I’m looking for titles that will run well on my only computer. Which is a 5-year-old 13" convertible laptop attached to a docking station with a 24" 1920x1080 screen. It’s got Intel internal graphics.

For reference, Skyrim runs well on it at 1920x1080 and high settings.

What would you recommend? Mostly interested in open world RPGs.

Specs:
Intel Core i5-10210 (4 cores, 8 threads, 4.2GHz)
8GB LPDDR3 (2133 MHz) RAM
Intel UHD Graphics w/ HDCP support. DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5
shared memory

  • Katana314@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Such laptops are at the low end. But, if you have a really good Internet connection, you could expand your options a lot with GeForce Now. Basically a paid service to use cloud servers to render your game; surrendering an often-unnoticeable delay in response time. They have a free tier worth trying.

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    You can get a lot of games running well for that. Almost every 2D game will run great, and a bunch of 3D titles too.

    I picked up Parking Garage Rally Circuit in the sales yesterday because I’ve followed the dev on tiktok and it’s quite fun. A dreamcast-style time trial game!

  • WolfLinkEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    I bet you could get BG3 running on it at low-mid settings.

    Also the Witcher series should work fine.

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.worldEnglish
    221·
    3 days ago

    I built a $3,000 performance desktop a few years back, and the main games games I ended up playing on it were things like FTL, Shovel Knight, SNES emulators, and other games that could be run on an overclock ham sandwich.

      • chiliedogg@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        A few years back, a really nice graphics card was like $650, so $3,000 got you a lot of performance.

        • ggtdbz@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Unlike these days when it looks like 3000$ will get you a GPU and a water block for that GPU, if you want to spread your budget as thick as possible.

          Wasn’t the original Titan like 1000$ and considered a ludicrously expensive piece of luxury tech?

  • TheOakTree@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Not an RPG but is open world: Hyper Light Drifter

    I’ve run it on a potato laptop before, so it should run fine.

  • HipsterTenZero@dormi.zoneEnglish
    211·
    3 days ago

    CDDA: it’s basically an immersive sim with zombies and mutants in an ascii new england. Sprites optional;

    Stardew valley: haha ancient fruit wine go brrr;

    Morrowind: whiff. whiff. cliff racer screech. the sounds of a wood elf screaming from the heavens and splattering on the pavement;

    An SNES emulator: there’s like an entire library to play here;

    • Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 days ago

      Seconding to emulation, for open world RPG you may find a lot of them on older consoles like pre-Gen 7 consoles (PS3/X360). To OP, assuming emlation is compliant with law on your country, older games are great too if you don’t mind delving pre-2010s games.