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Starpoint Gemini 2Will Starpoint Gemini 2 work with a dedicated Ultrabook graphic card?(9 posts)solved(9 posts)solved
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Posted June 09, 2015
Will it?
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Posted June 10, 2015
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OS: Microsoft Windows 7, 8
Processor: 3.0 GHz Dual core or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 11 compliant graphics card with 1GB RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card


Many things were upgraded in the game, it was also optimized. But it's still a full 3D DirectX 11 game, so playing on non-gaming laptops or non-gaming graphics cards like Intel HD is not recommended.
Posted June 10, 2015
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zzokalj: RECOMMENDED:

OS: Microsoft Windows 7, 8
Processor: 3.0 GHz Dual core or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 11 compliant graphics card with 1GB RAM
DirectX: Version 11
Hard Drive: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card

Many things were upgraded in the game, it was also optimized. But it's still a full 3D DirectX 11 game, so playing on non-gaming laptops or non-gaming graphics cards like Intel HD is not recommended.
Thanks for the answer, but based on your answer I'm both within and without the range of the game, so perhaps you can be more specific if I clarify. I'm on an Ultrabook with an AMD Radeon HD 7570M, which hardly qualifies as a gaming laptop, but it's not an Intel HD card and based on specs alone it does fill the requirements (4GB RAM, DirectX 11-compliant, 1GB GRAM).

The reason I'm asking is because I know these requirements have desktops in mind (as usual), thus it's impossible to figure how it translates to laptops. I can run most 3D indie games on my laptop fine, but of course, yours could be more demanding. For comparison, I played a lot of Witcher 2 on the same laptop, albeit with low frame rates in certain situations.

Perhaps you have tried the game on laptops before and know how it goes?

Edit: oops, Witcher 2, not 3.
Post edited June 10, 2015 by RafaelLVX
Posted June 10, 2015
I don't have a way to test this, but I'd hazard the guess that it'll work unless there are driver issues. What level of graphics quality you'll be able to get away with is another matter.
Posted June 10, 2015
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Garran: I don't have a way to test this, but I'd hazard the guess that it'll work unless there are driver issues. What level of graphics quality you'll be able to get away with is another matter.
That's what I usually go for, I know I'm not on a gaming rig, but as long as it runs and it's playable, I don't mind putting all graphics settings to minimum.

On a more critical note, I wonder why devs never list laptop requirements for games. A lot of people play games mobile, but either with low specs or on gaming hardware, we always need to rely on try-and-error for installing and running any game.
Post edited June 10, 2015 by RafaelLVX
Posted June 11, 2015
4GB RAM is a bit low, but it should only mean you will have to lower your graphics quality settings, no that the game won't work.

I'm playing on a laptop too, actually, I never played SPG2 on a desktop computer. First I had Dell workstation with 2GB graphics card, 8GB RAM and now I have Asus ROG with nVidia GTX 860M and 8 GB RAM.

Requirements for laptops and desktops are the same since it's the same hardware that goes in them.

As for Witcher 2, I have a frame rate problems even on this newer gaming laptop. That game looks fantastic, but the optimization is not the best. IF you managed to run Witcher 2 which is killing my Asus im medium to high details, then you should definately be able to run SPG2 which is working on 50-60 FPS in Ultra details on my laptop.

You probably won't run it in Ultra settings, mostly because you have only 4GB RAM, but it should be ok.

If anything won't work for some reason, please, send us e-mail with your log.txt and your save game (both in your game folder) to oliver@starpointgemini.com with a short description. But since game is really stable nowadays, without any serious technical issues, I think you should be fine. And I hope you'll like the game. Thank you for showing your interest in it.
Posted June 11, 2015
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zzokalj: 4GB RAM is a bit low, but it should only mean you will have to lower your graphics quality settings, no that the game won't work.

I'm playing on a laptop too, actually, I never played SPG2 on a desktop computer. First I had Dell workstation with 2GB graphics card, 8GB RAM and now I have Asus ROG with nVidia GTX 860M and 8 GB RAM.

Requirements for laptops and desktops are the same since it's the same hardware that goes in them.

As for Witcher 2, I have a frame rate problems even on this newer gaming laptop. That game looks fantastic, but the optimization is not the best. IF you managed to run Witcher 2 which is killing my Asus im medium to high details, then you should definately be able to run SPG2 which is working on 50-60 FPS in Ultra details on my laptop.

You probably won't run it in Ultra settings, mostly because you have only 4GB RAM, but it should be ok.

If anything won't work for some reason, please, send us e-mail with your log.txt and your save game (both in your game folder) to oliver@starpointgemini.com with a short description. But since game is really stable nowadays, without any serious technical issues, I think you should be fine. And I hope you'll like the game. Thank you for showing your interest in it.
NOW you're talking. Thanks for the reply, it's exactly that kind of comparison I was looking for.

By the way, I only said I beat the requirement of 4GB RAM (which I think you quoted from the recommended specs to play the game) -- my laptop actually has 6GB RAM.

Another sidenote, yes, this Ultrabook does suffer to run Witcher 1 and 2 -- as did my previous desktop and any machine I've seen them Witchers running on. It's playable, on minimum settings, but not glorious. Perhaps, as you said, the problem is optimization, and from these two games I got the idea CDPR doesn't really put much effort into making their games widely playable on any but the most powerful hardware -- and even then it's only VERY playable after the Enhanced Edition.
Posted July 30, 2015
Came back to report that Starpoint Gemini 2 worked just fine with standard install graphics settings on my all-in-one PC, which is nothing but a desktop with laptop insides. Here's the exact hardware configuration I'm trying it on:

Dell Inspiron One 2330
8GB RAM
i7 3770s 3.1GHz
AMD Radeon HD 7650A (1GB DDR3)
Windows 8.1 x64
Posted July 30, 2015
Thank you for letting us know. :)
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