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Charlie Conway
Horde Vanguard.
Pandemic Horde
#1 - 2013-06-08 22:40:36 UTC
Intel Pentium 2020m 2.40GHz CPU
4GB RAM
500GB Hard Drive
Intel UMA Shared Graphics

Need a cheap laptop for work and of course EVE.

Anyone know if this could run the client on low settings or higher?

Thank you in advance for any replies.
Amanda Chelian
#2 - 2013-06-08 23:02:51 UTC
Unless Intel has been pumping some serious oomph into their cards lately, that thing is going to crawl while running EVE.
Hrothgar Nilsson
#3 - 2013-06-08 23:36:47 UTC  |  Edited by: Hrothgar Nilsson
Charlie Conway wrote:
Intel Pentium 2020m 2.40GHz CPU
4GB RAM
500GB Hard Drive
Intel UMA Shared Graphics

Need a cheap laptop for work and of course EVE.

Anyone know if this could run the client on low settings or higher?

Thank you in advance for any replies.

Don't expect to run Teamspeak with it. I have a Dell Inspiron 2.5GHz i5, a superior processor, w/4GB, shared graphics, and it'd eventually lock up the processor and often overheat and shut down when doing so. Sometimes this would take a 10-15 minutes (if you're in a fleet fight of a few hundred vs. a few hundred) or a few hours (solo exploration, market trading).

If you're just playing EVE on the lowest settings and not using TS3, and doing small gang or solo stuff, it ought to be OK.

I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe...

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion...
Charlie Conway
Horde Vanguard.
Pandemic Horde
#4 - 2013-06-09 00:15:45 UTC
Thanks for your answers. I wouldn't be doing anything other then moving assets and trading. Since I'd only be logged in a few minutes at a time for small things. I have work to do
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#5 - 2013-06-09 06:00:45 UTC
The Intel HD 4000 integrated graphics card runs eve fairly well. should be able to get that with one of the core processors.

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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#6 - 2013-06-09 09:55:50 UTC
Charlie Conway wrote:
Intel Pentium 2020m 2.40GHz CPU, 4GB RAM, 500GB Hard Drive, Shared Graphics
Anyone know if this could run the client on low settings or higher?

http://ark.intel.com/products/71142/Intel-Pentium-Processor-2020M-2M-Cache-2_40-GHz#infosectiongraphicsspecifications
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units#Seventh_generation

Basically, 6 execution units (compared to the 16 of intel HD 4000 variants) at a 650MHz base frequency (dynamic 1.1), so not exactly a powerhouse, but, eh, it could be worse.

So I guess it will probably run EVE just fine at low-ish graphic detail in most places with fairly decent FPS.
If you don't mind low-ish double digit FPS, you could possibly even run it at highest detail, but I would advise against that also due to the shared memory.

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