Hoping the minimum specs include my laptop!

Sutore · Feb 8, 2014

Hi, firstly sorry but I am new to this forum.

I have played Elite and its incarnations on (gasp) Spectrum, BBC (& Master), C64, Amstrad, Atari ST, Amiga and PC. I had waited too long for Elite: Dangerous (way back when it was Elite 4).

In the meantime, I no longer have a gaming PC - just a laptop. I'm hoping that the final specs might cover my little I5 3210 laptop, so I can rejoin the Elite Universe . . . .

Cmdr Eagleboy · Feb 8, 2014

Sutore said:
Hi, firstly sorry but I am new to this forum.

I have played Elite and its incarnations on (gasp) Spectrum, BBC (& Master), C64, Amstrad, Atari ST, Amiga and PC. I had waited too long for Elite: Dangerous (way back when it was Elite 4).

In the meantime, I no longer have a gaming PC - just a laptop. I'm hoping that the final specs might cover my little I5 3210 laptop, so I can rejoin the Elite Universe . . . .

Welcome Sutore to ED forums!

What is your specs?

OillyRag · Feb 8, 2014

Sutore said:
Hi, firstly sorry but I am new to this forum.

Don't be sorry.
In a few weeks you won't be new, then you'll be sorry

Welcome

.

Iglooman · Feb 8, 2014

I'm running semi-low end in regards to many of the systems here - i7 930, GeForce GTX 470, and the only thing I'm really pumped up on is RAM at 24GB (this is my main machine that I also use for video editing). I can say, even with a lower end video card, running at 1920x1080 (1920x1200 resolution, which is my monitor's res, is currently not working due to cockpit GUI issues) hasn't been a problem. I'm having good framerate in game, and have only had one experience of lag or stutter due a mission, which was the MP Free-for-all.

I think the biggest thing will be - does your laptop have a graphics card/chip, or is it using built in mobile graphics in the CPU?

So far I've been surprised at how well ED has performed (minus the crashes to desktop one would expect in an Alpha).

SAB380 · Feb 9, 2014

Sutore said:
Hi, firstly sorry but I am new to this forum.

I have played Elite and its incarnations on (gasp) Spectrum, BBC (& Master), C64, Amstrad, Atari ST, Amiga and PC. I had waited too long for Elite: Dangerous (way back when it was Elite 4).

In the meantime, I no longer have a gaming PC - just a laptop. I'm hoping that the final specs might cover my little I5 3210 laptop, so I can rejoin the Elite Universe . . . .

Welcome.

While none of us know how well the alpha translates to the full game in terms of system specs, no 3D game is made to play on an Ultrabook.

If your I5 has no dedicated graphics card then its really going to struggle !

Sutore · Feb 9, 2014

That was what I was afraid of, it's just got the Intel HD4000 chip with the I5 being a 3210m. No ED for me for a while &#55357;&#56862; but noticed someone has it running on a Surface Pro 2?

Patrick_68000 · Feb 9, 2014

Sutore said:
That was what I was afraid of, it's just got the Intel HD4000 chip with the I5 being a 3210m. No ED for me for a while �� but noticed someone has it running on a Surface Pro 2?

Yes, here --- http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=11628

Patrick_68000 · Feb 9, 2014

Sutore said:
That was what I was afraid of, it's just got the Intel HD4000 chip with the I5 being a 3210m.

Review the specialized press on the HD 4000 : "Of course, even if you can play decently in 1366 x 768 pixels by setting the parameters to a minimum, or medium to obtain reasonable visual quality, the IGP is useful for troubleshooting but nothing equals a dedicated graphics card, even entry level 60-100 €, which then allows mounting in definition (up to 1920 x 1080 pixels) and enable more visual effects as a minimum tessellation or antialiasing"

Styggron · Feb 9, 2014

Sutore said:
Hi, firstly sorry but I am new to this forum.

I have played Elite and its incarnations on (gasp) Spectrum, BBC (& Master), C64, Amstrad, Atari ST, Amiga and PC. I had waited too long for Elite: Dangerous (way back when it was Elite 4).

In the meantime, I no longer have a gaming PC - just a laptop. I'm hoping that the final specs might cover my little I5 3210 laptop, so I can rejoin the Elite Universe . . . .

It plays on my laptop and my video card is only a nVidia 525M and I only get 763 on 3DMark11. My laptop is 3 years old already so I'm sure yours will be fine.

Kroy · Feb 9, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RTkNJDMzug

Something like that is what you could use... you could plug in a GTX titan on a micro PC or laptop. Reviewer even mentions an ultrabook

However.... surely you'd have to have a very specialised requirement to go for something like that though. Ohh and it's a prototype ;-)

Sutore · Feb 9, 2014

Had looked at those, but not sure how good it would work in practice. They've been around a while.

I also have a mini PCIe expansion on the motherboard hidden away, but haven't found a graphics card that would fit them (in theory, possible, in practice can only find SSD cards for it).

Would be willing to risk the £35 beta charge if there was a hope.

Kroy · Feb 9, 2014

Times change, life can be hard, priorities shift, but is it impossible for you to upgrade to a combat ready PC / gaming laptop?

If you did have a budget and the space and the inclination, I'm sure people on the forums could point you in the direction of a suitable new/second hand machine....

Associat0r · Feb 9, 2014

Your CPU is pretty good for a dual core CPU and your GPU looks good enough to be playable at the lower resolutions in most scenarios, but we really need someone to test the factions scenario on a dual core with such a GPU at low custom resolutions like 1024x576, to be 100% sure.

trekman · Feb 9, 2014

Sutore said:
In the meantime, I no longer have a gaming PC - just a laptop. I'm hoping that the final specs might cover my little I5 3210 laptop, so I can rejoin the Elite Universe . . . .

The processor should be fine or at least I'm hoping it will be fine because I have an I5 in my desktop

As long as you have plenty of ram (I'd say at least 4gb) and a good graphics card then you should be fine. The minimum specs for the alpha have already been posted and it was mentioned that they are hoping that the specs for the final release will be less.

kenwshmt · Feb 9, 2014

My game upgrade systems: an old p4 2 meg ram dell, one pci-ex slot, a 1x, so my graphic options were limited.. it was cheap to me at the time.
for this:.. and it ran adequately .. still a better game than that would be 'prince of pursia' want to be (10 years ago now, its the high end low end I still use)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_2.0

My last upgrade is in fact for the prince of pursia want to be, but it coincided with Skyrim, so I talked myself into it. i7, 8gig, decent nvidia, 512meg.
It is my 'primary'.
I've since gotten a somewhat cheaper i5 and moved the nvidia that came with the i7 over to it for lesser (not in a hurry, just as capable) rendering...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls_V:_Skyrim

Steve50 · Feb 9, 2014

I'm sorry but playing ED on a laptop would be sacrilege.

Patrick_68000 · Feb 9, 2014

Steve50 said:
I'm sorry but playing ED on a laptop would be sacrilege.

A laptop will always be helpful after playing ED for 1 hour

SAB380 · Feb 10, 2014

Styggron said:
It plays on my laptop and my video card is only a nVidia 525M and I only get 763 on 3DMark11. My laptop is 3 years old already so I'm sure yours will be fine.

Disagree respectfully.

I have a 5yr old laptop with graphics card ...positively ancient by today's standard.

I also have a 2012 HP Ultrabook and a 2013 MacBook Air.

The 5yr old laptop runs games at the same speed as both my ultrabooks. And those ultrabooks start to get SERIOUSLY hot after a while.

People don't realize just how much work even an ancient video card does for games .... and just how unsuited laptops with no graphics cards are for games.

Associat0r · Feb 10, 2014

Can we please stop telling others what hardware they need to be able to enjoy the the game and also please stop telling us that ultrabooks are unsuitable for gaming, we know they are less powerful, but that doesn't make them unsuiable for gaming, there is no need to repeat this myth over and over.

SAB380 · Feb 10, 2014

Associat0r said:
Can we please stop telling others what hardware they need to be able to enjoy the the game and also please stop telling us that ultrabooks are unsuitable for gaming, we know they are less powerful, but that doesn't make them unsuiable for gaming, there is no need to repeat this myth over and over.

Nah, I'm happy to keep repeating it when people start threads wanting their question answer.

Its a myth that it can't play any game. Not a myth to say its really going to struggle and may get very hot.