Hardware & Technical Can i run it ?

Zoran · Mar 6, 2016

Hello guys.

Im planing to buy myself elite but im not sure if my pc would run it and im new to comunity so i dont know where to put this thread.
I have a laptop
intel cpu core i5 3230m 2 physical core 2 logical
6 gb ram 1600mhz
amd hd 7670m 2 gb ddr3
win 8 64 bit
So if anyone run it on laptop that has near specs or same i would apriciate if somone would tell me how many fps you got and if you had any problems with the game.

Thank you in advance.

Patrick_68000 · Mar 6, 2016

For ED, perhaps. For EDH it will be mission impossible, I think

Surfinjo · Mar 6, 2016

It is also, sadly, below the min recommended specs for ED as well. The min being quad core.

Real shame. It is an engaging and addictive game.

Is there any way you can get a quad core i5?

Nerwan · Mar 6, 2016

Surfinjo said:
It is also, sadly, below the min recommended specs for ED as well. The min being quad core.

Real shame. It is an engaging and addictive game.

Is there any way you can get a quad core i5?

I don't think a quad core will make much difference either way.. the real issue is going to be the graphics hardware.. which the OP doesn't mention. However, it's the single biggest limiting factor.

Surfinjo · Mar 6, 2016

Nerwan said:
I don't think a quad core will make much difference either way.. the real issue is going to be the graphics hardware.. which the OP doesn't mention. However, it's the single biggest limiting factor.

He can try and I do hope it works. But the min specs from Frontier have always specified quad core and still do:

WINDOWS MINIMUM HARDWARE SPECIFICATION:
OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
Processor: Quad Core CPU (4 x 2Ghz)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 260 / ATI 4870HD
DirectX: Version 11
Network Broadband Internet Connection
Hard Drive: 7 GB available space

WINDOWS RECOMMENDED HARDWARE SPECIFICATION:
OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K Quad Core CPU or better / AMD FX 4350 Quad Core CPU or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectX: Version 11
Network Broadband Internet Connection
Hard Drive: 7 GB available space

https://www.frontierstore.net/games/elite-dangerous-cat/elite-dangerous.html

Nerwan · Mar 6, 2016

Surfinjo said:
He can try and I do hope it works. But the min specs from Frontier have always specified quad core and still do:

WINDOWS MINIMUM HARDWARE SPECIFICATION:
OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
Processor: Quad Core CPU (4 x 2Ghz)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 260 / ATI 4870HD
DirectX: Version 11
Network Broadband Internet Connection
Hard Drive: 7 GB available space

WINDOWS RECOMMENDED HARDWARE SPECIFICATION:
OS: Windows 7, Windows 8
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K Quad Core CPU or better / AMD FX 4350 Quad Core CPU or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 280X
DirectX: Version 11
Network Broadband Internet Connection
Hard Drive: 7 GB available space

https://www.frontierstore.net/games/elite-dangerous-cat/elite-dangerous.html

Oh sure, but min specs don't mean a lot really they only give you a vague idea. The fact is that CPU speed is irrelevant for most purposes these days.. because the CPU is vary rarely the bottleneck in making a piece of software run quickly and even when it is the bottleneck, more cores rarely helps because software still isn't mostly written to really take advantage of lots of hardware threads. Manufacturers largely just say "we need quad core" simply because they want to put a line in the sand for what kind of ballbark PC you probably need. However, it's really the graphics card that really matters.

Patrick_68000 · Mar 6, 2016

I have seen many people on the forums who play with a double core only

Surfinjo · Mar 7, 2016

Patrick_68000 said:
I have seen many people on the forums who play with a double core only

That's excellent news.

Thank you for that. I will remember for next time.

Porina · Mar 7, 2016

I've managed to start ED on a laptop with AMD E2-1800 and HD7340. It was not playable in any useful sense (I just managed to get missions and log out again), but the OP's spec is above this so there is some chance. The i3 will be far more powerful, and the GPU is a fair step up too. Outside of Horizons the CPU isn't very important, and overall performance will be limited by the GPU.

Before Horizons came out, I did try turning off 2 cores of my then desktop system (i7-2600k) and it made no difference. Only when I underclocked it at 2 cores could I detect any difference, even then a minor one.

On my old laptop which had HD6850m, the performance wasn't really acceptable to me even at low resolution and low settings. However I wonder if in part that was because of the older generation GPU, the newer one might have better feature support.

Is it possible these days to install the launcher and try the combat demo?

Gran Solo · Mar 7, 2016

Porina said:
Is it possible these days to install the launcher and try the combat demo?

Exactly what I was thinking. Download it and try if it works. The demo missions use exactly the same engine as the game itself, the only thing that you cannot check without buying the game is performance in supercruise.

Zoran · Mar 11, 2016

Hey i tried the games works fine solid 50 fps on high.And another questions if may i ask has any of you when were buying game on steam with visa debit card got unsuficient founds error?