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Playing on Laptop

firereaper#8495 firereaper
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edited September 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I noticed a difference of pictures when people are playing on home computer vs when I play on my laptop. Is sto better played on a home computer? I’ve been trying to the 360 controller on the laptop and I’m having a hard time getting it to read, any thoughts on this?
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  • bloodyrizbloodyriz Member Posts: 1,756 Arc User
    Well most "tower" pc's tend to be more powerful than laptops, so that usually translates to a smoother look, etc. However STO will play just fine on most decent laptops, as long as your connection is good enough.​​
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,765 Arc User
    edited September 2019
    If your laptop is not a "gaming" laptop with a dedicated graphics card, then it is using the intel graphics built into the processor chip which are weaker than a $150+ graphics card in a desktop PC.

    With some laptops with USB-C connectors you can spend $500+ on an external enclosure + graphics card to let you play more games with better graphics.
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  • dsarisdsaris Member Posts: 375 Arc User
    edited September 2019
    I've been playing with a laptop and a wireless trackball for years and years... never had any issues.

    That being said, if you are GAMING on a laptop you'll need a GAMING LAPTOP. Even an older one will be OK. Mine is going on 5 years old and still does just fine.
  • annemarie30annemarie30 Member Posts: 2,711 Arc User
    yep. we use an ancient I7 desktop with a GTX770. his laptop is a higer end Dell and it's good but for the money that laptop is priced at, we could have a killer rig with what was bleeding edge a year ago tech
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  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    edited September 2019
    I have two, a laptop and a desktop, the laptop is an i7 with a GTX 940m, and my desktop is an AMD Ryzen 2600 with a GTX 1660 TI, as i travel a lot, and i need a demi-good graphic card for work, i also play on my laptop... no difference, but i do tone down a notch the graphics..
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  • firereaper#8495 firereaper
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    Thank you for the replies and info. I’ll do some configurations on my laptop and see about it working better.
  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    When I visit family, I play STO on an old, 8-year old Asus laptop I gave them. I have to turn down the features so that the game runs but even then it stutters here and there. Still, for it runs and I can play even while over there.

    My desktop computer at home is more beefy, max settings and all that, fancy ultra settings on other games. Just fine.
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  • sfbarbear#7937 sfbarbear
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    edited September 2019
    I play on a 10 year old Asus G75VW via Wi-Fi and never have issues with graphics or performance.
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