Games and Software Compatibility Tests

 

Item

Specification

 

 

 

Games

Blizzard

 

 

q

WarCraft III (CD-04-062)

 

q

WarCraft III - Frozen Throne Expansion Pack (CD-04-157) + (DX8.1,

 

 

Patch 1.18 or later)

Atari

qNeverwinter Nights + Patch v1.62 (CD-04-220 / WKS) q Unreal Tournament 2004 (CD-04-140)

ID Software

q Quake III Arena (CD-04-057) q Quake IIII (CD-04-197) Activision

q Call of Duty 2 (CD-04-203)

q Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy (CD-04-192) q Doom 3 (CD-04-194) + Doom 3 (DX9.0b) Electronic Arts

q A Battlefield 1942 (CD-04-107/WKS)

q Battlefield 2 (CD-04-207) + (DX 9.0c, Patch 1.01)

q Command & Conquer Generals (CD-04-222 / WKS) q Madden NFL 2006 (CD-04-216)

q Nascar Thunder 2004 (CD-04-113) q Nascar SimRacing (CD-04-228)

q NBA LIVE 2006 (CD-04-214 / WKS)

q Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2006 (CD-04-199)

q Medal of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead Expansion Pack (CD-04-122-1) q FIFA World Cup GERMANY 2006 (CD-04-234)

q Sports FIFA 2006 Soccer (CD-04-236)

q Need for Speed - Under Ground II (DX9) Microsoft

q Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight (CD-04-074) q Halo (CD-04-078)

q Rise of Nations 1.0 (CD-04-079 / WKS) Sierra Half-Life 2 (CD-04-237)

Crytek Far Cry (CD-04-154)

Interwise Silent Hunter III (CD-04-226)

Ubisoft Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (CD-04-230) FIFA Soccer 06

2006 FIFA World Cup

System utilities and applications

PowerDVD

 

Windows DVD Maker

 

NTI-CD Maker

 

Acrobat Reader

 

Microsoft Office

 

Norton Internet Security

 

Acer Launch Manager

 

Wireless AP

 

Bluetooth AP

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Acer 4520 manual Games and Software Compatibility Tests

4520 specifications

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