Will my laptop run this? Please help

[psycmaster421]

I need to know if my laptop is able to run this or if I need to make adjustments; I'm not very familiar with graphics and settings so I'd need to know where to find my settings first before I could report them

[lobotomy angel]

Oh..You fennec fox You dont even Know...Have you Tried ??

[Zephyr]

You can find basic system info partially in Windows--->system. Best and easiest option is installation Of HWInfo for beginners with no idea about their specs,
https://www.hwinfo.com/download/

(The 64 bit version for Windows 7 and higher).

When you open up HWinfo you get access to all hardware readouts of your system. Motherboard brand/sensors, same for GPU/CPU memory and so on... . Great tool to get data for system performace/temperature or specs.

Silent Hill 2 is not a well optimized game, overall it runs poorly when considering the graphics and other things... . It also has quite a few noticeable stutters in some situations.

With compromise you can run and enjoy it generally, but a comparably powerful hardware is required for sure.

Example: I have desktop hardware equivalent to roughly 2000$ (monitor not included) and play at 4K. To run Silent Hill 2 at (mostly) highest settings with 60+ FPS I need to use balanced upscaling (FSR or XeSS/TSR in my case). That is all I get :). Most games (even new better looking AAA ones) not based on UE 5 engine like Silent Hill 2 I can run at 60+FPS high-ultra 4K native, so..... .

If you play on lower resolution or lower settings the hardware requirements are lower, of course. Try to get your system Info and what resolution you want to play at and the answer what performance you can expect will be quite easy.

Silent Hill 2 is a fine example of a botched Unreal Engine 5 release :)

[psycmaster421]

Originally posted by jaro~~:

Oh..You fennec fox You dont even Know...Have you Tried ??

So I did try; it was a bit glitchy at first but I upgraded my graphics card and it ran slightly smoother, but had a slow response and crashed right after meeting Angela.

[P0RTAL]

what is your cpu ram and GPU?

go to steam , click on HELP, then on system INFO,

you dont need any program at all to find out

This game requieres a powerfull hardware sinces its unreal 5 engine based

[Linyos Torvoltos]

If you're going to ask if your system can run a game then you should probably provide your system specs in your post.

We can't tell you if we don't know what hardware you have and we're not clairvoyant so we won't know unless you tell us.

[psycmaster421]

Originally posted by P0RTAL:

what is your cpu ram and GPU?

go to steam , click on HELP, then on system INFO,

you dont need any program at all to find out

This game requieres a powerfull hardware sinces its unreal 5 engine based

This is what came up:

Computer Information:
Manufacturer: LENOVO
Model: 81WE
Form Factor: Laptop
Touch Input Detected
Processor Information:
CPU Vendor: GenuineIntel
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHz
CPU Family: 0x6
CPU Model: 0x7e
CPU Stepping: 0x5
CPU Type: 0x0
Speed: 1498 MHz
8 logical processors
4 physical processors
Hyper-threading: Supported
FCMOV: Supported
SSE2: Supported
SSE3: Supported
SSSE3: Supported
SSE4a: Unsupported
SSE41: Supported
SSE42: Supported
AES: Supported
AVX: Supported
AVX2: Supported
AVX512F: Supported
AVX512PF: Unsupported
AVX512ER: Unsupported
AVX512CD: Supported
AVX512VNNI: Supported
SHA: Supported
CMPXCHG16B: Supported
LAHF/SAHF: Supported
PrefetchW: Unsupported
BMI1: Supported
BMI2: Supported
F16C: Supported
FMA: Supported
Operating System Version:
Windows 11 (64 bit)
NTFS: Supported
Crypto Provider Codes: Supported 311 0x0 0x0 0x0
Client Information:
Version: 1738026274
Browser GPU Acceleration Status: Enabled
Browser Canvas: Enabled
Browser Canvas out-of-process rasterization: Enabled
Browser Direct Rendering Display Compositor: Disabled
Browser Compositing: Enabled
Browser Multiple Raster Threads: Enabled
Browser OpenGL: Enabled
Browser Rasterization: Enabled
Browser Raw Draw: Disabled
Browser Skia Graphite: Disabled
Browser Video Decode: Enabled
Browser Video Encode: Enabled
Browser Vulkan: Disabled
Browser WebGL: Enabled
Browser WebGL2: Enabled
Browser WebGPU: Enabled
Browser WebNN: Disabled
Video Card:
Driver: Intel(R) Iris(R) Plus Graphics
DirectX Driver Name: igdumdim32.dll
Driver Version: 31.0.101.2115
DirectX Driver Version: 31.0.101.2115
Driver Date: 11 16 2022
Desktop Color Depth: 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Refresh Rate: 59 Hz
DirectX Card: Intel(R) Iris(R) Plus Graphics
VendorID: 0x8086
DeviceID: 0x8a52
Revision: 0x7
Number of Monitors: 1
Number of Logical Video Cards: 1
No SLI or Crossfire Detected
Primary Display Resolution: 1366 x 768
Desktop Resolution: 1366 x 768
Primary Display Size: 13.54" x 7.60" (15.51" diag), 34.4cm x 19.3cm (39.4cm diag)
Primary Bus Type Not Detected
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
Supported MSAA Modes: 2x 4x 8x
Sound card:
Audio device: Headphones (2- Realtek(R) Audio
Memory:
RAM: 7934 Mb
VR Hardware:
VR Headset: None detected
Miscellaneous:
UI Language: English
Media Type: Undetermined
Total Hard Disk Space Available: 2150378 MB
Largest Free Hard Disk Block: 1778253 MB
OS Install Date: Feb 03 2023
Game Controller: None detected
MAC Address hash: 4713e66e3b0fcb58790977ca47b863536e5a1b54
Storage:
Disk serial number hash: e9cf942a
Number of SSDs: 1
SSD sizes: 256G
Number of HDDs: 1
HDD sizes: 2000G
Number of removable drives: 0

[Linyos Torvoltos]

Originally posted by psycmaster421:

This is what came up:

Computer Information:
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHz
Driver: Intel(R) Iris(R) Plus Graphics
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
RAM: 7934 Mb

6 year old CPU
Integrated Graphics
8GB RAM

Yeah I doubt you're going to play this game all that smoothly if at all on this hardware. The system isn't even built for gaming from the looks of it, really.

[psycmaster421]

Originally posted by Linyos Torvoltos:

Originally posted by psycmaster421:

This is what came up:

Computer Information:
CPU Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1065G7 CPU @ 1.30GHz
Driver: Intel(R) Iris(R) Plus Graphics
Primary VRAM: 1024 MB
RAM: 7934 Mb

6 year old CPU
Integrated Graphics
8GB RAM

Yeah I doubt you're going to play this game all that smoothly if at all on this hardware. The system isn't even built for gaming from the looks of it, really.

Yeah I thought so; been looking to upgrade so at least games transfer over

[Zephyr]

Originally posted by psycmaster421:

Originally posted by Linyos Torvoltos:

6 year old CPU
Integrated Graphics
8GB RAM

Yeah I doubt you're going to play this game all that smoothly if at all on this hardware. The system isn't even built for gaming from the looks of it, really.

Yeah I thought so; been looking to upgrade so at least games transfer over

Not sure what you mean with "games transfer over". This kind of laptop cannot be upgraded to a sufficient degree (I think). The problem is the GPU in there, usually it is literally impossible to upgrade a laptop GPU (technical reasons/layout). You would need a fairly powerful dedicated laptop GPU at the very least and for that, well, usually a new laptop.

Sadly the type of laptop hardware you have now cannot really "run" modern games. Many modern games, like Silent Hill 2, will likely not even start up. You either need to buy a really comparably good gaming Laptop or a desktop meant for gaming in my opinion.

Honestly, I would recommend a desktop. You get more (better hardware) for the same money there and keep the old laptop maybe for work still.

Here, such reviews are useful. Techpowerup is one of the best sites to get more or less accurate GPU Infos

https://www.techpowerup.com/review/silent-hill-2-fps-performance-benchmark/5.html

This is also very useful to get an idea about GPU power :
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/?sort=name

A nice database that reflects quite well relative GPU power. Type in a dedicated GPU you want to look at and you get the relative performance level.

Like here for mine (set to 100%):

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-7900-xt.c3912

This is likely your GPU right now:
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/iris-plus-graphics-g4-48eu-mobile.c3647

It can use only 15 W :).

The game runs maybe a notch better now due to patches, but not much. The GPUs in the benchmark are all desktop GPUs (laptop versions with the same name are much weaker). Without upscaling you need a 800-900 $ desktop GPU to play at 60+ FPS 1440P, for example :).

As for a desktop I would recommend as best solution to build it yourself, otherwise a good prebuilt (this can be somewhat problematic).