EVE General Discussion

Hello fellow rock-chewers and ship-killers!

I'm currently in the market for a tablet for my workplace - a keyboard, mouse, and office-related applications (Microsoft Office) are all that are required.

THE QUESTION: I have lots of downtime at work occasionally but a laptop is generally too cumbersome and it has to be touchscreen for one of our applications to function properly. I'm looking for a tablet that could run a single client of EvE effectively. That or a very lightweight touchscreen laptop.

i.e. I'd like medium settings across the board and ship flight (particularly for PvP) to be nice and smooth. Budget isn't really an issue. I don't do huge blobbing or anything, just roams and solo mostly.

I'm currently looking at the Surface Pro 3 from Microsoft (the keyboard, though not included, is much better this time around) but I'd love to hear suggestions on any other potential candidates.

Thanks for input - fly safe!

For a portable touchscreen laptop that can handle EVE and be a tablet, I have been using a Fujitsu T732 with an i5 processor. It has enough power to run 3 EVE clients at 30 FPS in space doing missions or POS work. I can get around 4 hours of playtime with the normal and modular battery running all 3 clients. The Fujitsu T904 or T734 are based on the haswell series CPU's and should get you some better performance and battery life. The T902 is a generation behind, like the T732, but has a slightly bigger screen. But all four are swivel based screens with mouse, keyboard, stylist, and touch screen capabilities with more than enough power to run EVE and other games.

Does it not have F1?

yeah, everyone knows you need quick-twitch reflexes to play EVE

Oh no - I wouldn't use touchscreen for EvE...lmao...that would end ugly. Angry Birds on my S3 back awhile ago was evidence of that!

TY for input from all!

Don't cry on the forums if you got podded by a titan because the cheetos stain was blocking your view of the titan on the overview and the field.

and you just confirmed that I will buy one thank you =D

Anything with a HD4400 graphics chip or better will work well, HD5000+ is preferable but somewhat hard to find in the form factor. From friends using older HD4000 hardware it's workable but if you want to run eve it's not the best.

Single client runs well at 1080p on both my Sony Vaio Pro ultrabook and my father's Surface Pro 3 at medium settings (both have HD4400s and dual core i7/i5 processors, respectively). Low settings and no brackets are probably needed for massive fleet fights, but both computers run the game stably for extended periods of time. Dual client is possible at low settings in emergencies, but the experience is not that great.

Only thing is that you really need a mouse to do anything in space though. The trackpads work fine for market/production/etc work but it's frustrating to use once you undock. Touchscreen is almost entirely useless unless you make the UI massive and even then it's tough to use for anything but the most rudimentary tasks

As far as EvE goes I'm looking at missions and mining as probably the most 'graphically intensive' items - I know market/production won't be an issue on just about any tablet worth some salt.

What about a Microsoft Surface Pro 2 or 3? They run full windows 8, and I want one. Just they are a bit pricey. They can function as a tablet or laptop, and are actually good for business as well. Make sure to stay away from the RT windows tablets, they are striped down cheaper versions that will not run eve. Pro will though from what I've read online.