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Basically these integrated GPU dies on processors are almost as good as a real graphics card. Even a weak old laptop performs in many ways better than a current gen system. (PS4 Xbox One)
Been meaning to make this thread for a few years now.
Couple years ago I found an early i7 laptop in the scrap trash at work. I did a little work in my spare time to get it up and running and as a joke I installed Steam on it. I hadn't bought anything new in several years but found almost all PS3 Gen games ran flawlessly on in, in fact better in some ways because you can control more aspects of it like display anti aliasing ect..possibly giving the games a better look and feel.
Anyways this is no surprise to PC people because typically your cheapo standard PC could run games say a 1.5 generation system and further back.
This is different because because in the past you would have an integrated graphics chip on your computer. These current crop of Intels basically have that chip built into the CPUs and they can dynamically swap system ram and use it as video ram just like a GPU would.
You would imagine this wouldn't work as smoothly but you'd be wrong.
Also more consoles these days are using PC type architecture, (looking at you xbox)and the raw power throughput specs are impressive compared to the old days.
I've always regretted buying my PS4. I just had to have Fallout 4 when it came out though. I built my own computer around 8 years ago and it was more of a budget build as well. My system didn't quite meet minimum specs. About six months after I bought the system and game I saw a video on Youtube of someone playing it with lower specs then my system and it still looked and played better than it did on the PS4.
I always felt F4 looked like complete ass on the PS4. I would guess many of these American developers can't be bothered to figure out how to properly compile for Sony systems and its unique architecture.
I have an EA Star Wars game I got with the system and it looks amazing but most games IMO don't look much better than PS3/360 games. shrugs
I purchased a used i5 laptop than is slightly smaller and more solid state, uses slightly less electricity. The specs are slightly less than the I7 though but in some ways a little better and has a few more features overall. I gave away the I7 laptop to a girl I was dating.
Any ways I took advantage of the recent Steam sale and bought F4 just for the fun of it and it looks and plays 100x better than it does for the PS4. Again this is a pretty much stock older laptop that has no dedicated GPU.
I also bought Outerworlds for it and after tweaking it it's totally playable albeit with some poor frame rates and dropout issues but I imagine it still looks better than it would on a console.
Been meaning to make this thread for a few years now.
Couple years ago I found an early i7 laptop in the scrap trash at work. I did a little work in my spare time to get it up and running and as a joke I installed Steam on it. I hadn't bought anything new in several years but found almost all PS3 Gen games ran flawlessly on in, in fact better in some ways because you can control more aspects of it like display anti aliasing ect..possibly giving the games a better look and feel.
Anyways this is no surprise to PC people because typically your cheapo standard PC could run games say a 1.5 generation system and further back.
This is different because because in the past you would have an integrated graphics chip on your computer. These current crop of Intels basically have that chip built into the CPUs and they can dynamically swap system ram and use it as video ram just like a GPU would.
You would imagine this wouldn't work as smoothly but you'd be wrong.
Also more consoles these days are using PC type architecture, (looking at you xbox)and the raw power throughput specs are impressive compared to the old days.
I've always regretted buying my PS4. I just had to have Fallout 4 when it came out though. I built my own computer around 8 years ago and it was more of a budget build as well. My system didn't quite meet minimum specs. About six months after I bought the system and game I saw a video on Youtube of someone playing it with lower specs then my system and it still looked and played better than it did on the PS4.
I always felt F4 looked like complete ass on the PS4. I would guess many of these American developers can't be bothered to figure out how to properly compile for Sony systems and its unique architecture.
I have an EA Star Wars game I got with the system and it looks amazing but most games IMO don't look much better than PS3/360 games. shrugs
I purchased a used i5 laptop than is slightly smaller and more solid state, uses slightly less electricity. The specs are slightly less than the I7 though but in some ways a little better and has a few more features overall. I gave away the I7 laptop to a girl I was dating.
Any ways I took advantage of the recent Steam sale and bought F4 just for the fun of it and it looks and plays 100x better than it does for the PS4. Again this is a pretty much stock older laptop that has no dedicated GPU.
I also bought Outerworlds for it and after tweaking it it's totally playable albeit with some poor frame rates and dropout issues but I imagine it still looks better than it would on a console.
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