My PC (with Windows XP and Radeon7000 video card) needs an upgrade (disc size and speed). However, I'm considering replacing my heavy, clunky PC and old-fashioned, E.T.-head monitor setup with a simpler, sleeker laptop. If so, will I be able to find a laptop with video graphics equal to or better than the graphics I'm getting with the Radeon7000 video card?

Secondly, can I/should I buy a laptop with a wide screen? I'm a cavern "skydiver" and I need decent screen size (and graphics) to be able to see where I'm jumping.

What are your recommendations?

Really, really check the graphics card. Most of people do not seem to know that this is actually an important part of the computer so the makers try to get away with a onboard Intel chip

I recommend checking out this site it does a good comparison of notebook video cards.

I got a 15 inch notebook with a Radeon HD 5165 card(the best I could get for my budget) and Uru works fine for me.

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Yes, definitely be sure to check the graphics card setup on the laptop. There is simply no way you'll be able to skydive with an intel integrated chip. Also, be sure to check the processor because that will play a part in your lag.

And most laptops these days are widescreen so that shouldn't be an issue.

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I personally don't think the Intel chip is such a big issue for Uru anymore since it is getting so long in the tooth. I've got a
three year old laptop with an Nvidia integrated chip and one with the newer 4500M Intel integrated chip, and the the Intel seems a little bit better. They both work fine with MOULagain, but there is slight lag.

You will get your best results with a dedicated video card, especially in areas with lots of people. I've also got a laptop with a dedicated card and it works GREAT with MOULagain, and it is widescreen. During the one year anniversary celebrations, I suffered from very little lag when I was in crowds. Laptops with dedicated cards are a bit more pricey than those with integrated chips, but if you are in MOULa a lot, I think it will be worth it.

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Speaking of skydiving and laptops: I discovered today that I cannot do combo jumps anymore on my new MacBook Pro (Radeon HD 6750M) I got a few days ago. Uru simply runs too well… On the positive side, I can now do the Ae’gura and Ahnonay superjumps, which I couldn’t do on Mac OS on the old one (Radeon X1600).

So if you rely on glitches, faster is not always better. For combo jumps in particular, my experience is that they only work in a certain range of frame rates – too slow or too fast doesn’t work.

The keyboard configuration on my Compaq Presario Laptop makes it impossible to register the key combination for combo jumps for URUs default key configuration. Hitting all the necessary commands in sequence fails to register one of the key strokes.

So i suppose, be sure that your system is actually capable of glitch jumping at all

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Yes, definitely be sure to check the graphics card setup on the laptop. There is simply no way you'll be able to skydive with an intel integrated chip. Also, be sure to check the processor because that will play a part in your lag.

And most laptops these days are widescreen so that shouldn't be an issue.

You can use an intel chip, I have before. But I don't recommend it, it is choppy when the cavern is full. I recommend an ATI Radeon card or an NIVIDIA GeForce. That will get the job done.

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Trekluver wrote:

tanshin wrote:

Yes, definitely be sure to check the graphics card setup on the laptop. There is simply no way you'll be able to skydive with an intel integrated chip. Also, be sure to check the processor because that will play a part in your lag.

And most laptops these days are widescreen so that shouldn't be an issue.

You can use an intel chip, I have before. But I don't recommend it, it is choppy when the cavern is full. I recommend an ATI Radeon card or an NIVIDIA GeForce. That will get the job done.

I do suppose the newer chips are better. My only Intel experience is a GMA 700 which gave me invisble avatars (sometimes chopped up avatars) and the works. I'd imagine the newer ones are better.

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Thank you all for your terrific input.

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on the glitch-jump thing. On an hp laptop i sometimes use one cannot register a third key while the arrow key and shift key are pressed. Only way to run jump is to use caps lock, but if shift is pressed to walk, jump is again not registered, caps lock must be released to walk jump. Kind of eliminates combo jumbo and since most old glitch climbing (the rope bridge etc.) involves alternating of run and walk jumps it is just to much work for my patience .

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actually, moula runs fine on my macbook pro on the integrated nvidia card in a windows xp virtual machine running under parallels. i don't think you'll have much problem with most modern laptop gpus.

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About a laptop and besides there's many things else to consider, if you can find one built over Nvidia Nforce chipset and Geforce graphics (this one including its own memory if possible on a laptop), I can tell u there's nothing better (I had troubles with ATI graphics).

I may give more details if needed

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I have a 4 years old Asus V1jp notebook with an ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 video card, it works very fine. I reckon a recent notebook of the same (or even somewhat lower) category plays even better. Remember that the graphic engine of Uru was created according to the standards of about 2003-2005. Recent avarage hardware handles it far better.

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i can give you the specs to my machine to let you know exactly what *not* to buy.

actually, when running uru it handles exceptionally fine. game looks great, runs supurbly well. in fact, uru is one of the *only* games to actually run flawlessly on this machine (network issues aside)

for skydiving however, look elsewhere. in fact, somehow the keyboard setup makes it impossible to register the serries of keystrokes necessary to pull off a combo jump and i've not been able to reconfigure the key map in a way that's comfortable. it's a compaq persario running windows vista (and i'm not proud of it) if it weren't for a releatively shoddy network this thing would be jonesing. even still the network is far better that it could be.

and i suppose that's another thing to consider as well. how well your machine will interface with your exisiting network.