- Dec 7, 2015
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My laptop doesn't have a great graphics card which restricts what it can play without terrible frame rates etc.
Details as below:
Lenovo Laptop
Windows 10 64-bit (windows 8.1 upgrade)
Intel i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70GHz 2.40 GHz
RAM: 8GB (7.89 GB usable)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
I'm using the laptop projected onto a 24" PC monitor with external keyboard and mouse if it's relevant.
It plays all of the Assassin's Creed games fine up to number 4 (I haven't bought #5) though it struggles on Assassin's Creed 4 (Black Flag) a bit. Usable but tends to overheat. Assassin's Creed 3 (released 2012) performs smoothly with no issues on fairly good quality settings. The Witcher 2 runs fine but The Witcher 3 had terrible frame rate so had that refunded.
I've just downloaded the demo of the 2012 game Risen 2 from Steam and the frame rate is dreadful even on low settings (automatically assigned) even though the graphics look like PS2 nearly, it seems to judder around like it's not catching up with the camera movement (previous frame atop next frame).
The currently early access indie game Planet Nomads is playable but the frame rate is also dreadful which somewhat spoils the experience. It uses a procedural generation method of world-creating with sandbox gameplay like a higher-detail non-blocky version of Minecraft (which runs fine, I note, except with mods applied). I also had issues with Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015). In both cases, reducing the graphics quality settings (texture details etc.) had no notable effect besides making the game look visually poorer.
More recently released games are expensive and rarer on PC (shift to only being available on console) and I highly doubt they would be playable on my machine.
My question is how does Assassin's Creed 3 and 4 differ from the other games when the detail is quite high in an open world setting to make it compatible with my laptop's hardware and, thus, how can I identify which games would be playable?
A better computer that can run games without issue would be great, but expensive.
Details as below:
Lenovo Laptop
Windows 10 64-bit (windows 8.1 upgrade)
Intel i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70GHz 2.40 GHz
RAM: 8GB (7.89 GB usable)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 820M
I'm using the laptop projected onto a 24" PC monitor with external keyboard and mouse if it's relevant.
It plays all of the Assassin's Creed games fine up to number 4 (I haven't bought #5) though it struggles on Assassin's Creed 4 (Black Flag) a bit. Usable but tends to overheat. Assassin's Creed 3 (released 2012) performs smoothly with no issues on fairly good quality settings. The Witcher 2 runs fine but The Witcher 3 had terrible frame rate so had that refunded.
I've just downloaded the demo of the 2012 game Risen 2 from Steam and the frame rate is dreadful even on low settings (automatically assigned) even though the graphics look like PS2 nearly, it seems to judder around like it's not catching up with the camera movement (previous frame atop next frame).
The currently early access indie game Planet Nomads is playable but the frame rate is also dreadful which somewhat spoils the experience. It uses a procedural generation method of world-creating with sandbox gameplay like a higher-detail non-blocky version of Minecraft (which runs fine, I note, except with mods applied). I also had issues with Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015). In both cases, reducing the graphics quality settings (texture details etc.) had no notable effect besides making the game look visually poorer.
More recently released games are expensive and rarer on PC (shift to only being available on console) and I highly doubt they would be playable on my machine.
My question is how does Assassin's Creed 3 and 4 differ from the other games when the detail is quite high in an open world setting to make it compatible with my laptop's hardware and, thus, how can I identify which games would be playable?
A better computer that can run games without issue would be great, but expensive.
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