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Zornia Estemaire
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2011-12-24 03:50:26 UTC
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. I have been looking for a inexpensive laptop I can bring to work so I can play. Could someone tell if this one will work. It is: ASUS K53TA BBR6 Quad Core 2.3GHz 4GB 500GB Radeon A6650. Doesn't have to be great just as long as it will fill the minimum requirements.
ISD Athechu
ISD STAR
ISD Alliance
#2 - 2011-12-24 08:20:19 UTC
Hello Zornia Estemaire,

The Minimum System Requirements are as following for Windows:

OS: Windows® XP Service Pack 2 / Vista / 7
CPU: Intel Pentium® or AMD @ 1,5 Ghz or greater which supports SSE2
RAM: XP (SP2) – 1 GB / Vista – 1.5 GB
HD space: 20Gb Free Space
Network:DSL connection or faster
Video:ATI X1600 or NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT or higher graphics card with 128 MB of Video RAM* which supports Shader Model 3
Drivers: DirectX® 9.0c (included) and latest video drivers
DVD-ROM : 2 speed DVD reader or greater required.
*Note that older graphics cards such as the Nvidia 6000 series may work but is not officially supported

More information can be located including the recommended Configuration for Windows and Mac: http://support.eveonline.com/Pages/KB/Article.aspx?id=124

If you have any other questions don't hesitate to ask.

ISD Athechu

STAR Executive

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malaire
#3 - 2011-12-24 08:59:47 UTC
What is "Radeon A6650"? Wikipedia doesn't know such GPU.

I have laptop with dual-core 2.40 GHz, 4 GB, "Mobility Radeon HD 5650". I havn't had any trouble playing EVE with this laptop with max settings except no AA, and I can even run 2 clients at once (one minimized while playing in other). However I mostly do station trading and small missions so I have not tried any big battles, but I believe they should also work at least with lower settings.

So if "Radeon A6650" is at least as good as my "Mobility Radeon HD 5650" I believe that you should have no trouble playing EVE in that laptop.

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Zornia Estemaire
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2011-12-24 22:41:21 UTC
Thx for the info Malaire. It appears from this website I found your graphics card and the one I am interested are both class 2 cards. Rated from class 1 to class 3 for all graphic cards. http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-6650M.43962.0.html
KaarBaak
Squirrel Team
#5 - 2011-12-25 02:45:25 UTC

I bought an Asus K51 back in '09 and it's still handling Eve like a desktop.


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