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Can this laptop run EVE Online flawlesly?

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Yeng Constantine
Almost Dangerous
Wolves Amongst Strangers
#61 - 2016-01-05 10:41:49 UTC
I'm playing Eve with my Acer Aspire Switch 12 with minimum graphics. It could run in medium settings too but FPS will drop during huge fleet fight. So i have to turn off things like missile effects etc.
Algarion Getz
Aideron Corp
#62 - 2016-01-05 20:31:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Algarion Getz
Pix Severus wrote:
Laptops and gaming are never the perfect combination, I have found.

Even if you do find one capable of running any game flawlessly, it'll probably be the size of a suitcase and run hotter than the sun.

We are not talking about the newest VR tech demo, we talk about EVE. Even my almost 5 years old middle class (800€) laptop can run 1 EVE client with max. settings or 4 clients with min. settings.

EDIT: I think i have to add that i mainly run my industry alts on my laptop, so there is not much going on on the screen. A big fleet fight at max. graphics settings would probably kill the FPS on my laptop. Then again my laptop is almost 5 years old (released early 2011), so a modern middle class laptop (around 800€) should have no problems runnning EVE at max. settings. Just look for a core i5, 8gb ram and a middle class graphics card like the geforce gtx 960m.

EDIT2: Holy ****, middle class laptops are really expensive nowadays (in central Europe). The above mentioned combination of core i5, 8gb ram, geforece gtx 960m and 250gb ssd costs around 1000€. A desktop computer with the same hardware costs around 650€.
Aralieus
Shadowbane Syndicate
#63 - 2016-01-06 05:12:13 UTC
I can run Eve with max settings on a 770m (3gb) and never drop below 50 fps. So yes its doable...I never understand all the hate towards laptops. Granted they may not be as powerful as their desktop counterparts but they're not slouches either. They're even starting to come out with desktop graphics cards in them.

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Mina Sebiestar
Minmatar Inner Space Conglomerate
#64 - 2016-01-06 05:27:58 UTC  |  Edited by: Mina Sebiestar
^Aye new clevo sager models use desktop i7s and desktop GTX980 without throtling.....LinusTechTips did test one of first to come out against desktop configuration with same GPU they are basically same.

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Aralieus
Shadowbane Syndicate
#65 - 2016-01-06 08:18:31 UTC
Also upgrading RAM and graphics cards is very doable now in most newer laptops. I will at some point be swapping from 770m to a 980m in the very near future. My point is laptops are not as inflexible and cumbersome as desktop fanbois make them out to be. At some point the components and hardware will be just as easy to switch out as a desktop.

Oderint Dum Metuant
Algarion Getz
Aideron Corp
#66 - 2016-01-06 09:46:07 UTC
Aralieus wrote:
Also upgrading RAM and graphics cards is very doable now in most newer laptops. I will at some point be swapping from 770m to a 980m in the very near future. My point is laptops are not as inflexible and cumbersome as desktop fanbois make them out to be. At some point the components and hardware will be just as easy to switch out as a desktop.

Components were easy to switch out in older laptops, but they were pretty big. Modern laptops tend to be very flat so no space for sockets. Most components like graphics cards are soldered to the mainboard nowadays and you need to replace the entire mainboard if you want to fix/change graphics card.

If you want all components replaceable like on a desktop you need one of the thick, expensive gaming laptops.
Bringer of BadNews
Doomheim
#67 - 2016-01-06 13:42:37 UTC
Altair Taurus wrote:
I'd like to know if laptop with i5-5200U or i7-5500U microprocessor and 920M-940M range graphic card can run EVE Online flawlessly at high graphic settings?


The laptop might, the end-user however might be a whole nother story.
Bumblefck
Kerensky Initiatives
#68 - 2016-01-06 14:59:37 UTC
Bringer of BadNews wrote:
a whole nother story.




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