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Xailia
Unsteady Corporation
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Posted - 2009.01.14 00:28:00 -
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 Originally by: D'ceet
Edited by: D''ceet on 14/01/2009 00:05:01
Toshiba Laptop...
and i really like eve and want to keep playing, but just cant afford a better pc...i really really REALLY hope this doesnt shaft me....
GMA950 supports SM2.
Heck GMA900 supports SM2.
Right now you can run the Premium Client on any GMA9xx computer (or Mirage 3, S3 Chrome, x200) with premium content disabled.
"The sky above the port was the color of a television, tuned to a dead channel." |
Xailia
Unsteady Corporation
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Posted - 2009.01.14 09:49:00 -
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Why not make a client that could be run on an Amiga? 
Also, there is still the unknown total feature-set of Cosmos.
Bringing the lower end, but similar, client up closer to the current main production client makes sense. But it also wouldn't be to difficult to create a simpler client using the existing assets that is scalable even more than the old client (run it on a phone!) but still has the capability to look as good.
Even cooler would be to turn the EVE client into a modular OS-like interface to the game. Then players could help develop, i.e. graphic representations, that would run on their choice of hardware. Sandbox game? No, sandbox everything!
Ok, got a bit carried away... 
All that said however, even backwards compatibility fanatics like Valve are leaving SM1.1 behind. Their 2007 releases supported it, however L4D has SM2 as the minimum, and likely Ep3 will be the same.
Keep SM2 most definitely though. Integrated Graphics Chipsets with SM3 support have existed for almost 3 years, but many laptops are still being sold with SM2 chipsets, and SM2 mobos only phased out last year.
Also it would be nifty to run EVE on my EeePC. 
"The sky above the port was the color of a television, tuned to a dead channel." |
Xailia
Unsteady Corporation
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Posted - 2009.01.14 10:04:00 -
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I'd like to add that:
If you have an old mobo with PCI/AGP...
SM3/4 cards are still being made for these interfaces!
PCI SM3 cards are $50ish
AGP SM3 cards are $40ish
Those who are lucky to have PCIe but outdated graphics (maybe you have been using integrated)
PCIe SM3 cards are $20ish
"The sky above the port was the color of a television, tuned to a dead channel." |
Xailia
Unsteady Corporation
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Posted - 2009.01.14 10:16:00 -
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Edited by: Xailia on 14/01/2009 10:16:59
Originally by: Meiyang Lee
While that is true, the main problem I can see is for those players who travel a lot and use a netbook to change skills, these devices generally won't have much in terms of graphics capability and probably won't all have SM2.0 capable video chipsets.
Even the original 'netbook' (EeePC 700) has an SM2 chipset.
Most use GMA9xx chipsets. |
Xailia
Unsteady Corporation
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Posted - 2009.01.14 10:19:00 -
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Even better than a no-graphics option would be an Elite-mode option. |
Xailia
Unsteady Corporation
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Posted - 2009.01.14 20:01:00 -
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Originally by: farfrael
linux, linux, linux, linux ... ?
How long are you going to ignore the question CCP?
If you are going to drop support JUST ****ING SAY IT!
They won't.
IIRC "Windows, Linux, Mac" will be listed on the boxed version of Apocrypha. |
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