How low can you go?

[Recon-UK]

I went for 3 months with my craptop...

Intel Pentium Dual Core T3200 2.0GHz

15.6" 1366×768 TN,of course.

2GB DDR2-667 RAM

3200GB 5400RPM hard drive

Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics (this thing is so so soooo baaaad)  - it has 64MB RAM

Weight: 5.9 lbs

Dimensions: 15.1” (W) x 9.9” (D) x 1.5” (H)

 

The integrated GPU is so bad...I can't even describe it.5FPS in Minecraft on the lowest settings,the same in Portal 2.Heck,I can't even play Gothic 2(released in 2003) at over 15fps.

Well shit, i think we have a winner on the low end specs front, though i do not classify INTEL GMA as a GPU, just a display adapter.

[Nineshadow]

my worst rig has:

 

i3 2100

4GB RAM 1333 Mhz.

Fatality p67 pro

gtx 560 Ti

 

does this count?

Are you making the GPU I'm still using bad?

[Recon-UK]

Are you making the GPU I'm still using bad?

560Ti is basically a highly clocked 470, which in turn is not far off a GTX 660, where the 660=480/570.

[Nineshadow]

Well shit, i think we have a winner on the low end specs front, though i do not classify INTEL GMA as a GPU, just a display adapter.

The CPU is fine enough...it lags while playing youtube videos but who cares.When I spent 3 months only using it lagging while watching videos wasn't my main concern.It was the fucking internet.I couldn't even get 100kb/s!!!(damn 3G USB dongle thingy).Once it took me 6 hours to download a 5MB .mp3 file.(very often it didn't have a 3G connection)

What wonders me is how it's still running after 8 years.Thermals are very shitty,it idles at 85-90 celsius,but that didn't seem to influence the lifetime.Oh,and also half of the key caps have fallen off.I'm not even gonna try to describe the battery...the longest it hold me was 30 minutes.Once I drained it in 6 mins.

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[Recon-UK]

The CPU is fine enough...it lags while playing youtube videos but who cares.When I spent 3 months only using it lagging while watching videos wasn't my main concern.It was the fucking internet.I couldn't even get 100kb/s!!!(damn 3G USB dongle thingy).Once it took me 6 hours to download a 5MB .mp3 file.(very often it didn't have a 3G connection)

What wonders me is how it's still running after 8 years.Thermals are very shitty,it idles at 85-90 celsius,but that didn't seem to influence the lifetime.Oh,and also half of the key caps have fallen off.I'm not even gonna try to describe the battery...the longest it hold me was 30 minutes.Once I drained it in 6 mins.

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Yeah, my laptop is a robust winter heater, load temps are very obnoxious, with GPU in toe around 90c.

[Guest]

We all know how badly made games are on the PC platform, and some are truly delightful, though nothing close to a console in terms of direct to metal coding, this however will change

I open this thread for those who are on or own lower end systems, i will be posting video's of my own ventures into optimizing games for ridiculously low specc'd machines.

What i have to play with:

ACER 5935G Laptop.

Core 2 Duo 2.2ghz

3GB DDR3 533mhz

512mb ATi Radeon 4570m DDR2 overclocked lolz.

I will be running some of todays games on this laptop, and see if i can get a playable experience from the hardware.

OS is Windows 7 64 Bit, even though i only need 32 Bit, the extra address space and 64 Bit computing on the CPU should help in some things.

Feel free to join in, i am sure there are plenty of guys/gals here with lower end machines.

Sadly i have nothing slower than the ACER so...

Oh, that's funny. You think THAT's a low-end gaming rig? Step down.

I'll be using my beast of a 2006 MacBook, with...

2GHz C2D

GMA 950 w/64mb shared memory

2GB DDR2 RAM

OS X Lion

#GMA950FTW

Unfortunately, most Mac games are newer, so I'm stuck with old titles to begin with; anything new needs SM3

I can run:

Tomb Raider Anniversary @ 5-20FPS, dipping with ANY sort of fog/dust particles

Lego Batman @ 5-10FPS, with everything disabled

Batman: Arkham Asylum @ the main menu, and no further the initial boot screens take 20mins each to run

That's about it. Of course, no modern games due to technical restraints, so I guess I win. If anyone would like to top that, I'll pull out my iMac G4 from 2001 with a GeForce 2 .

[Jogostar]

Are you making the GPU I'm still using bad?

nope, actually it is a great GPU.

[Nineshadow]

Yeah, my laptop is a robust winter heater, load temps are very obnoxious, with GPU in toe around 90c.

I was into video editing at the time I had to use it and it was summer,you know,40 celsius outside.The craptop self-shutsdown when it reaches over 110celsius,which was very very easy to reach while rendering.So I had a solution to fix that problem...I PUT IT IN THE FRIDGE!(it worked,surpiseingly)

[Recon-UK]

Oh, that's funny. You think THAT's a low-end gaming rig? Step down.

I'll be using my beast of a 2006 MacBook, with...

2GHz C2D

GMA 950 w/64mb shared memory

2GB DDR2 RAM

OS X Lion

#GMA950FTW

Unfortunately, most Mac games are newer, so I'm stuck with old titles to begin with; anything new needs SM3

I can run:

Tomb Raider Anniversary @ 5-20FPS, dipping with ANY sort of fog/dust particles

Lego Batman @ 5-10FPS, with everything disabled

Batman: Arkham Asylum @ the main menu, and no further the initial boot screens take 20mins each to run

That's about it. Of course, no modern games due to technical restraints, so I guess I win. If beyond would like to beat me, I'll pull out my iMac G4 from 2001 with a GeForce 2 .

Well you went MAC, i laff.

[Recon-UK]

I was into video editing at the time I had to use it and it was summer,you know,40 celsius outside.The craptop self-shutsdown when it reaches over 110celsius,which was very very easy to reach while rendering.So I had a solution to fix that problem...I PUT IT IN THE FRIDGE!(it worked,surpiseingly)

Rendering Bioshock vid now with Movie Maker (can't be arsed installing ADOBE, plus i doubt it would run OK)

Reaching 85c

[Guest]

Well you went MAC, i laff.

Macs rock. (SHOTS FIRED)

But even under Boot Camp, the 950 is the shittiest GPU in existence. I bet my iMac would beat it

[ShadowCaptain]

That's about it. Of course, no modern games due to technical restraints, so I guess I win. If anyone would like to top that, I'll pull out my iMac G4 from 2001 with a GeForce 2 .

 

go get it and install something new on it :3

[Recon-UK]

Vid will be done in 18 mins, not bad, 110mb with compression, was 480mb without, lol 480p.

[Recon-UK]

My laptop has an i3 M 350 @ 2.2Ghz. + First gen Intel HD graphics.

 

 

Runs ARMA 3 without any problems. 

<3

[RatedBlam]

My laptop has an i3 M 350 @ 2.2Ghz. + First gen Intel HD graphics.

Runs ARMA 3 without any problems.

Those Are Pretty Much the setting I have to run arma 3 at With an overclocked phenom II x4 and a 7770. But you still might have a lower resolution.

[SpyRosL]

#GMA950FTW

 

I confirm these words. That thing is a BEAST.

2007 laptop that i played a game for 3-4 months.

Core 2 duo

GMA950

3GB ddr3

 

That thing sits at 80C on idle and you can't even watch a youtube video without stuttering or overheating.

As for games,NOPE!

[Thorium19]

Amd v140 @ 2.3Ghz

Amd hd 4250

2x2gb ddr3 1066Mhz

1366x768p screen

All this in a bloody awful toshiba laptop

[Recon-UK]

Consoles:

http://youtu.be/zvj_5j1vaMg

 

My laptop:

 

 

 

How does it stack up?

Let us all consider that the laptop cost the same as the consoles, and can do a lot more, does not need a TV, and does not need KB/M, only add on is the 360 controller.

 

Compression kinda ruined the original look, meh looks watchable though.

[-iSynthesis]

My worst System is my Laptop, Pentium something 2x1.7GHz and intel graphics. Cant even play minecraft on lowest settings with 30fps :-(

 

*Edit: I actually have a 25MHz single core laptop from 1980 or so . It can play old ass winmx or whatever it is called games

[Recon-UK]

My worst System is my Laptop, Pentium something 2x1.7GHz and intel graphics. Cant even play minecraft on lowest settings with 30fps :-(

Pentium <3

[Liam-McShane]

I have an ancient sony laptop that has a pentium t3200 2.0ghz and 1mb of cache. It cannot play any games what so ever. Minecraft if I'm lucky I can get 20 fps

[Recon-UK]

Oh guys, i can run Final Fantasy 7 maxed at 1080p on the laptop, just hooked it up to my TV, looks excellent, might actually play it on the laptop too on the TV, can sit back and boom!

[Craftable124]

when my PC's old HDD died I dug up an old PC from the basement to use in the meantime. 

Specs:

2GB DDR2

1.88GHz Dual Core intel

80GB HDD

no dedicated GPU

 

[Recon-UK]

when my PC's old HDD died I dug up an old PC from the basement to use in the meantime. 

Specs:

2GB DDR2

1.88GHz Dual Core intel

80GB HDD

no dedicated GPU

Crying out for a GT 610 or something

[Shakaza]

I used to have a really old system with a Pentium 4 era Celeron at 2.53 GHz, 2 GB of DDR RAM, an 80 GB HDD, and some crappy graphics that I never bothered to find out about. On a 1024x768 screen, it couldn't play Minecraft on the lowest settings possible at 30 FPS, even with Optifine. It would frequently drop into the 20s.