• Decent/Fun games that run on a shitty laptop?
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[QUOTE=JohnnyOnFlame;45012447]Not 87c hot tho. That's way too much.[/QUOTE] My first laptop idled at that point as well before the POST beeped a processor failure I'm sure was caused by frying itself to a crisp. I mentioned this a couple of times as to why I will recommend avoiding AMD processors. [editline]e[/editline] The bugger even left marks on my desk where the vents were!
[QUOTE=Stonecycle;45012466]My first laptop idled at that point as well before the POST beeped a processor failure I'm sure was caused by frying itself to a crisp. I mentioned this a couple of times as to why I will recommend avoiding AMD processors. [editline]e[/editline] The bugger even left marks on my desk where the vents were![/QUOTE] Computers require you to clean the air intakes. Even moreso when you have a problematic one like many HP AMD laptops. A good blow with canned air/air compressor for a couple minutes is usually enough to do the job.
[QUOTE=JohnnyOnFlame;45012505]Computers require you to clean the air intakes. Even moreso when you have a problematic one like many HP AMD laptops. A good blow with canned air/air compressor for a couple minutes is usually enough to do the job.[/QUOTE] This thing was like that from the get go. Even dusting it, it still did that. It just crunched numbers hot and not even using much processing power.
I can recommend Garry's Mod. However, you may want to ease down on the addons for your laptop. You could also try older Sims games. (Sims 3 is too "heavy" on graphics)
Yeah, I've been trying to really get to the bottom of that issue. Taking it to a friend's this weekend that knows way more than I do, to clean out the fan and all that. Anyone know of some applications or something that can check that shit out or something? I'm not that great with the whole hardware-thing, so I'm not sure what to look for.
[QUOTE=JohnnyOnFlame;45012447]DESCENT I and DESCENT II, Marathon-engine based games, Freespace I and II, MDK, Bauldur's Gate, Diablo I and II. Not 87c hot tho. That's way too much.[/QUOTE] [url]http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=868683&p=19259406&viewfull=1#post19259406[/url]
Also, so far have gotten FTL and Cave Story+, both run really well. I'm thinking CanYouRunIt? may be lying about some stuff... even though it DID say I could run both of those. I'll try some of these others you guys have given me once I get it cleaned out and cooled down. Thanks, everyone!
[QUOTE=Stonecycle;45012573]This thing was like that from the get go. Even dusting it, it still did that. It just crunched numbers hot and not even using much processing power.[/QUOTE] You must have had some defective stuff, My HP dv5 didn't even idle hot until after 2 years of constant use and abuse with little to no cleaning of the vents. (Then it died but yeah) And since that's a computer with horrid cooling problems, that's saying something. I have an AMD in the computer I'm using right now and it has yet to even touch 65c even on really demanding shit and it's on a crappy stock cooler after only 2 cleanings in the span of almost 4 years, so v:v:v
Serious Sam Classics: Revolution [url]http://store.steampowered.com/app/227780/[/url] Don't mind it's an Early Access game. It's basically original SS with improvements and more levels.
[QUOTE=ChickenLegGuy;45008482]yeah except deus ex needs some fuckery or else the game will run [I]too[/I] fast[/QUOTE] AMD Dual Core Optimizer, first link on page. [url]http://support.amd.com/en-us/search/utilities[/url]
Download a NES emulator and play some great oldschool games like Bubble Bobble or the Mario/Zelda franchise.
Hotline Miami and Receiver are very fun games and it doesn't seem like you'll have any problem running them.
[URL="http://store.steampowered.com/app/219150/"]Hotline Miami[/URL] is actually on sale at 85% for the price of $1.49 right now. At the very least, I'd recommend getting that whilst you decide what other games to buy.
Cataclysm: Dark days Ahead and Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup are two rouge likes that will run. Both are pretty fun and FREE. Cataclysm has more of a learning curve imo.
just found a game called "The Hunter.com" gonna play seems p. fun
Grand theft auto 1-3 And maybe Vice City.
From my experience playing on a shitty sony vaio for a while that barely had 4gb of ram, here's a list of games that worked very well on them : - System Shock 2 (already mentioned but whatever) - Cogs - Worms Armageddon - GTA Vice City - Civilization IV - Civilization V (at lowest settings) - Terraria (stuttered quite a bit, but still playable) - Mark of the ninja - FTL Faster Than Light - Gnomoria - Gunpoint
Threads like this are very useful
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