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Here's my powerhouse gaming rig

Mainboard : Quanta 30BB
Chipset : Intel i945GM/GME
Processor : Intel Pentium T2330 @ 1600 MHz
Physical Memory : 1024 MB (2 x 512 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card : Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Hard Disk : ST9120821AS (120 GB)
Network Card : Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card
Network Card : PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Operating System : Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium Home Edition 6.00.6002 Service Pack 2
DirectX : Version 11.00

Would I be able to play Star Trek Online? I understand that it doesn't meet the minimum requirements, but nor does it for World of Warcraft which seems to run fine.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Definitely no, I wouldn't even bother trying. Even if you can get the game to run, it won't be in a playable state. Your graphics card is integrated and of a very low spec - it rates far below even the nvidia 6600 go and that's already under the minimum spec. On top of that it relies on shared memory, of which you have too little already.

    You have to remember World of Warcraft is about 5 years old and has much lower minimum settings. So it would be playable on minimum settings on a machine just below the minimum specs, but STO won't be. Your CPU is sufficient, but you need a much faster gfx card and 2gb memory at the very minimum with a shared memory card.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    You wouldnt even be able to start the game up with that laptop. never mind play the game. Sorry :(

    Edit: WoW can run on a 950 mhz machine with a geforce 4 ti. It's designed like that. STO is designed to run on modern hardware.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    If you do decide to try it you'll need that Intel 945 chipset to have the latest video driver. Use the have disk method if there is an OEM driver conflict.

    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=2104043&postcount=3

    Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator Driver for Windows Vista 7/3/2008 15.​8.​3.​1504
    http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Internet+Devices&ProductLine=Netbooks&ProductProduct=Mobile+Intel%C2%AE+945GM+Express+Chipset+Family
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Mozzywoods wrote: »
    Here's my powerhouse gaming rig

    Mainboard : Quanta 30BB
    Chipset : Intel i945GM/GME
    Processor : Intel Pentium T2330 @ 1600 MHz
    Physical Memory : 1024 MB (2 x 512 DDR2-SDRAM )
    Video Card : Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
    Hard Disk : ST9120821AS (120 GB)
    Network Card : Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-PCI Card
    Network Card : PRO/100 VE Network Connection
    Operating System : Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium Home Edition 6.00.6002 Service Pack 2
    DirectX : Version 11.00

    Would I be able to play Star Trek Online? I understand that it doesn't meet the minimum requirements, but nor does it for World of Warcraft which seems to run fine.

    As a fellow gamer stuck on a lower end system i hate to inform you, if you do get it to run, you will find that it doesn't run well at all.

    I'm running on a AMD Turion dual core 2 ghz, 3 gigs of ram, and intergrated nvidia 7150 (with 128 locked to the vid card, max setting)

    When i use the /showfps 1 option i find that on average i get 10-20 fps, with 60-200+ ms/frame. If i end up in a system where there is more then one thing goign on, or just a massive asteriod field the frame goes to under 10, and the ms/frame shoots to 200+ (when it says 4 f/s and 300 ms/frame i know the 4 is a lie).

    over 200 ms/frame and your head will start to hurt, over 300 ms/frame and you better have some friends to do anything you need to do, because moving won't really happen.

    Alas, i wish the responce could be better but from a system that is already under min requirements, even if just some, i can tell you that min requirements are almost totaly min requirements for this game. As was stated above WoW was setup to scale down to meet our inabilty to upgrade, and STO doesn't forgive. Good luck on finding an upgrade to your system!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    My mother's laptop has a Core 2 Duo and 3 GB of memory, but even it can't play ST:O due to the integrated Intel graphics chip it has - farthest it ever got was character select, and that was so fuzzy and blurry I wasn't surprised when it couldn't play the opening movie without crashing.

    So, no, that computer likely will not play ST:O... I speak as someone who DID get ST:O running on my previous P4 2.8ghz with a 6800GT, although at minimum settings.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Well thanks for the responses guys, you've just saved me $50 hahah. It honestly never occurred to me that WoW is five years old.
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