I runned a test at Systems Requirements Lab, creator of Instant Expert Analysis for Portal 2. I'm using a laptop.
It gave out this:
CPU
Minimum: 3.0 GHz Pentium 4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or Athlon 64 X2 (or higher)
You Have: Celeron(R) Dual-Core CPU T3000 @ 1.80GHz
PASS
CPU Speed
Minimum: 3.0 GHz Pentium 4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or Athlon 64 X2 (or higher)
You Have: 1.8 GHz
Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your CPU Speed does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations.
RAM
Minimum: 1 GB XP / 2 GB Vista & 7
You Have: 2.9 GB
PASS
OS
Minimum: Windows 7 / Vista / XP / 2000
You Have: Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 32-bit
PASS
Video Card
Minimum: Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800 or higher / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or higher / Intel HD Graphics 2000 or higher).
You Have: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your Video Card does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations.
Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Video RAM 128 MB 1.3 GB
Hardware T&L Yes Yes
Pixel Shader version 2.0 4.0
Vertex Shader version 2.0 4.0
Free Disk Space
Minimum: At least 7.6 GB of Space
You Have: 253.0 GB
PASS
So, according to this test i need to upgrade my CPU and Video Card.
Which alternative is cheaper: to get a new laptop or to get those components?
And, do laptops and desktops use same kind of CPU cards?
It gave out this:
CPU
Minimum: 3.0 GHz Pentium 4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or Athlon 64 X2 (or higher)
You Have: Celeron(R) Dual-Core CPU T3000 @ 1.80GHz
PASS
CPU Speed
Minimum: 3.0 GHz Pentium 4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or Athlon 64 X2 (or higher)
You Have: 1.8 GHz
Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your CPU Speed does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations.
RAM
Minimum: 1 GB XP / 2 GB Vista & 7
You Have: 2.9 GB
PASS
OS
Minimum: Windows 7 / Vista / XP / 2000
You Have: Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (build 7601), 32-bit
PASS
Video Card
Minimum: Video card must be 128 MB or more and should be a DirectX 9-compatible with support for Pixel Shader 2.0b (ATI Radeon X800 or higher / NVIDIA GeForce 7600 or higher / Intel HD Graphics 2000 or higher).
You Have: Mobile Intel(R) 4 Series Express Chipset Family
Upgrade Suggested: Unfortunately, your Video Card does not meet this requirement. Click here to see some recommendations.
Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Video RAM 128 MB 1.3 GB
Hardware T&L Yes Yes
Pixel Shader version 2.0 4.0
Vertex Shader version 2.0 4.0
Free Disk Space
Minimum: At least 7.6 GB of Space
You Have: 253.0 GB
PASS
So, according to this test i need to upgrade my CPU and Video Card.
Which alternative is cheaper: to get a new laptop or to get those components?
And, do laptops and desktops use same kind of CPU cards?