[New] Microsoft Surface 3 Tablet

[Basicnecro]

My original intent was to necro (pun!) an old thread I came across, sadly it was locked.

Microsoft recently announced these tablets:
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Surface-Tablet-10-8-Inch-Intel/dp/B00VGNZ4PG

Was thinking about getting one for the wife, and was wondering whether or not it would play p99. I kind of assumed as long as its a Windows 8 machine it would work, but reading through previous threads lead me to believe that I am incorrect. Anyone care to share some of their spare knowledge?

[oblexsis]

I cant say for sure but from reading the specs i don't see why it wouldn't play p99 since it can run desktop applications .

[pebble123]

I play on my original gen surface pro frequently without any problems

[Thulack]

Its needs to be Pro version and not RT version. Not sure if Surface 3 even has RT version but probably not so you should be fine.

[Swish]

Tablets

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Keep it classic!

[khanable]

I think you'll run into issues with anything that does scaling on a super high-res screen

I know on a rMBP I needed to set the resolution super low to make it work, and it would look like absolute shit

[mgellan]

Works great on my Surface Pro 2 so should work fine on a 3 -- Mg

[Frostiez]

Surface Pro 3 user here: I5 128gig. Works perfectly fine. I Plug into a 24in monitor, or play it stand along with the type pad. Should be good to go.

[khanable]

Does the Pro 2 and 3 both do 2x UI scaling in windows?

How does that work out in EQ? I wasn't ever able to get EQ to do 2x scaling or anything like it - do you guys just put the tablets in width/2 x height/2 resolution to play?

[Basicnecro]

Thanks, folks, I really appreciate the responses. It was the whole "RT" thing that threw me off. Been so busy that I've missed a lot of the details in computer development over the past three (heck...five?) or so years.

[Jify]

How would this work on a Stream 7? Got one in the mail.. would be wicked if a $99 unit could play P1999!

[khanable]

How would this work on a Stream 7? Got one in the mail.. would be wicked if a $99 unit could play P1999!

ravager plays on a dell venue 8 pro (2gb ram tho)

he says it works OK - is the stream 7 1gb of ram? might work.

you can get a venue 8 pro for $100 or so on ebay

[gojita69]

Atom is a 4 letter word.

[Clark]

Tablets

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Keep it classic!

lol

[joppykid]

Its needs to be Pro version and not RT version. Not sure if Surface 3 even has RT version but probably not so you should be fine.

Surface 3 is a full Windows 8.1 Operating System, RT is finally done with.

In regards to OP, it should be able to, the $499 one has 2GB Ram and $599 on has 4GB Ram, both have Intel Atom Processors which are Tablet processors but probably can still power P99, not positive if they are keeping it 32 bit or 64 bit on this one. The Surface Pro 3 has Intel Core Processors so are much more powerful than the Atom.

I would say, yes it can run it.

[DeadlyReza]

You just might have some lagging issues running it and trying to do other stuff, my i7 surface pro 3 runs it perfectly, good little tablets these surfaces are!

[webrunner5]

God I would think with a little work you could run EQ on a Cell Phone lol. I mean how powerful was our computers in 1999?? :D And dial up to boot.

I guess if you pretend you were a Bard and turned everything down to min and turned off a few things I don't see why it would not run on about anything in this day and age as long as you have the storage ability for the files. :eek:

[Radtown]

So I can run p99 on my surface pro 3, it has an issue where the game is so small though, like the screen is so good that p99 is like a 2inch by 2inch square in the top left, lol. You can do it with some resolution tinkering though.