Posted January 20, 2009
It was going to happen sooner or later, so I thought I'd post a list of games that I've tried on the acer aspire one (and consequently, probably most atom based netbooks), and how they performed. As it may be long, look under the cut.
Unreal Tournament one - Installed fine from gog installer. runs fine at natural resolution (1024*600), with all settings set to max.
Railroad Tycoon 3 - Runs okay with some settings turned down at natural resolution
Trainz 2004 - Runs fine at natural resolution with default settings
Europa Universalis 2 - Runs okay, but does not support natural resolution
Europa Universalis 3 - Installs but refuses to run
<b>Patrician 3</b> Installs and runs fine on high graphics settings, but not at natural resolution
<b>Sensible soccer</b> - Installs and runs, but with glitchy graphics to the point where it's unplayable
<b>Rfactor</b> - Just about playable on minimal settings, with some minor frame rate issues
Toca 2 touring cars - Runs perfectly at natural resolution with graphics set to high
Grand prix 4 - installs and runs okay with some graphics settings turned down
Rally Championship Xtreme - Installs, but crashes at runtime
Motocross Madness 2 - installs and runs without a problem
GTA Vice city - Surprisingly, installs and runs fine with only minor slowdown issues on default settings
Descent 1 and 2 - GOG versions install and run fine
Fly! 2 - runs okay, with minor slow-down issues
Just to note, I'm running all these games under tinyXP with only 512mb of ram. If you have any additions or corrections, let me know. I'll update the post. I'm planning on keeping this an ongoing thing for future reference.
Unreal Tournament one - Installed fine from gog installer. runs fine at natural resolution (1024*600), with all settings set to max.
Railroad Tycoon 3 - Runs okay with some settings turned down at natural resolution
Trainz 2004 - Runs fine at natural resolution with default settings
Europa Universalis 2 - Runs okay, but does not support natural resolution
Europa Universalis 3 - Installs but refuses to run
<b>Patrician 3</b> Installs and runs fine on high graphics settings, but not at natural resolution
<b>Sensible soccer</b> - Installs and runs, but with glitchy graphics to the point where it's unplayable
<b>Rfactor</b> - Just about playable on minimal settings, with some minor frame rate issues
Toca 2 touring cars - Runs perfectly at natural resolution with graphics set to high
Grand prix 4 - installs and runs okay with some graphics settings turned down
Rally Championship Xtreme - Installs, but crashes at runtime
Motocross Madness 2 - installs and runs without a problem
GTA Vice city - Surprisingly, installs and runs fine with only minor slowdown issues on default settings
Descent 1 and 2 - GOG versions install and run fine
Fly! 2 - runs okay, with minor slow-down issues
Just to note, I'm running all these games under tinyXP with only 512mb of ram. If you have any additions or corrections, let me know. I'll update the post. I'm planning on keeping this an ongoing thing for future reference.