wh1sp3r Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 so, you wanna be big programmer right ? You should learn, how to use computer at first. Quote -= Phenom II X4 965 3.4Ghz - ATI HD5870 - 6 GB DDR3 RAM - Windows 8 Pro 64x=- Website: http://www.flamewarestudios.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFS Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 I haved use udk i just wanted to try a new game engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 You can't upgrade laptops, you have to buy a tower PC or a new laptop each time you want to upgrade something. Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MFS Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 Why cant laptops be upgraded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Because all components are melted on the motherboard. In a tower PC you can just replace each component easily, usually without having to screw even one screw. That also makes tower PCs much cheaper than consoles and laptops, since you can only upgrade one component, and don't need to upgrade the whole computer each time. Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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afecelis Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 or plug one of these in via usb: http://www.cubixgpu.com/ Quote Win8.1 Pro X64/ Intel core I7 @ 3.5GHz / 32GB DDR3 SDRAM / GeForce GTX 660+760/ VC++ Express 2013/ Blender /Unwrap3dpro3 /Modo 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZioRed Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 or plug one of these in via usb: http://www.cubixgpu.com/ It would be a good idea to not force us to change our laptop when the graphic card becomes "old", but its cost is really too expensive and for that price you could buy a new laptop with the latest graphic card mounted onboard (i.e. I bought my laptop with the specs in my signature for 600€) :/ Quote ?? FRANCESCO CROCETTI ?? http://skaredcreations.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFS Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 What one? ( http://www.cubixgpu.com/ ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 This is probably the cheapest external GPU adapter for laptops: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/laptops/2010/05/21/computex-2010-preview-msi/1 Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZioRed Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 This is probably the cheapest external GPU adapter for laptops: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/laptops/2010/05/21/computex-2010-preview-msi/1 Well, $169-$229 is really something that I could accept as reasonable price to upgrade a laptop (if its CPU is not too old). Quote ?? FRANCESCO CROCETTI ?? http://skaredcreations.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 You can reuse it for any new laptop also, that divides the price by a factor. Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFS Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 How will http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/laptops/2010/05/21/computex-2010-preview-msi/1 help me? Cause i might buy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 It will make it possible to add a real graphics card to your laptop, so you can run real games like Crysis, Crysis 2, games made with LE, and other high end stuff. However, since it lacks of a 2nd (=6-pin) power cable, you can only use mid-end graphics cards like 5670 or GT 240, as even my 8800 needs the 6-pin additional power cable. Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFS Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 Ok how much is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFS Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 Would any of thees be good http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+Slimline+Desktop+/+AMD+Athlon%26%23153%3B+II+Processor+/+4GB+Memory+/+500GB+Hard+Drive/1209412.p?id=1218234418710&skuId=1209412 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Slimline+Desktop+/+AMD+Athlon%26%23153%3B+II+Dual-Core+Processor+/+3GB+Memory+/+640GB+Hard+Drive/9974673.p?id=1218205379770&skuId=9974673 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+Elite+Desktop+/+AMD+Phenom%26%23153%3B+II+Processor+/+8GB+Memory+/+1TB+Hard+Drive/9840504.p?id=1218182298296&skuId=9840504 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Depends where you buy it, but I think you'll get the adapter and the graphics card for under $400. Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Would any of thees be good http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+Slimline+Desktop+/+AMD+Athlon%26%23153%3B+II+Processor+/+4GB+Memory+/+500GB+Hard+Drive/1209412.p?id=1218234418710&skuId=1209412 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Slimline+Desktop+/+AMD+Athlon%26%23153%3B+II+Dual-Core+Processor+/+3GB+Memory+/+640GB+Hard+Drive/9974673.p?id=1218205379770&skuId=9974673 http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pavilion+Elite+Desktop+/+AMD+Phenom%26%23153%3B+II+Processor+/+8GB+Memory+/+1TB+Hard+Drive/9840504.p?id=1218182298296&skuId=9840504 Those are all ****, they don't have a graphics card which can even run Crysis 1.0. There's really no point to look for cheap computers, then it's better if you don't buy a computer at all, but rather spent the money on a good bottle of wine, or for new shoes for your girlfriend. A somewhat good computer costs at least $1000, and for laptops you have to pay twice the sum. Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFS Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 Ok http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/laptops/2010/05/21/computex-2010-preview-msi/1 so would bestbuy have that or newegg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurens Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 ...but rather spent the money on a good bottle of wine, or for new shoes for your girlfriend... I lol'ed Ok http://www.bit-tech....0-preview-msi/1 so would bestbuy have that or newegg You would have to search BestBuy or Newegg for that. May I ask whether you are a programmer or an artist and what your prior experience is? Also please do not take this the wrong way but you might do well reading the following article: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html. While it is mainly focussed on hackers and Usenet, I think it applies to all internet communities in some way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFS Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 Ok i am a 3d modeler but i have made some levels in udk. But i wanted to try a new game egine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurens Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 You should know that LE is fairly heavy on the programming side of things in my opinion. I am not saying you should not try LE but before you invest in a external GPU or an entirely new desktop you may want to try Unity (there is a free edition) first, which (most likely) does run on your current hardware and is more oriented towards artists. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canardia Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 As far I know LE is the engine with least programming needs. To get something working in an Editor, does't mean that you don't have to add some code to make it really work for the game, and then the coding usually gets huge. Unity supports only C#, which turns most real programmers away at the first sight. I don't really understand how a professional looking product could even consider to use C#. It's a Microsoft invention, and we all know everything what Microsoft has done is bad, except Windows XP, but that's probably because Windows 2000 was done by DEC and XP was just copied from it. Quote ■ Ryzen 9 ■ RX 6800M ■ 16GB ■ XF8 ■ Windows 11 ■ ■ Ultra ■ LE 2.5 ■ 3DWS 5.6 ■ Reaper ■ C/C++ ■ C# ■ Fortran 2008 ■ Story ■ ■ Homepage: https://canardia.com ■ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurens Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Well I meant to get a game going really. Can't really drag-and-drop a game now, nor should anyone want that. The army of clones would be horrific Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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