How big of a data suck is this game

slidecage

Would 6gb per month be enough

Timemachinego

It'll use more than you think it should if you're on data regularly, but I can't imagine it using anything near to that.

meadowsweet

@slidecage are you asking or telling?

You can go into your device's settings and see how much mobile data each app has consumed.

iPhone: https://www.theverge.com/24067924/iphone-ios-data-usage-apps-how-to

Android: https://www.androidpolice.com/check-data-use-android-phone-tablet/

NMANOZ1

Last month for me was 122MB, that is playing everyday.

Scofie

For October I used 4.17mb, but I rarely play where there's no wifi coverage.

slidecage

@Scofie said:
For October I used 4.17mb, but I rarely play where there's no wifi coverage.

Thanks all getting ready to move into a new house .. I play this game right now on a PC but thinking of leaving that PC at other house so got few options

1 buy new PC. What probably cost me 600+

2. Get a new tablet or laptop and play what cost me 200-400 plus net.. tab i got now is old tab7a. 3gb 32mb what I don't think I have the space

3. Get phone cost me 70 yes a prepaid and get the 6gb plan for 25..again ild phone. 16gb

But sure drive me crazy playing on phone after 10 years on steam

Alfje17

Looks like my Steam account used 2.75 GB in the last 30 days, while my Android one used 1.89 GB.
I play several hours every day, but Steam does often stay open while I'm doing something else.

slidecage

Thanks all for all the help

Right now thinking new tablet not sure if a laptop can run steam games on its own

If cheap enough this thanksgiving might just buy both .

Right now looking at a tab9 with 256gb for 249

Then maybe a laptop if can find cheap one that runs steam

Just sucks you can't play the steam with phone or tablet

Going to really suck going back to day 1

MegaBee

@slidecage said:
Thanks all for all the help

Right now thinking new tablet not sure if a laptop can run steam games on its own

If cheap enough this thanksgiving might just buy both .

Right now looking at a tab9 with 256gb for 249

Then maybe a laptop if can find cheap one that runs steam

Just sucks you can't play the steam with phone or tablet

Going to really suck going back to day 1

I've got a cheap laptop that runs Steam. There are games that it can't run in Steam, but it will run Steam. MPQ can't take that much power to run.

Alfje17

@MegaBee said:

@slidecage said:

I've got a cheap laptop that runs Steam. There are games that it can't run in Steam, but it will run Steam. MPQ can't take that much power to run.

MPQ doesn't need much to run on a laptop: at the moment I use a Yoga (4GB RAM, 128GB SSD, Win10) and see no difference in performance with my desktop (16GB RAM, 256GB SSD+1TB HDD, Win11)

NMANOZ1

My 9 year old laptop runs it fine (GT 750M graphics card).

slidecage

Thanks again all think going to wait till thanksgiving and buy a laptop see what sort of deals they have. I doubt I have internet till then anyways. Waiting for deal in that as well. And doubt I be fully moved in by then.

slidecage

whats nuts is i was looking at this

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-512gb-ssd-natural-silver/6587788.p?skuId=6587788

it seems powerful but the worker said you will NOT be able to play steam games on it

guess the only thing will be is using the tablet i got and restart

dianetics

Minimum requirements from steam.

OS *: Windows 7
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.00GHz or better
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Intel HD 3000 / Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT / ATI Radeon HD 4650
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 1 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows Compatible Card

The Intel Iris Xe graphics is roughly 1000% more powerful than the HD 3000 the graphics on chip solution from Intel.
The Pentium 4 is a crazy old processor from the early 2000's. So a gen 12 i5 is not even a fair comparison.

That would make that laptop more than suitable to run it.

You would likely have trouble running a lot of games but something like MPQ would likely not have an issue.

Phumade

@slidecage said:
whats nuts is i was looking at this

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i5-8gb-memory-512gb-ssd-natural-silver/6587788.p?skuId=6587788

it seems powerful but the worker said you will NOT be able to play steam games on it

guess the only thing will be is using the tablet i got and restart

That just means triple AAA games. like COD, Baldur's Gate III. anything that requires a high end GPU. MPQ is lightweight in that sense. and high bandwidth usually just means its sync art files etc... that part can be slow especially over mobile (i.e,. if I have to switch from tablet to phone, the first reload is slow especially the phone is several updates behind)

slidecage

not that good with pc set up how about this one

https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/7091493/HP-17-cp2134od-Laptop-173-Screen/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=sag?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=&mediacampaignid=&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&msclkid=557ebf5fadc613eef9ebd81832ad900f&utm_term=2325192215033739&utm_content=C&A Cart Abandoners&gclid=557ebf5fadc613eef9ebd81832ad900f&gclsrc=3p.ds

or would you spend the extra what 120 and stick with best buy since office is a ryzen 3 while best buy is a ryzen5

that office depot is tempting with 4 year warranty under 330 think best buy is close to 600 with warranty

best buy said you couldnt download it due to some S Feature that makes it hard to download stuff ??

Phumade

@slidecage said:
not that good with pc set up how about this one

https://www.officedepot.com/a/products/7091493/HP-17-cp2134od-Laptop-173-Screen/?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=sag?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=&mediacampaignid=&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&msclkid=557ebf5fadc613eef9ebd81832ad900f&utm_term=2325192215033739&utm_content=C&A Cart Abandoners&gclid=557ebf5fadc613eef9ebd81832ad900f&gclsrc=3p.ds

or would you spend the extra what 120 and stick with best buy since office is a ryzen 3 while best buy is a ryzen5

that office depot is tempting with 4 year warranty under 330 think best buy is close to 600 with warranty

best buy said you couldnt download it due to some S Feature that makes it hard to download stuff ??

Honestly, The first thing you should do is format the hard drive and reinstall from scratch. Personally, I would advise you away from the warranty. (but it is a legitimate valid serivice, and fyi business buy service contracts on their pcs as well) If you do get a warranty only do it for max 2years. I can assure you with 100 confidence that in 2 years, which ever laptop you purchase will be ewaste compared to the 2 years in the future equivalent.

When you see "AI" features, it just means "local" processing vs needs internet access. In real world terms, it means your apps can do all the fancy object detection, language models type next gen stuff without having to goto the cloud. Simply put, imagine all the apps on your phone/tablet/pc that don't work when the internet goes down. The PCs that have the appropriate AI hardware can do all processing in the AI chip vs having to upload to the cloud and rely on some server farm.

As an alternative consider using a tablet like ipad/surface. The app ecosystem(Apple/MS/Google) is very robust and I would be be surprised if there weren't equivalent/similar apps.

Phumade

Sincere opinion

HP consumer laptops are all mid tier compromise. The frame will have alot of flex, and the keyboard will be mushy at best. At the sub $500 price point, you would be better off with a separate screen, keyboard, mouse, "computer". You can easily replace/upgrade those components on a as needed basis.

If you do have an existing screen keyboard setup. You would be better off with a NUC style minicomputer. Simply goto Amazon and search "mini computer" Don't be afraid of the brand names here. Its ALL the same mid-tier consumer grade junk. Don't get me wrong "business/engineering" grade laptops are wonderful marvels of engineering. Simply put don't expect Apple level integration unless your paying Apple level prices.

You will see alot of 4inch by 4 inch by 3 inch cube style computers. Roughly speaking those will be functionally equivalent hardware and it will certainly run all the same software. Don't give a 2nd thought about expansion. anything you "might" need will almost certainly connect via external cable.

Give some serious though to the warm apple/microsoft/google HW embrace. Yes you pay more, but the software/HW integration is important. While I personally would never recommend any of those vendors. I do acknowledge the main stream vendors have well engineered services that are all pretty easy/straightforward to use.

slidecage

HP - 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5 - 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD - Natural Silve

best buy has this one for 299 on sale

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-8gb-memory-512gb-ssd-natural-silver/6569668.p?skuId=6569668

tempted but worker is telling me i cant download steam to it

Or i might just stick to the tab 9a i picked up for 199 black friday with 256gb its more then i will ever use

dianetics

@slidecage said:
HP - 15.6" Touch-Screen Laptop - AMD Ryzen 5 - 8GB Memory - 512GB SSD - Natural Silve

best buy has this one for 299 on sale

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-15-6-touch-screen-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-8gb-memory-512gb-ssd-natural-silver/6569668.p?skuId=6569668

tempted but worker is telling me i cant download steam to it

Or i might just stick to the tab 9a i picked up for 199 black friday with 256gb its more then i will ever use

It should run steam fine.