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Hey GOG Folks -
Has anyone tried running this on a netbook? I've got an eeePC with the standard Atom Processor and 2gbs of RAM. I wasn't sure if there were options to run in low-res.
Thanks for the help!
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JPWasko: Hey GOG Folks -
Has anyone tried running this on a netbook? I've got an eeePC with the standard Atom Processor and 2gbs of RAM. I wasn't sure if there were options to run in low-res.
Thanks for the help!

The game seems to be at the very edge between playable/unplayable, which is quite unfortunate.
I mean, the game does run alright, but in bigger areas it drops to 5-10 FPS (haven't measured, just a guess), whereas if you stare at a wall it climbs to something like 15-20 FPS. Worse yet, the game appears to be CPU limited, so GMA Booster doesn't do squat.. Oh well, maybe it'll work on next years netbooks :)
Edit: i tried it on samsung nc10, if anyone's wondering.
Post edited November 14, 2009 by fragle
I tested on my Asus Eee 1005HA (upgraded to 2GB of RAM, not that it helps with anything), and I concur with fragle. The game is borderline unplayable, even with shadows and other visual effects turned off, and the resolution set to 640x480 or lower. I transferred save games from my main computer to my netbook and checked out several of the levels, and by the end I was getting motion sickness from the low frame rates.
It's possible that a netbook with nVidia's Ion chipset would fare better, if Psychonauts takes advantage of hardware transform & lighting (which it should, since I first played Psychonauts on a 1.4Ghz Athlon, which isn't much more powerful than a 1.6Ghz Atom.) However, for most netbooks using Intel graphics, it's going to take a lot more powerful processor to run smoothly, probably faster than any Atom chip that will be seen in netbooks this year.
I have an HP Mini 110-1000 with XP Home, 1.6gHz, 1gb memory, 1024 x 576, and a Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family graphiocs card.
The game seems to run fine except the cut scenes audio is out of sync with the video. The voices stop before the mouthstops moving. Other than that I havn't noticed any problems.
I own an Acer Aspire One 532h, and Psychonauts does not run well enough to play. The framerate is godawful, to the point where it's unplayable. Unfortunate; I really wanted this game.