Looking for cheap laptop for p99 / some UO shards

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Dreenk317 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I used to run WoW on a second gen acer netbook, back in like 2008. Ran it surprisingly well. Literally, a potato powered pc can run classic eq. Dont forget, it was coded in the era of 300mghz processors and 64mb vid cards.

This may be true for the release era client, but p1999 uses the titanium client from around 2006, which uses a much heavier graphics engine. I believe the dynamic lighting ‘fix’ on this server also uses some much more intensive direct x calculations than what the unmodified titanium client used.

[Barik]

Literally a potato could run this 20+ emulated server, honestly though OP if you want your BEST value for this, let me give you a good piece of advice. This game is coded where the GPU(graphics card) almost barely gets utilized, this is a SOLELY CPU (processor) related game. So for some good value try to look for laptops that have Ryzen 2nd gen or 3rd gen cpus. I could help you out, if you don't mind me asking what's your budget rougly ?

[valithteezee]

Barik, you may be correct with your statement that the game runs mostly on the processor but I will tell you that my graphics were enhanced considerably when I switched to the GPU and the performance seems smoother. Just my 2cents.

[Barik]

Oh for sure man, but if we're talking everquest it's almost exclusively a CPU intensive game. Ideally you don't want any bottlenecks on your daily driver whether its a laptop or desktop, given the examples he was showing, we're talking bottom of the barrel here so you have to pick and choose =( unless those links are reflecting his budget.