Railworks 3 (TS2012) & Windows 8

[Necer149]

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum. I am sorry if there is already another thread about this but I looked and couldn't find one. Anyways, I plan on getting a new laptop to run Railworks on, but the laptop that I want has Windows 8. I just wanted to make sure before getting that everything will run like a charm on Windows 8.

Thanks!

Mark

[harryadkins]

I have a new computer with Windows 8. After a few tweaks, Railworks works great.

[FourEightFour]

Personally I thought windows 8 was....meh.

[wackyhuman]

Windows 8 works fine with RS2013. I just make a habit of not installing steam on the same drive as my OS.

[Necer149]

Thanks for the replies everyone! I think that I'll go ahead and get it.
Thanks again everyone

Mark

[harryadkins]

BTW, if you have the option, get Win7 installed on your new computer. I REALLY don't like Win8.

[Shortliner]

BTW, if you have the option, get Win7 installed on your new computer. I REALLY don't like Win8.

No one does.

[buzz456]

What he said.

[CSX2057]

Glad to hear Rw works with Win8. Something I can use to over clock a new pc....Yay me!!!

[buzz456]

You will find that most laptops have a tough time with Rail Works because of it's high video demand. Look carefully and get one with high end video capability or you will be disappointed trying to run RW.

[Necer149]

This is the laptop I ended up getting, mostly because it costed a lot less and had better PC Specs.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-o ... on/A3F49AV

Specs-
OS= Win 7 Pro 64 Bit
Processor= 3rd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3610QM Processor (2.3 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) When this processor has less GHz than the game requires it can boost itself up to 3.3 GHz.
Graphics= NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GT 650M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 memory [HDMI, VGA]
Memory= 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
Hard Drive= 750GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
Power Supply= 90W AC power adapter
Battery= 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
Also has a 15.6 in display and beats audio. Sadly it won't come for a month but I think that it will be able to get the job done.

[CSX2057]

That's not bad, you mean this laptop can overclock? Never heard of it.

[Necer149]

Yah! I have never heard of that either. I heard somewhere that it isn't good for the PC for it to be overclocking. So I am a little worried about that...
So do you guys think that Railworks should run pretty smooth on that? I'm hoping to get at least 25 FPS for an average frame rate.

[buzz456]

The only thing you have to worry about with overclocking usually is overheating which we all know is a lot bigger problem with laptops than PCs. Because I got tired of listening to the fans I finally broke down and went with liquid cooling. It is awesome. However with a laptop you need a cooling pad to help. There are plenty of software monitors so you can keep an eye out to make sure your CPU isn't getting too hot.

[arizonachris]

There are several third party programs that will overclock just about anything.

You will want a laptop cooler pad for this bad boy, that lappy is gonna generate heat. Heat kills electronics. But, that is a nice looking laptop.

(Oops, Buzzy beat me to it! ) I use Core Temp to monitor the CPU temps, and CPU usage.