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Alex C:
Agreed about cutting HDR down straight away. My go to move when limited to laptop GPUs is pretty much immediately switching off any setting remotely related to lighting effects in the name of playability. I mean, I like shadows and all; they can be pretty. But at the end of the day they're not that big of a deal compared to watching a slideshow or staring at hideously low grade textures; many games don't really make all that great use of them anyway.

Teh Geek Lord:

--- Quote from: Alex C on 04 Mar 2009, 22:03 ---Agreed about cutting HDR down straight away. My go to move when limited to laptop GPUs is pretty much immediately switching off any setting remotely related to lighting effects in the name of playability. I mean, I like shadows and all; they can be pretty. But at the end of the day they're not that big of a deal compared to watching a slideshow or staring at hideously low grade textures; many games don't really make all that great use of them anyway.

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True, I was just let down.   I'll throw L4D on the laptop and report further on how well/bad it runs.  I'm not holding much hope, as most games coem it at around 20-25 FPS average dipping into single digits even when set to low. 

I'm used to cutting back the settings on game on the laptop, its nothing new there.  I never played anything from steam/valve before, so this whole "need internet to play" bullshit is new to me.  I've tried to keep up with PC lingo and happenings, but 2 years living in the country leaves you... cut off.  suck.

Melodic:
All Valve games require online Steam activation, but as long as they're certified you can enable all of your games for offline use.

That being said, package the game up until you can play it online, as it's absolutely no good without friends. As for gaming on your laptop, an 8600M is roughly equivalent to an... 8400GT? So expect 1024x768 with no HDR or AA. It still looks (and plays!) well at those settings, so if you can get an internet connection with your mobile, then go for it.

Dimmukane:
I think the reason it works the way it does where I work is because we are frequently playing those games for the first time on whatever system it is.

dennis:
All you'd need to do is be connected long enough to activate the game on steam. If you have a modern cellphone, you can often use that as a low-bandwidth modem in a pinch.

The worst case scenario is you have to lug your desktop someplace with internet and activate it there (and download the inevitable updates).

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