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[–] sibannac@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

I just finished Badurs Gate 3 on a gaming laptop I got from a yardsale a decade ago. Victory is bittersweet and a slideshow.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

A victory screen, by any other resolution, is just as sweet.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

great games are more mechanics than graphics anyway

[–] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

just gotta clean the filters regularly

[–] Fuckswearwords@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago

My Haswell box gave out last year. Didn't bother trying to revive it cause it wasn't cost effective. Gave me a good 9 years of service though. Anyone want an rx580?

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 weeks ago

I miss my q6600 sometimes.

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@kersploosh@sh.itjust.works What are your PC specs? Also how often do you clean up your registries?

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's been a long time for me. My peak PC gaming days were spent playing Warcraft II head-to-head with a friend over a modem. That was on a Macintosh Performa 550. I also had a ton of fun playing Myst and Flashback. I stuck to consoles after that.

Now the only gaming in my house is my kids playing Minecraft on a Dell OptiPlex 5040 that I saved from the dumpster at work because I'm a cheapskate. No dedicated GPU, 8GB RAM, but it gets the job done.

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

a Dell OptiPlex 5040 that I saved from the dumpster at work because I’m a cheapskate.

You are absolutely not a cheapskate for doing that. That's being resourceful. You save money that way and can put it towards other things that matter more. Nothing wrong with that. Why spend a few hundred dollars for a new laptop/desktop when you can just get one used that will run for another 2-4 years before it dies?

[–] shootwhatsmyname@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

I mean even when it’s new tho

[–] Alchalide@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

When you build a pc at the end of the last year, but nearly everything released since then is trash.

I love my Thinkpad T440p :3