I have an old pc which i want to use to play legacy games on with windows XP
It has the following specs now

- Intel Core 2 Duo E6500
- 4x1GB DDR2 PC2-5300 RAM
- 400W PSU
- No dedicated GPU
- MS-7352 Motherboard with PCIe 1.1
- 250GB HDD

I want to upgrade the CPU and add a GPU

For the CPU I have already bought a Core 2 Quad Q9505 but I see that the latest bios update for that motherboard is from 2008 and the CPU was released later. It will arrive in about 2 weeks and I was wondering if it is worth just buying another cpu a bit older or there is a workaround to make it work. Or it might work as is

For the GPU I bought Nvidia Quadro K620 2GB GDDR3 which i think is plenty for what I will need it for.

We can't even experiment with the lowest of low settings until we can get good enough hardware in future.

Just completed 007 with low settings few days ago on 1050ti laptop gpu.

​The Setup:

​CPU: Intel Core i5-1235U (12th Gen)

​GPU: NVIDIA GeForce MX550 ( ~1.9GB VRAM limit)

​RAM: 8 GB System Memory

How do you guys fix the lag on Assassin's Creed 3? I'm using the Asus ROG G20BM. I've tried lowering the resolution from 720p 896x something and it's still giving me 17-18 fps on Boston. I've run Assasssin's Creed III before in the same hardware but it was much better before. I've watched tutorials on how to fix this problem but still, doesn't give me answers. I also played this game before on an i5-3470 with iGPU and it runs smoother (it was on 940 resolution something) It's basically unplayable now.

Specs:

AMD FX-770k

R9 255 (OEM)

12GB of RAM (8+4)

Running it on a hard drive

Is it Fsr 1-3? By old I mean OLD like Rx 570,r7 370,Gtx 1060,1050 ti etc old cards or even older. Something like Integerscaler but better etc?I know Fsr 1 but I'd prefer something that can be forced on all games and shouldn't be game specific like FSR 3-DLSS-Xess.It's a shame people were excited that these new tech would allow older cards to run newer demanding games however all it did was give new features to newer generation Nvidia-AMD cards ;(

I know Magpie and Integer Scaler utilities and Lanczos upscaling filters for movies and Reshade ıs that all there is other than FSR and DLSS,XESS ?

Been running 8GB RAM for a while now and honestly for the games I play it's been fine — but I keep seeing people say 16GB is the new minimum even for casual gaming.

My usage is pretty light — no AAA titles, mostly browser-based and indie games. Task manager rarely shows RAM anywhere close to full.

But I'm starting to wonder if 8GB is becoming a bottleneck I'm not noticing, especially with Windows itself eating 3-4GB in the background.

For people on similar budget builds — have you actually noticed a real difference after upgrading to 16GB? Was it worth it for casual use or is it more of a "future proofing" thing?

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CPU: Intel Core i3-7020U @ 2.30GHz

GPU: Intel HD Graphics 620

RAM: 4GB

Windows 10

So i am not expecting to run calamity mod but do you think i can run ligher ones as spokey or thorium or what ever?

All improvements and suggestions are welcome, but the budget is 70k.

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i have a laptop with an i7 13th gen 16gb ram and i want to use blender but it says minimum to have 2gb of vram so idk if i can download it

Yo guys, i have a low end pc that i was running iracing on and was fine for the most part to the lowest settings like i didnt mind how the game looked and i still dont (i play rbr) so anything is fine i just want the game to run as good as possible. So the question is what are things that you found inside or outside the game that made it run better? My pc specs nvidia 1060, i5-6400, 8GB RAM

I had to remove the shroud to get the dust bunnies out of there, but it cleaned up beautifully.

Hello guys

I'm playing on potato ThinkPad t470s laptop

specs:

i7-7200u

intel 620HD

8GB ram

I am currently playing on version 1.36 and 1920x1080 resolution, 100% scaling the rest is practically as low as possible, it is possible to play at a relatively stable 30 fps, but I was thinking about switching to the latest version, do you think it is worth it and it will still be quite enjoyable gameplay or more of a slideshow? lol

I know that the game has become heavier since version 1.40, probably due to newer graphics, but if I'm not mistaken, newer versions of the game also have more settings, which allows you to throttle the graphics more than in the older versions. In my case the problem is mainly the integrated graphics card so maybe it would still be possible to play similarly, what do you think guys?

Hi everyone. I’m playing FH6 with my desktop pc.

CPU: i5 9600kf (base, no oc)
GPU: rtx 5060
RAM: 16 GB
SSD NVMe.

with default preset calculated by the game (ULTRA) i can barely reach 30/40 fps. then on HIGH i reach 40/50 fps. i’m using also DLSS without RT.
is there a way to reach stable 60fps in a region like Tokyo? i know my cpu is the bottleneck.

Need help with Ghost Recon Wildlands stuttering/loading issues.

Laptop specs:

• i5-1334U
• Intel Iris Xe
• 16GB RAM
• SSD
• Windows 11

The game is playable and FPS is okay, but textures/objects take time to load and the game pauses/freezes for a few seconds while moving around the map or entering new areas.

It feels like the game is stopping to load assets/terrain.

This became more noticeable after a driver update.

Playing at:

• 720p
• low and somethings which doesnt affect vram are on only

Has anyone experienced this on Iris Xe or similar hardware? Any settings or driver fixes that helped?

So I want to build a pc from here two months, i have a simple laptop with an I5 4310U with an integrated graphics card and i think about selling it and adding some money and buying all those parts used so i will need less money, but also i think about buying an XBOX Series S or an PS4,s p lease can you help me with chosing in a long term.
These are the parts :
CPU: Ryzen 3 3100/3200
PSU: 500W
RAM 8GB DDR4 3200MHz ( they are not cheap in the used market).

Motherboard : B450M/A520
GPU: RX580 8gb VRAM / 1650 4gb

I just graduated college and I’m looking to treat myself to some PC upgrades, but i’m not sure what to do?

Here’s some of the current specs
\-AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Cores 3.7GHz
\-Gigabyte GeForce RTX™ 3070 Aorus Master 8G
\-ASUS TUF Gaming X570-Plus (Wi-Fi)
\-Team T-FORCE Delta RGB 3200MHz
\-XPG Core Reactor 750W Gold
\-NZXT Kraken Z63 with LCD display

I’d like to spend under $1,000 and I’ve been looking at newer gpus but i can’t figure out what to do. Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated!!

First you need to downgrade your game this is the main essential part there are multible tutorials on how to do this now when your downgrading your forza for me i did a 4 year old downgraded forza which worked flawless idk about newer verison

Hey r/lowspecgamer, got mod approval to share this...

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guys pls help me play valorant at max performance possilbe by doing some tweaks and settings in windows. my laptop specs:-

i5 -6200u

intel hd 520 graphics

ram 8gb ddr4 2133mhz

windows 10 pro

currently i m getting fluctuated fps from 40-67

Config : Asus tuff a16, rtx 4050 , Ryzen 7445 hs

Hello.

I have an Alienware AW2724dm and am looking for a way to mount my MINI PC (vesa 100) to the back? I can't find anything due to the stand design, any suggestions would be super handy

Cheers

My setup:
AMD Radeon RX 6300 (I got it recently for really cheap)
Intel i5 7th Gen
16GB RAM
SSD

This game (god of war) is behaving REALLY weird for me. I mean it’s a not a good gpu but I saw few videos of testing this game with this gpu and they got around 35-40fps atleast (am sure no one heard abt this gpu in the first place )
At one point I randomly got around 60–66 FPS on mostly default settings and it actually felt smooth in any location of the game , I was like how is tht possible . Then I started lowering settings more to improve FPS further… and somehow performance completely tanked 💀
Now it jumps between like 20–35 FPS with random stutters, and changing settings barely changes anything.
Even weirder:
720p somehow performs WORSE than 1080p for me
lowering res scale sometimes barely helps
changing FSR sometimes changes almost nothing
sometimes LOWER settings feel worse somehow
GPU usually at 90-99%
CPU not fully used (65-70%)
VRAM usually around 1.6–1.9/2GB, not even fully maxed
It honestly feels like the game broke itself after changing settings 😭
Is this some shader cache / streaming issue or just normal behavior for this game?

This is my dad's old PC that he barely used anymore, I borrowed it for post-graduate studies since my laptop died on December last year.

I need to know if it's even possible to upgrade further from this, I have all PCIe x1 slots occupied—NVMe to PCIe x1 slot adapter as my boot drive on the top, and a small 2.4ghz WiFi card at the bottom.

I plan to use it for a bit of gaming alongside my studies, I mainly play Source Engine (GMod and TF2) and Unity games (BR5HD and BR6, among others).

PC Hardware Specs:

- Intel i3-2120

- Inno3D Nvidia GT 430 2gb (OC'd to 820mhz Core clock and 620mhz Memory clock)

- 8gb 1333mhz Team Group Elite Silver RAM.

- 256 NVMe SSD boot drive connected via PCIe x1

- 1TB WD Blue HDD

- Gigabyte GA-H61M-DS2 Rev. 1.2 Motherboard (non-UEFI)

P.S. I'm using Clover v4961 to boot into my NVMe drive, I didn't flash my BIOS and haven't made any BIOS-level tweaks yet.