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Alright, so the ol' Thinkpad can't really run any games... sort of. lol

 

*Edit: System specs for those interested.

ThinkPad T410

i5-540m 2C/4T (hyperthreaded)

8GB DDR3 1066MHz

Nvidia Quadro NVS3100M 256MB

480GB SSD

1440x900 14" display

Linux Mint 19.3(beta) Cinnamon

 

It did run Day of Defeat Source in the 30-40fps range, but that was at 480p and the lowest settings. Barely playable.

Spintires, to my surprise, actually started and sat at the main menu at a whopping 1fps. Turned the resolution down to some weird 800x something or other, and all setting to low and effects off. At that point I was actually able to drive a truck around at a "cinematic" 10-15fps :P.

 

Of all the other games and benchmarks I tried (Wreckfest, Rocket League, Holo Knight, 3Dmark), they just crashed on launch. lol.

 

Managed to record some gameplay of DoD, which surprised the heck out of me, that it was even capable of that. Mind you, playing while recording was a complete slide-show. 

 

Was fun trying to see what it could do none-the-less.

 

Screens:

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Mmmm, 480p...
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CPU bottleneck much? (while running Spintires)
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DoD gameplay footage (hopefully you can view it):

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And here you can see the CPU pegged while recording, LOL.

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  1. vanished

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    Not sure what specs you're working with but my advice for dealing with old hardware + gaming is to target older games rather than turning down settings on new ones.  I think you'll get a better experience that way.

     

    Edit: I just checked those specs... big oof, GPU scores worse than a sandy bridge iGPU apparently.  Well, that doesn't change my recommendation, but it should tell you that you'll want to go quite a bit back to find something that works well, or just something very simple graphically.

  2. MEC-777

    MEC-777

    @Ryan_Vickers Added specs to the post. Not looking to game on this thing, was just curious if it could run anything and how well. ;) For everything else I do on this machine, it's plenty quick.

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    Ah alright that's good to hear, and all you need in the end :D

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    PS if you do game, I believe Factorio should run fine given the right settings (which conveniently don't really make a big difference visually anyway).  The devs are really good for obsessing over efficiency in a way too many games don't seem to bother with these days.

  5. Evolution.

    Evolution.

    Use eGPU setup 

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