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Syds Sinclair
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-02-02 05:13:02 UTC
..Hello! I have my very nice desktop that I play Eve on. I would like a lap top to use in tandem with my desktop (main pilot/alt pilot). Also, to play a bit while sitting on the couch with my wife.

I'm looking for a rig that will play Eve and not make my eyes bleed. I would rather spend a bit more then have to deal with errors and slowdown. I don't want my gameplay to suffer because of performance issues.

This rig will pretty much only run Eve, with a bit of interwebs thrown in.

My budget for this rig probably won't exceed $500.

Is there something out there for me? New/used, doesn't matter. By used I mean a mainstream rig that is a year or so old that I might be able to find on eBay.

Tank you for reading this and fly safe!

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Mars Theran
Foreign Interloper
#2 - 2013-02-02 05:30:01 UTC
ACER has some nice laptops, and they generally tend to be reliable. ASUS of course, has their own offerings which tend to be more focused on gaming, but I haven't a clue how reliable they are, or even if the are reasonably priced. You'd have to check them out and compare I suppose.
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Loco Kamikaze
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2013-02-02 06:40:44 UTC
Mars Theran wrote:
ACER has some nice laptops, and they generally tend to be reliable. ASUS of course, has their own offerings which tend to be more focused on gaming, but I haven't a clue how reliable they are, or even if the are reasonably priced. You'd have to check them out and compare I suppose.


was going to suggest these.

that I should worry about losing my hearing is nonsense, because there will always be -=BASS=-
Jonah Gravenstein
Machiavellian Space Bastards
#4 - 2013-02-02 07:15:56 UTC  |  Edited by: Jonah Gravenstein
Anything with an AMD Mobility HD/ Nvidia GTX/GT 6** / Intel HD GPU should be able to handle the graphics side of things. Other than that anything that's less than a few years old should have enough horsepower processor and memory to run Eve, I've had it running on a AMD fusion setup at HD resolutions without problems.

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Feyd's Survival Pack
Captain Stupid
State War Academy
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-02-02 09:13:19 UTC
I have two asus laptops and can tell you they a fantastic in terms of reliability. However, not sure you'll get one for under $500 for the spec you want.