Anyone know where I can find out what things I can upgrade on my laptop so it performs a bit better when I`m playing EVE?

Seems to struggle a bit with some of the graphics so Im wondering if i need to upgrade the graphics. It`s got 4GB of RAM at the moment so can I put more RAM in it as well?

You can easily add RAM, but you can't do anything about the graphics. You are stuck with what you've got.

RAM and hard disk, that's about all that's possible for a laptop.

I've just upgraded my 2 year old MacBook Pro with 8GB ram & a 128GB SSD. Enabled TRIM support and away I go

Hum that's a bugger. I thought laptops had deprecate graphics cards like pcs. Well will try upgrading the RAM and see if that helps.

Some laptops have "discrete" graphics, but they are still hardwired to the board, and not replaceable. The "discrete" bit just means they are separate from any built in to the cpu, like the i3, i5 etc.

They best ways to get more speed out of a laptop are

More RAM

Replacing HDD with SSD and using a suitable SSD tweak program to set it up

Disabling page file

Using cut down version of OS, like TinyXP TinyVista, or Tiny7; these cut out lot of the fat from the OS, removing a lot of memory resident programs that 99% of people will never use or notice as missing. I use TinyXP, and the only thing it leaves out that I need is Chinese language support, and that can be added using a secondary download that actually works better than the original MS version.

However, none of these are going to give a game a big speed boost, as it is the gfx limitation that causes most of the problems; although they can make most other functions run a bit faster and smoother.

Worth checking that your motherboard will support the extra RAM before buying it, and that you're running a 64bit OS.

Worth checking that your motherboard will support the extra RAM before buying it, and that you're running a 64bit OS.

Crucial do a great little program you can download and run and it checks your system, tells you what you have installed and what you can put in. Thats how I worked out I could have 8GB in my MacBook Pro. I'm sure they do a windows version.

They do, I've used it before and it's pretty good.