Can this laptop run Dawn of War 2?

[Testosticore]

Hey, I was shopping around for a new laptop, and I was planning on doing some light gaming. Dawn of War 2 to be exact. All the other aspects of this laptop clear the system requirements, but Im unsure about the video card. I was wondering if the laptop Im planning to buy can run the game without performance issues and, if so, a rough guess on what settings it should run at.

System specs:
Processor: AMD Phenom? II 1.8 GHz
RAM: 4GB DDR3
Hard Drive Space: 500 GB
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4250

Any help you can offer will be greatly appreciated!

 

[Testosticore]

Also, Im unsure of how Laptop graphics cards work, but if this one is insufficient, perhaps you can reccomend one.

 

[Sephael]

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Computer-Games-on-Laptop-Graphic-Cards.13849.0.html

I've got a quadro nvs 320m (not the newest gfx out there, but its capable), and after comparing the results I'm quite certain you wont be able to run DOW2 on yours..

 

[Testosticore]

Are you sure? Because I heard of people running it on medium settings with the HD4200.

 

[Sephael]

nope, not sure. You'll never know until someone actually tests it, i'm just comparing to my gfx

 

[Ac30]

Have you bought it yet? If not, I can help you find something else. What's your budget?

 

[Testosticore]

500 to 600 dollars
I am also willing to buy a Desktop, but it has to come with a monitor.

 

[Ac30]

I found 2 laptops on Newegg that would suit. The Acer would definitely play it, albeit at medium. If you can, definitely stretch your budget a little and get the Toshiba, I have a laptop with a 5650 and runs most all recent games at medium-high to high. The processor is also much better in the Toshiba.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834214190: Toshiba

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215120: Acer

 

[Skorpyo]

Also, Im unsure of how Laptop graphics cards work, but if this one is insufficient, perhaps you can reccomend one.

Laptop hardware is, as a rule of thumb, designed to operate at lower power to make up for the lack of a hard-wired power supply.

When it comes to ANY hardware specs, take them with a grain of salt. I'd say that you should count on any laptop Graphics Hardware to be about %60 - %70 of the total performance of a desktop unit with the same generational coding.