Portables and EQ

[IamBigDaddy]

My portable died and I am in the market to buy a replacement. I would like some suggestions on which laptops can 2 box (or more) without much lag. Suggestions from people that are actually using their portable for EQ is what I really would like.

Thx

 

[doomsinger]

I use a Dell Inspiron 9300 with a geforce 6800 go with 256mb video ram. I have 2gb system ram. I can run 3 toons with little lag.

 

[solar]

Not saying you should/shouldn't go with a dell but if you get one they're always key hacks here

http://cheapstingybargains.com/

My wife has a dell laptop and she can easily run two chars on it.

 

[bannor]

I run 2 instances on a toshiba p105-s9312 has 2 gigs of ram and a 7900gs
Runs very nice.

 

[thez]

I'm running a Dell Inspiron E1505, 256mb nvidia card, 1gig ram, and I can 2box easily. I could probably run a third box if I turned off other programs and dialed down from full graphics.

 

[eqisdead]

I'd say you could probably run two to three accounts on a number of laptops as long as you realize the resources you need. Each instance of EQ runs about 400+mb of ram so for running two accounts you would need more than a gig of ram for sure to run it comfortably. Intel's built in video cards will not work for this it needs to be a 6800 type nvidia card with like 256mb of ram or something like that (or a similar ati video card) in order for it to function well. A mid to higher end processor offering, I'd say an 80gb or larger hard drive and have separate folders for your separate eq sessions. Other than that I'm not sure how much it matters as they're all going to be networkable, etc.

eqisdead

 

[leo802]

I like my macbook pro playing eq with. very neat

 

[thez]

You use mac?

What a coincidince...so does Dave Chappelle.