On 3 screens running 2 clients (full screen and open), chrome w 4 open tabs, Eft, bandicam, teamspeak and steam my PC is currently using just under 5 gb of ram so memory isn't really an issue. I won't delve into how many you can run in the back ground manipulated by a program like ISBoxer because you're getting into UELA violation territory.

With every thing but Chrome closed down windows is still using about 3.3gb of ram and I see that I use 500mb of ram for each EvE client that I open.

How much power you need depends of course on just how many clients you want to run. I have no problem maintaining over 60fps at absolutely max settings and can easily hold up to 200 fps on 2 monitors with minor settings tweeks and very little visual downgrade. I think I could probably maintain at close to 60 fps on 4-6 clients without even having to make things look horrible.

Eve isn't extremely CPU dependant so your biggest factors would be 500mb of ram per client and a decent video card. I'm running a R9 390, an nvidea 980 would be pretty comparable. You could easiliy run 3-4 I think at modest settings on previous gen video cards. (R9 280's, nvidia 960-970) Slightly older cards could probably still handle 2-3 with the options turned down a bit.

With an older win XP box and that much ram your options are probably pretty limited. A higher end card (xp generation) could probably handle 2 clients at med settings but it might be just barely.

What kind of horsepower do I need for multiboxing. I have a Win XP box for 4G of memory and with a browser open, it can only run one instance of EVE.

What kind of horsepower do I need for multiboxing. I have a Win XP box for 4G of memory and with a browser open, it can only run one instance of EVE.

Windows XP ? how about a computer that was made within the last 10 years? that should do the trick.

What kind of horsepower do I need for multiboxing. I have a Win XP box for 4G of memory and with a browser open, it can only run one instance of EVE.

I notice that guy in CODE seems to be running 12-15 accounts simultaneously. How could you do that? Multiple computers?

Ok, then how are some people running 10 clients? Linux?

What kind of horsepower do I need for multiboxing. I have a Win XP box for 4G of memory and with a browser open, it can only run one instance of EVE.

I notice that guy in CODE seems to be running 12-15 accounts simultaneously. How could you do that? Multiple computers?

What kind of horsepower do I need for multiboxing. I have a Win XP box for 4G of memory and with a browser open, it can only run one instance of EVE.

I notice that guy in CODE seems to be running 12-15 accounts simultaneously. How could you do that? Multiple computers?

So 12-15 accounts isn't all that fancy, specially if you use an up to date rig, specially if it is one that was set up for gaming in the first place.

What kind of horsepower do I need for multiboxing. I have a Win XP box for 4G of memory and with a browser open, it can only run one instance of EVE.

I notice that guy in CODE seems to be running 12-15 accounts simultaneously. How could you do that? Multiple computers?

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one of my friends runs an 18 man mining op all by himself, if he hits icefields he can clear 1 bill a day.

Min settings for one.
Programs like ISBoxer also allow you to do things with your screen real estate so you aren't alt tabbing between your EVE instances which also helps.

You should be able to make a billion in an HOUR of mining with 18 accounts.

You don't have 4GB of usable memory. 32 bit XP assigns 2GB to applications and 1.5GB to Windows, of which Windows won't use anywhere near that much. i.e. You have 2GB for any non-Windows applications.

For dual boxing, I reccomend not running multiple copies of Eve from the same installation folder. To do this you need to make a symbolic link with mklink for each additional copy of Eve you want to run. Windows now lies to itself, pretending it has extra copies of Eve in different folders, whereas it is actually reading the information from the original location. This way also allows you to assign different quality settings to each copy. I run my main account at full details and the others at low settings.

The way to use mklink is as follows:

Open command prompt, preferably as admin.
Go to the Folder Eve is installed in.
Type the following for each copy you want:

mklink /D New_Eve_Folder_Name Current_Eve_Folder_Name

For me, I was in D:\Games and used 'mklink /D Eve2 Eve'. So I now have D:\Games\Eve and D:\Games\Eve2. Create a shortcut to Eve.exe from the new Eve location and you're good to go. You can now have 2 Eve launchers simultaneously. This also means that when you patch the original version, all versions are patched.

Each copy of Eve will use 600-750 MB of RAM and 300MB of Video RAM.

Might just want to steer clear of ISboxer and trying to run a dozen accounts at once with it.

Do a little digging on these here forums for an explanation as to why that's the case...

Might just want to steer clear of ISboxer and trying to run a dozen accounts at once with it.

Do a little digging on these here forums for an explanation as to why that's the case...

ISboxer is not "illegal" per se. Certain functions (specifically "broadcasting" actions to multiple clients) are "illegal." And this applies to pretty much any multi-client program.

But you can still use ISboxer.


Fun fact: macroing is still considered "legal" as long as it applies only to a single client.