New laptop and Factorio

[Shekki]

Okay, my current laptop sometimes freezes some functions, like browser, basic drives (I mean when I browse files in D: or C:). So I'm getting new laptop, but I want buy powerful enough so I can keep playing Factorio. So what you think how much perfomance Factorio will need in future? So much stuff/robots will be flying around, and maps need more and more ram as they expand more. Also as if new graphics come in, I want make sure my new laptop runs Factorio. =)

Here is laptop that has caught my eyes on:
HP 15-R210NO laptop

• Microprocessor: 2.16 GHz Intel Pentium N3540 with Intel HD Graphics
  Microprocessor Cache: 2 MB cache, 4 cores
  Memory: 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3L SDRAM (1 x 8 GB)
  Video Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
  Display: 39.6 cm (15.6") diagonal HD BrightView WLED-backlit (1366 x 768)
  Hard Drive :1 TB 5400 rpm SATA

Sounds good to me, but I don't know if video graphics is any good.

[Nic]

I use a very cheap notebook which has only a dualcore processor and integrated graphics - it can run 0.12.x very well (previous versions were laggy).
So I assume it will run more than good on your new notebook.

[Shekki]

Yeah, but I want make sure I can run it in future. Maybe if devs answer on this..

[orzelek]

Then I'd recommend two things:
1. Actual GPU with at least 1GB of RAM.
2. Decent CPU of at least I3 family.

[Nic]

Yeah, but I want make sure I can run it in future. Maybe if devs answer on this..

The game will only become more ressource efficient. Not more ressource hungry.

[Shekki]

Yeah, but I want make sure I can run it in future. Maybe if devs answer on this..

The game will only become more ressource efficient. Not more ressource hungry.

Oh really? then I just get what I have posted.

[kiba]

Yeah, but I want make sure I can run it in future. Maybe if devs answer on this..

The game will only become more ressource efficient. Not more ressource hungry.

How so? I want a more complex game, with actual ground robots.

Such thing will grind the CPU to a halt.

[sillyfly]

The developers said they plan on making more optimizations to the game, and have also said in the past that they want the game to be at least playable on computers that aren't top-of-the-line.

Anyway, the performance it still highly dependent on the size of your factory - you can have modest factories running flawlessly on humble 3, 4 or even 5-year old laptops, and then you have mega-bases that grind even high-end gamer computers to a crawling 5 FPS.
So what you have to ask yourself is - how big do you like to build? If you are content with small to medium (say - up to 10K iron and 10K copper per minute) I guess this laptop will be enough; but if, on the other hand, you want to build a massive mega-base with hundreds of trains and sending a satellite into orbit every minute (or even faster), then even an i7 with 16GB of RAM and a top-notch GPU may not be enough.
Future versions may enable us to build bigger factories, but there will always be players crazy enough to build factories that stretch the abilities to the maximum.

[Nic]

Yeah, but I want make sure I can run it in future. Maybe if devs answer on this..

The game will only become more ressource efficient. Not more ressource hungry.

How so? I want a more complex game, with actual ground robots.

Such thing will grind the CPU to a halt.

I am not sure about mods - the vanilla got so much more efficient with the one update - read about how they did it in this FFF post:
Most interesting: http://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-93

http://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-82

http://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-70

[dolly]

gtx 780 ti, gtx 980 and 970 are very good ones

Some graphics cards advice http://pc4u.org/best-graphics-card-unde ... 0p-gaming/

[SHiRKiT]

• Microprocessor: 2.16 GHz Intel Pentium N3540 with Intel HD Graphics
  Microprocessor Cache: 2 MB cache, 4 cores
  Memory: 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3L SDRAM (1 x 8 GB)
  Video Graphics: Intel HD Graphics
  Display: 39.6 cm (15.6") diagonal HD BrightView WLED-backlit (1366 x 768)
  Hard Drive :1 TB 5400 rpm SATA

If you can afford,I'd recommend a few things:
- Get a processor of at least the i3 i5 family
- Get at least 2x8GB of ram, or whichever you go with (say 2x4GB), make sure your computer has Dual Channel support and it has 2 sticks. SPECIALLY if you running Intel HD Graphics. You can also buy an extra 8GB stick.
- I'd recommend getting any graphics card that's not the Intel default one. Even a 620M, 630M should be more efficient, even for running videos on the future, and prevent lagging. Your computer will start to slowdown pretty fast on Windows. Same applies if you run Ubuntu.
- Now, I see that you are running a budget, so I doubt you'll ever get an SSD, but I can't recommend enough that SSDs are a nice thing to have. Being able to boot up my computer from turned off to usable in 8 seconds is a nice thing to have. Even a 128GB SSD with a 1TB external disk storage is better than 1TB storage IMO.