Laptop/Notebook Video and Audio Chipsets
Integrated laptop video chipsets are not officially supported for several reasons:
- Laptop/Notebook video chipsets generally provide very limited or no DirectDraw or DirectSound acceleration.
- Laptop/Notebook vendors, such as Dell or Gateway, do not typically test their systems for game compatibility.
- Laptop/Notebook device drivers are not as frequently updated to address graphical and/or game-specific issues compared to desktop video cards. In addition, device drivers are usually tailored specifically to a particular laptop/notebook by the manufacturer working closely with the chip maker compared to desktop video card device drivers being created for the chip itself.
- Laptop/Notebook graphics chipsets are designed for low power consumption and generally use a small amount of embedded RAM, using system RAM to make up any differences. Comparatively, desktop video cards in general have a larger amount of embedded RAM and do not resort to using system RAM.
- With some exceptions, such as the Radeon Mobility 9200 or GeForce FX Go 5200, notebook "3D" graphics chips do not support the advanced OpenGL and Direct3D features that have become standard on desktop 3D video cards.
- The simplistic audio chip in notebooks is designed for basic multimedia functions like playing music CDs or business presentations. The standard audio for games is Microsoft DirectSound. DirectSound requires a high-performance sound architecture that is able to do real-time mixing of multiple sound samples.
However, all of this aside, here are some laptop/notebook video chipsets that should work with titles requiring a 128MB Hardware T&L video card or higher:
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
ATI Mobility Radeon x600
ATI Mobility Radeon x700
ATI Mobility Radeon x800
ATI Mobility Radeon x1400
ATI Mobility Radeon x1600
ATI Mobility Radeon x1800
Nvidia GeForce Go 6400
Nvidia GeForce Go 6600
Nvidia GeForce Go 6800
Nvidia GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
Nvidia GeForce Go 7300
Nvidia GeForce Go 7400
Nvidia GeForce Go 7600
Nvidia GeForce Go 7800
Nvidia GeForce Go 7800 GTX
Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GS
Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX
Here are some laptop/notebook chipsets that we have had reported will not work with titles requiring a 128MB Hardware T&L video card or higher:
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP
ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
ATI Mobility Radeon
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
ATI Radeon 340M IGP
ATI Radeon 320M IGP
Intel Extreme Graphics
Intel Extreme 2 Graphics
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Nvidia GeForce 4 420 Go
Nvidia GeForce 4 440 Go
Nvidia GeForce 4 460 Go
Nvidia GeForce 4 4200 Go
Nvidia GeForce FX 5100 Go
SiS Mirage
SiS Mirage 2
VIA/S3 Unichrome Pro
VIA/S3 Unichrome Pro II
The following laptop/notebook video cards are not currently supported by Neverwinter Nights 2 but may be added at a later time:
ATI Mobility Radeon x300
ATI Mobility Radeon x1300
Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 Go
Nvidia GeForce FX 5600 Go
Nvidia GeForce FX 5650 Go
Nvidia GeForce Go 6200
Nvidia GeForce Go 7200
Nvidia Quadro NVS 110M
Nvidia Quadro NVS 120M
Nvidia Quadro NVS 300M
Nvidia Quadro FX 1500M
Nvidia Quadro FX 2500M