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Compatible Hardware with EVE Online
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Oinola Akachi
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2015-10-04 02:43:30 UTC
I just found a 1.89 GHz hardware system for $89 (+tax) which I posted in another thread and since I got no reply if it would work, I didn't buy it.

I spent the money on other opportunities I had since they too may have gone away, but at least I had more reliable information about it.


Anyways, it seems it is not all that worth it for me.
Chainsaw Plankton
FaDoyToy
#2 - 2015-10-04 03:03:25 UTC
eve works on almost anything newish. that said "works" and "playable" are different benchmarks. And 1.89 GHz says almost nothing, on its own it could mean any one of a million things.

@ChainsawPlankto on twitter
T' Elk
Strategically Bad
Goonswarm Federation
#3 - 2015-10-04 04:05:43 UTC
What are you on about?

~Badposter since FOOOOREEEEEVAAAAAR~ I come back after 2 years to THIS? ~Now 4 years apparently
Val'Dore
PlanetCorp InterStellar
#4 - 2015-10-04 04:35:00 UTC
Purple Ewoks play bingo with tenacious zebras in coriander tutus under the frozen sun.

Star Jump Drive A new way to traverse the galaxy.

I invented Tiericide
Do Little
Bluenose Trading
#5 - 2015-10-04 08:54:03 UTC
I have Eve "running" on an Acer Aspire 1 756 netbook with a Celeron processor. By that I mean I can login, do some industry, manage my skill queue, PI and a few other things - it's handy when I'm on the road but you would need to be a masochist to actually try and "play" the game on that hardware.
Market McSelling Alt
Doomheim
#6 - 2015-10-04 12:38:07 UTC
Do Little wrote:
I have Eve "running" on an Acer Aspire 1 756 netbook with a Celeron processor. By that I mean I can login, do some industry, manage my skill queue, PI and a few other things - it's handy when I'm on the road but you would need to be a masochist to actually try and "play" the game on that hardware.



You can rat or run missions and mine on any E2 processor from AMD... those laptops can be had for the equivalent of $100 USD on ebay.

I have seen anything from a Pentium D all the way to the new i7's running Eve. Honestly, there isn't much out there that won't.

CCP Quant: Of all those who logon in Eve, 1.5% do Incursions, 13.8% PVP and 19.2% run Missions while 22.4% mine.

40.7% Join a fleet. The idea that Eve is a PVP game is false, the social fabric is in Missions and Mining.
Johan Civire
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#7 - 2015-10-04 13:11:35 UTC
Demonstration what people here means :

Here mine specs!

Type Processor : AMD 965BE Phenom 2 (x4) (4ghz)
Memory : 24gb (2333 mhz)
HDD/SDD/SSHD : SSHD 1TB seagate
Video Card : 2 x AMD Radeon r9 295x2 (crossfire mode)
Network Speed : 130mb ISD speed
OS : Windows 10 beta

Now you fill it in. So we know more.
Zerinia
Lom Corporation
#8 - 2015-10-05 08:51:03 UTC
I used to play on a desktop with a Xeon processor and GTC 970TI graphics card, but nowadays I usually play on my POS laptop. Works great 2 clients to haul + web in HS or market trading (on minimum settings). Haven't done any combat. A refurbished version of my laptop costs under 300.
Celthric Kanerian
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#9 - 2015-10-06 19:19:59 UTC
I play with max settings with +50 fps

My specs:

CPU: I7 Intel 2.8 Ghz Quadcore

RAM: 8gb ddr3 ram

Harddrive: 2TB Sata harddisk

GPU: Nvidia GTX750 Ti 2gb

Internet: 50mb internet speed
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#10 - 2015-10-06 19:52:18 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
Will it run Windows XP? Then it will run EVE.

Of course the developers will hate you for forcing continued support of DirectX 9.

https://ccpcommunity.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/202748741-System-Requirements
Oinola Akachi
State War Academy
Caldari State
#11 - 2015-10-07 01:53:06 UTC
It was,
Intel (R) Core (TM) 2 Duo CPU
E5700
@ 2.93 GHz

Installed memory (RAM):
(1.86 GB usable)

(No floppy drive)

+ today:
Wireless keyboard and mouse with 4 AAA
+
msi
nVIDIA
GEFORCE
GT 610
2GB DDR3 | PCI-E 2.0 | DirectX 11

Noise Free EDITION

LP Bracket Bundled
FREE

PCI -- E, N610, 2048M DDR3, HSK
DVI -- I, HDMI, VGA


msi
AFTERBURNER
http;//event.msi.com/vga/afterburner

(C) 2012

etc...

The computer system was $100 tax included.
It is also small, portable, and light.

The video card was $69 , I got it in special at $59. (And it was the last one in store.)


The keyboard and mouse combo was $19.

I also got a 32 GB USB Data Traveler 101 (USB 2.0) for $15 to save more videos.
Oinola Akachi
State War Academy
Caldari State
#12 - 2015-10-07 01:54:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Oinola Akachi
Double post..
+ I got in the store atfter 8 PM (and they closed at 7:30 PM).
Someone else was buying and caused them 30 minutes delays...
It took me another 25 minutes to get out (they closed late 1 hour).

No internet yet though, and no other free wifi Android device.

I may get a laptop with free wifi and run the video card on it with an external video card adapter.
Then, I'd look for high-speed internet plans that runs on mobile device.

One company I called today doesn't offer DSL where I live but they offer 60 MBps cable modem (except I have to get cable separate).

Another company who overcharged me for a service I never used mentionned they offer 250 MBps.

I am looking for 300 MBps (unless it was an offer for 300 GB per month).
Oinola Akachi
State War Academy
Caldari State
#13 - 2015-10-15 18:31:28 UTC
+ 2 times
hynix
- - - -
KOREA 09
1 GB 2Rx8 PC2-5300S-555-12
HYMP512S64CP8-Y5 AB - - 0728
[ -C o
RAM sticks

found at a recycling plant while working there.

I even posted them on eBay for around 10% - to 20% markup over my Paypal and eBay running costs and no one ever bought them.

That was then, this is now, and I can try to install them on my new 2 GB system, although I don't know if it has the slots or capacity for it.

[(My old(er) IBM only had a 1 GB RAM max capacity with its current motherboard and processor but, I think it could only run 796 B RAM due to the double overload special low power, power supply...]

http://www.skhynix.com/en/index.jsp

After verifying the RAM chip, it is listed as Laptop RAM and so won't fit on my Lenovo Desktop PC.
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/desktops/

http://www.kijiji.ca/b-ontario/2rx8-pc2-5300s-555/k0l9004
It is listed as $7 only so it would be easy to upgrade the Desktop PC RAM now.
I think 4 GB is in order.

2 GB is close to the minimum.
(I can't believe how much junk must be running on those systems.
Programs used to run on less than 4 MB...)

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/like/261942910723?limghlpsr=true&hlpht=true&ul_noapp=true&hlpv=2&chn=ps&lpid=116&ops=true&viphx=1
$12 per 1 GB
Shipping not calculated.
Otso Bakarti
Doomheim
#14 - 2015-10-15 20:42:22 UTC
Val'Dore wrote:
Purple Ewoks play bingo with tenacious zebras in coriander tutus under the frozen sun....

...and charge admission.

There just isn't anything that can be said!
Gadolf Agalder
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2015-11-03 03:51:24 UTC
I have an MSI GeForce GT-610 2GB VRAM card but the heat sink is too large to fit my small desktop case.
I was offered a larger case, 2nd license, DVD-Recorder (for ROM only medium ), 4 GB RAM for $189 in special ($219 regular).
Offer is valid until next Friday.

However, I was offered a Sapphire Radeon H5450 1 GB card which will fit in my system without requiring an external video card adapter which btw only is designed to connect to a laptop power supply...
That means that the adapter would require another power connector adapter...
(Which I can't find yet, as it's possibly not even done or sold yet.)

The new card is another $50, $57 with taxes.
This http://www.amazon.ca/SAPPHIRE-5450-PCIE-1GB-DDR3/dp/B004N3BH0C
Amazon link
shows the card sideways with no heat sink being wider than the bracket, and so should fit in the connector
without obstruction from the ethernet card connector and the 2 mounted USB connector (protected by a silver metal case).
Gadolf Agalder
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#16 - 2015-11-04 02:48:50 UTC
After buying the Sapphire Radeon H5450 card, it turned out that the case I tried to connect in is a low profile design.
That means that I cannot install the Sapphire Radeon H5450 card which is not a low profile card.
The VGA connector is positioned over the low-profile position which is over the top of the case.
The case would not close.
The VGA connector is also too close to the side of the case to be able to connect the VGA cable.
I will however get a refund for it in the next 14 days, being, tomorrow, unless I am called for work like now.

So, all in all, I will need a new $189 system with a second Windows 7 license which is currently sold at $219 +.
(Taxes not included...)
I don't think that I will pay that amount on next Friday November 6, 2015.
That may mean that I will not be able to run EVE Online before 2016.

Also, I may or may not get the internet at home, which would allow me to do programming ...
BLACK-STAR
#17 - 2015-11-04 04:03:45 UTC
Don't any of you use Speccy?

Christ, it's easy to copy/paste from the stats. or File > Publish Snapshot.

And yes, EVE runs on potatoes.
Gadolf Agalder
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#18 - 2015-11-04 05:04:54 UTC
BLACK-STAR wrote:
Don't any of you use Speccy?

Christ, it's easy to copy/paste from the stats. or File > Publish Snapshot.

And yes, EVE runs on potatoes.

I have about 5 pounds of potatoes in the fridge, all donated to me .
Gadolf Agalder
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#19 - 2015-11-04 17:23:40 UTC
After going back to get a refund, the store informed me that the card had LP brackets included in the box.
The 2 brackets that were included were just that, to fit the VGA connector on the side bracket slot to the left of my current PCIe connector bracket slot.

And it worked.
I couldn't do it myself , as I didn't have any pairs of pliers that could unscrew those little VGA (or SVGA) screw in which you stabilize the VGA cable.
So, I didn't test it yet, as I stopped at the nearby library on my way back to where the system is (home) to post this.
I am pretty sure that it is going to work this time.

It will also save me $189 in 2 days, though I will have 2 GB less RAM and 1 GB less VRAM...
Unless I want to dual box and dual client?
Gadolf Agalder
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2015-11-06 18:36:42 UTC
Except I was dinged another $790 and I'm overdraft.
That last charged should be reversed again today shortly.

+ I won't be able to get a new internet connection until I get more income from work or other.

I have to go to the bank to fix this for the second time from 2 weeks ago now.
However, due to this second error, I don't expect to get a new internet connection for another month or so...
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