[Rubymatt]

Has anybody tried MHF on a windows tablet? If yes, was it succesful? I want to buy a laptop or mobile computer of some sort and was looking at tablets. Anybody know of any tablets that might run it or even any laptops thatare relatively cheap but can run it at a decent spec?

Edit: Just looked around and I think the Viewsonic tablet could run it. It dual boots Windows 7 and Android, and seems to fill the reuirements for processor speeds and stuff. My only thing now is whether it will run standard windows applications (MHF in particular) and whether the graphics chipset that comes with it can run directx 8.1

This post has been edited by Rubymatt: 20 October 2011 - 01:17 PM

[Polantaris]

By tablet do you mean one of those PCs with the monitor that flips around?

I have one of those, and it does, because they are just like a normal PC. Just gotta get good enough specs.

[Rubymatt]

I just meant a tablet PC as in the screen itself, not one with the flip-round keyboards. could I ask which one you have and how much it was?

[Polantaris]

Oh...I dunno. I doubt those will work, I don't think they run actual Windows, but a Tablet version of Windows, which wouldn't be compatible. That's if it even meets the minimum specs to play the game at all.

I have one of the Tablet PCs with the monitors that flip around. I have a Lenovo x20 Tablet PC. Was about 2 grand after all the upgrades I put on it from the default setup. Little on the expensive side, but it's awesome. Much more useful than a regular Tablet I think, since it runs regular Windows and can do anything a regular PC can.

This post has been edited by Polantaris: 20 October 2011 - 04:49 PM

[Jask]

I would be amazed if a tablet could run Frontier, or even most PC games out int he past couple years. Sure, it might meet the processor requirements, but it will be lucky if it has enough RAM, and definitely won't have a graphics card capable of it, if it even has one. On top of that, they lack the user input required, a keyboard and mouse. Tablets are enhanced smartphones, not PCs. Beyond hardware limitations, the operating systems are quite different. When you say it can run Windows 7, is that the same OS that computers run, or just a tablet version of it?

Most modern laptops can run Frontier. Even ones a couple years old could probably manage. My previous laptop was maybe two or three years old and it could handle Frontier when the Korean version was released.

[Rubymatt]

So far I've always played it on my desktop PC (which is pretty high-end) so I wasn't sure about the specifications of a laptop required to play it smoothly since I need a laptop anyway for university. This would just be a very nice bonus, because there are no other games I'd be too bothered about playing away from home.

Guess I'm gonna be going with a laptop, then. Any suggestions of durable, decent spec laptops?

[Polantaris]

Try not getting a Laptop with a generic graphics card like "Intel HD Integrated Graphics". Try to get something with ATI or Nvidia, otherwise you'll get one that can't do certain types of rendering, which can cause problems.

[Jask]

For brands, I've been fond of Acer and Asus. Lenovo has been popular, and is marketed as being durable as fuck.

As Polarantis pointed out, pay attention to the video card, don't cop out on that. RAM and processor are pretty easy to get average or higher on. i7 is high tier, but an i5 will probably do pretty well. I don't think there have been too many leaps in processor speed, so unless you go too cheap, most should be at least 2ghz, just a matter of how many cores and general quality. RAM is easy, most should have 4+ gb, maybe as low as 2.

[Polantaris]

Jask, on 20 October 2011 - 04:24 PM, said:

For brands, I've been fond of Acer and Asus. Lenovo has been popular, and is marketed as being durable as fuck.

As Polarantis pointed out, pay attention to the video card, don't cop out on that. RAM and processor are pretty easy to get average or higher on. i7 is high tier, but an i5 will probably do pretty well. I don't think there have been too many leaps in processor speed, so unless you go too cheap, most should be at least 2ghz, just a matter of how many cores and general quality. RAM is easy, most should have 4+ gb, maybe as low as 2.

My Lenovo x20 Tablet is a beast, and indeed very durable. As such, I recommend them. If I ever go looking for a new laptop, I'll probably buy from them again. The only major issue is the graphics cards, cause a lot of Laptops take the cheap route and go with the Integrated Intel cards that suck horribly.

Honestly, an i7 is unnecessary for a laptop, because the rest of the specs won't be able to compare. An i5 processor is great for a Laptop. As Jask said, 2GHz is fine, closer to 3GHz is better. RAM is almost guaranteed like 4GB on most models now-a-days that you can buy, so you shouldn't have any big worries there.

[Eckhardt]

Tablets are essentially just big Iphones/androids, they aren't good for really much except reading or angry birds really. Laptops are much better in terms of productivity and games