Forum:Curious if my laptop would be able to handle Fallout 3 or not

I've only played Fallout 3 and New Vegas on PS3 and am interested in getting the PC version for the purpose of modding and such. I was just wondering if my laptop would be able to handle it since I don't have another other PC and I don't have any money to spend at the moment. I used a site to check my hardware and see if I could handle it but the results are confusing.

Everything passed the minimum and recommended settings but for some reason the video said that it failed but has a list of things that are all checked as passed. So I don't know exactly what the problem is.

Here's what it said:

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Video Card Recommended: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA 8800 series, ATI 3800 series) You Have: Intel(R) HD Graphics

Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your Video Card does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations.

Features: Recommended attributes of your Video Card Required You Have Video RAM 	       512 MB 	1.7 GB	3D 	                Yes 	Yes Hardware T&L 	       Yes 	Yes Pixel Shader version 	3.0 	4.0 Vertex Shader version 	3.0 	4.0

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So.. I don't know why my system failed the test. I would guess it's not compatible with Direct X 9.0c possibly but that sentence is misleading as it mentions the RAM requirement that I meet below. Any help is appreciated. 71.103.182.71 19:04, June 6, 2011 (UTC)

Laptops generally arn't designed for gaming(unless you get a gaming laptop, which are alot bigger than the standard laptops). You can play games on just about any of them but whether you'll be satisfied is hard to say. I'd attempt to download a trial copy of the game first before purchasing it just to be sure.