I created this community because I couldn’t find anything like it on lemmy and i was bored, most of the systems i have are also low end. I felt making this space would be helpful for those with worse machines than me.

Also, you’re welcome to say hi or ask a question here, or even make your own post.

  • The Picard Maneuver@piefed.worldEnglish
    18·
    2 months ago

    Good idea for a community, especially since prices of hardware have gone crazy, and a lot of us are going to be making do with what we have for a while.

    I don’t know how low is “low”, but I’m gaming on a 1070, which is still going strong with some relatively new games at 1080p.

  • aword@feddit.onlineEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    I’m using a Raspberry Pi. I bet those specs are worse than yours! Kuddos for the community.

      • aword@feddit.onlineEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Pi5 8Gb. If you’re going to use it as a daily driver I’d recommend this one. You may also compress ram with rpi-swap/zram, which will help you fit more things into that 8Gb at the expense of some CPU cycles.

      • aword@feddit.onlineEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        That’s interesting; I didn’t know it could do that. Looking around the Pi forums, it looks like it’s reasonably playable at lower resolutions unless there’s a lot happening on the screen. Though with an eGPU it appears it can be played well at 4K. For those who come after me, here’s a link to building dhewm3 (doom) on the Pi: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=351364

  • Yaky@slrpnk.netEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    Played several boomer shooters on my (older, non-gaming) laptop, all ran great. Blood, Ion Fury, Dusk, even Nightmare Reaper through Bottles was fast.

  • EtnaAtsume@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Hi! I have a Ryzen 7 7700X with integrated Radeon graphics. Amy ideas for what I could do with it? No GPU of course!

  • marlowe221@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    My system is not really low spec…. But most of my favorite games fall into that category, so I hope y’all will take me in!

  • litchralee@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Hi! My low-spec gaming rig is primarily a product of: 1) cheapness frugality where I want most of the same PC to last 6-10 years, 2) not upgrading my GPU because the whole situation with 3070 GPUs, and 3) not being too much into gaming, except for Cities Skylines, American Truck Simulator, and MSFS2020.

    Cities Skylines is more CPU intensive, so my few-years old Ryzen can handle that. I’m sure ATS and MSFS2020 could look better, but ultimately I get more value out of the feel of the gaming wheel and joystick than what I can see on-screen. To each their own.

    • Grumpy404@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      I always like to suggest retro games because most systems can run upto atleast playstaion 1 and before. Im sure there’s a way to play something you like via emulation.

  • BigTuffAl@lemmy.zipEnglish
    21·
    2 months ago

    well well well…

    I’ll run Shadow of the Tomb Raider on a 2400G at 480p bro

    I’ll effing… effing… bro I run Helldivers 2 on my walmart laptop instead of my 7600 because I like the pixels bro, i savor the low effects setting bro

    bro I stay up til dawn fascinated with the performance of Pillars of Eternity on a 3700U from 2019 bro, I don’t give two craps skewered on a crampon

    i ran Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines on a Direct X 9.0b Pentium 4 Laptop that crashed every 20 minutes bro, i am the lowest spec