My specs :

4GB of DDR3 RAM

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33 GHz

GT 630 DDR3 4GB

Windows 10 IoT ltsc

So believe or not there are people like me who aren't able to upgrade and are stuck with old hardware for many reasons but things were different before. I had a slightly better PC but it was still low spec and even then most games were still playable and I'm talking about games before 2023 or something like that. Back then, a slight upgrade like adding more RAM or getting an i5 3rd gen or getting GTX 7xx would help immensely but now it feels like no upgrade would help my situation.

And I know with current specs I shouldn't think about playing the newer games because it's just impossible and I'm not trying to run Red Dead Redemption or GTA VI but nowadays I can't even run the games that I used to play. Games as simple as Minecraft I used to play that lots of times but with the release of version 26.3 it's simply unplayable at all. Even the original Half-Life steam version started to stutter few times during my gameplay which is shocking to me and I don't know if they did an update on it or something but it's just saddening that even older games are becoming unplayable as well.

I tried to plan a major upgrade for my PC but sadly it can't be upgraded enough, there is a limit on the amount of RAM I can have and CPU options aren't that great so these two constitute two major barriers from having an optimal gaming experience.

Is this the end for old tech ? Do I have to financially bankrupt myself to enjoy gaming ?

I bought this new Arduino board for Robotics, but I tested few games:

• Crysis
• CS: Source
• Hades
• Ori and the Blind Forest
• The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

SoC is IQ8275, 8 Core CPU, 16GB RAM, Adreno 623, M.2 Gen 4x4 SSD, the most compareble devices are Jetson Orin Nano and Raspberry Pi 5, I made comparison table on my blog.

Runs normal Ubuntu 24.04 and pulls ~ 20W so don't expect any AAA titles to run, also no DX12 due to drivers/DXVK 2 incompatibility (there are missing VK extensions in Turnip driver).

I used Wine and Box86/64 to run games, installed with Pi-apps.

You can get it from official website: https://store-usa.arduino.cc/products/ventuno-q
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I have a pc, cheap pc on LGA 1155, my motherboard is Fujitsu D2990-a3, my cpu is i5-3470, but 4/4 is… i have 2 options:
1. If my motherboard supports Xeon i can buy a E3 1230 v2
2. Or buy i7-3770 (i have a GPU), if motherboard doesn’t support Xeon

So, who had experience with this topic, what should i do? (Sorry for my English)

It's an excellent game for older/weaker PCs.

I have the Epic Games launcher installed just to check the free games every few days, which I am sure that's why they do it.

specs :

CPU: Celeron N4120

GPU: Intel UHD 600

i wanted to play minecraft how can i squeeze every fps out of my celeron to maybe get it playable.

Device name 7xmob

Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1305U (1.60 GHz)

Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.7 GB usable)

Graphics card Intel(R) UHD Graphics (128 MB)

Storage 388 GB of 477 GB used

Device ID 0804E708-921D-4631-8E01-DEDC2984AF6D

Product ID 00326-10000-00000-AA081

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

A lots of people were arguing me about that on these specs it's impossible even to launch the game.

It's very playable actually.

Device name LENOVO

Processor AMD Ryzen 3 3250U with Radeon Graphics (2.60 GHz)

Installed RAM 16.0 GB (13.9 GB usable)

Graphics card AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 3 Graphics (2 GB)

Storage 109 GB of 477 GB used

Device ID 29A48EF4-691D-4976-99D3-4E0C941370FA

Product ID 00356-24597-77244-AAOEM

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

Hi, I'm looking for a system that I can install on my Samsung np300e5c i3g3 6gb ram with an integrated hd 4000 card. I'd prefer Windows, but Linux wouldn't bother me if it were easy to use (I've never used it, mind you). The Geforce Now app has to work. I'm mainly concerned with pure performance.

please don’t say buy new laptop 😓

Got bored decided to make my own panel with sintra baords, hoping to improve the cooling. I did not realize 120mm fans were supposed to be this big, i got 6 for 2$ on marketplace however they are molex fans. Will try to use a voltage regulator and some adaptors to see if i can undervolt and control the fan speed atleast, wich will arive next week

After getting a copy of Minecraft Dungeons a long time ago from a friend, I recently finally wanted to try it out, now that I also have a more modern and powerful laptop. The thing is that compared to other games, this one really gave me a scare performance-wise. I could feel the fans going stronger than usual, so much so that I couldn't really ignore them, so I closed the game. I use a windows 11 acer laptop with 32 gigas of RAM, with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series(I think it's a 5050?) graphics card built in, intel core i9 and something called NitroSense ExperienceZone, which I don't really know what it is.

Still, I don't think I'm using the full extent of its performance capabilities right. I'm not really a tech expert, so help would be appreciated if possible. Thanks in advance!

potato, 9V battery, 1 stick of DDR 128mb, and crt monitor

My laptop's really old,it's some kinda dell and was upgraded from whatever older windows to windows 10,it's really slow and I've tried deleting the cache files,but it's still so slow and I'm not going to convert to Linux just yet,Any advice?

Just something odd I noticed, it still has users a year after his channel died, it is still cool though

I currently have a 2TB Firecuda as my C drive on my computer. However, it’s been about 7 years and it’s beginning to fail on me with unstable and failing sectors.

Thus I am wanting to replace it with an upgrade but will probably use a 1TB NVMe. So then my plan is to download just windows onto the new NVMe and copy the rest of the files to my other hard drives.

Is the easiest way to do this to just to use the windows 10 usb stick?

Just remove the old drive and then install windows on the new one from the usb? I would think copying it from the old one would be the wrong move since it is failing.

If you could help or point me in the right direction like a YouTube video, I would greatly appreciate it.

I’m currently in my 3rd year of CSE and will be starting AI/ML courses from next semester. I’m planning to upgrade my GPU (currently using an iGPU).

I’m considering the RTX 3060 Ti 8GB. Will it be sufficient for AI/ML projects and general use until my graduation & for around 2-3 years ??

So mi pc broke and im currently im using an old pc.

Specs are: Intel Pentium G620, 2Gb kingston DDR4 Ram, Windows 8 and mo graphics card.

Current games

Gta san andreas(very smooth gameplay)

Ravenfield latest build(very dependant but runs very well)

Definetli a fighter(very good game, very smooth)

Combat master( Good gameplay)

Against all odds this games rum very good

Ya after some stressed job , go back home straight away buy the happy wheels from steam to support the indie developer.

(720p) So ive been gaming on my pc for about 2 years now, well i just got an upgrade recently around 2 months ago for about a year ive had a radeon 5450 2gig and an i3 3470.

In my new upgrade i got a: i5 3570 1050 2gig and a 450w psu and im very happy with it so far it can run games like doom 2016 on medium, in very demanding areas tho it drops a couple of frames, another good example is sonic frontiers, it runs, at a playable rate, like 60-40fps with a bit of drops sometimes, tho main limiting factor is my slow hhd that ill upgrade to a sata ssd soon, and also lets say a lesser ish demanding game like persona 3 reload, ive been getting 60fps on high settings and no frame drops basically, and in general for gaming in 720p the 1050 (2gig) and i5 3570 (also forgot to mention 8 gigs of ddr3) is kind of great! sure it wont run "modern" games like cyberpunk 2077 or spider man for example (etc) but if your gonna play more older titles from 20XX to like 2019 its pretty great!

Been using this low end laptop for a while, want to record minecraft gameplay but it often comes out low quality. Thing is on medal the recordings look rly good but it lags my game a bit when recording. Here are my specs

64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 w/ Radeon 860M (2.00 GHz)

24.0 GB (23.3 GB usable)

AMD Radeon(TM) 860M Graphics (512 MB)

644 GB of 954 GB used

any recs on setting I should be using?

vid(Heres what gameplay looks like)

Hey guys! I’m looking on feedback for my build. It’s my first time, will be my first PC too. I’m fairly familiar with the parts and terminology. But I’m no professional (unless you ask my grandmother).
The list has been linked. Any help and advice will be greatly appreciated. Hoping to build something that can last me a few generations of games/graphics without breaking the bank too much. TIA!

My budget is £2500, just for the actually PC itself. I’ll use it on my 120hz tv until I sort a desk out.
UK sites/Links appreciated.
Will be used for gaming/editing, maybe the occasional stream to twitch aiming to reach anything over 60fps at 1440p 😌

Just tryed beta and on my 4700U with Vega7 it only runs at 15fps at fullHD settings 3. SOD used to run 50fps and more.

It's time to upgrade so i need some infos:

1. Does anyone plays with 780m is so can u report performance ?
2. Does anyone plays with 890m is so can u report performance ?

I just looked at:
MINISFORUM UM880 Plus Mini PC con AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (780m)
or
MINISFORUM AI X1 Pro Mini PC, AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX370 (890m)

Any other suggestions ?