Hi all
I am wanting to launch d2r and don’t need performance just to launch it and have low chance of crash.
All I’m wanting is to do shopping for claws wen I’m board in bead relaxing and watching TV.
Hard to say for sure.
definetly the t9900 is far below minimum specification of core i3-3250
the particular issue with your processor that can arise is the number of threads the processor has
t9900 has two physical cores and no hyper threading so only 2 cores
i3-3250 has two physical cores and 2 hyper threading cores so 4 virtual cores total
I’m also using a below minimum specs CPU though mine has 4 physical cores (it’s lacking AVX that used to be required), though i fiddled with the game’s engine by launching the game with affinity and anything below 4 cores yealded major problems with the game, either sound froze or the video froze for a couple of seconds…
also CPU isn’t the hardest requirement… t9900 is a laptop CPU mate…
so unless you have ngff slot in that machine and use some sort of external GPU adapter with decent GPU… there is no chance the game will even launch for you otherwise… the GTX 660 is a hard requirement, and can’t be ommited easily though i highly doubt Intel made DX12 capable iGPUs back in 2009 when they released the this CPU… none GPU of that era was DX12 capable, since there was no DX12 at that time to begin with…
I was going to use one of the mini PCIe’s on my dell latitude e6400 for my NVIDIA 960. But I need to buy ram and the CPU vs buying a mini pc. I just need to find one that don’t require a eGPU or buy a PSU for my 960. These 2 options I have cost nearly the same so i think I’ll go with ebay for a mini pc.
I’ll see if I can get steam deck os with volkan to replace the dx12 req. Fingers crossed.
Nvidia 960 can handle DX12 games quite well so no need for Vulkan here…
the problem is in fact the mini PCIe… those usually come in laptops in the form of really old wifi card slots… those are actually x1 lane ports and since it is a laptop from ~2009 than revision of PCIe is in fact v2.0 if not earlier… so it is not going to have a throughput of v3.0 x16 lanes, so the efficiency of your card will be botched… not sure if the game will be fluid even in legacy graphics mode that’s like 500MB/s throughput of the whole port and the card utilizes around 8GB/s…
besides the eGPU especially the one called BEAST is really like shooting yourself into the foot…
I’d rather buy any low end modern day laptop with 12th gen intel as a minimum for like 400$ from a cheapo internet webstore, than bother with that t9900 junk… and yes there are broader possibilities of that 960 on the new hardware as well… and this time the egpu adapter is waay faster since it uses x4 lanes of at least v3.0 from your m.2 port… you’d still have to disable your onboard GPU in device manager and hook up egpu to exteral monitor though it’s still faaar better than that beast junkware…
EDIT:
forgot to mention…
Just so You’d realise the intel’s 12th gen CPU depending on the model can come with either IrisXe or UHD 630 integrated igpus both can handle D2R quite well on minimal settings if you pack at least 32GB of ram ( and i’m talking of 3D gaming not the legacy graphics mode)…
i foud a site selling custom made laptops in the country i live in… they used to sell brand new low end laptops very cheap ~1500 - 1600PLN… and if you’d pack in some extra dough you could retrofit your new laptop with more ( even dual channel) ram, and pick the type size of the disk you want… you even had the option to cut some slack on the OS, if you’d decide you can handle installing it yourself and choose KMS instead of paying tribute to M$ mafia…
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Great stuff TY.
I decided to use the laptop as a media server.
I personally will just be shopping for sin claws and streaming it to my tablet like a cloud game server. So I’m trying to find a SBC that barely runs d2r but only uses 12-30 watts.
not a chance… even modern low end laptops use like 45W+
so 12-30W is only a wet dream…
anyways to you plan to powet it from cheap chineese solar panel knock-offs that you mention 12-30W?
I was looking for SBC. Most of the SBC I have do 2-12 w but they are supper powerless. I did look up the Iris Xe you mentioned above and it is gg as it uses 15 w and cpu is about 45-55… Thank’s again.
PS. Any pointers on finding a good source on a list of mobo’s that have that chip on it ? Laptop and or desktop.
PPS. I think Linux needs to run it in valkan. I will only go this route if it save’s on resources to use Linux vs windows OS’s. I have looked a few people running it on steam deck.
if you want to run it on steam deck os why not just buy a cheapest low end steamdeck and just upgrade the storage…
IrisXe is CPU dependant rather than MoBo dependant… I can give you a full list of the CPUs that have either IrisXe with 96 computing units model or list of CPUs with IrisXe with 80 computing units model…
those are quite long lists… I’d better give you pointers how to aquire handy dandy quick sneakpeek application list on related matters… it’s relatively hard to find some of this data elsewhere:
for CPUs:
search for:
CPU-L
in google store for your android phone
for GPUs:
same autor same place the app is called:
GPU-L
For arm processors ( as in processors for smartphones, or android, iOS, non windows tablets, or smartwatches)…
same deal, same developer the app is calllled:
SoC-L
(SoC as in System on Chip)
the last one is probably the only place to look for smartphone processor features…
for example if you’re looking for a low end smartphone with wifi6/6E or mid range with wifi7, you should check it up…
as for IrisXe be prepared to fork out some $$ as IrisXe is only a part of high end processors mostly… the low end usually get the UHD 630 which is not that bad o it’s own either…
UHD 630 can easily run D2R on mixed setings low - mid, and is an equivalent to midrange dedicated GPUs from a decade ago, and doesn’t chew much wattage either…
when you get yourself something, I can teach you how to update the intel drivers to the latest version, and how to prevent windows from overwritting the latest GPU drivers, you installed yourself, with the outdated crappy drivers that windows forces down your throat…
this used to be is easier on windowses older than 22h2, and used to be easy on 22h2 and newer, but M$ wouddn’t be M$ if it didn’t want to screw up something that was working fine for years, and no one complained on the feature… now it’s a bit more complicated and requires admin access, and in order to get the scripts you need you need to ask AI to find you the proper link to proper help article. however once you have them it’s easy peasy…
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great apps. Thank’s again. I’m so close to switching to Linux due to crap like that.
nah i sorted it out, it’s now easy, just requires few updates other than official windows update, and you could block those drivers via power shell commands.
i couldn’t find the script method on the web anymore…
I fill dumb thinking each pc’s idle wat usage is a big difference. I have a Ryzen 5 1600 Six 3.50 GHz, GTX 1660 super. And with 6 instances on legacy mode and one on d2r. Average 60w gpu, 50w cpu. Min/max wats 14-101 gpu and 21-64 cpu with Plex server running (making no noticeable difference) but this was using “Open hardware Monitor”
I was hoping by running a dedicated 24/7 Plex media server/player and a bogged down low grade gaming server for night time I would save on energy usage… Is there something I’m missing on my concepts ?
yeah energy prices skyrocket recently… it can be a mild issue for the home budget i guess… however i’m not aware of anything less energy consuming to run D2R than low end intel laptop without dGPU ( gen 12 intel rigs have a decent enaugh iGPU to do the job, just chug up 64GB of ram or more if possible), and if willing to play single account w/o mouse, choose steamdeck.