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[Katotonic]

Out of curiosity has anyone thought of or tried playing mwo on a Microsoft surface pro 3? Obviously you would need the top of the line version if any and a 12 inch screen would not be ideal. But is it possible?

Surface pro specs:
Hard drive size2
Solid state drive (SSD) options: 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB
Memory
64GB or 128GB version with 4GB RAM
256GB or 512GB version with 8GB RAM
Display
Screen: 12" ClearType Full HD Display • Resolution: 2160 x 1440 • Aspect Ratio: 3:2 • Touch: Multitouch input
Processor
64GB/Intel i3 version:
4th generation Intel Core i3-4020Y 1.50 GHz with Intel HD Graphics 4200

128GB and 256GB/Intel i5 version:
4th generation Intel Core i5-4300U 1.90 GHz (with Turbo Boost Technology up to 2.9GHz) with Intel HD Graphics 4400

256GB and 512GB/Intel i7 version:
4th generation Intel Core i7-4650U 1.70 GHz (with Turbo Boost Technology up to 3.3 GHZ) with Intel HD Graphics 5000

Edited by Katotonic, 09 December 2014 - 06:54 PM.

[Ph30nix]

possible but i wouldnt recommend it

[xWiredx]

On Intel HD graphics only? You will cry yourself to sleep, but that's about it.

[Xoxim SC]

It would probably be VERY damaging to the unit due to the sheer heat it would produce. Wouldn't recommend it.

[Katotonic]

Does anyone have a beefy Surface Pro 3 that would be willing to try it? I would love actual first hand observations (video is even better!) as generalities and opinions are good, but facts are better!

[Odins Fist]

Katotonic, on 09 December 2014 - 05:27 PM, said:

"Mwo On A Microsoft Surface Pro 3?"

Would NOT recommend.

Quick Question: Do you have a fire extinguisher.???

[forcemac]

I have a Fujitsu T904 which is basically the same as the Surface Pro 3 (Core I5-4200). I tried it, and it's in the low double digits to single digits on FPS.

[White Bear 84]

Todd Lightbringer, on 09 December 2014 - 06:21 PM, said:

It would probably be VERY damaging to the unit due to the sheer heat it would produce. Wouldn't recommend it.

Ice packs

[Frank Olson]

I'm playing the game on my surface pro 3 i5 8 gigs of ram for months now. Every setting on low, user.cfg that removes the cockpit glass. 18-45 frames. Some maps run stable 30+, some get some low drops from time to time, but it doesn't feel like lagging and is very playable. The graphics just look a lot worse

PS: I'm using an external cooling fan directly directed at the fan outlets and the body of the unit, which stays totally cool then. I read a lot about the topic, and people wrote that the components can take a lot more heat than the throttle allows them to, because the throttle doesn't try to protect the components but the hands of the user (if you are holding the tablet).

[Gremlich Johns]

[Frank Olson]

Hm less and less devices are using PCI Express ... and that's an ongoing trend ... If my surface pro 3 had thunderbolt instead of the same-looking mini displayport I would really long for a thunderbolt solution. Shame that thunderbolt never really made it to windows devices, it's a great standard (even tough expensive)

[Frank Olson]

I even uploaded a video for you guys that are interested in the performance .... funnily enough the FPS went up to 35 a few seconds after my recording ... Games are absolutely playable, even if FPS touch 18 for half a second.

https://dl.dropboxus...92/MWO/2602.MOV

[Frank Olson]

I use this small fan setup:



The fan is like 5-7 euros on Amazon. I just put the fan in my 10x USB3-Hub, so I can even position it in any way I want.

Something that still bothers me: When they released the 64 bit client I used it and for the first time got 45 frames top and I was at 30 mostly...so my performance had increased drastically. I don't know why, but now I'm back to the old performance. I changed from Razor gamebooster to Gamebooster 3, but I think even without the booster I hit those 45 fps. Really don't know what happened. Some people say that since CW is here FPS dropped for everyone. Is that true?

[Rizzelbizzeg]

Gremlich Johns, on 19 January 2015 - 08:22 AM, said:

Whoa that's kinda nifty. When I first started MWO I was using a laptop and was hoping something like this existed. The only thing is I'd want the display to come back into the laptop display and having a separate power supply would bug me, but it makes sense the laptop power wouldn't have any extra room for a card on the side. Cracked me up when he plugged in the external cd drive, at this point you might as well build a pc with as much extra hardware is laying around the laptop lol

Sorry if this was a threadjack, didn't really read the rest of the posts after I saw the video

Edited by Rizzelbizzeg, 20 January 2015 - 10:31 AM.

[JustPyro]

Tried it on my SP 2, with HD4000 graphics. It ran at 12-14 fps, with the absolute lowest settings. It gave me a headache and I had to uninstall it.

[reign]

Only on the i7,

I have a Dell 7240 ultrabook and the gma4000 is fine 34-40 fps (low settings)


I would assume the same performance on the i7 version. would not try on lower versions though.