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Siegereaver Perkone Caldari State 0	Posted - 2011.10.30 03:21:00 - [1] - Quote Anyone here actively use 3 accounts at a time? I am currently running 2 and they work fine. What type of specs are needed to run a third, I don't want to upgrade a 3rd account only to find I cant run them at once.
Scerolikk Teromni Red Galaxy S I L E N T. 0	Posted - 2011.10.30 03:30:00 - [2] - Quote Run fullscreen and you can pretty much multibox as many as you want if your computer isn't utter crap. It's the graphics rendering that kills you, and if you're in windowed mode, everything is always rendering even if the Eve window isn't visible. Fullscreen only renders graphics when it's active.
Siegereaver Perkone Caldari State 0	Posted - 2011.10.30 03:56:00 - [3] - Quote I did not know that, good info. I am running two screens at the moment but its good to know that one of them will not be rendered. Edit: One of the 3 accounts I mean
Cloora APEX Unlimited APEX Conglomerate 3	Posted - 2011.10.30 04:42:00 - [4] - Quote Running full screen sucks. If you run full screen you cannot quickly alt tab to your other clients. If you are pimp you have a computer that runs W7 in Aero mode and a mouse that has a button to switch apps and it renders every client you have up and you select which one to make active with the scroll wheel. When PvPing with mutiple clients on one screen quick swapping is a must. But Multiple monitors are better. CEO and Major ShareholderAPEX ConglomerateMaker of Starsi softdrinks and Torped-Os! Cereal http://www.altaholics.blogspot.com
Siegereaver Perkone Caldari State 0	Posted - 2011.10.30 04:48:00 - [5] - Quote Two of the characters will be mining, the other will be running missions. Fast swapping isn't a big deal I guess. I will test it out on a single monitor with my current accounts and see if it works well enough for me.
non judgement Without Fear Flying Burning Ships Alliance 126	Posted - 2011.10.30 05:30:00 - [6] - Quote Telling us what type of video card and cpu you have would help. We could tell you if it'd be okay. I haven't checked my videocard temp, maybe I should since I don't run fullscreen.
The Apostle The Black Priests 784	Posted - 2011.10.30 05:52:00 - [7] - Quote I run a pair of old 8600GT's on an AMD box over 5 years old. I can run 4 accounts on 2 screens doing mining ops etc. Options turned down of course. I run 3 accounts doing L4 missions and get some lag during high NPC count if all 3 are on the field. For PvP, 2 accounts ruuning, a scout and guns is no problem. I get some lag but most of that is due to high latency from AUS to UK. EDIT: I run in windowed mode. Haven't tried full screen. Interesting point by that poster. Take an aspirin. If pain persists consult your local priest. WTB: An Austrian kangaroo!
Sassums Wormhole Exploration Crew Transmission Lost 17	Posted - 2011.10.30 06:51:00 - [8] - Quote It seems windows XP cannot handle running 2 accounts, 1 on each screen. I am only able to triple box via the alt tab method. I petitioned it and the final answer was XP not being able to render stuff correctly. I have a 1GB DDR5 Nvidia 560ti, which isn't the problem. I think EVE is more CPU demanding rather than the graphics card.
Bad Messenger draketrain 9	Posted - 2011.10.30 07:14:00 - [9] - Quote All you need is enough memory to run all those clients. Set graphics settings to minimum and you can run quite many accounts at same time if you have enough memory. Sad part is that current client take lot of more memory than before so at least on my part CCP has lot 20% of active accounts.
Vagilicious Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation 12	Posted - 2011.10.30 08:45:00 - [10] - Quote Sassums wrote: It seems windows XP cannot handle running 2 accounts, 1 on each screen. I am only able to triple box via the alt tab method. I petitioned it and the final answer was XP not being able to render stuff correctly. I have a 1GB DDR5 Nvidia 560ti, which isn't the problem. I think EVE is more CPU demanding rather than the graphics card. I'm running 2 accounts - 1 per screen - on XP64, my graphics card is a 9800gtx+. It runs fine, I have the sound turned off on one account, graphics are set to max settings on the main screen and lowered a bit for the second. I can even run CQ comfortably on 2 screens with no issues...
Siegereaver Perkone Caldari State 0	Posted - 2011.10.31 03:38:00 - [11] - Quote non judgement wrote: Telling us what type of video card and cpu you have would help. We could tell you if it'd be okay. I haven't checked my videocard temp, maybe I should since I don't run fullscreen. I like to be able to see each client and quickly change between them. I just have to remember to click on the window first to make it the active window. My specs are: 4GB Ram Windows Vista (32 I believe) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT - Not sure on the specs...kind of an idiot trying to find that. That enough for three instances running ( I assume at low graphics settings)
Henry Haphorn Aliastra Gallente Federation 33	Posted - 2011.10.31 03:44:00 - [12] - Quote Siegereaver wrote: non judgement wrote: Telling us what type of video card and cpu you have would help. We could tell you if it'd be okay. I haven't checked my videocard temp, maybe I should since I don't run fullscreen. I like to be able to see each client and quickly change between them. I just have to remember to click on the window first to make it the active window. My specs are: 4GB Ram Windows Vista (32 I believe) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT - Not sure on the specs...kind of an idiot trying to find that. That enough for three instances running ( I assume at low graphics settings) Actually, I think you can handle nice graphics with at least two clients with that setup. Perhaps three if you push it. My setup (with two clients): 4GB Ram Geforce 8800 GTX Windows Vista (32bit)
Siegereaver Perkone Caldari State 0	Posted - 2011.10.31 03:53:00 - [13] - Quote I am running two at the moment (one on each screen) and its doing fine. Just concerned about the third. 2 will be mining, the other missioning.
Dbars Grinding Garoun Investment Bank Gallente Federation 23	Posted - 2011.10.31 04:35:00 - [14] - Quote a walmart laptop
Herping yourDerp Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation 181	Posted - 2011.10.31 04:56:00 - [15] - Quote 4gb of ram with 32 bit OS is the most ******** thing you can ever do ever.
Cypermethren Hardcore p0wnography Cascade Probable 28	Posted - 2011.10.31 05:01:00 - [16] - Quote dont take their advice... it factors in alot more than what you're pc specs are Do you have memory hogs like Norton Antivirus or the such running? Itunes? I could list many... Simpy sign up for a trial on the eve website, and open a 3rd client and test it out for yourself. No cost to you, no loss to CCP, AND, if it works fine and you decide to keep the 3rd account, you can earn yourself a free months game time as you referred yourself ;)
Nyio Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation 193	Posted - 2011.10.31 05:08:00 - [17] - Quote Siegereaver wrote: Whats it take to run 3 accounts Some form of permanent brain damage and alot of vaseline. (I'm practising my troll, have nothing better to do at the moment..) Features & Ideas Discussion: Agent Finder, Black Holes Needs a banner here..
I Love Boobies All Hail Boobies 15	Posted - 2011.10.31 05:29:00 - [18] - Quote Sassums wrote: It seems windows XP cannot handle running 2 accounts, 1 on each screen. I am only able to triple box via the alt tab method. I petitioned it and the final answer was XP not being able to render stuff correctly. I have a 1GB DDR5 Nvidia 560ti, which isn't the problem. I think EVE is more CPU demanding rather than the graphics card. I used to run 4 accounts on one computer (1 Orca, 3 Hulks), one screen, in windowed mode with windows XP, A 8600GT, 2 GB RAM, and AMD Dual core (forget which one) with little issues. Just had to make sure I had the graphics turned down. This was when the Orca first came out, so dunno, Carbon might have changed things with XP. ( o Y o ) ( o Y o ) ( o Y o ) ( o Y o ) ( o Y o ) ( o Y o ) ( o Y o ) ( o Y o ) ( o Y o ) ( o Y o ) ( o Y o ) ( o Y o ) The world would be a better place if boobies ran the world instead of boobs.
Bloody Wench 95	Posted - 2011.10.31 05:32:00 - [19] - Quote Windowed 1042x768 Up to 5 clients. I run up to 5 (Orca + 4 miners) or 3 combat pilots for PVE Turn down/off all graphics options. As you can see this rig is very old, probably worth less than $500 these days. They dont even make the MOBO anymore. If you've got an I5 or better, and DONT HAVE A MILLION processes open in the background you'll be fine with 3. SiSoftware Sandra Processor Model : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz Speed : 3.3GHz Mainboard : Gigabyte EP45-UD3LR Memory Module :4x Corsair CM2X2048-6400C5 2GB DIMM DDR2 PC2-6400U DDR2-800 (5-5-5-18 3-22-6-3) Video Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 (128 SM4.0 1.5GHz, 1GB DDR3 2GHz 256-bit, PCIe 2.00 x16) Storage Devices M4-CT064M4SSD2 64GB (SATA600, 2.5", SSD) : 60GB (C:) WDC WD5000AADS-00M2B0 (500.1GB, SATA300, 3.5", 32MB Cache) : 466GB (D:) PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110D (ATA66, DVD+-RW, CD-RW, 64kB Cache) : 2kB (E:) PKPYXQ TAJK5YNK (SCSI, BD-R, HD-DVD-R, DVD+-R-DL, CD-R) : N/A (F:) Operating System Windows System : Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 6.01.7600 Platform Compliance : x64 Windows Experience Index Current System : 6.7
Bloody Wench 95	Posted - 2011.10.31 05:40:00 - [20] - Quote Siegereaver wrote: non judgement wrote: Telling us what type of video card and cpu you have would help. We could tell you if it'd be okay. I haven't checked my videocard temp, maybe I should since I don't run fullscreen. I like to be able to see each client and quickly change between them. I just have to remember to click on the window first to make it the active window. My specs are: 4GB Ram Windows Vista (32 I believe) NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT - Not sure on the specs...kind of an idiot trying to find that. That enough for three instances running ( I assume at low graphics settings) I bolded your problem, it's a peice of crap.
Bane Loppknow Aliastra Gallente Federation 4	Posted - 2011.10.31 06:56:00 - [21] - Quote Your graphics card is (i think) slightly better than mine, but I have 2gb more RAM than you and a better OS (w7). I run three clients (on two monitors) at max settings in windowed mode just fine. Until recently, that is. I think one of my RAM sticks is dying.
Gealbhan Celestial Horizon Corp. Flatline. 53	Posted - 2011.10.31 08:22:00 - [22] - Quote My computer can easily handle multiple clients except for one thing - Vista 32bit OS. It's 64bit capable but it would require a total reinstall of vista to do that and it's too much hassle just to run multiple accounts for one game, to me anyway.
Hecatonis Ascension Manufacturing 9	Posted - 2011.10.31 08:30:00 - [23] - Quote Siegereaver wrote: Anyone here actively use 3 accounts at a time? I am currently running 2 and they work fine. What type of specs are needed to run a third, I don't want to upgrade a 3rd account only to find I cant run them at once. what does it take to run 3 accounts? an unhealthy obsession with an MMO 1 account FTW joking aside, you can push eve through with a good CPU and ram, lowering the settings and this game is very light on the GFX card
Bobbith No Fish EVE Trade Alliance 2	Posted - 2011.10.31 08:57:00 - [24] - Quote I Love Boobies wrote: Sassums wrote: It seems windows XP cannot handle running 2 accounts, 1 on each screen. I am only able to triple box via the alt tab method. I petitioned it and the final answer was XP not being able to render stuff correctly. I have a 1GB DDR5 Nvidia 560ti, which isn't the problem. I think EVE is more CPU demanding rather than the graphics card. I used to run 4 accounts on one computer (1 Orca, 3 Hulks), one screen, in windowed mode with windows XP, A 8600GT, 2 GB RAM, and AMD Dual core (forget which one) with little issues. Just had to make sure I had the graphics turned down. This was when the Orca first came out, so dunno, Carbon might have changed things with XP. Naw can't be xp/carbon related, im dual screening two accounts under xp with an ati5750 2.6ghz c2d and 2 gigs of memory and everything is pretty smooth, I can get a third client up and running and it's still reasonably smooth if I drop all the settings right down. The BIG performance issue I have, is if one of the clients is positioned in such a way that it spans the two screen, even if it's just the frame of the window by a couple of pixels, this is enough to cause a massive nose dive in fps. iirc I had the same issue with my 8800gts before it died, this isnt really an issue anymore since they added the "fixed window" option.
Ai Shun State War Academy Caldari State 0	Posted - 2011.10.31 10:15:00 - [25] - Quote You could always test it by sending yourself a buddy invite. And keep an eye out for that quafe-tastic power of 2 promotion.
Aylat Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation 0	Posted - 2011.10.31 11:08:00 - [26] - Quote i can run up to 8 accounts in windowed mode with maximum graphic settings (only AA is disabled) at 1024x768. i have 8GB RAM, a Quad Core Q9300 CPU, a Radeon 5870 and Win7. Each EVE instance needs about 550MB RAM.
non judgement Without Fear Flying Burning Ships Alliance 129	Posted - 2011.10.31 11:24:00 - [27] - Quote Vista can be nasty. Win7 would help I think. In any case, I think you'd be able to run 3 accounts fine at lower settings. Maybe try raising the settings and see how your computer handles it. Just do the Ctrl-f to switch the fps thing on and off to check how you're doing.
Aineko Macx Royal Amarr Institute Amarr Empire 11	Posted - 2011.10.31 12:09:00 - [28] - Quote Get a 30' monitor with 2560x1600 resolution. With current gen mainstream CPU and a current gen enthusiast gfx card you'll be able to run 4 clients side by side with no problems. You should have more than 4GB of RAM, though.
Tenchi Sal Dust Bunnies 514 17	Posted - 2011.10.31 12:55:00 - [29] - Quote i run 4 clients with no lag/problem whatsoever. put all the settings to lowest settings, use lowest resoultion screen to place clients side by side. i can run them in max but i just put it down so i dont eat up to much computer resources. i use AMD phenom II X4 970 (quad core), Geforce GTX 560 TI, and 8gb of dual channel memory. i built this machine about 7-8 months ago. probably can build the same one for cheaper now.
Gradien Gaterau I N E X T R E M I S clone 0	Posted - 2011.10.31 13:17:00 - [30] - Quote Im running two clients on lowest graphic settings on my crappy laptop with extra cooling. Its doable but it does heat up the room better then the central heating, and you can bake eggs on the cover. Currently working my way back to a game system.
Skopia Muppet Ninja's Ninja Unicorns with Huge Horns 3	Posted - 2011.10.31 14:52:00 - [31] - Quote Running 3 clients windowed mode and maximum details, no problem. Specs: Both screens 1920*1080 corei7 960 3,2ghz 12gb ram Geforce GTX 580 1536 mb SSD drive Windows 7 64bit Ps: With aero activated your max-fps is 40. So turn it off if you want higher. I haven't found a way to set higher max-fps in windowed mode with aero activated. I usually have 120fps on all three clients with aero off.
Satav Latinum Exports 77	Posted - 2011.10.31 15:02:00 - [32] - Quote Sassums wrote: It seems windows XP cannot handle running 2 accounts, 1 on each screen. I am only able to triple box via the alt tab method. I petitioned it and the final answer was XP not being able to render stuff correctly. I have a 1GB DDR5 Nvidia 560ti, which isn't the problem. I think EVE is more CPU demanding rather than the graphics card. lol. i run 9 accounts at once with XP. so...... i don't know what you're smokin.

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