FM 2011 Official System/Specs Thread

[TigerTime]

I desperatly need a new laptop because mine cant handle the 3D fm11 match engine atall

these are the leagues that i run usually, English 3, Scottish 1, Spain 1, Italy 1, German 1, Holland 1, Portugal 1

Would this laptop be okay ? i want it to run the match engine smoothly without no problems

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/packar...15063-pdt.html

It will run 3d well on medium graphics and will be able to run all those leagues smoothly.

[Saints Forever]

thanks mate

[TigerTime]

thanks mate

Your welcome.

[Ishu]

It will run 3d well on medium graphics and will be able to run all those leagues smoothly.

It will run 3D on high.

[TigerTime]

It will run 3d on high but wont be as smooth as medium. To be honest I'd go with medium, there isn't too much difference anyway.

[TONY1969]

Hi ishu

just upgraded my pc

# AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz

# Asus M4A785TD-V EVO 785G Socket AM3

# 4GBDDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 XMS3

How many leagues and players would you this run?

[Ishu]

Hi ishu

just upgraded my pc
# AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz
# Asus M4A785TD-V EVO 785G Socket AM3
# 4GBDDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 XMS3
How many leagues and players would you this run?

50 with 100k players

[smgers]

Going to get a new laptop to replace my old, battered one (I blame FM for that!)

Looking at these two:

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...uctInformation

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...uctInformation

Any advice would be appreciated.

[andy1873]

looking for a laptop, or a netbook, as this is just old and in need of getting put in the bin lol
looking to spend 350 pound but would be willing to go to 400 if it was more value for money, iv got a rough idea about the technical stuff but not sure lol
just looking to be playing football manager 2011 on it and browsing the internet on it and thats about all
any help would be much appreciated
thanks

[Roman Chevalier]

Ishu, thanks for the reply on my question earlier, top job. But what is the real difference between 60k and 100k in player database, meaning, will a limited database detract from the game do you think, and can i update the ram on my acer to 4gb?

[Ishu]

Going to get a new laptop to replace my old, battered one (I blame FM for that!)
Looking at these two:
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...uctInformation
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...uctInformation
Any advice would be appreciated.

Samsung one. HP one is too vague about the specs.

looking for a laptop, or a netbook, as this is just old and in need of getting put in the bin lol
looking to spend 350 pound but would be willing to go to 400 if it was more value for money, iv got a rough idea about the technical stuff but not sure lol
just looking to be playing football manager 2011 on it and browsing the internet on it and thats about all
any help would be much appreciated
thanks

The last two or three pages have some good FM centric Laptops for your budget.

[Ishu]

Ishu, thanks for the reply on my question earlier, top job. But what is the real difference between 60k and 100k in player database, meaning, will a limited database detract from the game do you think, and can i update the ram on my acer to 4gb?

60k vs 100k is obviously less/more number of players available for transfers, international etc(Some leagues having grey players). More players require more beefy PC.

And which Acer??

[smgers]

Samsung one. HP one is too vague about the specs.

Thanks a lot Ishu.

[Ishu]

Thanks a lot Ishu.

Welcome

[Roman Chevalier]

60k vs 100k is obviously less/more number of players available for transfers, international etc(Some leagues having grey players). More players require more beefy PC.

And which Acer??

acer aspire 5553, might upgrade the ram from 3 to 4

[Delvish]

Intel Q9550 + ATI 4890:



Poor rating ? Yeah, right.

[Ishu]

acer aspire 5553, might upgrade the ram from 3 to 4

Possible.

Intel Q9550 + ATI 4890:

Poor rating ? Yeah, right.

[TJJESSE]

would it be good playing your match engine in 3d with this laptop? (i mean 3d with the glasses)

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/201213

[lovehopepeace]

Hi guys, used to post regularly on here but this is the first time I've been on for years. Nice to be back! I have to buy a set of new laptops for the youth club I run but I want to get ones that can run FM well as it is a favourite activity of a number of our lads... Money is an issue. I was hoping to spend around £300 but can expand upwards. £400 would be the absolute limit but really want to stay as cheap as possible. As I will be buying a number the difference in budget really adds up. I need laptops that will last too so build quality does matter to me. Basically I want a combination of FM goodness-build quality-value for money... FM wise it doesn't matter if it doesn't do 3D too well, I think generally it will be used for a fairly simple game of FM as we usually compete against each other. 10 leagues or so and as many players as possible!

I've come up with a list of laptops I'm considering. I've whittled it down to 11! I'll put them in price order, cheapest to most expensive...
Lenovo. It's cheap.
HP
Medion. Not sure about not going for a big brand
Good spec. Not sure about the fact it is refurbed. Will these be reliable?
Acer
Compaq
Toshiba. I've heard Toshiba laptops are really reliable which is a plus.
This one looks good but not sure about the processor. Is it big enough?
Toshiba number 2. More expensive but looks good.
Toshiba 2. Getting very expensive now. This and the next will have to be really good!
Toshiba 3.

So what do you think? The ones that are 300-330 can be upgraded for RAM. Other than that I want to avoid upgrades. What are people's thoughts on these? If possible it would be good to get people's opinions on the best cheap option (330 or less) and the best more expensive option, over 330. If you could also let me know how these will perform for the guys (number of leagues/players etc) it would be much appreciated. The advice others have received on here has been hugely helpful and thanks in advance for the help I'm sure you'll all give me. I know that these aren't going to be the best laptops but hopefully they'll do. Thanks!

[WoGBoYz]

Guys,

how many more leagues/players could I run if I got the 3.2GHz AMD 6 core over the 2.8GHz AMD 6 Core? (on a 890fx chipset board) Running win7 64 bit, 8gb ddr3 ram 1333 (should I get faster or is this ok) and 500gb hdd at 7200rpm?

I'm still deciding between the two cpu's but wanted to get a rough comparison to go off.
Thanks

[Ishu]

Guys,
how many more leagues/players could I run if I got the 3.2GHz AMD 6 core over the 2.8GHz AMD 6 Core? (on a 890fx chipset board) Running win7 64 bit, 8gb ddr3 ram 1333 (should I get faster or is this ok) and 500gb hdd at 7200rpm?
I'm still deciding between the two cpu's but wanted to get a rough comparison to go off.
Thanks

The 2.8GHz can run all leagues. 3.2 GHz will be a bit faster, its black edition (Unlocked multiplier) means it can be easily and higly overclocked.

EDIT : Ram is ok @ 1333 but look for quality brand.

[WoGBoYz]

Thanks Ishu. With the $100 difference in price, would the 3.2 be that much faster to justify the extra? How quick would all leagues run? Ishu, what machine are you running for FM?

[lovehopepeace]

Hey Ishu, any chance you could respond to my post up above? You seem to know your stuff but I don't know the first thing really and could do with some help! Cheers.

[Ishu]

Thanks Ishu. With the $100 difference in price, would the 3.2 be that much faster to justify the extra? How quick would all leagues run? Ishu, what machine are you running for FM?

Not really. 3,2 will overclock very very easily without much strain to your mobo and RAM. 2.8 will take much more work to OC.
How quick is kinda impossible to tell.

My laptop
T2370 Dual core 1.73GHz
2GB RAM
Intel X3100
15"

Hey Ishu, any chance you could respond to my post up above? You seem to know your stuff but I don't know the first thing really and could do with some help! Cheers.

Forgot about it. Sorry.
On it.

[Ishu]

I've come up with a list of laptops I'm considering. I've whittled it down to 11! I'll put them in price order, cheapest to most expensive...

Lenovo. It's cheap.
Its good. Can 3D on high.
Upgrade to 4GB ram and it'll run 20 to 30 leagues with 60,000 players

Toshiba number 2. More expensive but looks good.
This one is exactly same as the cheapest lenovo except that it already has 4GB ram. Got a full keyboard so the keys may be tiny. My recommendation.
Check RAM prices and decide

Toshiba 3.
Best of all. Can easily run 30 to 40 leagues with 80,000 players.

[smgers]

Was going to go for a Samsung one but have seen this one:

http://www.dabs.com/products/acer-as...m-64-760T.html

Any good? Just going to be for FM and then browsing and word documents.

[Ishu]

Was going to go for a Samsung one but have seen this one:

http://www.dabs.com/products/acer-as...m-64-760T.html

Any good? Just going to be for FM and then browsing and word documents.

Better .

[smgers]

Better .

Thanks for your help Ishu - going to go for this one then.

[Terras-FM]

Well basically just heard from my Dad that my laptops motherboard is buggered so i'm going to need to get a new one, problem is that i only have around £350- i know i'm not going to get a top of the range laptop for that price but was wondering weather you could look around the internet and just see if there was a decent laptop for around that price- would be greatly apprciated- wont be playing fm on the 5th then

[Ishu]

Well basically just heard from my Dad that my laptops motherboard is buggered so i'm going to need to get a new one, problem is that i only have around £350- i know i'm not going to get a top of the range laptop for that price but was wondering weather you could look around the internet and just see if there was a decent laptop for around that price- would be greatly apprciated- wont be playing fm on the 5th then

Try to scroll up

Lenovo. It's cheap.
Its good. Can 3D on high.
Upgrade to 4GB ram and it'll run 20 to 30 leagues with 60,000 players

Toshiba number 2. More expensive but looks good.
This one is exactly same as the cheapest lenovo except that it already has 4GB ram. Got a full keyboard so the keys may be tiny. My recommendation.
Check RAM prices and decide

Toshiba 3.
Best of all. Can easily run 30 to 40 leagues with 80,000 players.

[Terras-FM]

Are they britsh based companys?- or are they fairly reliable?

[pelicanstuff]

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/packar...369&xtor=AL-11 doesn't look too bad for £350 either.

The 'Toshiba 3' was a good deal but is expired.

[Bruun]

Mmh i was wondering how many leagues my new laptop is gonna handle:

Sony Vaio EB series..

I5 430m processor - 2.26 ghz turbo boost up to 2.56 ghz is possible
4 gb ddr3 ram - 1033 mhz
ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5650 - 1 gb dedicated
500 gb hdd

Any one know how many leagues it will run ? And i know it will run 3d perfect

[mickeyjoe]

Hi

Just after getting a new HP laptop, see specs below, any idea how many leagues/players I can run an is the Graphics card good enough for 3D.

Thanks

Processor AMD Phenom II X2 Processor N620
- 2.8 GHz
- 1.8 GHz HT
- 2 MB L2 Cache
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
RAM - 4GB installed DDR3 RAM
Graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450 Graphics
Screen type Widescreen LCD HP BrightView
Screen resolution - WXGA
- 1366 x 768 pixels
Screen size 15.6"
Screen features - LED backlighting
- Gloss Superbright
Hard drive 320GB SATA

[Terras-FM]

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/packar...369&xtor=AL-11

I think i'm going to get this one, how many league can this run?

[FOREVER]

its same requirments fm2010

my comp.

P3 600
512mb sdram
64mb geforce mmx / mx 400

i didnt play 2009 but i played 2010..

can i play 2011? is it work?

[Ishu]

Mmh i was wondering how many leagues my new laptop is gonna handle:

Sony Vaio EB series..

I5 430m processor - 2.26 ghz turbo boost up to 2.56 ghz is possible
4 gb ddr3 ram - 1033 mhz
ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5650 - 1 gb dedicated
500 gb hdd

Any one know how many leagues it will run ? And i know it will run 3d perfect

25 to 35 leagues

Hi

Just after getting a new HP laptop, see specs below, any idea how many leagues/players I can run an is the Graphics card good enough for 3D.

Thanks

Processor AMD Phenom II X2 Processor N620
- 2.8 GHz
- 1.8 GHz HT
- 2 MB L2 Cache
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
RAM - 4GB installed DDR3 RAM
Graphics card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450 Graphics
Screen type Widescreen LCD HP BrightView
Screen resolution - WXGA
- 1366 x 768 pixels
Screen size 15.6"
Screen features - LED backlighting
- Gloss Superbright
Hard drive 320GB SATA

25 to 35 leagues with 50 to 60k players.
3D on high

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/packar...369&xtor=AL-11

I think i'm going to get this one, how many league can this run?

20 to 30 leagues with 50k players

[Ishu]

its same requirments fm2010

my comp.

P3 600
512mb sdram
64mb geforce mmx / mx 400

i didnt play 2009 but i played 2010..

can i play 2011? is it work?

1 league with small DB and no additional players loaded.

[FOREVER]

i played 2010 same..

1 league enough for me thanks

[Millionaires]

Hi,

Thinking of buying a new pc, mainly for business/work. Must play FM11 though.

Specs of PC I have in mind:

* AMD Phenom™ II X4 P940 (1.70GHz, 512kx4)
* Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
* 8.192 MB 1.333 MHz Dual Channel DDR3-memory [4 x 2.048]
* 1 TB SATA-HD (7.200 rpm)
* 1 GB DDR3 ATI Radeon™ HD 5450

How would this play FM'11 in terms of:

- Number of leagues/players?
- Handling 3D?
- Speed of game?

Chrs!!

[Ishu]

Hi,

Thinking of buying a new pc, mainly for business/work. Must play FM11 though.

Specs of PC I have in mind:

* AMD Phenom™ II X4 P940 (1.70GHz, 512kx4)
* Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
* 8.192 MB 1.333 MHz Dual Channel DDR3-memory [4 x 2.048]
* 1 TB SATA-HD (7.200 rpm)
* 1 GB DDR3 ATI Radeon™ HD 5450

How would this play FM'11 in terms of:

- Number of leagues/players?
- Handling 3D?
- Speed of game?

Chrs!!

It will run 3D on high and lots of leagues but what i that CPU?? Never heard of it.

[Millionaires]

It will run 3D on high and lots of leagues but what i that CPU?? Never heard of it.

Thanks for the very, very quick response! Cpu? Well, specs come from the Dutch version of the Dell site. Dont know exactly, but I guess we are dealing here with this processor. http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/phenomii940/. Any thoughts on it?

Regards!

[Ishu]

Thanks for the very, very quick response! Cpu? Well, specs come from the Dutch version of the Dell site. Dont know exactly, but I guess we are dealing here with this processor. http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/phenomii940/. Any thoughts on it?

Regards!

I thought so. But that (940) is a 3 GHz. Yours is 1.7GHz

[mickeyjoe]

Cheers Ishu

25 to 35 leagues

25 to 35 leagues with 50 to 60k players.
3D on high


20 to 30 leagues with 50k players

[Millionaires]

I thought so. But that (940) is a 3 GHz. Yours is 1.7GHz

Hmmm... true. Strange. I have to look into that. Guess it wont make that big of difference for my FM performance, does it? Nevertheless, thanks for the feedback Ishu! Much appreciated.

UPDATE: think i found what makes for the different clock rates: P940 (1.7Ghz) is a mobile version of the regular 940 (3Ghz). See: http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Phe...r.37492.0.html

[Keyzer Soze]

Hi guys,

i have a laptop with these specs:

HP Pavillion DV7 2080ep
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9550 @ 2.66GHz (2 CPUs)
4096MB RAM
Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 (1016MB dedicated)
Windows 7-64bits

Is this good enough to play FM2011 in 3D high detail? Because when i try the FM2011 demo, i got my CPU running at 90/100%, and my computer getting a little too hot (75º).

Is this normal?

In FM2010 my laptop run the game just fine, with the CPU never working above the 35%.

Thks for all the help, because i must decide if i'm gonna spend 50€ in the new game, or just continue to play FM2010.

[bucket]

Hey,

I own an iMac with 2.66Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo. 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.

I'm toying with the idea of upgrading to 4gb so I can run more leagues. Do you think this is necessary or how many leagues do you think I can run now?

Thanks

Bucket

[djvandyke]

Intel Core i7-980X Processor Extreme Edition (12M Cache, 3.33 GHz, 6 Cores)
6gb RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5970

[phildenham]

Hi,

I wondered if someone could help me. I've tried the demo out over the last couple of days (vanilla, quick start) and have already had problems with my laptop overheating in 2d mode - something I never had on FM2010.

First, I tried out the 3d engine and it overheated (which it did on FM2010 so fair enough), but once I restarted and tried 2d it's done it twice more.

I've checked my spec on www.systemrequirementslab.com and it says I pass everything... details below... should I be ok? If so, anyone got any ideas on how I can fix this?

Thanks
Phil

CPU Speed
Minimum: Windows XP: 1.4 GHz or faster, Windows Vista/7: 2.0 GHz or faster
You Have: 2.19 GHz Performance Rated at: 3.6135 GHz
PASS

RAM
Minimum: Windows XP: 512 MB RAM, Windows Vista/7: 1.0 GB RAM
You Have: 3.0 GB
PASS

OS
Minimum: Windows XP/Vista/W7
You Have: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition (build 7600), 32-bit
PASS

Video Card
Minimum: 128 MB Supported Chipsets - Nvidia FX 5900 Ultra or greater; ATI Radeon 9800 or greater; Intel 82915G/82910GL or greater. Earlier cards may only display 2D Match Viewer Mode and are not supported
You Have: GeForce G 105M
PASS

Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card
Required You Have
Video RAM 128 MB 1.7 GB
Pixel Shader version 2.0 4.0
PASS

VC Driver version
Minimum: DirectX® Version 9.0c (included)
You Have: 8.15.11.8652
PASS

Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You Have: NVIDIA High Definition Audio
PASS

Free Disk Space
Minimum: 2 GB
You Have: 187.2 GB
PASS

[Ishu]

Hi guys,i have a laptop with these specs:
HP Pavillion DV7 2080ep
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9550 @ 2.66GHz (2 CPUs)
4096MB RAM
Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 (1016MB dedicated)
Windows 7-64bits
Is this good enough to play FM2011 in 3D high detail? Because when i try the FM2011 demo, i got my CPU running at 90/100%, and my computer getting a little too hot (75º).

Yes.
Laptops run hot. You can buy a cooler or make one yourself.

Hey,
I own an iMac with 2.66Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo. 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM.
I'm toying with the idea of upgrading to 4gb so I can run more leagues. Do you think this is necessary or how many leagues do you think I can run now?
Thanks
Bucket

Extra 2GB will make a difference but not too much.
20 25 leagues and 30 to 40k players

Hi,

I wondered if someone could help me. I've tried the demo out over the last couple of days (vanilla, quick start) and have already had problems with my laptop overheating in 2d mode - something I never had on FM2010.

First, I tried out the 3d engine and it overheated (which it did on FM2010 so fair enough), but once I restarted and tried 2d it's done it twice more.

Try to run speedfan and check the tempratures.
Or you can buy/make a laptop cooler.

[AVFC4LIFE]

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/packar...24500-pdt.html

Will probably go for this one but is there much difference with the Lenovo edge posted earlier? - http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenov...5_1002746.html

[Ishu]

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/packar...24500-pdt.html
Will probably go for this one but is there much difference with the Lenovo edge posted earlier? - http://www.saveonlaptops.co.uk/Lenov...5_1002746.html

Very similar CPU and graphics.
Bell has 3GB RAM instead of lenovo's 2GB for £50 extra. 2GB RAM stick is only 30 bucks.

[Konen]

Intel® Core™ i3-370M Processor
- 2.40 GHz
- 2.5 GT/s DMI
- 3 MB Smart Cache

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit

4GB installed DDR3 RAM

Intel® HD Graphics

[AVFC4LIFE]

Last question Ishu, I promise!

http://www.it247.com/product/1/ACRSU...U9400-13-3-TFT - Any thoughts? It looks like the processor is a letdown

[RICO]

Anyone running the 980X processor? if so what sort of league setup?

[Ishu]

Last question Ishu, I promise!

http://www.it247.com/product/1/ACRSU...U9400-13-3-TFT - Any thoughts? It looks like the processor is a letdown

That CPU is a low power nonsense.

Anyone running the 980X processor? if so what sort of league setup?

Obviously all leagues.

LOL @ Gomes

[RICO]

That CPU is a low power nonsense.



Obviously all leagues.

LOL @ Gomes

not necessarily, due to all the cores only being used when processing full detail results (for some reason?) its doesn't run that quick with all leagues selected.

[Ishu]

not necessarily, due to all the cores only being used when processing full detail results (for some reason?) its doesn't run that quick with all leagues selected.

The reason is that on no detail the results are calculated depending on reputation, rather than actual simulation.

[RICO]

playable matches are calculated on real player performances, its only view only leagues that use just team reputation.

its a shame FM10 and probably FM11 only uses some of the cores on normal detail, if it used all it would really speed up processing time.

[Ishu]

playable matches are calculated on real player performances, its only view only leagues that use just team reputation.

its a shame FM10 and probably FM11 only uses some of the cores on normal detail, if it used all it would really speed up processing time.

It will still run 'em all anyway.

[stevie_G_32201]

how does ATI mobility radion HD 3400 series stack up with graphics card requirements?

other specs

2ghz core 2 duo, win 7 3GB ram

what sort of leagues and i likely to be able to run without problems

[Ishu]

Good enough. 3D on high.
20 leagues with 40,000 players

[stevie_G_32201]

was just thinking of running

England (top 2)
France (top 2)
Germany (top 2)
Italy (top 2)
Spain (top 2)
Holland (top)
Portugal (top)
Russia (top)
Ukraine (top)
Belgium (top)
Brazil (top 2)
Argentina (top 2)

Large databse, should be ok right?

[TigerTime]

Intel Core i7-980X Processor Extreme Edition (12M Cache, 3.33 GHz, 6 Cores)
6gb RAM
ATI Radeon HD 5970

Will be able to run a lot of leagues smoothly that. Around 50. Also you should be able to load around 120,000 players.

Intel® Core™ i3-370M Processor
- 2.40 GHz
- 2.5 GT/s DMI
- 3 MB Smart Cache

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit

4GB installed DDR3 RAM

Intel® HD Graphics

30 leagues, 80,000 players and 3d graphics will run smooth on low and medium.

was just thinking of running

England (top 2)
France (top 2)
Germany (top 2)
Italy (top 2)
Spain (top 2)
Holland (top)
Portugal (top)
Russia (top)
Ukraine (top)
Belgium (top)
Brazil (top 2)
Argentina (top 2)

Large databse, should be ok right?

Should be fine.

[stevie_G_32201]

thanks, roll on friday.

[TigerTime]

Hopefully Wednesday or Thursday for me!

[stevie_G_32201]

hoping for an early delivery? ive pre-ordered with play.com i wont expect it

[TigerTime]

hoping for an early delivery? ive pre-ordered with play.com i wont expect it

Yep. I ordered with Zavvi. Last year I got it a couple days early from them.

IS 3GB RAM DDR2 (1066MHz) Better than 4GB RAM DDR2 (667MHz)

3gb of RAM (1066MHZ) is better. That 4gb is seriously slow!

[Ishu]

IS 3GB RAM DDR2 (1066MHz) Better than 4GB RAM DDR2 (667MHz)

Not really. Unless you want to OC. Also depends on timings.
Stick with 800MHz.

PS these choices depend on your mobo.

[TJJESSE]

Yep. I ordered with Zavvi. Last year I got it a couple days early from them.



3gb of RAM (1066MHZ) is better. That 4gb is seriously slow!

How fast do you think this laptop will run..... http://www.ebuyer.com/product/201213

[TigerTime]

20-25 leagues, 60-80,000 players and 3d will run smoothly on high. I'm sure I've seen some laptops with i3/AMD X4 processors. Have a good look around the Internet before purchasing that laptop.

[TJJESSE]

do u think it will run 30 leagues with 80,000 to 100,000 players decent

[Ishu]

I would advice you to stay away from 3D. Fact - Only 1% of 3D laptops manufactured have been sold.
And most of the stuff in that laptop is old. DDR2 instead of DDR3, Core2Duo instead of Core i etc.

[Ishu]

why dont i just buy this laptop and then later on i upgrade to DDR3 and if possible the processor. Is that a good idea?

Both are impossible.
Only way to insert a DDR3 in that is to use a hammer.

And by the time you would want to upgrade, DDR2 will be insanely priced like DDR1 right now.

[socceroonie]

Ishu, you national treasure you.

What do you think about a Macbook Pro, 2.53 GHz i5, 4GB 1067MHz DDR3? Also an NVIDIA GT 330M?

[Ishu]

Acer 3GB
Lenovo 2GB. Can be upgraded to 4GB

Below £500 Laptops.
@TJJESSE

[Ishu]

Ishu, you national treasure you.

What do you think about a Macbook Pro, 2.53 GHz i5, 4GB 1067MHz DDR3? Also an NVIDIA GT 330M?

LOL

30 to 40 leagues with 80k players. 3D on high.

[TJJESSE]

Ishu: Do u think the 3d one is worth it, cause i have seen some good reviews on it. Plus it is a decent all rounder and i can always upgrade ddr2 to ddr3.

So what do you think should i go for it? Is it good value for money

[pelicanstuff]

Ishu: Do u think the 3d one is worth it, cause i have seen some good reviews on it. Plus it is a decent all rounder and i can always upgrade ddr2 to ddr3.

So what do you think should i go for it? Is it good value for money

I think the 3D one is crap value compared to the Lenovo that Ishu linked. The Lenovo also has the advantage of very OK graphics for the price.

[TJJESSE]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/201213

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/227402

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/pro.../specification

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pav...369&xtor=AL-11

Which would i get more out of, please take everything into consideration

[scaffscazz]

hello

processor...q6600@2.4ghz
ram....3072mb
windows xp

i play commentry only. what would be my limit league wise, without much waiting.

[Ishu]

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/201213 3

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/227402 2

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/pro.../specification 3

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pav...369&xtor=AL-11 1

Which would i get more out of, please take everything into consideration

Links in the PM don't work

hello

processor...q6600@2.4ghz
ram....3072mb
windows xp

i play commentry only. what would be my limit league wise, without much waiting.

30 leagues. 50,000 players.

[dazbowski]

Yep. I ordered with Zavvi. Last year I got it a couple days early from them.



3gb of RAM (1066MHZ) is better. That 4gb is seriously slow!

Maybe next wednesday or thursday then. You were VERY lucky last year. ZAVVI are very ropey on delivery times, I and alot of others waitin upto 2 weeks last year!

[scaffscazz]

thankyou very much

[stevvy]

Any ideas how many countries/leagues/players I could run with my new build PC? Thinking of doing the top 2 divisions for most countries (except England, Scotland, and maybe Italy and Spain where I'd likely go further down). All I know so far is that 3D works fine on it.

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor
3.4GHz
4GB RAM
Windows 7 (64 bit)
ATI Radeon HD 5670

Cheers in advance guys.

[Terras-FM]

How easy is it to put on RAM yourself?

[TigerTime]

Any ideas how many countries/leagues/players I could run with my new build PC? Thinking of doing the top 2 divisions for most countries (except England, Scotland, and maybe Italy and Spain where I'd likely go further down). All I know so far is that 3D works fine on it.

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor
3.4GHz
4GB RAM
Windows 7 (64 bit)
ATI Radeon HD 5670

Cheers in advance guys.

Good 35 leagues, 80,000 players and graphics will run smooth on high.

How easy is it to put on RAM yourself?

It's easy to do in a PC, not so easy to do in a laptop. Have a look on youtube for a guide.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/201213

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/227402

http://www.comet.co.uk/shopcomet/pro.../specification

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pav...369&xtor=AL-11

Which would i get more out of, please take everything into consideration

I'd go for the Lenovo IdeaPad Z560 Laptop, if you know a computer guy you will be able to change the RAM as I'd definitely upgrade to 4GB.

If you don't know anyone, go for the one with the AMD X2 processor with 4gb of RAM.

[Sideshow Robbie Earle]

Hi, I've been running FM10 with around 15-20 leagues and it's processing fine after 20 or so seasons.

For a new career save in FM11 I'd like to add in a few more countries, as I'm suffering from lack of good regens outside the 4 countries I've got loaded. I like to play lower leagues so I'd rather not drop the lower tiers I've got loaded in order to get more countries in. Is it likely I'd be able to run more than 20 leagues with this set-up?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual core 4200+ 2.20GHz
2GB DDR2 533 Mhz memory
Windows 7 32-bit
Sapphire Radeon HD 4550 512MB GDDR3 PCI-E 2.0x16 Graphics Card

Is it worth upgrading to 4GB RAM, or 64 bit OS? (bearing in mind costs, and that I can change RAM but have never installed a new OS before!)

Cheers.

[stevvy]

Good 35 leagues, 80,000 players and graphics will run smooth on high.

Thanks very much mate. Wouldn't do THAT many leagues, but enough to keep me interested for 20+ seasons anyway.

[Saints Forever]

Could anybody help me please, i am looking to buy a new laptop sometime soon to run the fm11 match engine smootly, what graphic cards should i avoid and which ones would u recommend ? i know the laptop has to have a good processer and ram aswell but i already know about them 2

[TJJESSE]

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pav...ab-accessories

How good is this laptop? Is it good value for money? Is it future proof? Is it worth buying? How many leagues amd players would fm run on it?

Who ever answers this i will love you forever

[ipswichjon2]

Hi guys, since my wife has annexed the PC playing world of Warcraft I'm thinking of getting a new laptop so I can have some quality fm time  would the dell studio 15 be a good option, specs are:
Windows 7 64bit
Processor
Intel® Core™ i3-350M (2.26Ghz, 4 threads 3mbcache)
1GB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD5470 Graphics Card
Memory

4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
500gb harddrive

Thanks for any advice

Jon

[byron4]

Debating on this Sony Vaio

I can get a good deal at my local store for one of these, a lot less than the price of this.

How will it perform, does anyone have this model?

Any help appreciated.

[Terras-FM]

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/acer-as...39249-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g62-...74223-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/packard...39216-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/emachin...39220-pdt.html

Which is the best one, and on the best one how many league etc?

[TJJESSE]

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pav...ab-accessories

How good is this laptop? Is it good value for money? Is it future proof? Is it worth buying? How many leagues amd players would fm run on it?

Please help anyone

[pelicanstuff]

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-pav...ab-accessories

How good is this laptop? Is it good value for money? Is it future proof? Is it worth buying? How many leagues amd players would fm run on it?

Please help anyone

It is quite decent value for money. Processor performance should be slightly better than the Lenovo from ebuyer and graphics performance about the same. In all, given the price difference, I would probably go for the Lenovo as I just prefer Intel processors. However, they are both quite good value I think.

I think they would both run 25-30 leagues and 80k players, but others may disagree.

[pelicanstuff]

Debating on this Sony Vaio

I can get a good deal at my local store for one of these, a lot less than the price of this.

How will it perform, does anyone have this model?

Any help appreciated.

I don't have this model but it should run the game really well. If you can get this for a price in the 600-630 region you should be quite happy. If it's significantly more I have seen similar spec on some Dells and HPs for around these prices.

[pelicanstuff]

Hi guys, since my wife has annexed the PC playing world of Warcraft I'm thinking of getting a new laptop so I can have some quality fm time  would the dell studio 15 be a good option, specs are:
Windows 7 64bit
Processor
Intel® Core™ i3-350M (2.26Ghz, 4 threads 3mbcache)
1GB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD5470 Graphics Card
Memory

4096MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [2x2048]
500gb harddrive

Thanks for any advice

Jon

This is the one at £549? I quite like the look of that deal, you might get the same specs a few quid cheaper but the studio line is really stylish and well built and Dell's customer service is really good nowadays.

[pelicanstuff]

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/acer-as...39249-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g62-...74223-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/packard...39216-pdt.html

http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/emachin...39220-pdt.html

Which is the best one, and on the best one how many league etc?

The Acer has the best processor but it doesn't look like the graphics will be good. If you can spare an extra £35 it would really be worth shelling out for that Lenovo from ebuyer, it's a much better machine than any of those & will last you longer for just 35 quid more.

http://www.dabs.com/products/acer-as...m-64-760T.html is also worth keeping under consideration, only £19 more, graphics not as good as the Lenovo though.

[ipswichjon2]

This is the one at £549? I quite like the look of that deal, you might get the same specs a few quid cheaper but the studio line is really stylish and well built and Dell's customer service is really good nowadays.

Yup £549 (but I may get a sneaky employee discount from a friend who works in Ireland for dell )

How many leagues and what kind of graphics performance will this give me?

Cheers Jon