Tryign to run ESO on an old, non-gaming laptop

snoboarder68
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Hello. While on business travel, wanted to try and run ESO on a non-gaming laptop. Was able to install but when I launch it, the game crashes. I ran the game consultant tool. Which portion of it will help determine what is causing the crash? Using an HP EliteBook 8470p (insert laugh here) and I am sure it is the laptop that is the problem. Just thought I would check.

Thanks!
  • anitajoneb17_ESO
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    The model of your laptop doesn't matter. What matters is the CPU type, the GPU type (including dedicated vRAM), and the RAM.
  • snoboarder68
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    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3380M CPU @ 2.90GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.9GHz
    Memory: 6144MB RAM
    Available OS Memory: 6008MB RAM

    Card name: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
    Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
    Chip type: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family
    Display Memory: 1696 MB
    Dedicated Memory: 64 MB
    Shared Memory: 1632 MB
  • anitajoneb17_ESO
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    I'm probably not the best one out there to make an educated diagnosis, but I guess you GPU will never cut it, it's too weak. That's probably why ESO is crashing.

  • snoboarder68
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    You are probably right. Was just hoping to log in for a little while. Guess that won't be happening. Will have to wait till I get home in a week.
  • anitajoneb17_ESO
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    Try with the lowest settings. According to some benchmarking sites, this GPU was able to run Skyrim at lowest settings with 30FPS. I believe ESO to be less resource-hungry than Skyrim was on PC. So if you don't intend to run dungeons, and just want to run some solo dailies or thefts or trade or just chat with a couple of people, it could work.

  • snoboarder68
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    I will give it a try, thanks...
  • Tandor
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