Posted August 21, 2014 Unfortunately some idiot at work looked up porn. So now of course everything in the world is blocked, including facebook, wurm, craigslist, sites I actually need for work etc. Yet I still have roughly 6 hours of a 10 hour shift with nothing to do and nobody around. Any suggestions for a laptop that can do wurm? Newegg, Amazon, anything. Doesn't have to run any massive graphic MMOs or do 4 characters at once, just looking for something that can do a single wurm character with okay settings. Rusty, but even I am not going with anything that says 'HP Integrated Graphics Card!' etc. I'm guessing anything with at least 4 gig ram (not shared with video card) and a real graphics card (ATI/Radeon) will work? Needless to say, cheaper the better. Have to add on a carrying case and wireless mouse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 21, 2014 There are stuff to bypass poop proxys too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) I have managed to play wurm at 20ish fps (enough for crafting) in a normal town on a Lenovo x60 2005/2006 notebook, yes notebook not laptop. The only thing i upgraded was I changed it from having 1gb of RAM to 2.5gb. This does require fiddling in the compatibility tab, however it really is not that hard, and I can share settings. ATM I can play very happily on my 2008 lower end of the range MacBook (not air, not pro), at okay/lowish settings 30fps. Frankly if you have 4gb of RAM which is a minimum, though I would go look for 8gb if I were you for non-wurm things and the future. With that you can run high res textures, and then it looks pretty decent already. SOooo I would go grab a laptop, if you have a old one or borrow one from a friend to get some more solid benchmarks rather then taking my word. But basically im saying, as far as a minimum requirement goes, if you do a bit of tinkering you do not need much raw power at all. BTW for example that lenovo x60, CANNOT run 720p video at 24fps, and struggles at 480p if im alt-tabbing. Its a old single core and so switching tabs and loading new pages causes music to stop playing(for like 0.2secs) for example as it needs to load the page. So yeah, in terms of raw power you don't need much, it just needs to be compatible/able of running wurm. Edited August 21, 2014 by Blob Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 21, 2014 I know it isn't the cheapest thing, but consider Asus gaming laptops. Super great value and they have a dual fan cooling system with dual exhausts out the back. Incredibly quiet and cool, while running 20 (yes 20) clients in small windows and low settings. You can get them under $1000 USD and add in more RAM to handle lots of wurm travel. the standard 8gig is plenty for a single client. But seriously, make 10 free alts to help with big digging/mining projects Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 21, 2014 Last year I bought an Asus laptop with 8g memory and 2g Nvidia graphics card. I can run 4 characterr at once with no issues. It was less that $800 AT BJ's wholesale if you have that store where you live. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 21, 2014 Avoid ATI cards if you're wanting to play Wurm. Not sure how bad it is now, but... it was bad. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Avoid ATI cards if you're wanting to play Wurm. Not sure how bad it is now, but... it was bad. ATI is now known as AMD, just so people know. (well AMD bought ATI or something or whatever, basically the old ATI now uses the name AMD) Edited August 21, 2014 by Blob 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Will you be sure you can play wurm at work even with a new laptop? Some places block websites from the network, rather than the computer itself. Assuming that might be one reason you're after a new laptop Edited August 21, 2014 by MetalDragon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 21, 2014 Avoid ATI cards if you're wanting to play Wurm. Not sure how bad it is now, but... it was bad. Thats wrong.. Completely wrong... I have AMD cards and do just fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 21, 2014 Thats wrong.. Completely wrong... I have AMD cards and do just fine. Good to hear Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231521 700usd http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834314574 650usd i hate looking for laptops, so hard to find something with half decent specs at a half decent price, but these will def do what you need it too Edited August 22, 2014 by Gone420 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 22, 2014 My crappy old HP pavillion DV6 laptop that's coming up to it's 5th birthday runs two clients on minimum without too much difficulty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 22, 2014 My HP HDX16 which I think I bought mid '09 still runs Wurm quite decently, although it has been blue screening lately, but I think that's because of AutoCAD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 22, 2014 Huh, i wished i had time to do some stuff in Wurm while at work...If you want to go really cheap - 2gb ram CAN be enough too. Depending on the graphic card you use. I have a five year old asus at home with 2gb ram and an ati mobile card and wurm runs quite well. But if you are planning to buy a completely new one, i'd invest a little more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 22, 2014 Min u need is dualcore about 2.5 ghz, 4gb ram and not integrated video card. About 100 euros setup Ps. Dont watch porn anymore at work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 22, 2014 Using a lenovo ideapad with i7 and GTX 660M that thing is a beast Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 22, 2014 Using a lenovo ideapad with i7 and GTX 660M that thing is a beast Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 23, 2014 (edited) I have never had any issues with heat, it gets hot of course but with the cooper-gas filled isolation pipes inside of them and the big ripped surface at the left does a good heat exchange.Even Arma 3 on decent graphic settings runs fine. And I upgraded it with one of the fastest Samsung SSDs, makes it even more beasty. Edited August 23, 2014 by Sklo:D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
