ASUS Eee PC 1215N - Batman: Arkham Asylum Test

A test to see which relatively-modern games will run on this netbook. I give you Batman: Arkham Asylum.

*Basic Specs:
- Intel Atom D525 @ 1.8 GHz (dual-core, 2x 512 kB L2 cache)
- NVIDIA ION 2 (512 MB, Optimus technology)
- 2 GB DDR3 memory (800 MHz)
- Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit)
- 1366x768 pixels maximum resolution
- BIOS updated to revision 0605
- ION driver updated to version 266.58

*Running Apps:
Yahoo Messenger, uTorrent, Avast (Silent/Gaming Mode), Fraps

*NVIDIA settings:
Triple Buffering (enabled), Maximum Pre-rendered frames (5), others on default

GAME SETTINGS:
- Native Resolution (1280x720)
- Enabled Full Screen, V-Sync, Bloom, Dynamic Shadows, Ambient Occlusion
- Medium Detail Level
- Disabled others

*Framerate: ~10 to 28 fps
*Playability: Poor to Fair

*Remarks:
Framerate depends on where Batman is facing. Larger areas with tons of detail naturally cause framerates to drop. When outside buildings, framerate dips to ~7 fps and below. Audio stutters as well, which causes scenes to stutter. Applying the lowest settings will increase framerate. Other methods that may help smoothen gameplay would be through defragmentation of files, eliminating simultaneous processes, overclocking CPU/GPU, running the game on a 64-bit version of Windows 7 (thereby being granted the full 4 GB max RAM support), running the game on Windows XP -- among others.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• ASUS
• Eee
• PC
• 1215N
• Intel
• Atom
• dual
• core
• NVIDIA
• ION
• Optimus
• Technology
• Batman
• Arkham
• Asylum
• AA
• gameplay
• netbook
• Windows
• 32
• bit
• test

[SuperBoyMeat]

You use GameBooster ?

[thugsnw]

@SuperBoyMeat Nope. I didn't see any noticeable difference upon using it and not using it.

[thugsnw]

@zunehdrocks Intel HD graphics isn't meant for modern gaming. It can probably run the game, sure, but not as well as a bona fide graphics card. You'd probably end up with slideshows even at low settings.

[zunehdrocks]

@thugsnw well its intel hd graphics. Refurbs are reliable depending on the brand

[thugsnw]

@zunehdrocks They have pretty nice specs, but if you're gonna get one so you can also play this game, make sure it has graphics cards meant to handle immense graphical data (nVIDIA or ATI). Are refurbs reliable?

[zunehdrocks]

@thugsnw the best i3 laptop for the price is a $398 refurbished Asus U52F-BBG6 . For i5 a refurbished a $459 ASUS U52F-BBL9 is the best

[thugsnw]

@highdownhybrid Well there are a lot of netbooks capable of handling modern gaming in medium details now. But if you're serious about gaming, I suggest you get a Core i3 laptop instead. For a few more, you get at least twice the power of this netbook. But if you're okay with playing Batman on these settings or lower for an okay-ish framerate and have cash to burn, then this is a pretty sweet machine.

[highdownhybrid]

This is amazing! Were talking about a netbook! Im definetly going to buy it!