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Old 01-23-2013, 02:54 AM
greenshag1979 greenshag1979 is offline
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Sorry for the necropost. In my searching this post had the most in common with my own issue.

I just started researching how to get P99 working on my new samsung chromebook, and so far I think the only way possible is over remote desktop. But because it runs the Google OS (which is essentially the Google Chrome browser), it is limited in what apps/programs are available for it.

Chrome Remote Desktop is the default remote desktop app for Google OS. I have gotten it to work well for doing most things on my home computers from my chromebook, like opening pdf's, updating software, and downloading patches for games, but it still struggles in getting even an older game like EQ to run.

I know I still need to reduce my installation and turn down effects, and I think the video quality on the Chromebook is actually rather decent: I've been able to stream Youtube videos and TV shows from stream sites at full 1080p with excellent performance. I also checked into the processor after the reply above and found this info on it:

http://www.samsung.com/global/busine...s/news_17.html
Quote:
The Exynos 5 Dual, with two CPU cores running at a blazing 1.7GHz, its high-powered multi-core GPU, full high-definition multimedia capabilities, and the highest available memory bandwidth in an mobile SoC
And about the GPU:
Mali-T604 ARM
Quote:
Designed for Visual Computing and using innovative tri-pipe architecture, the ARM® Mali™-T604 GPU Compute solution builds upon a track record for high-quality scalable multicore solutions for 2D and 3D graphics. Key APIs supported include OpenVG™ 1.1, OpenGL® ES 1.1, OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.0*, DirectX® 11 and OpenCL™ 1.1.
Other notable Chromebook specs:
11.6’’ (1366x768) display
Built-in dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n
1x USB 3.0, 1x USB 2.0
HDMI Port
Bluetooth 3.0™ Compatible

My home internet connection is also pretty good, doing 30Mbs down and 10Mbs up, on the average. So according to the other threads like this, I've deduced that is rather good, and I should be alright with that where it is.

So I guess what I'm really left wondering is if there are any other known remote desktop apps for Google OS that someone might recommend as an alternative to CRD? I think CRD might not be the most efficient, but I am a complete noob when it comes to remote desktop programs, so I really don't know. If there is a faster program for doing it, I'd certainly like to try it.

Also, someone in some other threads mentioned using a cloud for storage of some of the game. What exactly does this accomplish in the playing-eq-remotely equation? I have 100GB of space I can use on the google cloud, and if it would make running the game easier I'll use it that way, but I have a feeling since eq can't be run as a browser-based program, I'm SOL on actually using the chromebook as anything close to an actual laptop when it comes to games like this (it wouldn't even recognize my usb game controller that I use for my roms).

Has anyone already figured out these questions? lol
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