Laptop that renders planet surfaces properly.
- Thread starter Nick S
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Mine plays it just fine and cost me less than £600. That said, it is now old so you'll probably want something better.
Thanks. I'm thinking that I'm going to be ok with most laptops of reputable make that claim to be 'gaming' but I'm just slightly wary, because my current Acer v7 is pre Windows 10 but has a i7 chip and 12Gb of Ram and struggles with some planet surfaces, resorting to steep cliffs that have to be jumped.
Sounds like you're using an outdated driver or have an issue related to a corrupt shader cache, rather than a hardware problem. If performance is acceptable, and the game runs, you shouldn't have problems rendering surface terrain.
Also, CPU and installed memory are well secondary to GPU when determining suitability for gaming.
Also, CPU and installed memory are well secondary to GPU when determining suitability for gaming.
You don't mention a dedicated graphics card (GPU) - does your current laptop have one?
If you do, then Morbad is spot on - you probably just need to update your drivers.
If you don't... well, then it might be time to go shopping.
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£1k should certainly afford something close to Frontier 'recommended specs' for ED. (https://support.frontier.co.uk/kb/faq.php?id=227)
If you do, then Morbad is spot on - you probably just need to update your drivers.
If you don't... well, then it might be time to go shopping.
🛍£1k should certainly afford something close to Frontier 'recommended specs' for ED. (https://support.frontier.co.uk/kb/faq.php?id=227)
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Thanks for these comments. It has an Nvidia GeForce GT 720M card and I spent some time, a year ago, updating all the drivers with no improvement. Frontier at that time, said the laptop was below the spec they recommend.
I'll try to load the latest drivers again, because this is the only aspect where the laptop under-performs - really annoying!
I'll try to load the latest drivers again, because this is the only aspect where the laptop under-performs - really annoying!
Gt 720M, aye that'll be the problem, it is definitely below the minimum spec for Horizons and most likely the root of your issues.
There's your answer, right here.
No amount of driver updates will make a graphics card more powerful, only more efficient.
When a graphic card is first released, a new driver can unlock previously untapped potential - but the GT 720M is quite long in the tooth now. And in the meantime, the game is likely to have become more, not less, demanding.
You could try overclocking your GT 720M, but I doubt it would do much good, especially in a laptop (with limited ventilation).
So.... shopping!
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to put external links in public Frontier forums, so will PM you with some options you could check out. If that £1k is still burning a hole in your pocket, it should easily be enough to get you fully setup for ED.