Laptop question

[Cica]

<p>Hi, im not sure if this is exactly the right place to post thisor if this was asked before (im sorry couldnt find anything, but maybe its my fault)</p><p>Anyways right now im playing on a desktop computer, but i need to buy a laptop for traveling so i can play EQ2 on it.</p><p>Now i can not and do not want to buy an expensive one, because it will probably only be used for a few weeks, but i still would like to be able to play eq2 on it LOL soooo, what would be the min requirements i need to look for ? Does video memory and processor speed matters ? Any help would be appreciated <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Thank you.</p>

[TSR-MattG]

<p>You can check our minimum requirements here:</p><p><a href="https://help.station.sony.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10562/">https://help.station.sony.com/app/a...ail/a_id/10562/</a></p><p>What I'd personally reccomend is find yourself a machine with at least 4gb ram, and a decent (at least dual-core) processor. You'll also want to try and find one with ATI or Nvidia graphics (*not* intel) as they perform a lot better and have much less issues.</p>

[Cica]

<p>Is there a min for how big the graphics card should be ? That webpage wont come up for me but maybe cause i wasnt signed in i will try again, and thank you <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[TSR-MattG]

<p>Technically speaking the minimum requirement is 64mb - though I'm not sure the latest content would run in that. The reccomended spec is a 512mb video card, 256 should function well also at lower graphics settings.</p>

[Cica]

<p>Hi,</p><p>its me again, and i was wondering if this would run eq2 at all :</p><p> <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834158243">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...N82E16834158243</a> </p><p>I dont know what shared graphics mean or if its any good for eq2 ?</p><p>Thank you again</p>

[TSR-MattG]

<p>Shared memory definitely performs slower than dedicated video memory, so it's not ideal, but that machine should run EQ2 without any major issues so far as I can tell.</p>

[Frijoles]

<p>IMO, no.</p><p>First, because of the processor's speed (the GHz) - EQII likes a fast cpu - the faster, the better. (I'd say a bare minimum of 2.5 GHz - 1.9 GHz is just not enough *umph*)</p><p>Next on my list is the graphics card. It's not really a plug-in card, but an integrated graphics controller. You don't want to play EQII (or any graphically-intense game) with an integrated graphics controller - something with its own 'dedicated' memory is what you're looking for (as opposed to using 'shared' memory).</p><p>I'm a fan of AMD's A-series APU's, but that A4 really is ill-equipped for the job.</p><p>As graphics adapters go, by the way, I'm a ATI/AMD guy (although the brand *really* doesn't matter - both AMD and NVidia make excellent graphics adapters) but, in AMD's 6xxx series, anything less than the 6770 is cleverly packaged poop (imo).</p><p>And finally, that 5400 rpm HD would be a pretty substantial bottleneck in an otherwise optimal system, I'm thinking. Something with a solid state drive (SSD) would be optimal, I think (they're very fast, but also still fairly expensive technology) - but for a platter drive I'd say nothing slower than 7200 RPM.</p>

[TSR-MattG]

<p><cite>Frijoles@Oasis wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>IMO, no.</p><p>First, because of the processor's speed (the GHz) - EQII likes a fast cpu - the faster, the better. (I'd say a bare minimum of 2.5 GHz - 1.9 GHz is just not enough *umph*)</p><p>Next on my list is the graphics card. It's not really a plug-in card, but an integrated graphics controller. You don't want to play EQII (or any graphically-intense game) with an integrated graphics controller - something with its own 'dedicated' memory is what you're looking for (as opposed to using 'shared' memory).</p><p>I'm a fan of AMD's A-series APU's, but that A4 really is ill-equipped for the job.</p><p>As graphics adapters go, by the way, I'm a ATI/AMD guy (although the brand *really* doesn't matter - both AMD and NVidia make excellent graphics adapters) but, in AMD's 6xxx series, anything less than the 6770 is cleverly packaged poop (imo).</p><p>And finally, that 5400 rpm HD would be a pretty substantial bottleneck in an otherwise optimal system, I'm thinking. Something with a solid state drive (SSD) would be optimal, I think (they're very fast, but also still fairly expensive technology) - but for a platter drive I'd say nothing slower than 7200 RPM.</p></blockquote><p>I did not mean to imply the machine was *ideal* for EQ2, simply that it should run the game, and it should technically speaking <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Frijoles]

<p><cite>TSR-MattG wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Frijoles@Oasis wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>IMO, no.</p><p>First, because of the processor's speed (the GHz) - EQII likes a fast cpu - the faster, the better. (I'd say a bare minimum of 2.5 GHz - 1.9 GHz is just not enough *umph*)</p><p>Next on my list is the graphics card. It's not really a plug-in card, but an integrated graphics controller. You don't want to play EQII (or any graphically-intense game) with an integrated graphics controller - something with its own 'dedicated' memory is what you're looking for (as opposed to using 'shared' memory).</p><p>I'm a fan of AMD's A-series APU's, but that A4 really is ill-equipped for the job.</p><p>As graphics adapters go, by the way, I'm a ATI/AMD guy (although the brand *really* doesn't matter - both AMD and NVidia make excellent graphics adapters) but, in AMD's 6xxx series, anything less than the 6770 is cleverly packaged poop (imo).</p><p>And finally, that 5400 rpm HD would be a pretty substantial bottleneck in an otherwise optimal system, I'm thinking. Something with a solid state drive (SSD) would be optimal, I think (they're very fast, but also still fairly expensive technology) - but for a platter drive I'd say nothing slower than 7200 RPM.</p></blockquote><p>I did not mean to imply the machine was *ideal* for EQ2, simply that it should run the game, and it should technically speaking <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p>Matt, my post was a direct response to the OP, and not in any way directed at your reply (you posted yours while I was still drafting mine, as a matter of fact) - just an fyi <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />  </p>