Newcomer / Intro Hi there - can I run the game?

jamzee · Jan 11, 2015

Hi there

Having played Elite the first time around on the Acorn Electron I now see it's back, and wow!

I'd like to get the game but am not familiar with what the spec info means, I've got an Advent 6551 laptop as below:

CPU	Intel Celeron Dual Core T1600 (1.66GHz)
BIOS	Phoenix BIOS. Press F2 to enter
Chipset	Intel GL40 Express
Memory	1GB DDR2 PC2-6400 800MHz SODIMM (2 memory slots. Max 4GB)
Hard Drive	160GB
CD Drive	TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633
Screen	17" Widescreen TFT (native resolution 1440x900)
Video Card	Integrated Intel GL40 Express Chipset Family
Webcam	Built in
Sound Card	Realtek ALC888 High Definition Audio
Network Card	Realtek 8139 / 810X (Onboard) MSI MN54G 802.11bg Wireless G Mini PCI Card (MS-6877)
Ports	1x Headphone 1x Line-in 1x Microphone 1x Expresscard slot 1x Card Reader 2x USB 2.0 1x Kensington Lock 1x LAN 1x eSATA * 1x DVI
Battery	U40-3S3700-B1Y1 (11.1v 3700mAh)
Size	27.8 x 287 x 402mm (HxWxD)
Weight	3.4kg
Colour	Black
Made By	F71IL1

I'd hugely appreciate it if anyone could let me know if this will run the game!

Many thanks for any help,

James

ziphnor · Jan 11, 2015

I havent tried running ED on a low spec machine, but id say that is a no-go, how old is it? 1gb of RAM?

Werppa · Jan 11, 2015

1gb RAM and integrated graphics card, sounds like a no go.

Minimum system reqs from official site:

Quad Core CPU ( 4 x 2Ghz is a reasonable minimum)
4 GB System RAM (more is always better)
DX 10 hardware GPU with 1GB video ram

You can usually play a game if you have lower than recommended minimum rig but yours is just too old... 1gb of RAM won't cut it, sorry to say :/. You can always try but I doubt you'd get it running with anything resembling a playable frame rate.

jamzee · Jan 11, 2015

Hi ziphnor, thank you for your reply, its about 5 years old I guess, I don't know the answer to what you're asking (how can I tell?) although it says I've got 1.4 GB free on my S Drive? Thanks again for any help/advice

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Ok thanks Werppa, really appreciate your feedback! I'll keep an eye open for the required spec when replacement time comes..!

Hap · Jan 11, 2015

Hi Jamzee, sorry but it doesn't look like your laptop would run the game.

It's not got a powerful enough processor (it's only dual core and not quad core as per the minimum spec) or graphics processing and it's not got enough system Ram.

jamzee · Jan 11, 2015

Hi Hap, thank you for your message and info, hugely appreciate it, I'll make a bit of this for when upgrade time comes! Hope you're enjoying the game,
James

MEBH · Jan 11, 2015

Actually, myself and a family member are running the game on the following at medium settings.

Pentium Dual-Core CPU E6500 2.93GHz
8Gb Ram
2Gb Zotac 650 Ti
Windows 7 64 Bit

As we vsync and frame limited to 60, the lowest FPS I've seen so far using the in-game monitor is 32FPS whilst flying around an asteroid field with a lot of combat going on and is smoother than some games that are much older. That being said, best you get something nice and powerful for the future DLC

Werppa · Jan 11, 2015

Niazsi said:
Actually, myself and a family member are running the game on the following at medium settings.

Pentium Dual-Core CPU E6500 2.93GHz
8Gb Ram
2Gb Zotac 650 Ti
Windows 7 64 Bit

As we vsync and frame limited to 60, the lowest FPS I've seen so far using the in-game monitor is 32FPS whilst flying around an asteroid field with a lot of combat going on and is smoother than some games that are much older. That being said, best you get something nice and powerful for the future DLC

Well the 8gb RAM helps, 8x more than the OP has

. It's kinda weird that quad core is recommended minimum for CPUs though, you'd think powerful enough dual core is enough

synchromesh · Jan 11, 2015

Some one the other day had this running on XP.....Cant find the thread but it just shouldn't work on XP...and I think it only had a gig of ram
If it did then anything is a possibility ..

yah-ta-hey · Jan 12, 2015

Like me, your dual core and video just isn't fast enough. My gateway nv85 is just too old. it runs nothing releated to the game or the training sessions. I am in the process of building my own:

patriot	PGQ316G1866ELQK	ddr3 16gb 1866 mhz
MSI	Z98-G45 GAMING	MOTHERBOARD
xfx	XFX Double D R9-280X-TDFD	video card
	Radeon R9 280X 3GB
	384-Bit GDDR5 CrossFireX Support
TOSHIBA	MK0502TSKB	Tosh 500GB 3.5" SATA III Int Dsktp Hard Drive
corsair	CMPSU-850AX	power supply 850w gold
thermaltake	CA-1A3-00M1WN-00	midtower case


Intel	928636	i5-4570 3.2GHz 4th Gen Dsktp Proc LGA 1150
This should give me the horsepower for several more years.