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hi, could you please tell me how these laptop's would perform while playing Star Trek Online, please dont link me to the system reqiuerment page, my main concern is the Intel HD grahphic's chipset.

Which would run STO better?

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-l630-16k-08702387-pdt.html

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/dell-inspiron-n5010-15-6-black-laptop-08702315-pdt.html

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-5742-black-laptop-08702354-pdt.html

Thanks for responses. :)
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    It may run... on very low settings.

    If anything, i'd go with the aspire. The game will prob run on low-medium. It wont look pretty but it will run.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    as above the acer but the graphics card is the limiting factor on all 3 laptops
    this game simply requires a more powerfull graphics card for anything above med settings
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    i got a dell mini netbook to run it...but it looked like a slide show on the extreem low settings...so I think any new laptop will play it, but it depends on what you call "playing" like if you were just idling to get the needed hours for the tribble reward...or buying something on sale cause you cant from the web or what ever..
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    borg9870 wrote:
    hi, could you please tell me how these laptop's would perform while playing Star Trek Online, please dont link me to the system reqiuerment page, my main concern is the Intel HD grahphic's chipset.

    Which would run STO better?

    http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/toshiba-satellite-l630-16k-08702387-pdt.html

    http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/dell-inspiron-n5010-15-6-black-laptop-08702315-pdt.html

    http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/acer-aspire-5742-black-laptop-08702354-pdt.html

    Thanks for responses. :)

    Unless your buying a beyond top-of-the-line laptop, the best you can hope for would be medium settings. If you want to run on High, you need a desktop with a strong (at least 1Gb) video card. (You could probably find a laptop that will run on High, but it will likely be VERY expensive premium laptop.)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    How would this laptop run star trek online (and the sims 3) ?

    http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/dell-inspiron-n5010-15-6-laptop-blue-08702378-pdt.html

    please answere as soon as possible :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2011
    as above the acer but the graphics card is the limiting factor on all 3 laptops
    this game simply requires a more powerfull graphics card for anything above med settings

    thanks, how would the acer run STO on low/med settings? (frames per second?)
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