Integrated Graphics

[Cicilka]

Is it possible to play this game with integrated graphics or is there any impediment besides iGPUs intrinsic lower performance? I commute a lot, so my main PC is a mITX with a R7 5700G (Vega 8) + 16GB 3800MHz (I've dedicated 4GB to graphics, but honestly not sure if the performance is any different than with 2GB), and I would also love to play it on my i5-10210U + 20GB 2666MHz (flex channel 4+16GB) laptop. Both run on Pop!_OS.

[Gerustroncio]

Totally, you just may have to lower the resolution to get constant 60 FPS, which doesn't make that much difference for this game tbh.

I'm playing it on Linux Mint on a lowly intel UHD 630 (i7 8700) myself, the native build works pretty good

Your i5 has an UHD 620, but I don't think the performance difference is that big anyway.

Besides given you're using pop os you can get gamescope running, wich means you can use FSR to upscale it and make it look super good while running at 720p or something, or alternatively run the windows build via GE proton and use i'ts upscaler for FSR.

But yeah, you can run it on your IGP no problem.

[Cicilka]

Thanks, it was just so strange that a game with such simple graphics made an exigence for a dedicated GPU with at least 2GB that I thought it had some compatibility issue with iGPUs

[Gerustroncio]

Yeah I thought the same, then decided to try it anyway and it ran pretty good.

I do believe at some point there were some pretty bad graphical glitches when running on integrated graphics, but it's good now.

Make sure you ahve the latest Mesa drivers installed, you can get them easily by adding this ppa https://launchpad.net/~kisak/+archive/ubuntu/kisak-mesa

It does chug a lot if I try running it at max resolution though, well, it does manage to keep it at 30 FPS at least, which is still playable.

[Cicilka]

If regret had a name, it would be "not having bought the i7 version of the same laptop" but it was an emergency acquisition during the pandemic (old one had broken, replacement components wouldn't be cheap and take too long to arrive, and I needed a laptop ASAP). Its decent enough tho, so I guess I'm happy with it overall

[Gerustroncio]

Eh, seems like the mobile i7 10th gen has very little over the i5, same amount of cores/threads, just slightly higher clock speeds, plus bigger cache

In my case it's a desktop i7 so the difference is a bit higher, but I still don't think it'll make that much of a difference in the game itself.

edit: heh, a gente conversando em inglês e vejo agora que você é do BR :P