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How to improve gaming performance of netbooks with Source games on Steam

It is a well-known fact that netbooks suffer from having horrible performance when it comes to gaming, and even with developments such as NVIDIA’s ION graphics chip, gaming performance is still only passable at best. Is there any way to improve netbook gaming performance without giving up on the ultraportable platform altogether to settle for [...]

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3 Command and Conquer games for your netbook

For some it may come as no surprise but, the classic Command and Conquer games work well on netbooks. The games require low resources and a light installation. Command and Conquer: Red Alert, Tiberian Dawn and Tiberian Sun & Firestorm are free to download from here. The games can be run by either decompressing the [...]

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Torchlight reduced to 7.99 Euros

The Diablo clone game, Torchlight which runs very well on netbooks, has been reduced. Originally at 15 Euros, you can now pick the game up for 7.99 Euros. The game, available on Steam, is currently in the “specials”. Some describe the fact that it is on Steam, as being the only disappointment with the game, [...]

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Spore and WoW tested on HP Mini 311

Over at LaptopMag the folks benchmarked the HP Mini 311 with 3DMark06 along with trying Far Cry 2 on the ION powered netbook. Users asked for more specific tests to be done which relate to very popular games. They asked for the netbook to be tested with Spore, Call of Duty 4 and World of [...]

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Gameloft produce games for netbooks

If you’ve ever looked for a game for your mobile phone, you’ve probably come across Gameloft, who have been producing games for quite some time now. As well as supporting many models of mobiles, they also support iPods, iPhones as well as having downloadable console games more recently. That’s not all they’ve added though. The [...]

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