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Lexmana
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:02:00 -
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There is a discussion about the future of the PC gaming platform here and I thought it would be interesting to see what kind of computers the forum warriors use to play EVE and what you think about your next computer (yeah, I don't think we will get a representative estimate).
I play on a laptop and I am very happy with that set up and I suspect I am not alone but that laptop players are still a small minority.
1) What kind of computer do you use to play EVE?
2) How many monitors to you connect to your computer?
3) How many clients do you have open in general?
4) Are you happy with your current setup?
5) What are your plans for your next computer?
My answer:
1) Laptop (rMBP with Nvidia GT 650M 1GB)
2) Only built in LCD
3) Up to two clients (alt+tab)
4) Very happy
5) No plans yet (maybe a second monitor) |
Petrus Blackshell
Rifterlings
Damu'Khonde
2294
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:04:00 -
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1) Custom built gaming machine. 4-core 3.2 GHz processor, 8 GB RAM, GTX 465 graphics.
2) Two monitors.
3) One. Two in rare instances. Second monitor is usually for Pyfa, web browsing, IMing, etc.
4) Quite happy with the setup.
5) There is no "next computer"; I will continue upgrading this one as necessary.
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oldbutfeelingyoung
Perkone
Caldari State
940
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:05:00 -
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1 desktop alienware X51
2 1
3 1 client ,i don,t have alts
4 happy
5 depends on the game i play in about 1 or 2 years
R.S.I2014
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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Operations
3283
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:08:00 -
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1)Desktop
2)2
3) 3
4) Yes
5) At least 2 years away
GÇ£Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.GÇ¥
GÇò Oscar Wilde |
gumbysoprano
Viziam
Amarr Empire
3
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:08:00 -
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Quad core Laptop 18.4 inch screen. Also galaxy note phone with team viewer.
Built in screen.
7 clients normally.
Happy with setup.
No plans at moment. |
Long John Silver
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
46
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:16:00 -
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Desktop, one client. Laptop on the side if my second account is also in use. Sometimes plug the laptop into my 50" HDTV if I'm feeling like a couch potato.
It's what I have, so what I use.
Long John Silver | Pirate Alt-áand Forum Troll. |
Xinivrae
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
237
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:16:00 -
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1) Desktop I had a friend build for me (not for gaming)
2) Just one.
3) Mostly one, sometimes two.
4) I am, though I've learned the hard way that adobe programs and eve don't play nicely together on my machine.
5) It will probably be another desktop, but the only immediate plan I have is for a second monitor so I can focus on work while having whatever video/movie playing off to the side. |
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
12502
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:24:00 -
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1) Two different desktops, two different laptops, and a HTPCGǪ does VNCing in from a tablet count? 
2) Usually only one per computer; occasionally two for the laptops (but not for EVE purposes).
3) One.
4) Yes.
5) Just more of the same.
GÇ£If you're not willing to fight for what you have in GëívGëí you don't deserve it, and you will lose it.GÇ¥
Get a good start: newbie skill plan. |
Sentient Blade
Walk It Off
702
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:26:00 -
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Lexmana wrote:1) What kind of computer do you use to play EVE?
2) How many monitors to you connect to your computer?
3) How many clients do you have open in general?
4) Are you happy with your current setup?
5) What are your plans for your next computer?
1) Hex-Core i7-3930K @ 4Ghz / 16 GB DDR3 QC / NVIDIA GTX580 SC / SSD / RAID 10 *swoon*
2) Two. Primary 30" Hazro @ 2550x1600, Secondary 22" DELL @ 1080p
3) 3 Clients. Can also play Skyrim at the same itme.
4) Sure.
5) Nothing for a while. Maybe a quieter case, or to finish adding water cooling. |
baltec1
Bat Country
4680
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:28:00 -
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1) Laptop and PC
2) Only room for one
3) 1-2
4) Thinking of upgrading
5) Must be able to play Rome II |
SegaPhoenix
BREAKING-POINT
Primal Force
111
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:29:00 -
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1) Custom Built Desktop (Windows 7)
2) Two, 40 in. Main LCD and 24 in. second LCD
3) One or two depending.
4) I enjoy it but will upgrade to a triple monitor setup soon.
5) Triple monitor, Latest and greatest cpu/GPU |
TharOkha
0asis Group
483
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:33:00 -
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1) What kind of computer do you use to play EVE?
PC (i7-2600k, 16GB DDR3, R7950-3GB)
2) How many monitors to you connect to your computer?
3x (PPP-Eyefinity at 3240x1920)
3) How many clients do you have open in general?
usualy 2
4) Are you happy with your current setup?
Hell yeah !!!
5) What are your plans for your next computer?
Usualy im not buying new computer as a whole. Rather im uprgading it gradualy. Next upgrade will be probably some nice SSD.
PS: Thats why i love desktops, you can moddify your rig just like ships in eve without trashing whole hardware. :)
GÇ£If reality can destroy the dream, why shouldn't the dream destroy reality?GÇ¥ |
Thelodas
MoG Republic
Dreadlock. Holiday.
1
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:35:00 -
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Preferred:
1) Desktop, i7 12g ram
2) Currently 1 32", 2nd one soon Gäó
3) 4
4) yes, will be more so when 2nd monitor arrives
5) Unless mb dies, upgrade as needed.
When on the road/jobsites:
1) Laptop, i7, 8g ram
2) Stock 17"
3) 1 at a time, maybe two if necessary
4) It's an effective laptop, but prefer desktop
5) I upgrade/replace laptops as they wear out/get damaged from jobsites so soon Gäó |
Lord Rixus
Turalyon Plus
15
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:41:00 -
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1) I prefer to game on my custom desktop, but I probably log more hours on my laptop so I can play while watching my 2 year old.
2) I use 3 IPS displays in Surround vision
3) I play 3 clients at once unless Im group PvPing.
4) Yes
5) I'll just keep upgrading indefinitely.. its what I do. i prefer cutting edge stuff most of the time, but I do apply cost benefit analysis. Im a computer gamer.. its who I am, and ive accepted that its unlikely to change |
Destination SkillQueue
Are We There Yet
3807
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:51:00 -
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1) Custom desktop
2) 1
3) 1-2
4) Yes, but could use a larger monitor.
5) Another custom desktop in a few years. No point making detailed plans right now. |
Rain6639
Team Evil
37
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:54:00 -
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1) PC
2) 6
3) 5
4) yes
5) not for 3 years-ish
if you need me, I'll be on youtube watching russian car accident videos |
Kurfin
Viziam
Amarr Empire
36
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Posted - 2013.01.06 12:57:00 -
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1. Home built desktop, unless I'm away from home then I have a crappy laptop
2. just the one
3. 2 on the desktop, 1 on the lappy
4. Have the itch to upgrade, but even my old core 2 duo seems to cope fine with games, so I'll probably resist. The lappy does what I bought it for, being able to run Eve and Civ 4 is just a bonus.
5. I've been toying with the idea of a quiet micro ATX based PC, as the current one is loud and large. Though I'll hang fire until the next gen consoles come out and I see what that does to game minimum spec requirements, to see how viable a small one is. |
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ISD TYPE40
ISD Community Communications Liaisons
3900
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Posted - 2013.01.06 13:00:00 -
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Thread moved from GD to OOPE - ISD Type40.
ISD Type40
Lt. Commander
Community Communication Liaisons (CCLs)
Interstellar Services Department |
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Wychwood and Wells
Beer needs you
261
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Posted - 2013.01.06 13:04:00 -
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1. Custom built pc icore7 3.2 ghz, 6gb ram, 670 graphics and ssd boot drive.
2. 2 monitors.
3. 1 client at a time
4. happy with current build
5. looking at 29 ultrawide monitor (2560x1080)
You only-árealise you life has been a waste of time, when you wake up dead. |
Ferdinand Camine
Iynx Teledyne Armory
The Chogo Ri Commonwealth
2
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Posted - 2013.01.06 14:02:00 -
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1) A desktop computer running Windows 7. I don't remember the specs, but it was pretty high end two years ago - still runs everything I've tried on max settings.
2) One, at the moment.
3) One, I don't like the idea of multiboxing.
4) Yes!
5) I might be upgrading my current setup when Total War: Rome 2 comes out. |
Jonah Gravenstein
Overly Complex Security Innovations
4881
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Posted - 2013.01.06 14:43:00 -
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1) Homebuilt AMD quadcore desktop, ati radeon hd 6870, 8gb RAM
2) Two
3) One
4) Yes
5) I'll upgrade components as needed, I've never bought a whole PC and I don't plan on starting now.
Always bet on stupid, CCP can't patch stupid.
The measure of success in Eve is not monetary worth,
it's how effectively you can bend others to your will. |
Alpheias
Euphoria Released
Verge of Collapse
1834
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Posted - 2013.01.06 15:23:00 -
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1) Two homebuilt desktops and one "Steambox".
2) One each for the desktops whereas the Steambox is connected to a 50" Plasma.
3) Depends on what desktop I am using, but usually tree-four clients.
4) Very happy with what I have.
5) Probably looking to replace the tower of one the desktops. Maybe also upgrade the 560ti in it, the other one has a 670 GTX.
Allow me to be frank. You will not like me. You will not like me now, and you will not like men++ a good deal less as we go on. |
Marie Hartinez
Aries Munitions and Defense
179
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Posted - 2013.01.07 23:13:00 -
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1. Custom built AMD 6 core with 16GB on Asus MB and EVGA GTX 480 with 1.5GB, yadda yadda.
2. 2 1920x1200 24" monitors.
3. 1 client on each screen.
4. Very happy, since I did all the research and built it myself. It's about 2 years old and still very fast for my use.
5. Upgrading/new computer depends on budget. Right now, the only thing I would consider upgrading is the video card.
Surrender is still your slightly less painful option. |
Mizhir
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
2401
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Posted - 2013.01.07 23:20:00 -
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1) An old and cheap Medion Desktop I purchased in a german supermarket.
2) 1, but sometimes I use a TV as 2nd monitor (it hangs just above my primary monitor)
3) 1
4) It has been quite good considering the price, but it's tempting to start upgrading it.
5) Don't have any plans yet, but within a year I might replace it.
If you are having Smurf problems I feel bad for you son
I got 99 problems but a Blue aint one. |
Noriko Satomi
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
155
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Posted - 2013.01.07 23:30:00 -
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- Desktop: 4 x Core i7 - 920, 12 GB RAM, Radeon HD 5870, Win 7 64bit
- One big one
- Two, occasionally three
- Yes
- Next: new graphics card, a year or two, new desktop, but not Win 8 or any fondle-screen OS
I really think Microsoft was stupid to kill Aero just because they couldn't run it on a tablet. Of course you can't run that on a tablet, but that's not what it's for. Why is it we have to take gigantic strides backward because tablets are the new cool things? They aren't actually better for things like playing games or getting work done.
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Sidus Isaacs
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
168
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Posted - 2013.01.08 09:33:00 -
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Lexmana wrote:There is a discussion about the future of the PC gaming platform here and I thought it would be interesting to see what kind of computers the forum warriors use to play EVE and what you think about your next computer (yeah, I don't think we will get a representative estimate). I play on a laptop and I am very happy with that set up and I suspect I am not alone but that laptop players are still a small minority. 1) What kind of computer do you use to play EVE? 2) How many monitors to you connect to your computer? 3) How many clients do you have open in general? 4) Are you happy with your current setup? 5) What are your plans for your next computer? My answer: 1) Laptop (rMBP with Nvidia GT 650M 1GB) 2) Only built in LCD 3) Up to two clients (alt+tab) 4) Very happy 5) No plans yet (maybe a second monitor)
The real future of pc gaming, and indeed, all kinds of electronics, is miniaturization. Thus tablets or similar with wireless interfaces towards bigger peripherals (like a big screen, keyboard, mouse, VR goggles etc).
MS Surface is one step in that direction, though a bit big and clunky for now. Also the same reason I always buy laptops currently, good enough to do what I need them to do (like my two year old laptop plays Natural Selection II flawlessly, and run multiple EVE accounts at the same time) and small enough to easily stash away and carry. (Yes yes, price is a little bit more on laptops for now, but not for long.) |
AlleyKat
The Unwanted.
815
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Posted - 2013.01.08 10:59:00 -
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1) 7 year-old custom spec core-duo, 670GTX
2) 1 x 24" M-PVA LCD 10 bit
3) 1
4) Not very
5) Haswell, 64 GB RAM, nVidia SLI, 21:9 Dell 10 bit - apportioned $4k/-ú3k for this. Goal is to last another 6-7 years, equating $500-600 p/a
I believe cloud gaming is some time off, as in: all one needs is a display and control system - but home office/cloud computing is much closer.
Once home office / cloud computing reaches a certain point, the cost will drop significantly and cloud gaming / remote rendering of DirectX API to 2-4K resolution will make client-side rendering niche.
Very large sums of money for this are being hedged right now.
Bandwidth will become the new utility.
AK
GÇ£You go into combat, and itGÇÖs NOT going to be WagnerGǪindustrial techno or really hard drum and bassGÇ¥
Reynir Hardarson, founding member of CCP Games, 2002. |
Reiisha
Evolution
The Retirement Club
201
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Posted - 2013.01.08 11:50:00 -
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Lexmana wrote:There is a discussion about the future of the PC gaming platform here and I thought it would be interesting to see what kind of computers the forum warriors use to play EVE and what you think about your next computer (yeah, I don't think we will get a representative estimate). I play on a laptop and I am very happy with that set up and I suspect I am not alone but that laptop players are still a small minority. 1) What kind of computer do you use to play EVE? 2) How many monitors to you connect to your computer? 3) How many clients do you have open in general? 4) Are you happy with your current setup? 5) What are your plans for your next computer? My answer: 1) Laptop (rMBP with Nvidia GT 650M 1GB) 2) Only built in LCD 3) Up to two clients (alt+tab) 4) Very happy 5) No plans yet (maybe a second monitor)
1) Custom built (i5 2500k OC, AMD 6970, 8gb)
2) 3x 22" LG's
3) Just one.
4) Yes, aside from one peculiarity with my graphics card (planning on replacing it with a 680 this year)
5) None yet, this one will serve me fine for another 2 years or so after the gfx upgrade.
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Chainsaw Plankton
IDLE GUNS
IDLE EMPIRE
192
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Posted - 2013.01.08 12:11:00 -
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1) Desktop
2) two monitors
3) 2-3 clients
4) Pretty happy, a third monitor would be the most likely thing that I would add.
5) dunno about a next computer*, more likely to make upgrades to what I have. probably get a new mobo and an i5 or i7 (although at this point probably wait for the next gen and whatnot) and/or a gtx 600 series (or two, and again probably wait for the 700s or something) don't feel like I'm lacking any power right now, any upgrade would be mostly for e-peen.
*might buy a cheap laptop for mostly just web browsing/spreadsheets and whatnot, if it runs eve that is just a bonus. |
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
1596
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Posted - 2013.01.08 13:24:00 -
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1) 2+ years old self-assembled desktop PC (CPU i5 760, GPU GTX 460), occasional upgrades made (latest going from 4GB to 16GB RAM)
2) Right now just a single 23" FHD one (due to desk space issues primarily), but planning on adding a second one at some undetermined time in the future (or better said, switching from one 23" to two larger ones, alongside a purchase of a new larger desk)
3) Usually just one EVE client, very seldom two, never three nor more
4) Could also use a large OS SSD sooner rather than later, but generally, content with what I have going now
5) Keep upgrading this one bit by bit as/when needed rather than get a brand new one
...
There's usually not enough money in my discretionary budget for a laptop that would even begin to be in the same "power class" with the desktop, and I am seldom away from my desktop (and when I am, it is not for long), so it's likely it will remain my primary and almost exclusively used gaming machine for a good while longer.
We (me and my wife) also have a nearly 1 year old cheap-ish laptop for casual gaming (single instance EVE runs adequately enough on it) when I'm away, which is used as my wife's primary machine when at home, but that's used by me only short term and infrequently.
Additionally, we also recently (common Christmas present) got a wif-fi only 16GB version Google/Asus Nexus 7 tablet, which is for now generally relegated to occasional ebook reading and facebook checking duties or such while too lazy to stay out of the bed, but I also use teamviewer from it for remote logins to my home desktop when away from home (or too lazy to go to the desk, or too late to get out of bed and bother the still sleeping wife) and the wife keeps the laptop busy.
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