Can my Laptop support trainz2010?

I am no computer expert, but from what I see, your laptop is better than my laptop, and I have no problem running TS2010. Obviously, I can't run it on max graphics, and I do get some chopping in the heaviest yard areas, with loads and loads of track, buildings, animated objects and so on.

Still, I would be surprised if you couldn't run trainz on your computer.
 
I think you need more memory, at least 6G. Not sure about the video card. I also think the HD should be 500G or more. It will fill up with a lot of files once you get into this Trainz world. I would just look for a gaming computer thant is what I did.
 
I think your specs are rather low. A Celeron processor is not too good, 2GB RAM also is not too good, but the main thing is the Graphics card (or lack thereof), you really need a dedicated graphics card, not "built in adptors". I have an Intel I7, with 4GB RAM and a 1GB ATI card. It runs not too bad, but not always, and my sliders are not "maxed out".

I would like to point out I am no computer expert and any decision you take is your own, this is just my .02 cents worth, from my own experience.

Regards,

Dave
 
Blackie11 said:
I think your specs are rather low. A Celeron processor is not too good, 2GB RAM also is not too good, but the main thing is the Graphics card (or lack thereof), you really need a dedicated graphics card, not "built in adptors". I have an Intel I7, with 4GB RAM and a 1GB ATI card. It runs not too bad, but not always, and my sliders are not "maxed out".

I would like to point out I am no computer expert and any decision you take is your own, this is just my .02 cents worth, from my own experience.

Regards,

Dave
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Well I am a computer expert, Working for myself making PC's Great and you are dead on the ball Blackie. Celeron rubbish, video hopeless although it will work, 2 gigs of memory on a OS that is designed for more than 4. Ha HP another joke they made.
The guy that recomends a new hard drive. In time he might be right. but unless your hard drive is full you don't need a new one just yet. And memory yes 6 would be better. but as blackie said without a good CPU (celeron) with no real GPU (intel) you would be better off not wasting more money on that laptop.
 
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Your biggest problem is going to be RAM, 2GB would be barely enough with dedicated video memory, but take out 128MB or 256MB for the onboard video, and it's going to be painful.
 
NikkiA said:
Your biggest problem is going to be RAM, 2GB would be barely enough with dedicated video memory, but take out 128MB or 256MB for the onboard video, and it's going to be painful.
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I have 169 GB Free Space so will it run or will i definitely have problems?
 
I don't think RAM will be your main problem, it's the video display hardware that is lacking on any on-board graphics chip. I think there are some $1800 laptops that can play some games. You might try them.

Bob
 
Your 169 gig of free space is irrelevant-this is just storage on the hard disk which has little bearing on how much processing the computer can do.

It's the ram(internal memory) and poor processor and poor graphics that are your constraints.

You will be able to run some of the less intensive routes/maps, but you'd have been better off with a desktop on which you can do upgrades of graphics card and ram(memory) as money permits.

You can always plug in a stand alone hard disk for the file storage (or even run Trainz totally from it if you install onto it).
 
I think your ultimate best bet for running this simulator perfectly would be an alienware laptop. Made specifically for heavy gaming. I can run trainz classics on my laptop. Here are the specs.

Inspiron 1545
Intel(R)intel pentium inside
Dual CPU T3400
2.16Ghz
4GB Ram
Mobile Intel(R)4 series express chipset family
Windows Vista Home Premium with 64bit.

There are no problems for me even when running on highest resolution and graphic settings. So Id say, you are good to go:). Just be ready for a fatal error at some point. Before installing, make sure you have a good amount of memory, working internet connection, and everything should be updated.
 
Blackie11 said:
I think your specs are rather low. A Celeron processor is not too good, 2GB RAM also is not too good, but the main thing is the Graphics card (or lack thereof), you really need a dedicated graphics card, not "built in adptors". I have an Intel I7, with 4GB RAM and a 1GB ATI card. It runs not too bad, but not always, and my sliders are not "maxed out".

I would like to point out I am no computer expert and any decision you take is your own, this is just my .02 cents worth, from my own experience.

Regards,

Dave
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Normaly Celaron Prossesers are Single Core and The I7 is a Quad Core so Single Cores like The Petieum Series and Celaron will Strugle Bad.
The Core Duo and Core 2 Duo are Dual cores as well as I3 & I5 which would go good.
I reckon The Celeron just won't have the punch to play 2010
& all comes down to the Video Cards, Say the Core i5 for example, it has a Dual core, its own 1gb Built in Graphics which shouldn't take any memory
from the RAM
 
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