever

INSTALLATION: Steam
SETTINGS:

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Fullscreen: Yes
3D Glasses: No
Resolution: 1024x600 (>4:3 Wide)
Antialiasing: None
Shadows: None
Shader Quality: PC0
Texture Quality: VeryLow
Max Filtering: Bilinear
Geometry Details: Fastest

PostProcessFXs: No
Force Dynamic Colours: No
Force Motion Blur: No
Force Bloom: No
Water Geometry: No
Stadium Water Geometry: No
Trees always High Quality: No

Audio Quality: Low
Enable EAX: No
Enable Doppler: No
Allow Music to Change while Racing: Yes

Cars Quality: All Low
Cars Particles Quality: All Low
Projectors on Cars: None
Opponents: Hide Too Close
Opponents Shadows: No
Opponents Limit Count: Yes - 4
Background Quality: Low
Disable Scan Cache: No

COMMENTS: Game runs better the lower the settings, minimum settings make the smoothest gameplay, though it can handle up to medium settings

- Need for Speed Underground 2

INSTALLATION: ISO x 2 with Daemon Tools Lite 4.30.1
PATCHED VERSION: 1.2
SETTINGS:

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Resolution: 800x600
Level of Detail: o---------

Car Reflection Update Rate: o---------
Car Reflection Detail: Low
Car Shadow/Neon: o---------
Car Headlight: Off
Car Geometry Detail: Low / High
Crowds: Off
World Detail: o---------
Road Reflection Detail: o---------
Light Trails: Off
Light Glow: Off
Particle System: Off
Motion Blur: Off
Fog: Off
Depth of Field: Off
Tinting: Off
Horizon Fog: Off
Over Bright: Off
Enhanced Contrast: Off
Rain Splatter: Off
Texture Filtering: ----o-----
Vsync: Off

COMMENTS: Game runs perfectly at low Car Geometry Detail, runs a bit slower when changed to high


- Peggle Extreme

INSTALLATION: Steam
SETTINGS:

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Fullscreen: Yes
3D Acceleration: Yes

COMMENTS: Game runs perfectly, no widescreen (4:3 800x600).

- Quake III Arena

INSTALLATION: ISO with Daemon Tools Lite 4.30.1
PATCHED VERSION: Unknown
SETTINGS:

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COMMENTS: Game runs perfectly at maximum settings.

- War Rock

INSTALLATION: Downloaded Setup
PATCHED VERSION: Official Automatic Updater
SETTINGS: N/A
COMMENTS: When I launched the game, the bottom of the screen was cut off and I wasn't able to access the settings menu since that was also cut off. I tried changing my screen resolution to 800 x 600 before launching the game, but the bottom was still cut off.

Posted Thread in Forum:
http://forum.warrock.net/index.php?showtopic=130120

Planning on testing:

- Peggle Extreme
- America's Army
- Command & Conquer Generals [+Zero Hour Expansion]
- Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun [+Firestorm Expansion]
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- Unreal Tournament 2003
- Command & Conquer Renegade
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Maplestory Global

 

Test games that have not been tested since most of the games i am seeing have videos and widespread results

 

Yea, this is a long term thing and I plan on being a bit more in depth then other sources. Right now I'm testing Peggle Extreme from Steam.

 

WarRock lags like crazy with settings low
also just point your mouse to the bottom of the screen it will scroll in WarRock. well it does for me

 

It does that without changing any of the settings or editing engine.cfg?

 

how on earth did you get cs 1.6 to run perfectly?
Mine runs from low 10's to mid 30's FPS in online play and I have the same version of the One as you.
Mind to give us more specific details like what XP version you're using? And what version of the video drivers as well?

Thanks.

 

I updated the first post (Windows XP Home SP3 / Latest Video Drivers 6.14.10.4926)

I'm not exactly sure on the frame rate. I didn't notice any problems but I'll play it a bit longer and on more diverse maps/servers to see if its constant.

 

Thanks for the reply and help,
On another note, where did you find your video drivers from?
The latest ones I got from the Intel site is version 14.32.4.4926

 

Another thing to try with alot of games is to find there INI files and turn off shadowing if possible

 

Added Quake III Arena and Peggle Extreme. I've got about a dozen more games chosen that I'm gonna try.

 

Find out if Geometry wars galaxies will run.... :|