Will this run EQ smoothly? :: Free Realms

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#1 Mar 03 2007 at 6:28 AM Rating: Decent

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I'm getting a laptop and it has for the video card Intel Graphics Media Accelerater 900, 64-128 interal (UMA) shared graphics memory.

I ask because I know the games old, but the processor worries me. That it might not run EQ. And the processor is a Centrion M processor 1.6GHz.

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#2 Mar 03 2007 at 6:39 AM Rating: Decent

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My wife's laptop has very similar specs, and its runs EQ just fine. Slow zone times, but otherwise I have no problems.

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#3 Mar 03 2007 at 6:54 AM Rating: Decent

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Zakthan wrote:

My wife's laptop has very similar specs, and its runs EQ just fine. Slow zone times, but otherwise I have no problems.

Alright, yeah I mean, I was thinking it should because it's EQ. How are the server populations on like Stromm? That's where my BST was last parked. Yet, I might do the progression server and just re-roll again.I gotta upgrade ram as well eventuall 512 isn't enough.

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#4 Mar 03 2007 at 1:38 PM Rating: Decent

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Video card would be the only choke point. It still might be ok.

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#5 Mar 03 2007 at 1:50 PM Rating: Decent

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If the graphics card is indeed shared like you said, that extra ram you mentioned getting would be a pretty big help.

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#6 Mar 03 2007 at 2:36 PM Rating: Default

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One thing i noticed is that EQ is very dependant on your bandwidth. The more packets SOE can get to the comp the better the game runs. The computer is only there for the graphics and you can always turn them down to make it run better.

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oh yeah the ram definatly RAM to handle the packets.

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#7 Mar 03 2007 at 9:46 PM Rating: Decent

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Is 512 enough? I'll eventualy be buying a one gig ram stick.

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#8 Mar 04 2007 at 1:33 AM Rating: Decent

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From everything I've been told and noticed on my own, the upgrade from having 512 to having 1 gig is the quickest, easiest, and most effective way of getting more zip out of your computer for EQ.

I would imagine if you went much higher than 1 to 1.5 gigs of ram in your laptop, the return on performance would drop significantly, for what you were putting into it.

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#9 Mar 04 2007 at 8:23 AM Rating: Decent

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Saeel wrote:

From everything I've been told and noticed on my own, the upgrade from having 512 to having 1 gig is the quickest, easiest, and most effective way of getting more zip out of your computer for EQ.

I would imagine if you went much higher than 1 to 1.5 gigs of ram in your laptop, the return on performance would drop significantly, for what you were putting into it.

Trust me I know, if there was a cheap way to buy ram with my pay checks, but I understand I need to upgrade my ram.

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Kishio - 80 Blood Elf Priest Earthen Ring
Elainebennis - 80 Blood Elf Death Knight Gul'dan

EQ2: Retired
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Ishiu - 26 Ogre Defiler - Crushbone
Ishias - 36 Conjy - Crushbone
Nerstinna - 16 Warden - Crushbone
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#10 Mar 04 2007 at 10:50 PM Rating: Decent

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You should just buy another 512mb stick of ram. 2 of those is pretty much the same as 1gb. Plays EQ fine for me.

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