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Will my laptop be able to run Star Trek Online

apulseapulse Member Posts: 456 Arc User
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So I work most days now the nightshift at work, which means there is lot of free time.
So why not spend the time playing Star Trek Online, but I wonder if my Laptop will be able to work on Star Trek Online and perhaps someone here with better knowledge on specs can help me determine that.

My Laptop specs are
Processor: i7-4720HQ
Ram: 8GB
Graphic: GTX960M
Harddrive: 1 TB
Windows 10

Thanks in Advance
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  • postinggumpostinggum Member Posts: 1,117 Arc User
    With ease, as in you've got a more powerful machine than 99% of people playing this old game.

    For the nitpickers the 99% figure is made up, and not meant to be taken literally.
  • ventureforthventureforth Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    Probably, yes.
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  • antonine3258antonine3258 Member Posts: 2,391 Arc User
    You can probably run it twice at the same time, honestly.
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  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    You'll be fine.

    The game is even playable using only the integrated Intel HD 4400 graphics core when using a mix of low and medium settings at 1600x900 resolution.

    The nVidia GTX 960m is far more powerful than the Intel HD 4400 so you really should not have any problems maxing out most if not all the graphics eye candy at 1920x1080 resolution.
  • admrenlarreckadmrenlarreck Member Posts: 2,041 Arc User
    Your main problem will probably be your internet at work. What I mean is does your employer use a monitoring program on the internet so that they know each and every website and page you visit? If so it could mean you lose your job. Oh and just because you connect from a personal laptop doesn't mean they cant follow the trail. You still would have to get through the local and monitored group to get to the internet.

    Just my two cents.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    admrenlarreck wrote: »
    Your main problem will probably be your internet at work. What I mean is does your employer use a monitoring program on the internet so that they know each and every website and page you visit? If so it could mean you lose your job. Oh and just because you connect from a personal laptop doesn't mean they cant follow the trail. You still would have to get through the local and monitored group to get to the internet.

    Just my two cents.

    All points to consider indeed.

    I work in a Data Center, and I sometimes play STO from work, but for the reasons listed above, I don't do it on the company network. I tether my Laptop to my iPhone, and even on 4G speed (AT&T,) it's more then enough for STO. I can do any of the content with little to no lag.

    The game also uses surprisingly little bandwidth. As long as you do all the patches and updates from home first, you'll hardly use any bandwidth playing STO.

    As for your laptop specs, what everyone else said is absolutely right. You're WAY over even the recommended specs for STO, your laptop can run this game with everything maxed out.. easily. As long as you have a stable internet connection, you're good to go.
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  • apulseapulse Member Posts: 456 Arc User
    Tried it tonight at work, and well.. no my computer didn't really handle STO good.
    Low FPS and 85 Celcius in temperature. Don't know what is wrong, need to check it out tomorrow night.
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  • rllaillieurllaillieu Member Posts: 351 Arc User
    Okay, as a Win 10 player myself, if you want to be on the safe side, when you launch the launcher, before you hit "Engage" make sure the game is in Safe Mode. You can do this by going up to Options in the launcher and then scrolling down until you find Safe Mode and checking the box.

    Otherwise, there's a really good chance that, even now, so long after Win 10 was released, your game will do the thing where it never goes past the title screen.
  • jaguarskxjaguarskx Member Posts: 5,945 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    Go into your nVidia Control panel and make sure STO is using the GTX 960m. Based on what you stated, it seems like the game is defaulting to the Intel HD 4600.

    You need to go into GeForce Experience to manually set up STO to use the GTX 960m.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    jaguarskx wrote: »
    Go into your nVidia Control panel and make sure STO is using the GTX 960m. Based on what you stated, it seems like the game is defaulting to the Intel HD 4600.

    You need to go into GeForce Experience to manually set up STO to use the GTX 960m.

    This.

    It's the only possible explanation. Seriously, this game requires the power of a Chevy Cavalier and you're running a V8 Camaro. You're so far over the needed specs, something has to be set up wrong.
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  • apulseapulse Member Posts: 456 Arc User
    Problem number one is that my nVidia Geforce Experience don't acknowledge Star Trek Online as a supported game, even if it says it should. Tried to re-install Experience and updated all the drivers and rebooted the computer, but samething.

    I changed ingame settings to DirectX 9 GTX 960m, see if that helps.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    Try going into your BIOS and seeing if you can disable the Intel Graphics.

    If not, then go into your device manager, find the Intel Graphics 4600 under 'Display Adapters.' Right click on the Intel Graphics 4600 card and hit 'Disable.'

    This should force eveything to use your GTX 960 instead.
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  • apulseapulse Member Posts: 456 Arc User
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    Try going into your BIOS and seeing if you can disable the Intel Graphics.

    If not, then go into your device manager, find the Intel Graphics 4600 under 'Display Adapters.' Right click on the Intel Graphics 4600 card and hit 'Disable.'

    This should force eveything to use your GTX 960 instead.

    Thanks mate, will give it a try right now :)

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  • apulseapulse Member Posts: 456 Arc User
    That is interesting, I shut the 4600 down and now STO only has the Microsoft Basic Driver setting in Graphics.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    edited June 2016
    On your Device Manager, under 'Display Adapters,' do you see NVidia GTX 960M listed?

    If you don't, then Windows doesn't see the card. I would look in the BIOS and see if there is an option to Enable/Disable the Nvidia Card.

    Also, a lot of laptops with both Intel and NVidia Graphics have a button on the laptop to switch between them (Sometimes requires a reboot.) On my laptop (MSI GT72 Dominator) there is a button over on the left side that you push to toggle between the Intel and NVidia Card. They do that so you can use the lesser powerful option when on battery.

    I would think that disabling the Intel option would force the system to use the Nvidia only, but it might not. See if there is a button somewhere to turn your nvidia card on.
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